Backing Up Game Settings in PS3

[Sounders]

Why was the Backing Up of Game Settings only available in PC version? There are a lot of files that can be stored on PS3 like screenshots and character appearance, so why not the game settings. It would've been nice especially for those who are playing on multiple servers.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...de/ps3/config/
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...de/win/config/

[Sparky]

This has not got anything to do with Square Enix to be fair, this is more an issue with Sony. PC lets you back up your settings with ease because of the way the PC works. With PS3 you have to use a couple of methods which anyone can do.

Playstation Plus. All user settings are backed up to the cloud, so you can restore whenever you like. With PS4 requiring PS+ for most online game (though thankfully not FFXIV), I expect more people to use this feature.

Too poor for PS+ or don't want to in principle? Use the PS3's inbuilt feature to back up your user settings to a flash drive.

[Niwashi]

Playstation Plus. All user settings are backed up to the cloud, so you can restore whenever you like.

That's helpful if all you want to do is restore it to the same PS3 after swapping harddrives or something of the sort. It doesn't help if you want to transfer them so that you can have the same gear sets on both your PC and PS3.

[Sparky]

That's helpful if all you want to do is restore it to the same PS3 after swapping harddrives or something of the sort. It doesn't help if you want to transfer them so that you can have the same gear sets on both your PC and PS3.

That isn't what the OP was referring to.

[Sounders]

Thanks for the reply Sparky

Wow. This sucks. I hope SE would make a workaround for this. I have multiple characters that have the same appearance. I hope I can play all of them the same way by having same HUD and hotbars.

[Sparky]

The only workaround is to save everyones' settings on the server. Until that happens, we are stuck with what her have at present.

Some settings are saved to the server already but not many. Shared abilities you have set from other classes are saved.

I would imagine we have the system in place for a reason. That reason is probably to conserve server resources. Saved settings would add to the databases which need to be maintained.