Transferring UI setup

[VanarCalmcacil]

And who exactly is going to fit the bill for the 6+ Terabytes per server for the storage space?

And Players like me and Niwashi would buy the PC versions of the base game and/or 2 expansions if we had this feature. This 20-$60 profit for SE per player, especially if that player buys the digital edition which costs SE $0.

[Dzian]

Are the files that store this information still located in the Documents Folder? In 1.0 you could simple copy the files from one PC to the Other.

C:\Users\####\Documents\My Games\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\FFXIV_CHR##########\

Sorry PS3 peoples.

They are and you can. My documents folder is synced with my nas in real time. Which has the added bonus that any changes I make to xiv on my pc are automatically synced to my laptop.

While I would love for a server solution, I'm imagining that it is a logistics problem having to do with server bandwidth and storage space.

Just think of it.

\My Documents\My Games\FINAL FANTASY XIV\ (where I've read the stuff is stored)

Is 20MB and I only have two characters (the one I haven't touched in forever).

Now, if we assume that everybody used the server to store it, let's say 15MB for a single character (that other character is nowhere near high of level or has as many hotbars etc to save), and if we assume there are how many people on a server again? According to a March 2017 census, the American server with the highest character population was Famfrit at 290k..

So, you would have to realistically provide for ~300k to allow some buffer room. If each character is 10-15MB of data (possibly more, so let's say 20MB to be generous because when you program, you do generous numbers to make sure you don't overrun), then you need to provide nearly 6,000 Gigabytes or 6 Terabytes.

I dunno about you, but that sounds like a LOT of storage space to devote for UI settings.

Think You'd find that most of that 20 megabytes is going to be screen shots or logs.

My actual character data folders (the ffxiv_chr000XXXX folders) are only about 650k each.. so based on that...

And who exactly is going to fit the bill for the 6+ Terabytes per server for the storage space?

A million players wouldn't even consume a single terabyte of storage space.

so you wouldn't need anywhere near 1 terabyte per server let alone 6 terabytes. 2-3 could do the entire playerbase

[VanarCalmcacil]

They are and you can. My documents folder is synced with my nas in real time. Which has the added bonus that any changes I make to xiv on my pc are automatically synced to my laptop.


Think You'd find that most of that 20 megabytes is going to be screen shots or logs.

My actual character data folders (the ffxiv_chr000XXXX folders) are only about 650k each.. so based on that...



A million players wouldn't even consume a single terabyte of storage space.

so you wouldn't need anywhere near 1 terabyte per server let alone 6 terabytes. 2-3 could do the entire playerbase

My files are around that same size as well, hence my initial estimate of 1-3 MB per character.

Also, I am fine with the options for PC - PC, PS4 - PC is why I cast VerRaise on this post.

[Maeka]

Well, I don't know why mine are 20MB then, because I never took any screenshots using the game's software, but rather Steam's instead. Steam has its own place to store screenshots.

[VanarCalmcacil]

Well, I don't know why mine are 20MB then, because I never took any screenshots using the game's software, but rather Steam's instead. Steam has its own place to store screenshots.

I have a logs folder in there, that I think that the game automatically creates logs in

[jakthegreenfox]

i have the same sort of concern. i play on the PS4 and have alts. if we had a shared tab for the HUD and hotbars like we do for the Macros i'd be the happiest person!

i'd really appreciate an update from an Admin!

[Capt_W]

I would honestly love this, I know an easy fix would to allow steam to do a cloud back up for those who use steam. With the files being so small it shouldn't be a problem.

[Niwashi]

I know an easy fix would to allow steam to do a cloud back up for those who use steam.

PCs are easy enough to sync with each other. The issue is with going between PC and PS4, and Steam doesn't run on PS4.

[jakthegreenfox]

PCs are easy enough to sync with each other. The issue is with going between PC and PS4, and Steam doesn't run on PS4.

my issue is solely on having 10 characters on the PS4 system alone. i dont do pc. i want to be able to share all that crap in between all of my chars on the console like the macros having a shared tab or something similar. my main concern is wanting to easily share the HUD, hotbars, and settings between all of my chars. and im only on Aether if that matters.

[Lelila38]

It's a 4 year old thread, if they didn't make it happen by now, it's unlikely we will ever see it, as convenient as it might be.