FFXI Resolution Bug

[Gredival]

So I have this weird bug with Windower where I set the GUI resolution overlay to 1680x1050, but when the game starts up it loads as a 800x600 window.

When I check FFXI config, the game is set to a 800x600 overlay. I reset that to 1680x1050, and try restart Windower, but it loads up in 800x600 again and when I check FFXI config, the settings have reverted.

Anyone have any ideas how to stop the registry from resetting, or what is causing the registry to set to improper values?

[Anomander]

Use the windower_gui to do your settings and launch the game from there the first time. It should write the values to the registry. If this fails to happen it has a box that pops up and tells you. I tripped it up by not clicking the x64 box before hitting launch. I also used to have problems because I wouldn't actually launch from the gui after putting in the settings.

Hope this helps.

[Gredival]

I actually use the GUI Launcher with 1680x1050 as the settings with x64. That's what puzzles me because Windower still loads 800x600. I also have insert set as the console get in the GUI Launcher, but when Windower loads the console key is set to `. It's like there's some file that's overriding the Windower settings.

[Gredival]

Okay weird. I think I have to go back and give a little bit more background.

Initially the laptop was set to run at 1366x768, its native resolution. I plugged it into an external without changing settings and it loaded correctly at that resolution with insert working as the console key. I logged to reload at 1680x1050.

When I first did that, it started doing the 800x600 lock. I logged out of FFXI/Windower again, and used FFXI config tool that comes from POL to reset the overlay to 1680x1050. After I did that, I was able to load the game to 1680x1050 fine, and insert worked as the console key.

The day after, I began being unable to get FFXI back to 1680x1050, even with setting the overlay to 1680x1050 through FFXI config before running Windower. After I load the game in 800x600 and shut down, FFXI config would recognize the overlay resolution had been changed; however if I change the overlay to 1680x1050, then open and close FFXI config, it stays.

In addition to this, Windower is binding the console to ` instead of insert. Which makes me think that the settings file isn't being read or is being overwritten/redirected.

Also, when using FFXI without Windower the game loads to 1680x1050 if the overlay is set to that value through FFXI config prior to loading. But if I run FFXI with Windower and it loads to 800x600, then exit, then directly load FFXI without Windower without using FFXI config the the game adopts a 800x600 resolution. (And the console key does not bind correctly to insert throughout the whole process).

EDIT:

Going into the registry manually, I see it set to 1680x1050. I close and load. Loads as 800x600. I open registry, the registry as been reset to 800x600. If I keep the registry open while FFXI loads, it stays in 1680x1050 and the console key will bind correctly. I have no idea why this is.

[Kriz]

I had this problem on my laptop as well, never did find a fix. The registry just gets changed from the correct settings back to incorrect. I blamed it on my Steam install of FFXI and will be manually installing or copying from a desktop that doesn't have this issue.

[Kaita]

I had this problem for awhile and realized that if the profile named had a space in it (Windowed LQ) It would always load at 800x600 but removing the space fixed it. (WindowedLQ)

[Draylo]

I'm having this issue, anyone have a fix? The above post didn't make sense.

Edit: Solved