Transferring UI setup

[Doloro]

OK so this thread talks about copying settings from one computer to another, and using the new tool to backup settings on a computer...is there a way to transfer HUD layout from one character to another? I saw the path posted to the CHR00somethings, but how do you know which is for which character? I looked at them and they are all .dat

[Yowyow]

i'm also a pc / ps3 user on 2 accounts, my gf's and mine.. SE this has to be made a done deal for 2.15. we already could backup n restore settings PC side by copying CHR folders... why wouldnt sony allow this or help more on something so simple

[Gerard]

Is there any new info for Ps3 users on this subject?

[Velo_Vandore]

Is there any new info for Ps3 users on this subject?

Also looking for an update on this. I play primarily on PS3, but today I am having to apply months and months worth of changes on the PC installation. I bought a separate copy for each platform with an understanding that I could switch between platforms freely. Please make this easier to do soon

[Velo_Vandore]

Greetings,

I'm bumping this thread to share a comment from Hiroshi Minagawa in regards to a tool for saving and loading settings.

<snip>
* There are no legal or technical restrictions for the Windows version when it comes to the moving or the overwriting of saved game files. We understand the need for the PS3 and PS4 versions, and are continuing to look into methods to do this.

Any update on this yet? Switching between PC and PS3 is still causing me much pain!!! X__X

EDIT: and anguish Q __Q

[matadoor]

This issue should of been fixed back during PS3 beta. but so far even at PS4 launch it hasn't been fixed. I think info is not getting to the JPN devs or mistranslated.

This is not the first time or first game with this problem with save settings. Even FF11 took years to final have the macros saved on the server.

[Asharon]

Looking for an update on this also. Play primarily on my PC, would love to play more on my ps4 but it is just way to much effort to re set up everything.

I just can't be bothered to redo my ui, macros, hot bars and gear sets for multiple classes and key binds. Not to mention maintain any changes across both platforms. I can't even remember half the settings I've tweaked over the last few months. There needs to be a way to sync multiple platforms. Until than my ps4 copy feels like a waste which is disappointing.

[Niwashi]

Ok, necro time:

Greetings,

With people playing on multiple PCs as well as being able to play on both PS3 and PC, the development team understands how convenient it would be to share HUD layouts and gear sets between different clients. As such, they are currently looking into a way to address this in order to build a smoother play environment.

I'm bumping this thread to share a comment from Hiroshi Minagawa in regards to a tool for saving and loading settings.

<snip of some Windows specific stuff>

* There are no legal or technical restrictions for the Windows version when it comes to the moving or the overwriting of saved game files. We understand the need for the PS3 and PS4 versions, and are continuing to look into methods to do this.

Ok, so the development team has been "looking into a way to address this" for a year now. Isn't it about time we got such a feature? Couldn't the feature that was put in for PS3 to PS4 migrations be expanded to coordinate between multiple platforms? It would need just a couple changes:

1) The PS3 -> PS4 migration tool works in one direction only. You can only upload settings from a PS3 and can only download those settings to a PS4. Switch that to being omni-directional, so players can choose to either upload settings or download them from any platform type, PS3, PS4, or PC.

2) Downloading settings from that migration tool overwrites all local settings, even ones (like HUD layout) that are not included in the transfer. As a result, all HUD elements get moved back to their original default positions every time you do the transfer. That would have to change, so that only those elements (gear sets, hotbars, macros, etc) which are being transferred get overwritten by the download, and anything else (like HUD layout) remains as it was.

With those two changes, the migration tool could become a platform-coordinating tool for players who play from multiple machines.


Note: I still think it would be better overall for these settings (gear sets, hotbars, macros) to be stored server side on a regular basis, rather than having an upload / download tool to coordinate them. But if the concern is that saving them server-side for all players would take a lot of space on the database servers, this keeps it limited to only storing that info for players who do in fact play from multiple machines.

One way or the other, please make coordinating this data between platforms possible. Thank you.

[VanarCalmcacil]

Greetings,

I'm bumping this thread to share a comment from Hiroshi Minagawa in regards to a tool for saving and loading settings.

Any Update on this regarding the PS4 front?

I have been considering buying the expansions for PC, but this is quite literally the only reason I have not. (And I am sure I am not the only one.)

If Sony is preventing it, have the launcher save the data to a save slot on SE servers (ala FFXI style)? We don't need to have it auto-save or live update between...

If SE servers can't handle the burden of storing +1 MB of data per character, allow us to connect our own cloud storage (dropbox / google drive) and upload it there?

Is it a matter of development time?. I'm sure someone could pick this up as a side project or contract it to an outside developer. SE would recover the cost in PC sales from people like me.

[VanarCalmcacil]

I would even be willing to be that contractor, I don't see this being more than a 10 hour project based on the information provided. This has been requested since the game launched, there is no good reason for it to not be implemented yet.