Auto-translate dictionary selectively showing entries

[Neptune]

I'm not going to post my specs as this has happened on 2 of my computers and I suppose it is not unique to any particular computer. If you're in different areas of the game, or maybe different times of the day, or maybe different sessions, you will get different auto translate entries.

To see what I mean, just type Camp[TAB] and see what pops up. Often I see 5 camps, 7 camps, 18 maybe, but never all of them. The amount changes all the time. I can rarely ever reference all the camps I would like in a given sentence. Also it's not just camps it's all entries. Camps is just an easy one to see for yourself.


Platform:
Windows 7

ISP:
Brighthouse & Verizon

Type of Internet Connection:
Optic Fiber

Internet Connection Speed:
15Mbps

Date & Time:
Date and time of when the issue occurred. Please be sure to state the time zone of your region.
anytime

Frequency:
State how frequently the issue occurs. Please select from the following.
1.Always


Character Name:
Neptune Deepsea

Race:
Race of your character when the issue occurred.
, Hyur M

World:
Besaid

Class/Skill Rank:
any rank

Physical Level:
any level

Area and Coordinates:
anywhere

Party or Solo:
either

[Baccanale]

Greetings, Neptune!
Thank you for posting your concerns about the auto-translate function. In order to make sure that we have all of the proper information for an investigation, it would be a great help to us if you provided information about the specific names of the areas you have noticed this in, as well as the names of the characters that you have used. In addition, even though it may seem like extra information, the specs of your PC's may be very helpful, as well, since there may be something in common between the two that may be involved with this matter. For a helpful outline of what may be helpful information, I suggest the following:

Thread Title:
Short outline explaining what sort of issue you are experiencing.

Platform:
Specify which version of Windows was in use to play the game.

ISP:
Name of ISP you use to connect to the Internet.

Type of Internet Connection:
Specify the type of connection. (dial-up, DSL, CATV, Optic Fiber, Other)

Internet Connection Speed:
Specify the speed of internet connection. (Example: 768Kbit/s, 5Mbit/s)

Date & Time:
Date and time of when the issue occurred. Please be sure to state the time zone of your region. (Example: Pacific Time = PST/PDT)

Frequency:
State how frequently the issue occurs. Please select from the following.
1.Always
2.Sometimes
3.Once (Did not reproduce)
4.Unknown

Character Name:
Which character did the issue occur with?

Race:
Race of your character when the issue occurred.
(Eleze M, Eleze F, Hyur M, Hyur F, Lalafell M, Lalafell F, Miqo'te, Roegadyn)

World:
World where the issue occurred.

Class/Skill Rank:
Class and skill rank of your character when the issue occurred.

Physical Level:
Physical level of your character when the issue occurred.

Area and Coordinates:
Area and map coordinates where the issue occurred.

Party or Solo:
If you were solo when the issue occurred, please write "Solo". If you were in a party, please write "Party". With alliance, please write "Alliance."
*If you wrote "Party" or "Alliance", please also include the number of members.

NPC Name:
Name of NPC that your character was interacting with when the issue occurred.
*If you were not interacting with any NPC, then please write "None".

Monster Name:
Name of monster that your character was battling against when the issue occurred.
*If you were not battling against any monster, then please write "None".

In-Game Time:
Please list the in-game time that the issue occurred.

Steps:
Detailed steps on how the issue occurred.
*Please try to include the following details.
•What you were doing when the issue occurred. (Example: Battle, mission, quest, crafting, synthesis, etc.)
•Please do your best to write using official terms for item names and action names. Please avoid any abbreviations or improper terms.
•If you were using macro commands when the issue occurred, please include the details of the command.
•In case the error message appeared when the issue occurred, please include what the message said.

*In case you cannot post all of the information in a single post due to character limitations, please make multiple posts.


I understand it may seem like a lot of information to provide, but I can assure you, any and all information that you can provided contributes to a more thorough investigation. Thanks again for your participation!

[Neptune]

Updated. How bout someone else try it out too? If 1 person can't reproduce it I'll post specs.

[Gun_Anam]

I know what you're talking about. The auto-translate only provides the most likely required translations in relation to where you are in the game. I believe it's intentional, however is is mildly inconvenient at times like in your example where you want to tell someone you have leves at Xcamp, Ycamp and Zcamp, but only Xcamp and Ycamp are on the autotranslate because you're not in the same zone as Zcamp.

[origamikitsune]

This is intentional. It was done in FF11 to a degree to. I don't know why it is this way in 14. In 11 it was because there were PS2 memory limitations. So a "smart" auto-translated allowed for more entries to be added overall. Here, where we have our own PC client (and eventually separate PS3 client) it shouldn't matter. I suspect it is something that will get fixed sooner or later, but just isn't on the radar now.

[Baccanale]

Greetings again, Neptune!
Thank you for providing further information for the report. I have made sure to submit the information that you have provided to the development team for further investigation. I recommend checking on this thread for any news about its progress. Thanks again for your report!

[Baccanale]

Greetings once more, Neptune!
Thank you for your patience with the wait for a response to your report. After thoroughly investigating this matter, the development team found what you have described to be the proper function of the auto-translate dictionary. If you would like to recommend changes to this, please submit your comments via http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/index.html under "Support Center">"Contact">"Suggestions and Feedback." Thanks again for your patience!