Windower 4 - Discussion and Support

[dlsmd]

I was hoping someone could help me with this issue. Unsure if it's Windower-based but I have a feeling it's due to an addon/plugin.

When I go to do One to Be Feared HTMB, I end up crashing when fighting Ultima weapon. It seems the crash always occurs when he uses one of his conal abilities:

Smoke Discharger: Petrification and earth damage
High-Tension Discharger: Stun and thunder damage
Cryojet: Paralyze and ice damage
Hydro Cannon: Poison and water damage
Flame Thrower: Plague and fire damage
Turbo Fan Silence and wind damage

Last crash about 5 minutes ago was due to Smoke Discharger going off. I saw the damage on party members but then FFXI crashed.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any addons/plugins that you think could be causing this? Is there any way to debug this and figure out what caused FFXI to crash via Windower debug mode?

Making it impossible to farm this fight.

what plugins/addons are you using??
there is no chance that we could remotely figure out if its an addon/plugin that could cause it with out knowing what ones are loaded

[Byrthnoth]

I hope you figure it out and I'm wrong, but I think there's almost no chance that's windower. Do a file check to see if you have corrupted .dats (and hope it finds it, because it doesn't always work).

[NynJa]

Is FFXI crashing, or is your video card crashing?

[HitomeOfBismarck]

I've actually been having a lot of trouble with the Highlight addon giving me memory leak messages in console. I'm positive it's not the graphics card. Is there a way to export crash reports with Windower?

Addons:

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Aecho
autoinvite
autojoin
battlemod
blist
boxdestroyer
cancel
ChatLink
Clock
ConsoleBG
distance
dynamishelper
FastCS
findAll
gametime
GearSwap
instaLS
itemizer
linker
plugin_manager
pointwatch
Pouches
scoreboard
shortcuts
Silence
SpeedChecker
timestamp
TParty
Treasury
update

Plugins:

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AutoExec
Binder
Config
DelayMeNot
FFXIDB
FishingCrashFix
Guildwork
IME
InfoBar
LightLuggage
SSOrganizer
Tickle
Timers

It feels like it's related to the chat log since it crashes whenever a lot of data is loaded in the chat log at once. It could also be related to Enternity and FastCS since there is a brief CS before Omega and Ultima fights. The memory leak with Highlight occurs most frequently when I zone into Reisenjima.

I can't even replicate it. The U/O fight crashes POL the first time I attempt the fight and then I won't have an issue for 3~5 fights and suddenly it occurs again.

Any advice on debugging this?

Edit: So far, disabling the following addons/plugins has resulted in me not crashing. Will have to do more testing.

dynamishelper
Highlight

Guildwork
IME
InfoBar

Edit Edit: Doing about 12 runs without a single crash, I'm going to go ahead and suggest it might be Highlight or Guildwork that is causing it.

[Inshiya]

Finally coming back to the game after ~4 years, remembered how fucking terrible the entire install/account registration process is.

Finally get it all working and logged in and now windower isn't working.

Downloads fine, installs fine. But when I hit Play to go into FFXI, it goes to the normal black screen right before launching, then just resets back to the playonline loggin.

Any help?

Nevermind. Dropped the display down to a low setting and it will launch.

I'm running in boot camp, so for some reason it won't let me run the game at 2560 x 1600... so it's a tiny window now.

Anyone know how to fix this? Just download some drivers? Pretty frustrating.

[geno3302]

1) Take mac "computer" and put it in your hands
2) Locate nearest trashcan
3) Place mac "computer" inside trashcan.
4) Get a real computer

[Brennski]

Anyone got a place to download windower4. Windower.net seems to be down.

[Bleublood]

I'm also having issues getting onto the Windower site

[Byrthnoth]

Should be fixed now.

[Fallyn]

Does InstaLS work, or is it old? I can't seem to get it to allow me to type after zone, and I can't find any information on it at all...

[Byrthnoth]

Works for me, but the text will be miscolored depending what other addons you have loaded and what order they loaded in.

[Fallyn]

It just doesn't let me type in LS until It has loaded after zoning, not instantly.

[Byrthnoth]

Type /l words and hit enter regardless whether it recognizes your LS.

[Fallyn]

Derp, turns out it doesn't work when it's chatmode LS, but does with L or Ctrl+L - thanks!

[Rehn]

Is there a possibility to a threat meter/%? Played around with libra in ambuscade and was thinking it'd be neat to have, since the information (might) be there?

[urat]

I am trying to get windower working on WINE in ubuntu 16.04, and though it was able to install no problem, it crashes instantly when I start it. FFXI is installed in the usual path as a 32 bit install setup.

I'm wondering if there are any special dependencies I'd need for windower to work that FFXI doesnt need, since FFXI runs perfectly fine on WINE for me, no problems at all. So I'm guessing I am missing something.

Tried looking on the documentation for the windower site, couldnt find anything that listed dependencies for windower.

Edit: Oh looks like a console is popping up for a fraction of a second when I run in desktop emulation mode, lemme see if I can get a dump of what it is saying here...

Edit: This is what I get, which is actually familiar looking to me but its been years since I've dealt with windower stuff so I don't remember what this means.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException: Add value to collection of type 'System.Windows.Controls.UIElementCollection' threw an exception. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Unknown authentication service. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706D3)
   at System.Windows.Media.MediaSystem.ConnectTransport()
   at System.Windows.Media.MediaSystem.Startup(MediaContext mc)
   at System.Windows.Media.MediaContext..ctor(Dispatcher dispatcher)
   at System.Windows.Media.MediaContext.From(Dispatcher dispatcher)
   at System.Windows.Media.Visual.VerifyAPIReadWrite()
   at System.Windows.Media.VisualCollection.Add(Visual visual)
   at System.Windows.Controls.UIElementCollection.AddInternal(UIElement element)
   at System.Windows.Controls.UIElementCollection.Add(UIElement element)
   at System.Windows.Controls.UIElementCollection.System.Collections.IList.Add(Object value)
   at System.Xaml.Schema.XamlTypeInvoker.AddToCollection(Object instance, Object item)
   at MS.Internal.Xaml.Runtime.ClrObjectRuntime.Add(Object collection, XamlType collectionType, Object value, XamlType valueXamlType)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Windows.Markup.XamlReader.RewrapException(Exception e, IXamlLineInfo lineInfo, Uri baseUri)
   at System.Windows.Markup.WpfXamlLoader.Load(XamlReader xamlReader, IXamlObjectWriterFactory writerFactory, Boolean skipJournaledProperties, Object rootObject, XamlObjectWriterSettings settings, Uri baseUri)
   at System.Windows.Markup.WpfXamlLoader.LoadBaml(XamlReader xamlReader, Boolean skipJournaledProperties, Object rootObject, XamlAccessLevel accessLevel, Uri baseUri)
   at System.Windows.Markup.XamlReader.LoadBaml(Stream stream, ParserContext parserContext, Object parent, Boolean closeStream)
   at System.Windows.Application.LoadComponent(Object component, Uri resourceLocator)
   at Launcher.Views.MainView.InitializeComponent()
   at Launcher.Views.MainView..ctor()
   at Launcher.LauncherApplication..ctor(SplashScreen #=qf1N4B_PrqOdTNDSUbsv80w==)
   at #=qnTC76DU__og_WMgWCrTYvRcQxL1W079cH4guBwcE_Ec=.#=qFBpVS932WqoZvE_tXrbxgw==()
   at #=qPUOOy9u5HdURknzeezer4ma9AtDiJSThgKqArWsT_GU=.#=qt4kp1W4B7EWJTkNhTHr5uA==()

Final edit: After chatting in IRC looks like its a no-go and I guess windower has some API/WPF stuff that WINE doesnt support. Sadface. Oh well, it was worth a shot. Guess I'll have to survive without windower :c

[Crevox]

Is it possible to remove the timer for Altana's Favor from the Timers plugin? This has been confirmed to be an infinite duration Reraise (as we suspected) thanks to SE status timers, but the Timers plugin has it alotted to 1 hour.

I know I can probably just blacklist it, but either way, it's incorrect.

Is there a possibility to a threat meter/%? Played around with libra in ambuscade and was thinking it'd be neat to have, since the information (might) be there?

I believe the client only gets access to this information upon the use of Libra, so this wouldn't be possible.

[Funkworkz]

Who usually updates the plugins? Timers needs to have Carnwenhan 119 III as well as Inyanga Shalwar/+1 added to the database. It is not counting them towards duration time.

Edit: Posted on the github already here https://github.com/Windower/Issues/issues/853 . Marsyas is also affected.

[dlsmd]

Who usually updates the plugins? Timers needs to have Carnwenhan 119 III as well as Inyanga Shalwar/+1 added to the database. It is not counting them towards duration time.

Edit: Posted on the github already here https://github.com/Windower/Issues/issues/853 . Marsyas is also affected.

the only ones who can are the windower devs

however the addons can be updated by anyone as long as the original writer is ok with it

[Trumpy]

hopefully they can add the purple pumpkin head to the slips.lua file. they either got forgotten or removed the last slips update.