4k resolution with LQ texture?

[Lanceton]

well, the bottom line is 4K resolution is PRACTICALLY　MEANINGLESS without HD texture, and if we think LQ texture needs to be abolished, we need to make bigger noises. It's doesn't really need that much resource to fix if I am not mistaken, therefore it's just the priority needs to be raised.

[Mycow8me]

I liked 1.0 for everything other than monster sizes but they fixed that shortly after i stopped playing i think.

[Culfinrandir]

on the subject I will repost this once again.

All PC users try this

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and then enjoy the improvement

Great, except that's only for Nvidia and a lot if us use AMD cards.

[Colorful]

Great, except that's only for Nvidia and a lot if us use AMD cards.

The AMD equivalent is RadeonPro, never toyed with it myself but it looks simple enough. I've heard conflicting reports about it working with Radeon Software Crimson though.

[Culfinrandir]

The AMD equivalent is RadeonPro.

In the discussions I've had with the AMD team they think that the graphics related issues in FFXIV are (mainly) due to the implementation of Nvidia optimised features rather than using either cross-platform versions of them or implementing both the AMD & Nvidia versions & having it switch between the two.

Unfortunately, the way the game engine works is that it doesn't allow the driver to manipulate the "raw data" in the same way as most games. If you force a particular type of anti aliasing in the driver, for example, the game still outputs the same poor AA so that the driver has nothing to work with. Basically it's poop in, poop out. The quality data just simply isn't there so it's not possible to force it to be displayed, sadly.

Even more annoying - if I disable the Nvidia optimised graphics option in HBAO it causes crashes!

[ScarletDawn]

They should do it like a free DLC for those who have he power to have upped graphics can download it, those using laptops and lower end PC can still play the LQ version without requiring the dlc. Many games on steam do HQ texture DLC are free addons.

[Culfinrandir]

They should do it like a free DLC for those who have he power to have upped graphics can download it, those using laptops and lower end PC can still play the LQ version without requiring the dlc. Many games on steam do HQ texture DLC are free addons.

Exactly, I think it was SkyRim that did that. They released without the HQ graphics but said it would come when ready, and it did. Ironically I never even played it. XD

It's something that SE should seriously give thought too, even if it's just for new contents & older stuff gets upgraded over time. I cannot believe that the original models & graphics are produced at low quality as in almost every field you produce a high quality original & scale it for release. The only problems would be with those PS2 imported models like the pugil (?) which is terrible to start with.

[Tilgung]

FFXI Release:
PlayStation 2
JP May 16, 2002
NA March 23, 2004

Microsoft Windows
JP November 7, 2002
NA October 28, 2003