[Dev] Overtaxation of PC Hardware

[Munba]

Optimization is under way for sure but i hope also in some kind of overhauls to introduce dx10 features too. Eorzea needs to be less "woody" and with more immersive effects (enviroment shadows, first of all).

[Paragons]

just wanted to add; they are doing an almost complete rework on the engine. Its just a separate dev team from what I hear. Its being worked on side by side with the Ps3 prep; therefore probably why no so much news on it; although a dev did mention something similar to what I just said; and that they are different teams so doesn't know the info because said team is under wraps. They are not only working on fixing many things (streamlining but also actually completely revamping from scratch 80% of FFxiv so Im sure there's lots of testing/info that just isn't released because that would be far to much speculation.

[God]

PLEAAASE! look into this. My brand new laptop which has worked fine playing this game for 5months is now turning off after 15 mins of playing.

I can only assume it's over heating and i'm SOL unless there's performance changes being done.

[Teknoman]

just wanted to add; they are doing an almost complete rework on the engine. Its just a separate dev team from what I hear. Its being worked on side by side with the Ps3 prep; therefore probably why no so much news on it; although a dev did mention something similar to what I just said; and that they are different teams so doesn't know the info because said team is under wraps. They are not only working on fixing many things (streamlining but also actually completely revamping from scratch 80% of FFxiv so Im sure there's lots of testing/info that just isn't released because that would be far to much speculation.

Where did you hear this? The rework on the engine I mean.

[Chrees]

Where did you hear this? The rework on the engine I mean.

He didn't hear it anywhere. He's either making it up or (more likely) misinterpreted something else he read.

[3Jane]

No taxation without optimisation

[Rentahamster]

No taxation without optimisation

Most excellent.

[Zeref]

I shutter to think how bad the PS3 version will function if this is not resolved. Unless SE PS3 have more RAM then the store released ones which sadly only have 512 MB of RAM, I can see no way that this game will even function on a PS3 with the way this game eats through RAM, was this done to prevent the problems that plagued FFXI, or once again was this just bad coding.


Please SE dedicate a group of people to properly fixing the client for the PC, before you begin to work on the PS3 version, remember PC users are your client base as well, and currently your only customers playing FFXIV.

The problem it works so horribly on the PC, is in fact because it will run so well on the PS3, FFXIV was actually developed in Crystal Tools, an SDK developed primarily for PS3 and 360, (the first game to be made in it was FFXIII, later XIV, and in the future XIII Vs) what we're playing is essentially a port of the console version, it will be fine on the PS3, the problem is is that it isn't fine on the PC, concentrate on that, the Console version will be fine.

[Elkwood]

The problem it works so horribly on the PC, is in fact because it will run so well on the PS3, FFXIV was actually developed in Crystal Tools, an SDK developed primarily for PS3 and 360, (the first game to be made in it was FFXIII, later XIV, and in the future XIII Vs) what we're playing is essentially a port of the console version, it will be fine on the PS3, the problem is is that it isn't fine on the PC, concentrate on that, the Console version will be fine.

Except for the fact they stopped console updates because it does not run on the ps3 otherwise they would have released it ages ago.

[Kensaki]

Square-Enix have always made shoddy PC ports or had Eidos or EA make the shoddy port for them. Anyone remember FFVII and FFVIII on PC? You could literally not hear the lyrics on one winged angel unless you had this specific sound blaster sound card.