Final Fantasy XI

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Final Fantasy XI

Developers
	Square Enix
Release dates
Windows	November 7, 2002
Reception
IGDB	63
Taxonomy
Series	Final Fantasy

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS; use Windower with the Unlimited plugin to run at higher frame rates.

General information

Official site

Official media site

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition.
Steam		Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition.

All versions require a Square Enix Account.

The Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition is the newest and most complete edition.

Pay-per-month MMO. First 30 days free for new accounts.

Essential improvements

Oversampling

It is possible to improve the graphics further beyond what is allowed by editing the "Background resolution" registry setting. For more details, see http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Graphics#Background_Resolution

Improved UI

There are various 3rd-party tools used to improve the UI.

• XI View: http://forums.windower.net/index.php?/topic/8-xi-view-v225-mar-28th-2015-user-interface/

Increased Draw Distance

The normal way to change draw distance is the /localsettings command in-game. It is possible to increase the draw distance beyond the max using this Windower plugin: http://wiki.windower.net/plugins/drawdistance

Change max number of displayed characters on-screen

This can be changed by using the /localsettings command. Syntax: /localsettings charanum [number] (25-50)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/230330/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Defaults to 4:3, change in Config menu in game.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Reducing/increasing camera distance affects the FOV.
Windowed		Set in Config Tool on the General tab.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Set in Configuration Tool.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		30 FPS cap; use Windower with the Unlimited plugin to run at higher frame rates.
120+ FPS		Use Windower with the Unlimited plugin.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Log information during dialogues.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		The game is Online only.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	25, 80, 110, 443, 50000-65535
UDP	50000-65535

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues unresolved

Frame rate

The max frame rate for the game is 30 FPS. If you are not finding your frame rate near that, it can help to turn off shadows in the in-game options.

Also try removing all USB devices. In the past, it was found that certain USB devices would cause a frame rate drop.

Issues fixed

Crashes

The game typically does not stay open if another program is in fullscreen mode. If something opens in fullscreen mode, FFXI will most likely close/crash.

Will not run on Windows Vista and later

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Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7, 8	7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or faster	Intel Core i3 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce series ATI Radeon 9000 series 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GT 740 DirectX 8.1 compatible