1.0 Cutscene Viewer

[Rex]

Hello!

Lately, I've had a lot of people in game talking to me about 1.0 and what it was like, what the story was like, what the differences are between some things...for example, the White Mage story in 1.0 and ARR are different. I very much enjoy going through these differences with my friends who were not part of 1.0 but are enjoying ARR so much that they want to know what happened in 1.0.

I enjoy it so much that I often find myself going afk for hours spending time on youtube looking for moments in 1.0. I even find some things that I have regretfully forgotten about. And then I wish I could view these cutscenes with my own character again...since at the time I had a computer that wasn't powerful enough to run both 1.0 AND a recording program of any kind as 1.0 took a heavy toll on my resources back then.



You probably see where I'm going with this...


SO. Here's my question... what are the chances of nostalgic 1.0 players (and those who are interested in it) getting their hands on some kind of 1.0 cutscene viewer? Unedited. Just the way it was. I'd love for a way to watch every cutscene that was in 1.0 with my character in it again. Just like the character creation benchmark. Edit your character, and be able to scroll through lists of 1.0 cutscenes. That'd be a dream come true for me. And probably for those who ask me all these questions about 1.0.

Yes I would pay for this.




And while I'm at it, I would absolutely love an offline functioning version of 1.0 straight from Square Enix...Or if we were supplied the proper data...I'd love to have a little private server minecraft style for my friends run from my now "more than capable" computer. But I know this is even more of a long-shot than what I'm originally asking for here.


~Thank you



EDIT:

Technically, I'm not sure it would even be possible, given the fact that a lot of the cutscenes used area maps that simply do not exist in ARR anymore. Also cutscenes were rendered in real time and add your character into the scene, hence because of the additional character creation options in ARR (Highlander hyur and roegadyn females, miqote males, plus new facial models and hairstyles, not to mention greater player variation in hair colour, skin tone and body build), having to code the old scenes into the new engine would probably be far more trouble than it's worth to SE (the cutscene data would probably reference character appearance data that simply no longer exists in ARR, such as visible belts).

I'm not saying SE couldn't do it if they tried, but I just don't see any reason for them to do so, especially given the fact that they're probably wanting to more or less destroy any hint of 1.0 having even existed, given it's stigma and everything (ARR is meant to not just reboot it, but replace it.).

I'm not asking for something to be added to ARR, but a whole stand alone cutscene viewer entirely. Like the benchmarks...for instance.

[Enkidoh]

Technically, I'm not sure it would even be possible, given the fact that a lot of the cutscenes used area maps that simply do not exist in ARR anymore. Also cutscenes were rendered in real time and add your character into the scene, hence because of the additional character creation options in ARR (Highlander hyur and roegadyn females, miqote males, plus new facial models and hairstyles, not to mention greater player variation in hair colour, skin tone and body build), having to code the old scenes into the new engine would probably be far more trouble than it's worth to SE (the cutscene data would probably reference character appearance data that simply no longer exists in ARR, such as visible belts).

I'm not saying SE couldn't do it if they tried, but I just don't see any reason for them to do so, especially given the fact that they're probably wanting to more or less destroy any hint of 1.0 having even existed, given it's stigma and everything (ARR is meant to not just reboot it, but replace it.).

[Tupsi]

Sadly the story has been so simplified I don't think it'd be possible, also the model butchering changes would make em a bit weird and unnatural. It's possible though, just not likely.

[Rex]

Technically, I'm not sure it would even be possible, given the fact that a lot of the cutscenes used area maps that simply do not exist in ARR anymore. Also cutscenes were rendered in real time and add your character into the scene, hence because of the additional character creation options in ARR (Highlander hyur and roegadyn females, miqote males, plus new facial models and hairstyles, not to mention greater player variation in hair colour, skin tone and body build), having to code the old scenes into the new engine would probably be far more trouble than it's worth to SE (the cutscene data would probably reference character appearance data that simply no longer exists in ARR, such as visible belts).

I'm not saying SE couldn't do it if they tried, but I just don't see any reason for them to do so, especially given the fact that they're probably wanting to more or less destroy any hint of 1.0 having even existed, given it's stigma and everything (ARR is meant to not just reboot it, but replace it.).

I'm not asking for something to be added to ARR, but a whole stand alone cutscene viewer entirely. Like the benchmarks...for instance.

[KiriA500]

I would only watch the Miner cutscenes. That's all I miss from 1.0. The rest was just our characters clumsily walking around while everyone else talked.

[Felis]

Weaver story was like Cinderella ^^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RzGnztn9xM

I find it sad that some details in the WHM story got changed. The dialogues in the other job storys are exactly the same like in 1.0, except the WHM story. I find the 1.0 WHM story explained better about the Elementals, you don't see a single Elemental in the ARR WHM story. And I miss Oha-Sok

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XxTiZjD5Cs

[ForeverZero]

I think the only way you can ever get this to work is by installing the FFXIV 1.0 onto your computer then running your own private server to load FFXIV 1.0.

I really liked the original FMV cut scenes at the beginning of 1.0. I can't believe they axed those. :/

[Kerwin]

There is a YouTube video that's over an hour long containing all 1.0 cut scenes. Google it my friend.

[Leira_Raine]

There was mention by devs, which could have been a mistranslation of some sort...

Replayable Cutscenes
As part of A Realm Reborn, the content of nearly all cinematic cutscenes will be reworked. This will result in significantly different viewing experiences for the same cutscene between the current version of the game and A Realm Reborn.

Source: http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...0c9127bfe4e624

Before this patch, I noted there was a list of Legacy Quests (or maybe it's still there and I was super tired), in the book that I cannot remember the name of at the inn... anyway there was nothing in it for content but the old quests did appear. So there's still hope I think... I hope!

[Enkidoh]

I'm not asking for something to be added to ARR, but a whole stand alone cutscene viewer entirely. Like the benchmarks...for instance.

Well then, that would be even less likely, because SE would have to divert precious development resources to make such a stand-alone program for a version of the game which has been completely abandoned, even more so given the fact that like it or not it would only really be useful to a mere handful of players, if that. Time, money and labour that is better spent improving ARR.