Interesting Bit of Speculation Regarding Game engine

[Seraphor]

It doesn't matter how familiar Yoshi P is with XVI's engine, converting XIV to run on another engine isn't going to be an easy or cheap task.
I wouldn't hold out any hope for an engine overhaul until we hear anything from the horses mouth to suggest such a thing.
Speculating that a graphical overhaul could also come with a new engine, is quite a reach.

That said, I'm sure there's been a suggestion that XVI itself is running on a modified Luminous Engine anyway. If this is true, then it shouldn't be a stretch to more XIV over to that same modified engine, but at the same time, there's nothing there to suggest that would improve XIV all that much. MMOs and single player games work very differently.

[Ath192]

It doesn't matter how familiar Yoshi P is with XVI's engine, converting XIV to run on another engine isn't going to be an easy or cheap task.
I wouldn't hold out any hope for an engine overhaul until we hear anything from the horses mouth to suggest such a thing.
Speculating that a graphical overhaul could also come with a new engine, is quite a reach.

It happened in 2.0 and rather quickly at that given they rushed development. unfortunately, the graphics went the other way haha but given how poorly it was performing during that hardware era it was perfectly understandable. I'm not sure, hence the speculation.

[Larirawiel]

The problem in FF14 is not the engine. The engine can already handle way better textures and light effects without any problems. If you do not believe me then join a night club discord and look into the screenshot section. There should be many screenshots made with mods.

The problem is the content itself like low res textures. If you have something like this then the best engine cannot help you.





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