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[Nekradarken]

Is there any information somewhere on what format those icons are, in case we feel like being artistic and updating them ourselves? I'm aware there's .dat swap packs for that, but what if we just felt like modifying certain ones, our own way?

Google "FFXI Icon Change". There are some instructions inside the folder on how to change the icon. I used it to change the utsusemi icon to make the number more visible. Also changed the fanatic/fool's drink buff icon to know when they are going to wear off.

http://www.gwcdn.com/albums/images/4...2ae50028c0.jpg

[Khamsin]

Didn't get much help from that search. Came across a couple live journals in the results, one of which mentioned nothing about it and the other (FFXIStyle) hasn't been updated in 3 years and has broken links. Mostly looking for info like, which DAT contains the icons, how is it formatted, and which icon is which. e.g. is it stored as a particular type of bitmap, and you have to copy a certain portion of the data (using a hex editor) from the image file over a certain portion of corresponding data in the icon DAT, etc.

Was there a particular site from that list of search results you were referring to?

[Apelila]

http://forums.windower.net/topic/205...s-ffxi-ui-mod/

Here's what ye be looking for matey. Also, can look for other UI stuff in that subforum. I use DB's, ut XI view works just as good.

[Nekradarken]

Didn't get much help from that search. Came across a couple live journals in the results, one of which mentioned nothing about it and the other (FFXIStyle) hasn't been updated in 3 years and has broken links. Mostly looking for info like, which DAT contains the icons, how is it formatted, and which icon is which. e.g. is it stored as a particular type of bitmap, and you have to copy a certain portion of the data (using a hex editor) from the image file over a certain portion of corresponding data in the icon DAT, etc.

Was there a particular site from that list of search results you were referring to?

I can't remember where did I download the file. I tried to google it just now and found that the file is still available for download (http://www.gamefront.com/files/16835...ange_v2_0.zip/).

The icon file is at ROM\119\57.dat for english FFXI. Basically you need to make a 16 x 16 bitmap file (32 bit with alpha) for the icon that you want to replace. I am not a good artist so I just modify the icon based on gear picture. E.g. I use Ochain to replace fanatic drink buff in the picture above. I stole the Ochain picture from wikipedia, then resize it to 16x16. After that I use pixelformer (or other graphic editors, like photoshop etc) to make the background transparent and save the file as 32-bit bitmap with alpha. Then just follow the instruction in FFXI_icon_change folder to replace the icon. Enjoy

[Khamsin]

http://forums.windower.net/topic/205...s-ffxi-ui-mod/

Here's what ye be looking for matey. Also, can look for other UI stuff in that subforum. I use DB's, ut XI view works just as good.

Thanks, getting closer! Found out the icons are in ROM/119/57.DAT. Now just need to figure out how they're stored in there. If it's, say, a PNG, could I make an appropriately sized PNG and open the resulting file in a hex editor, copy the data, and paste it in the appropriate spot in the DAT? So far, haven't found any solid information on that. Only pre-made DATs to swap in.

EDIT: Posted that before I saw the above. Thanks for the info. Tried out that program, and certain icons (like amnesia, sneak, third eye, and many others) look corrupted. Other icons display fine. They display fine in the game, too, but the icon change program won't display some of them correctly.

[Apelila]

The guy who made the first UI modification had a huge post on how he did it on his livejournal. I'm about to go home, so I'll look for it then but if you can find that you might get closer.

[Khamsin]

Got it figured out. Thanks for the help!

Started out with Hasso and Seigan to test the waters.



Was always hard to tell when those needed to be recast, among berserk, aggressor, and all that.

[Nekradarken]

Got it figured out. Thanks for the help!

Started out with Hasso and Seigan to test the waters.



Was always hard to tell when those needed to be recast, among berserk, aggressor, and all that.

Nice! The background of the last two icons is being darken on purpose?

[Khamsin]

Nice! The background of the last two icons is being darken on purpose?

It's a separate screenshot that just happened to be taken in a different spot. First screenshot is Third Eye with Seigan, and second screenshot is just Hasso. Signet is in both shots.

Well, we've probably reached our derailment limit. Septimus will have my head if we don't let this thread get back to tracking the devs. Unless, of course, they announce that they're working on supporting HD icons soon!

[Obsidian]

Whoever coded this game should take some software design classes.

[Greatguardian]

Lulz, their memo overflowed. That's mildly hilarious.

[Spira]

XBOX360 limitations?

[Outlaw]

The Doll Festival/Valentines day events blah blah who cares right? Well I was bored the other day and actually read the description.^^; I thought this was pretty funny. Highlighted in bold.

Many years ago, researchers in Aht Urhgan developed an enigmatic device that could, by unleashing a scintillating burst of light, ingrain a thin strip of material with a perfect copy of the surrounding scenery. Unassumingly dubbed an "image recorder," this revolutionary contraption was greeted with wonder and astonishment at the time, and it remains a source of both interest and consternation to this very day—as one possessor of the device recently discovered.

The best part is that lovely-wovely girls practically grow on trees here! With all these luscious ladies, I mightaru just have to make a double—or even triple—issue of Magic Paradise Weekly! I shan't leave a single skir—stone unturned while covering this magnificent event!

and

A Hume girl looked scornfully down upon her smirking Tarutaru neighbor in line, vowing to herself that she wouldn't lose to that pipsqueak. She'd decked her body with bright red clothing that was accented with white, fluffy trim—yes, it was the outfit of a smilebringer. The only change she made was to do away with the pants.

Why would I bother wearing those stuffy things when so many people at last year's Starlight Celebration told me how cute I looked without them?

Oh yeah and there's this item..

http://www.ffxiah.com/item/5919/choco-ligar

[Hirronimus]

Japanese perversion at its finest in my FFXI?

[ronin sparthos]

Ah it reminds me of the days when people would sit under the SCH npc in Bastok (S). Brought a tear to my eye.

[Spekkio]

chocoligar, it melts in your mouth AND as your pants!

oddly, that sentence somehow was incapable of making the idea of chocolate subligar any more disturbing. the jokes that could be made about that item are endless...

[Yugl]

the jokes that could be made about that item are endless...

True fucking story.

[jamesfk]

Whoever coded this game should take some software design classes.

Maybe ive missed it mentioned before but another update in march? seems fast even for the new system of more frequent but smaller version updates.

[Spira]

Lol subligar is like the FFXI meme that refuses to die.
Love it. I enjoy their fun side to be honest

[Lordender]

Ah it reminds me of the days when people would sit under the SCH npc in Bastok (S). Brought a tear to my eye.

Lol I thought I was the only one who caught onto the jp's doing that back when WoTG first released.