Windower 4 - Discussion and Support

[RalphTheDwarf]

Windower seems to have started crashing when I load media heavy websites in Firefox. Any ideas what could be up with that?

Upon further examination, this is seems to be an FFXI problem as I can cause it to crash on certain web pages using the built in windowed mode functionality with no Windower running. I can consistently crash FFXI by visiting a few sites such as Speedtest in a fresh window of Firefox. I don't know if there's any kind of workaround that can be made for it until SE fixes their stuff.

[Mafai]

Upon further examination, this is seems to be an FFXI problem as I can cause it to crash on certain web pages using the built in windowed mode functionality with no Windower running. I can consistently crash FFXI by visiting a few sites such as Speedtest in a fresh window of Firefox. I don't know if there's any kind of workaround that can be made for it until SE fixes their stuff.

I'm pretty sure if you downgrade your firefox the issue will stop. Try going back to 46.0.1 from 47.0

32 bit windows
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/...p%2046.0.1.exe

64 bit windows
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/...p%2046.0.1.exe

I don't play anymore, so I can't test this for you, and use Chrome anyway. If you use Chrome or downgrade firefox, I bet your issue is resolved. I believe its the HTML5 mods made in the most recent release.

[Pikagreg]

I was finally able to help out a buddy who could not get the game running with windower no matter what he tried. We tried every solution we could think of/find with no luck. What ended up finally fixing the issue for us was a fresh install of windows 10 using a usb/disk install provided my Microsoft.

We had tried using the "Reset" feature found in Windows 10 but it did not solve the issue. Etrigan's post on the windower support forums the other day stating some random outside program on his computer was causing the issue made me figure that some bloat software or something else that came with the pc was causing the issue. Since "Reset" only brings the computer back to how it was when you received it we figured we would try reinstalling Windows 10 completely would be worth one more chance before giving up and moving back to Windows 7.

USB tool https://www.microsof...load/windows10/

Windows 10 does not require a CD key and will recognize your computer once installation is complete.

I just received a text from my friend saying it worked and he is currently online with Windower enabled. We have been dealing with this for about a month now and it has been a huge headache for sure.

[dlsmd]

I was finally able to help out a buddy who could not get the game running with windower no matter what he tried. We tried every solution we could think of/find with no luck. What ended up finally fixing the issue for us was a fresh install of windows 10 using a usb/disk install provided my Microsoft.

We had tried using the "Reset" feature found in Windows 10 but it did not solve the issue. Etrigan's post on the windower support forums the other day stating some random outside program on his computer was causing the issue made me figure that some bloat software or something else that came with the pc was causing the issue. Since "Reset" only brings the computer back to how it was when you received it we figured we would try reinstalling Windows 10 completely would be worth one more chance before giving up and moving back to Windows 7.

USB tool https://www.microsof...load/windows10/

Windows 10 does not require a CD key and will recognize your computer once installation is complete.

I just received a text from my friend saying it worked and he is currently online with Windower enabled. We have been dealing with this for about a month now and it has been a huge headache for sure.

that would only work if his install was corrupted which can happen for several reasons
1. bit rot
2. bad initial install
3. virus
4. etc.

[Pikagreg]

that would only work if his install was corrupted which can happen for several reasons
1. bit rot
2. bad initial install
3. virus
4. etc.

Honestly I have no idea what the issue was. The PC was a generic "gaming pc" found on Amazon. It came with a bunch of bloatware and did not work out of the box. I assumed it was a bad initial install as removing the bloatware did not seem to fix the issue. I admit I am not the smartest when it comes to technical stuff but with how many threads I have seen on the issue with no real solution, I figured anything might help someone.

[Trumpy]

I have had my chat log breaking a lot mroe often lately when I dual box. Is there anyone else with this problem increasing, or maybe sandbox is broken? Can anyone tell me what version their sandbox file says it is? I wonder if my XP pc is blockin updates on plugins as well, which sucks as there is no where I know of to download latest plugins.

[S N K]

Windower has been crashing a lot now since I activated the 2 new Wardrobes. It was fine until I put my inventory into it then it kept auto logging me out. I rebooted it fully and now everytime I try to log into my main account, it's crashing PoL.

[Byrthnoth]

Yeah, that is going to take a hook update. Someone contact Arcon via github windower issues tracker and he can probably fix it pretty quickly.

I am hiking without a computer or much internet for the next week, but I will do what I can when I get back.

[nikia]

Just noticed that the windower forum is down, went to check on XI View. Not sure if anyone knows. Though I would mention at least.

[kuraidi]

Just noticed that the windower forum is down, went to check on XI View. Not sure if anyone knows. Though I would mention at least.

look for KenshiDRK on github there is an updated XI view on there cant post link not enought post yet

[Kenshi]

Here is the link https://github.com/KenshiDRK/XiView/releases/tag/v2.1.6

[Draylo]

Yeah, that is going to take a hook update. Someone contact Arcon via github windower issues tracker and he can probably fix it pretty quickly.

I am hiking without a computer or much internet for the next week, but I will do what I can when I get back.

Was anyone able to contact him? I thought he checked these forums still. Also, not sure if it was brought up but Inyanga gear isn't able to be searched with //find all while its in slip 23.

[Neoex]

Just upgraded to windows 10, seem to be able to stay online anywhere from 5-15 min same error

pol.exe
1.18.13.0
4e3bcddc
d3d8.dll
10.0.10586.0
5632d6b6
c0000005
00037462
1ad4
01d1d71f4062c5db
C:\Program Files (x86)\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\pol.e xe
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\d3d8.dll
5aa5377f-d2c9-4186-b332-5f8eef43253d

Anyone have any ideas?

[nikia]

Thanks for the reply, I am more curious why the forums are down to begin with? Wondering if Windower is reaching it's EOL or if arcon and the other devs even know it is down.

[Cursed]

So since adding wardrobe 3 and 4 and moving some of my jobs' gear into them, Gearswap has been having some issues.
Only fix at the moment is to remove everything from wardrobes 3 and 4 back into wardrobe 1 and 2.

Is this a problem with Gearswap or Windower?
If gearswap, is there something that can be done from my side or should I just wait for a hook update?

[Byrthnoth]

Windower will not work with wardrobe 3+4 until a hook update goes live and bags.lua is updated.

Gearswap will need an update to equip gear in those wardrobes.

Windower is not really EoL, but Arcon has done the vast majority of maintenance for the last two years. Normal progression is something like: Arcon fixes the most obvious stuff, I troll forums for more things to fix, Arcon eventually fixes the more subtle stuff. I am on vacation and Arcon has a demanding job, so things get fixed a little slower now.

[geno3302]

Give me access to the windower source code I'll help fix things!

[Rehn]

Right now I'm currently idling club/shield and when attempting to wear FC set (staff/grip) the grip never equips. Even doin something like:

sets.precast.FC = {
		main={name="Grioavolr", augments={'"Fast Cast"+7','MP+79','"Mag.Atk.Bns."+17','Magic Damage +3'}, priority=1},
		sub={name="Oneiros Grip", priority=2},
		ammo="Impatiens",
		head=Vanya_Hood_FC,
		body="Inyanga Jubbah +1",
		hands=Telchine_Gloves,
		legs=Telchine_Braconi,
		feet=Telchine_Pigaches,
		neck="Orunmila's Torque",
		waist="Witful Belt",
		left_ear="Moonshade Earring",
		right_ear="Etiolation Earring",
		left_ring="Defending Ring",
		right_ring="Lebeche Ring",
		back="Alaunus's Cape"}

doesn't work either. What can I do to fix this? Or does club/shield > staff/grip just doesn't do well with gearswap?

[Byrthnoth]

Give me access to the windower source code I'll help fix things!

Windower 4 has a C code base with contributions from dozens of coders, many of whom we do not have contact info for and was contributed under, iirc, no clear license before v4. We also, I think, include a lib that used to be free but is no longer free. These two reasons leave us in a legally difficult position when it comes to spontaneously open sourcing it regardless which license we choose to use.

Windower v5 is still being developed as Iryoku's pet project and it is a complete rewrite, which frees us from such legal issues. It is his choice, but he would be free to open source it if he wanted.

[Trumpy]

Right now I'm currently idling club/shield and when attempting to wear FC set (staff/grip) the grip never equips. Even doin something like:

sets.precast.FC = {
		main={name="Grioavolr", augments={'"Fast Cast"+7','MP+79','"Mag.Atk.Bns."+17','Magic Damage +3'}, priority=1},
		sub={name="Oneiros Grip", priority=2},
		ammo="Impatiens",
		head=Vanya_Hood_FC,
		body="Inyanga Jubbah +1",
		hands=Telchine_Gloves,
		legs=Telchine_Braconi,
		feet=Telchine_Pigaches,
		neck="Orunmila's Torque",
		waist="Witful Belt",
		left_ear="Moonshade Earring",
		right_ear="Etiolation Earring",
		left_ring="Defending Ring",
		right_ring="Lebeche Ring",
		back="Alaunus's Cape"}

doesn't work either. What can I do to fix this? Or does club/shield > staff/grip just doesn't do well with gearswap?

Just gonna guess this is the issue but when you use the priority thing the HIGHEST number goes first. you cant equip a grip with no 2 hand weapon on first.