FFXIV Installation Info & Issues - Post here please

[Aeni]

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... should I really bother with this though? It's a beta driver, and right now XIV runs pretty flawlessly for me at 1680x1050 and just 2x AA.

Only for those with problems and/or SLI.

[Malacite]

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OK figured as much. I'd rather not download an unfinished driver and then suddenly have issues I didn't before. If it fixed the horrible FPS issues the 400 series has with FF11, that'd be a different story.

[Cyprius]

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All of a sudden I'm not able to get in the game with windowed mode. After the S-E splash screen, it's just black.

Played all day yesterday with no issues.

[Jarre]

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Got utorrant downloading the 423mb patch and ffxiv doing the same one should finish first but utorrant is currently saying 23 hours! bAck to travian and DQ TJOTCK

[TheGrandMom]

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All of a sudden I'm not able to get in the game with windowed mode. After the S-E splash screen, it's just black.

Played all day yesterday with no issues.

Ok obvious questions but...

You uninstalled the beta (if you tried it), right?

Did you install anything/change any settings between logging off and on today?

Can you run other games/videos/etc on your PC with no issues?

Try running the benchmark and see if you have any issues.

[Aeni]

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Played all day yesterday with no issues.

Overheating? Are you on the bubble with regards to minimum requirements to play this game? Some of you are reporting playing the game for 12-20 hours straight. It's just like running Fur Mark for 6 hours straight on max. You could severely cause damage to your PC. If anyone is playing long hours with the game I highly suggest scaling back settings to not overwork CPU/GPU. Applying constant power and accumulation of heat causes stress in the various parts (capacitors) and could potentially fry things up if you are OC'd.

[Killpills]

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It should ask you where you want to install it when you have the installer running... like any other game.

nope.

[ShadowHolyFlyingDragon]

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Well..........

Got home and started installing and I got this stupid error message about 51% thru installation:

CRC error: The file C:\Program Files\Square Enix\FINAL FANTASY XIV\data\5B\20\00\00.DAT doesn't match the file in the setup's .cab file.

So, I went searching for a reason why this is happening and I was only able to find from a post at gamefaqs.com that some dude called tech support at SE and they said its a possibility the disc scratched during shipping.

Checked the disc, looks perfectly fine to me. But who knows if there are micro-tears or abrasions I can't see with the naked eye (not to mention the fact the disc seemed pretty secure in its disc holder in the case.)

So, I found out that BlueGarter has a torrent linked in one of their forums that people can use to try to download instead. (Because apparently, there are tons of other errors people are having with installation ranging from out of date DVD drivers, to Windows Vista compatibility mode settings, or MSSS needing to be turned off, etc.)

Retail: Error while installing FFXIV Read it here at BG Forums.

Wouldn't hurt to scan it before DL.

I'm not waiting for a new damn shipment of CD's. People are saying they also called GameStop to get another DVD, would take it home, and get the same error all over again.

Then one girl on another forum stated she and her hubby got home, she got some kind of data.cab2 error and installed it on her hubby's comp and it did an ISO or whatever to get it onto her desktop. After a few hiccups, she was good to go. She said she thought it was a really stupid error for a DVD drive not being up to par with the DVD disc when we're paying 79$ a pop and I COMPLETELY AGREE lol.

Oh well; at least I can sit here and write in my new little journal how INCREDIBLY PISSED OFF I AM!!!! THANKS SQUARE.

[Aeni]

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Anyone else have this problem ... seems like someone registered my Redemption Code for Rights of Passage. I sent an email to support so I'll see what they say. There's only one character in the code where it could be a zero or an oh and I tried both methods. The rest of the code was straight forward with no room for ambiguity. This is mildly frustrating.

I'm getting 650 KB/s on the patch using uTorrent. Kinda crazy. :B

[TheGrandMom]

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Several of my FFXIII and FFXIV codes came up already used or invalid. A friend got me new codes and those worked but I want answers for the ones that didn't.

[ShadowHolyFlyingDragon]

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About to run Benchmark to see how well my PC's specs are performing.

I finally downloaded the patch (by going to bed and waking up in the morning to find it finished.) I'm not familiar but are other MMO's doing P2P for downloads these days? Mine took about 6 hours......

When I made my character and started the game, it was all choppy to hell and I could barely move, so I had to tweek some settings. :/ I only have a Nvidia GEFORCE 7300 512mb graphics card which is under the specs that are requiring 9000+. I have 2 gigs Ram, but unfortunately my comp is 4 generations behind :/ ...... single core Intel 4 Pentium..... ... yah I know you don't have to stare lol.

Downloaded new graphics drivers, but we'll see how benchmark works....... maybe it will "at least" run OK.

[Aeni]

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I finally downloaded the patch (by going to bed and waking up in the morning to find it finished.) I'm not familiar but are other MMO's doing P2P for downloads these days? Mine took about 6 hours......

Mine took only 15 minutes at 650 KB/s. How reliable is your internet and how many people in your neighborhood are on the torrent? Also, are you behind a firewall?

[MrPhook]

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I'm not part of the beta and I just bought the game today. I'm trying to upload however the system keeps saying I have to update Windows Vista Service Pack 2 in order to proceed. The problem is that I have Windows 7, not Windows Vista. Why would it ask me this? Can anyone help? I'm not too computer savvy. Thanks.

[TheGrandMom]

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I googled it and found the answer in the top 4 links:

"IF YOU ARE GETTING THE PLEASE INSTALL VISTA SERVICE PACK 2 ERROR HERE IS THE FIX:
Figured it out when i got the error after installation issues.

open up the run line and go to the setup files located on your FF14 CD.
Right click on FFXIVsetup and go to properties
go to the compatibility tab this will be set to WINDOWS VISTA
REMOVE THIS SETTING and let it run without a compatibility MODE"

[neenja_jenkins]

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Sorry for bumping an old thread, but anyone have tips for helping me get XIV running smoother? I was quite surprised to start it up, crank everything up and get funky FPS.

i7 990x (Not OC'd), 2 GTX590 in SLI (stock clock speeds), 2560x1600. I haven't met much that I couldn't run maxed out, but XIV turns into a slideshow with everything on. I know AO hits hard, but even after turning AO off, and eye-candy down, I'm still not 100% happy.
I hear the windowed fullscreen hack might help, as does various Nvidia CP settings, but I was hoping for some tips from those with personal experience. Anyone have any magic for me?