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[Slycer]

Shell is MDT, not MDB. Try MDB gear, it should work. Based on the recent lack of any notable updates, I highly doubt their capability to ever address issues like this.

[Byrthnoth]

Ah Chipmungus, we hardly knew ye:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post368143

Hello!

As I am sure you are ALL aware, many Windows-based FFXI players seem to either be using, or have used at some point, a third-party application known as "Windower", named for its ability to run FFXI in a window long before an official windowed mode was added to the game. Since then, it seems that the application has evolved into a sort of moddable client for FFXI, involving numerous "plugins", some of which are borderline hacks and others which, in my opinion, highlight shocking interface design oversights on Square-Enix's part.

I did a forum search for "Windower" and found a few hits - nothing noteworthy. I apologise if posting this information or asking this is against the rules, but will any of these convenient plugin features see official, legal renditions in the new Windows user interface?

I do not condone the use of third party applications but this stuff looks really, really user-friendly, compared to the standard interface.

Specifically, I'm wondering if we'll be able to see TP values of other party members:http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/1194/jobs.png
See status effect timers:
http://www.windower.net/img/plugin-statustimer.png
See the distance between PC and target:
http://www.windower.net/img/plugin-distance.png
See timestamps in the chat log:
http://www.windower.net/img/plugin-timestamp.png
View recast timers without having to go into the job ability / magic menu:
http://www.windower.net/img/plugin-recast.png
And, although it's not a user interface feature, increase the draw distance of the game ten-fold:
Before:http://img8.hostingpics.net/pics/282705Before.jpg
After:http://img8.hostingpics.net/pics/733786After.jpg

Once again, I do not condone the use of Windower and any player who chooses to use it should know that it is a third party application and therefore illegal. I only bring the program to light in this fashion to illustrate how useful these features could be (and how much nicer they could look) given an official implementation by SE.

Thanks.

I guess I'll note that it looks like he realizes he's playing with fire. His posted timestamp chatlog shows the "Welcome to Ragnarok" message while the posting character claims to be on Carby.

[Damane]

Ah Chipmungus, we hardly knew ye:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post368143


I guess I'll note that it looks like he realizes he's playing with fire. His posted timestamp chatlog shows the "Welcome to Ragnarok" message while the posting character claims to be on Carby.

if this ends up in SE fucking windower over, this man that posted this will be dead ¬.¬. Tough SE surely knows about windower, who in their right mind goes on their official forum and blatantly confronts them with it.

[Doombringer]

i thought windower was like fight club...

that being said i'd love official windower functionality, say on my xbox. hooking the laptop up to the t.v. makes the room look like the back room of a radio shack.

[Guitarman]

I can say with no level of uncertainty if SE found a way to stop windower there would be next to no one playing anymore.

[Howie Roary]

mouth-breathing 12.95ers and japanese PS2 players until someone made another windower in 2 weeks

[Taruina]

inb4 "personal army" but would it be possible to black ball this baby-genius with people on their server?

[Howie Roary]

for what? talking about the world's worst kept secret since jaywalking?

[Taruina]

for what? talking about the world's worst kept secret since jaywalking?

For bringing it right to satan's doorstep.

Meh. If SE ever implemented any of the suggestions, we all know they'd fuck it up.

[Eurell]

Idk what people are worried about. SE knows about windower lol. I'm sure half their employees use it. This is not showing them anything they don't know.

[Taruina]

True, I guess I'm just a giant pussy when it comes to it. :/

[Churchill]

yes.

[NynJa]

http://www.ffxiah.com/linkshell/Carbuncle/Divine

The screenshots he used arent his, unless he has another account on another server.

[Spicyryan]

Ah Chipmungus, we hardly knew ye:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post368143


I guess I'll note that it looks like he realizes he's playing with fire. His posted timestamp chatlog shows the "Welcome to Ragnarok" message while the posting character claims to be on Carby.

DID YOU KNOW THAT NOT EVERY BUILDING IN AMERICA HAS A RAMP FOR EASY ACCESS TO THE HANDICAPPED?!

Fucking morons.

Love to see what SE says though this time since they commented on Windower years ago, haven't they? Back during that whole STF make announcements about how many were banned this quarter era?

[Esvedium]

They're legally forced to, guiz.

[Slycer]

They're legally forced to, guiz.

By law, rofl. I'd like to see that law that explicitly defines RMT as illegal. And then the other one that says action must be taken.

[Churchill]

When I heard about blinkers, I knew our friend would have something to say.

http://darkrenegadesmusings.blogspot.com/

[Bail]

When I heard about blinkers, I knew our friend would have something to say.

http://darkrenegadesmusings.blogspot.com/

I don't understand how this guy can be so mad at EVERYTHING lol

[Aksannyi]

I don't understand how people still give him attention. I could go a lifetime without ever hearing anything about him ever again. I only need to see the same trainwreck once in my lifetime.

[Yugl]

When I heard about blinkers, I knew our friend would have something to say.

http://darkrenegadesmusings.blogspot.com/

I was waiting for this myself lol.