Xbox360 version on 16:9 widescreen

[bri360]

Hi, I bought FFXI when it first came out for the 360 and now that I have a widescreen hdtv it looks amazing, but the only thing is that my hdtv is widescreen and now some things in the game like my character looks a little squished. Now if you look at some sites it says that it goes up to 16:9 but I cant find any option to do it. Does anyone know how to adjust it to 16:9 on the 360 version. Or does it just automatically adjust and im just not used to it yet? Thanks^^

[Caspian]

Re: Xbox360 version on 16:9 widescreen

I'm assuming the menu options are virtually identical for 360 and PC:
Go to the second menu and select Config. Iirc its one of the lower selections on this menu and its at the bottom of the corresponding window. I believe it says aspect ratio and has several selections.
Though, are you saying it looks squished in on the sides? If you're playing with a full screen aspect ratio on a widescreen tv, then characters should look a little chubbier than normal, not skinnier.
Regardless, aspect ratio changes are under the config menu and shouldn't be too hard to find assuming they didn't do something stupid in the port.

[bri360]

Re: Xbox360 version on 16:9 widescreen

Ok thanks ill try that, oh and when I said squished I ment that it looks squished down so yea the people and stuff look chubbier.

Edit: hmmm there is no option in the config for it, I gess they made the 360 one different. Mabye it already auto adjusts itself?

[Intensity]

Re: Xbox360 version on 16:9 widescreen

The resolution setting is on the Xbox, not in FFXI. From your 360 dashboard, right arrow over to the settings and change the Display setting. That's where you'll find the 16:9 aspect ratio. I had the same issue and that fixed it. In the same area, make sure you change to either 760p or 1080i instead of 480p too.

[bri360]

Re: Xbox360 version on 16:9 widescreen

Thank you so much Intensity! I whent to the dashboard and realized that I never set the 360 to highdef widscreen mode it was still on the normal mode one. Now FFXI looks absolutly amazing and everythig is proportional and detailed and all my other games look like a million times better also now. Thank's so much. ^^

[Akimatu]

Re: Xbox360 version on 16:9 widescreen

I have been playing FFXI on PC since release and practically have my settings on Max. Now I bought FFXI on xbox360 because of the hype of the High Definition Resolution but it absolutely looks like crap. I have my Component cables on a 40" LCD HDTV and it looks nothing even close to compared to my PC.

Aim I missing something here. Also seems to Lag a bit much in crowded areas. This is something an Xbox should NOT be doing when the PS2 has no problems. This is such a disappointment coming from an Xbox360.

[Intensity]

Re: Xbox360 version on 16:9 widescreen

No, you're not doing anything wrong. Think of it this way. Your TV is displaying @ 1280x1024 resolution probably, FFXI on the 360 is only 1024x768. So you basically looking at everything digitally magnified 2x, which we know degrades an images quality quite a bit.