KVM Issues...Still.

[Erekiteru]

The below is from the last post I entered. It's been moved into the "Resolved" category of the forum, without anyone notifying me. Sadly, the issue hasn't been resolved. In fact, it's gotten worse.

I currently am running my laptop and gaming-desktop-PC through a KVM switch. The peripherals connected through the switch are a wireless USB mouse, USB gaming keyboard, and wireless USB headset.

When switching between the two systems, all peripherals work flawlessly, with one exception. Sound for the headset will work for everything *except* Final Fantasy. If I am on the gaming-desktop-PC and launch Final Fantasy, sound comes through just fine. If I switch to the laptop, sound works fine. If I switch from the laptop back to the desktop, sound works fine for the operating system and all programs *except* Final Fantasy.

I originally had a monitor running through the KVM as well, and noted a similar graphical issue. If I swapped between the laptop and desktop, graphics for everything worked fine *except* for Final Fantasy. The visuals would slow down considerably, or freeze.

I strongly suspect the issue is due with the software, as no other programs have the issue. It is likely that Final Fantasy presently does not have the ability to smoothly handle the disconnection/reconnection of audio/video devices while the game is running. If anyone knows otherwise, I appreciate the input.

So in addition to this, the game will now flat-out crash if I press the switch. No other programs are acting this way on either system. I'm hoping that tech support will reach out to me prior to closing the ticket this time.

[Judge_Xero]

Yeah FFXIV does not like output swapping while the game is running.

If I swap from Speakers to Headset while the game is open it will crash my game. I imagine it views your KVM as the same thing.

[Jamillion]

I've never seen it to the extent of crashing but it definitely doesn't like swapping audio devices, someone posted a link to a 3rd party software that apparently rectified the issue for them on the ffxiv reddit, this may be of use to you: https://m.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/31eycw/switching_audio_out_while_ingame/

[Torunya]

Not sure if it's related or not, but I have a similar issue where ffxiv starts lagging increasingly worse to the point of being unplayable whenever I unplug my headset. Not only does the audio disappear, but it's like the entire game just falls flat on its face. I never understood why, and it has left me completely dumbstruck.

If it's related, any insight would be awesome.