Letter from the Producer, XXXVIII (11/01/2012)

[Destinye]

Inventory bags or w/e.

[Waraji]

The UI does look slick. My only question is what are all the dot things in the lower, right-hand corner?

[kisada]

what's funny is i keep asking the same question, keep looking it up, and keep forgetting

[XalienLevi]

Im almost certain those dots are your inventory at a glance.

[Stromgarde]

I'm not sure that I would be up to the task of creating stuff that's up to par with the official models this time around. They're a hell of a lot more detailed, both in terms of texture quality and meshes.

[Waraji]

I'm interested in UI modding more so than anything else. Usually SE has always been pretty decent at modeling characters, environments, and monsters (reskins aside).

[miokomioko]

Pretty sure those dots are supposed to represent your inventory slots, and the dots off to the left of them represent your equipment slots.
Also, I think the color-coding corresponds with item rarity of whatever is in said slot.

edit: fucking pages, argh

[Lucavi]

If we're talking about seeing specific weapons, I kinda wanna see some of the original FF Mystic Quest weapons. Some of the gear (the icons, at least), really looked good, like the Giant's axe and the Apollo's helm, and I think it'd be pretty cool of them to throw a way-back shoutout.

I also wanna see Cecil's 2-handers in the DS remake of IV. All of those looked unreasonably badass.

[Spider-Dan]

Not sure if I'm late to the party on this, but:

http://viperbeam.com/forum/arr_minimap.jpg

Eff yes.

I'm just hoping that in the big map (and in <pos>) that it actually says X11 and Y11. I'm tired of having to clarify for (or be sent to the wrong location by) people who don't know that X-coordinates come before Y-coordinates.

[Raldo]

<pos> already does (X: #, Y: #) in XIV... or am I mistaken?

[Waraji]

<pos> already does (X: #, Y: #) in XIV... or am I mistaken?

You are correct, people are just stupid.

[Spider-Dan]

To clarify: I would like it if instead of saying "X: 11, Y: 11", it said "X11, Y11". It is a small difference, I concede.

But that's a minor issue compared to the big map. As long as the big map is labeled with X## and Y##, I'm happy.

[Grey Jorildyn]

Version 1.0 was obsessed with colons.

Refresh: +5
Strength: +6
X: 5, Y: 19
Etc.

Ugliest shit ever once you notice it.

[Ratatapa]

You are correct, people are just stupid.

If i'm not mistaken pos is not shown on the mini map in 1.0

[Eagleheart]

If we're talking about seeing specific weapons, I kinda wanna see some of the original FF Mystic Quest weapons. Some of the gear (the icons, at least), really looked good, like the Giant's axe and the Apollo's helm, and I think it'd be pretty cool of them to throw a way-back shoutout.

I also wanna see Cecil's 2-handers in the DS remake of IV. All of those looked unreasonably badass.

( >_>)b someone give this man a really big damn cookie, for he has constructed the largest nostalgia bomb of all time.

Well do I remember MQ.

[Waraji]

It had coordinates. It may not have said X and Y but it was there on the map UI, at the edges while you scroll around. If I'm not mistaken, it also shows you your current position on the top right or something, I'll check tonight.

[Patriarch]

I can't say for sure if I'll be playing this like I did XI, but man am I ready to try out ARR when it comes

[drwaffles]

Do we have any anonymous feedback from JPs about how the alpha feels and what the new zone structure is like? Or even if we did and even if it was in an informal format, would it be against the forum rules to post it in public?

[Gulkeeva]

I can't say for sure if I'll be playing this like I did XI, but man am I ready to try out ARR when it comes

Same here, what I'm sort of "really" hoping for also, is the benchmark tool, to see if the game will perform better cpu powered or nvidia/ati video card and such, I'm looking to upgrade, and I want what gives the better fps O_o

[Waraji]

If any upgrades are in order, I will probably only need to simply SLI.