Graphics were fine, so what happened

[The Red Rider]

So first post and here is the deal. I have an Acer laptop with windows vista. I decided to get FFXI for this book so i dont have to play with a controler on the ps2. So i installed the game, activated my ID and started playing with out a problem. A few weeks later before any updates or any downloads all the graphics for my charecter, other charectors and NCP's look like ploygons with flashing solid colors and no details. i did not change any settings or do anything different.

Background music and graphics are fine as well as spell cast graphics and such.

If anyone knows what i am talking about and can provide help please give me a hand ^.^

[Kailea]

Re: Graphics were fine, so what happened

So first post and here is the deal. I have an Acer laptop with windows vista. I decided to get FFXI for this book so i dont have to play with a controler on the ps2. So i installed the game, activated my ID and started playing with out a problem. A few weeks later before any updates or any downloads all the graphics for my charecter, other charectors and NCP's look like ploygons with flashing solid colors and no details. i did not change any settings or do anything different.

Background music and graphics are fine as well as spell cast graphics and such.

If anyone knows what i am talking about and can provide help please give me a hand ^.^

update your video drivers, and clear out your startup

Vista and laptops tend to have a problem, when the people you bought it from where retarded and only installed 1GB of ram in the system.

if thats the case, also get another GB of ram ;p

also, you do know you can play FFXI on PS2 with just a keyboard right?

[The Red Rider]

Re: Graphics were fine, so what happened

yea i kno. but i travel up and down the coast alot. it would be nice if i didnt have to drag around the ps2... but n e ways thx a bunch : D

[Lunaryn]

Re: Graphics were fine, so what happened

Can you identify any changes to the software configuration at all? It's possible that some software installed in the mean time caused an issue. If you're absolutely sure nothing at all whatsoever changed in terms of software installed, video configuration, OS configuration, or FFXI configuration, you may have to look into the possibility that your graphics hardware has failed. Is your notebook still under warranty?