visual Quality of FFO: XI

[Lu3ifer]

I played FFO: XI for bout 6 months last year and it was great til I realised the grapic is terible or atleast it was and i used a 6800U back then,
and then i thought maby i should begin a gain since this new expantion pack has come out.
but then i am wondering one thing is the grapic updated?
i have 7800GT now so i can handle some AA and AF that semed to lak in earlier exp packs and original game.

***Finished Arguing/Discussing now***

***and im starting to play a gain in august.***

If any one is wondering how to enhance tha visual Quality you need to turn it on in your driver.

the way to do that is in preferences in your grapic card turn AA to Max and then try te game for some while if you don't feel you have lag.
try turn AF to max to and try

if you feal you have any lag with nay of der driver changes try 2x,4x,8x,16x on AF and 2x,4x,6x,8x on AA and just try your way til you get something you think is ko to Work with

[lufia22]

Re: visual Quality of FFO: XI

The game is pretty much the same graphically. You can always do the "graphic hacks" but they aren't going to make the graphic quality itself look better, it'll just allow you for a higher draw distance or resolution that the game doesn't allow for some reason. I personally like the graphics as they are. I think SE does a great job with what they have. Realize, the game is also on the PS2 and we share servers and thus are limited to what the PS2 can do.

[Caspian]

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Were you running it on high or low resolution when you last played? If you were running it on low-res and now have a good enough card to run hi-res, then you will see a difference. Otherwise, no, they will look the same.

[Lu3ifer]

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i ran High-Rez the thing i did not like was that it was, not as i could see any sign of AA or AF on the game, do i need to put this on in the drivers and create a driver profile? i know i can play with full grapic i scored 7457 on the Bencmark3 test in High Rez

[Mhurron]

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i ran High-Rez the thing i did not like was that it was, not as i could see any sign of AA or AF on the game, do i need to put this on in the drivers and create a driver profile? i know i can play with full grapic i scored 7457 on the Bencmark3 test in High Rez

FFXI does not support any AA or AF in the engine itself. of course you could force the drivers to do it. However, if graphics are paramount to you (it was great til I realised the grapic is terible) then you will always think of FFXI as a terrible game.

They can't be that bad since it took you 6 months to realize this, or were you blind and went to a faith healer?

[TenTako]

Re: visual Quality of FFO: XI

The graphics fail and SE is too lazy to update the Xbox / PC versions

[Murphie]

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If you do use graphical tweaks via the registry, you can really achieve some very nice graphics though. Especially considering the age of FFXI and it's limitations on the 360 and PS2.

Brandson is one of my favorite folks to watch when it comes to really gorgeous screenshots and UI mods. You can view his LJ here. Also, here is a sample of one of his screenshots to give you an idea of what the game is capable of.

[Lu3ifer]

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no it was since i thought that almoast every MMORPG lokked like it then i tryed WoW at a friend of mine and then i saw the changes. and now since it come to xBox 360 i thought maby they update the graphic together with the new exp pack.

so now all i want to know. is it posible to force the driver to use AA and AF in FFO:XI?
and will it make difference?

[Pai Pai Master]

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You really think WoW looks that much better than FFXI? ._.

Guess I've gotten used to it after these four years. The graphics don't bother me one bit, I still think they're beautiful.

[Lu3ifer]

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ok the grapic aint better than WoW but AA and AF is some thing thats bothering me i hate when the sword looks like a saw yay i start out with onion saw.. sword i mean umm...

[Kailea]

Re: visual Quality of FFO: XI

The graphics fail and SE is too lazy to update the Xbox / PC versions

yeah....then you must be blind, anyone that can see, knows that FFXI is a very pretty game for what it has to work with, SE has said time and time agian why 360 and PC have yet to see a graphics overhall.......

SE wants all the systems to have the same gameing experiance, it is why it looks the same on all 3 systems and why the PC version can only run in FS mode.

and if you tell your video card to use AA and AF it will do so in game, but it can only enhance the game so much :p

GeForce 7800 GS
AA: 4x
AF: 4x
1200x684 (special for my 52in TV)
Image setting: high
V Sync: On
Force Mipmaps: Trilinear

[Lu3ifer]

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after what you say do that mean the overhaul will come or not must we w8 til PS2 is out of production? last i hard PS just stoped production well then we only have to w8 bout 4-6 yrs

[Kailea]

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graphics should not mean this much to you, the swords look fine even without AA and AF, graphics should be the least important thing when it comes to a GOOD game, graphics do not make a game, story and how fun it is, does

[Mhurron]

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You really think WoW looks that much better than FFXI? ._.

Ah but are you talking about the technicalities of graphics (AA, AF and the like) or graphical style?

Technically, and this is in a large part by by being newer and only targeting one platform and using its optimal graphics libraries, WoW beats out FFXI every time.

Graphical style though is a personal thing. WoW is cartoony but not in the cool WindWaker way, (More like Zelda on the CD-i or that horrible Lord of the Rings animation from the 70's was it?) where as FF goes for a look that lets you feel like this world could once have existed, that it was a real place. Personally I prefer the FFXI approach, but not everyone does. The subjectiveness means that the descriptions of better or worse don't apply very well, but does mean that everyone will have an opinion that is based on no real facts. It's what's your favorite colour question, there is no right or wrong, better or worse.

i hate when the sword looks like a saw yay i start out with onion saw

A serrated edge would hurt more.

Double Post Edited:

after what you say do that mean the overhaul will come or not must we w8 til PS2 is out of production? last i hard PS just stoped production well then we only have to w8 bout 4-6 yrs

There will be no graphics engine upgrade. Over half of the playerbase uses the PS2, they will not be kicking them out just so the few can have eye candy.

[Cometgreen]

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It took you six months to realize you didn't like the graphics? If you thought it was great for those six months, why is your only hesitation to returning the inclusion of AA and AF?

In my opinion, unless the graphics give you a headache, it's not that big of a deal. I think FFXI has a beautiful looking world and nicely modeled characters, and though I do wish some of the textures were improved and we could fix up some of those jaggies, I don't think there's much to complain about. It doesn't hurt my gameplay experience, which is what I care about.