Workaround to get FFXI on Vista

[Francisco II]

1. Install Playonline from the original Van'diel Collection DVD.

This works with the old CDs too, right?

2. Copy a previously updated Playonline folder and replace the existing install.
3. Delete the Patch.bak file

Where is Patch.bak, and do I need to copy the ENTIRE contents of the Playonline folder? That's like 7.8 GB... Or just the Playonline Viewer folder (which is like 330 MB).

4. Run Playonline and it will check all files and then reload.
5. Install FFXI + ROZ + COP from the Original Vana'diel Collection DVD.
6. Install TOAU from it's DVD.

Can I skip COP to save time? (kidding, kidding)

[Francisco II]

I installed POL from the Vana'Diel Collection, copied the PlayOnline Viewer Folder over to my new PC, and deleted Patch.bak

If I try to run POL.exe to update, I get an error message saying: Cannot move version update files.

Anyone able to help with this?

[Intense]

DLed new copys of JRE 6 and azureus installed them still getting an error



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Cali~ Can I see your desktop image? :D

[Calina]

heres desktop SS

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heres it without toolbars and stuff incase u wanna use it to

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EDIT: gay photobucket resized it uploaded it on imageshack

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[Calina]

I installed POL from the Vana'Diel Collection, copied the PlayOnline Viewer Folder over to my new PC, and deleted Patch.bak

If I try to run POL.exe to update, I get an error message saying: Cannot move version update files.

Anyone able to help with this?

theres a problem with the new pol version i fuigered out how to get around it yesterday

start off the same install pol from dvd

when u copy over the pol folder copy everything EXCEPT the usr folder keep the 1 from the install for some reason using usr folder from anouther install makes all sorts of weird shit happen

i had your prob after a few trys it just worked then i couldent edit pol like adding more accounts to main menu and alot more stuff happened all worked fine after i reinstalled and copyed over without the usr folder

[Francisco II]

Thank you - that got me somewhere at least... still updating FFXI and I haven't installed ToAU yet - but it's looking good.

[Calina]

also IF you use windower dont turn off plugins it crashes pol most of the time everything seems to work except unloading plugins

[Calina]

vista is heavy on the ram it idles at 55% with 1gig i suggest only using vista 2-3gigs if u wanna play the newer games like fear i cant even run it on 1 gig lags so bad even on lowest settings on xp i could run it on high easly with no lag at all well no lag ingame at least loading kinda takes a while but worth it love that game

[Amelyssan]

Any idea on how to make FFXI Config work? I tried running it on SP 2 mode and as Admin but it still won't launch.

dont bather with config edit the registry

http://shadowslair.shadow-ffxi.com/enhanceffxi.html

I'm also having problems getting FFXI Config to run in Vista. The url in the second quote really only tells you how to increase your resolution then prompts you to use the FFXI Config tool for the rest of your tweaks.

So that leads me back to Kamiboi's question, has anyone had any luck getting the FFXI Config tool to run in Vista?

Potentially Noteworthy: I'm also running it in SP 2 mode and as Admin, however, every time I open the program it closes within 0.5 and 1 second of opening. I've gotten the EU tool to run "properly" but it never saves the settings after closing.

[Calina]

Any idea on how to make FFXI Config work? I tried running it on SP 2 mode and as Admin but it still won't launch.

dont bather with config edit the registry

http://shadowslair.shadow-ffxi.com/enhanceffxi.html

I'm also having problems getting FFXI Config to run in Vista. The url in the second quote really only tells you how to increase your resolution then prompts you to use the FFXI Config tool for the rest of your tweaks.

So that leads me back to Kamiboi's question, has anyone had any luck getting the FFXI Config tool to run in Vista?

Potentially Noteworthy: I'm also running it in SP 2 mode and as Admin, however, every time I open the program it closes within 0.5 and 1 second of opening. I've gotten the EU tool to run "properly" but it never saves the settings after closing.

i know anouther posted list ill look it up

EDIT: here it is prolly 1 good thing that came off alla

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?f ... 2834&num=3

this list just gives a list of witch key controls what i set everything up on my system off it and it runs great

[Calina]

here this is SS of mine this works great in vista ultimate x86

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/7...stryas6.th.jpg

[Jafar]

*bump* I finally got my laptop, but I'm having issues with this. Maybe I am just retarded, though. I transfered my PlayOnlineViewer folder or w/e and cut/paste etc.... I got POL to actually open, but it's not letting me install FFXI now. I try to click play and it says it isn't installed. Every time I insert the disc now it wants to only uninstall. Suggestions? Or do I have to copy my ENTIRE (7.67GB) file over? ; ;

I'm having the same problem on my new laptop. I installed FFXI, copied the ENTIRE Playonline (7.67GB) folder over, overwrote the files it asked me to overwrite, deleted patch.bak and got into playonline. Once I got in, the Install game icon isn't in PlayOnline and I can't actually get into the game. What did you do to fix this problem? I've been trying to get this fixed for hours and hours now, and I can't figure it out. Thanks for the help!

[Calina]

*bump* I finally got my laptop, but I'm having issues with this. Maybe I am just retarded, though. I transfered my PlayOnlineViewer folder or w/e and cut/paste etc.... I got POL to actually open, but it's not letting me install FFXI now. I try to click play and it says it isn't installed. Every time I insert the disc now it wants to only uninstall. Suggestions? Or do I have to copy my ENTIRE (7.67GB) file over? ; ;

I'm having the same problem on my new laptop. I installed FFXI, copied the ENTIRE Playonline (7.67GB) folder over, overwrote the files it asked me to overwrite, deleted patch.bak and got into playonline. Once I got in, the Install game icon isn't in PlayOnline and I can't actually get into the game. What did you do to fix this problem? I've been trying to get this fixed for hours and hours now, and I can't figure it out. Thanks for the help!

no u start off with copying over ONLY the pol folder leave FFXI 7gig folder for later

u copy everything EXCEPT the USR folder over the newest version of pol when u include the old usr folder it messes it up i have FF working perfectly right now

after u have pol working install FFXI NOT BEFOR!

then copy over the 7gig FFXI folder and delet the patch.bak

gatta do it all in order for it to work correctly cant just skip ahead and hope for the best

takes 10mins to get it installed my way

[Jafar]

*bump* I finally got my laptop, but I'm having issues with this. Maybe I am just retarded, though. I transfered my PlayOnlineViewer folder or w/e and cut/paste etc.... I got POL to actually open, but it's not letting me install FFXI now. I try to click play and it says it isn't installed. Every time I insert the disc now it wants to only uninstall. Suggestions? Or do I have to copy my ENTIRE (7.67GB) file over? ; ;

I'm having the same problem on my new laptop. I installed FFXI, copied the ENTIRE Playonline (7.67GB) folder over, overwrote the files it asked me to overwrite, deleted patch.bak and got into playonline. Once I got in, the Install game icon isn't in PlayOnline and I can't actually get into the game. What did you do to fix this problem? I've been trying to get this fixed for hours and hours now, and I can't figure it out. Thanks for the help!

no u start off with copying over ONLY the pol folder leave FFXI 7gig folder for later

u copy everything EXCEPT the USR folder over the newest version of pol when u include the old usr folder it messes it up i have FF working perfectly right now

after u have pol working install FFXI NOT BEFOR!

then copy over the 7gig FFXI folder and delet the patch.bak

gatta do it all in order for it to work correctly cant just skip ahead and hope for the best

takes 10mins to get it installed my way

k.. gonna try this again but let me make sure I have the steps right, and in order.

1) Install Playonline Viewer from Disc (I have Vana'collection DVD version)
2) Copy over ONLY "PlayOnlineViewer" folder, minus the USR folder.
3) Open Playonline, make sure files for POL get updated, install FFXI (assuming Install button is actually there, this time)
4) Re-copy entire PlayOnline folder including FFXI/Tetramaster/PlayOnlineViewer/usr (7.67GB)
5) Delete patch.bak
6) Open FFXI update and play?

Is that right, or am I still doing something incorrectly?

[Jafar]

Update: I think I've got it now. I'm making progress that I wasn't making before, just by copying individual pol.exe file instead of entire folder. I'll post again when it finishes. Hopefully I'll get my laptop online yet!

[Calina]

*bump* I finally got my laptop, but I'm having issues with this. Maybe I am just retarded, though. I transfered my PlayOnlineViewer folder or w/e and cut/paste etc.... I got POL to actually open, but it's not letting me install FFXI now. I try to click play and it says it isn't installed. Every time I insert the disc now it wants to only uninstall. Suggestions? Or do I have to copy my ENTIRE (7.67GB) file over? ; ;

I'm having the same problem on my new laptop. I installed FFXI, copied the ENTIRE Playonline (7.67GB) folder over, overwrote the files it asked me to overwrite, deleted patch.bak and got into playonline. Once I got in, the Install game icon isn't in PlayOnline and I can't actually get into the game. What did you do to fix this problem? I've been trying to get this fixed for hours and hours now, and I can't figure it out. Thanks for the help!

no u start off with copying over ONLY the pol folder leave FFXI 7gig folder for later

u copy everything EXCEPT the USR folder over the newest version of pol when u include the old usr folder it messes it up i have FF working perfectly right now

after u have pol working install FFXI NOT BEFOR!

then copy over the 7gig FFXI folder and delet the patch.bak

gatta do it all in order for it to work correctly cant just skip ahead and hope for the best

takes 10mins to get it installed my way

k.. gonna try this again but let me make sure I have the steps right, and in order.

1) Install Playonline Viewer from Disc (I have Vana'collection DVD version)
2) Copy over ONLY "PlayOnlineViewer" folder, minus the USR folder.
3) Open Playonline, make sure files for POL get updated, install FFXI (assuming Install button is actually there, this time)
4) Re-copy entire PlayOnline folder including FFXI/ (7.67GB)FIXED
5) Delete patch.bak
6) Open FFXI update and play?

Is that right, or am I still doing something incorrectly?

u only copy the FFXI folder itself not the playonline vewier+TM folders the second time

[Jafar]

Okay, here's where I am at right now. I just finished updating Playonline after I got it to open. Now when I go to the main Playonline screen, there is NO INSTALL button. It will not let me install the actual Final Fantasy XI game. I don't understand why, either. This time, the only file that I copied was the pol.exe file, just to get Playonline to open.

I am at a loss here, because I know what I need to do to proceed, but I can't because the button for it is simply not there.

If it makes a difference, system specs are:
AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology ML-40 2.2GHZ
Memory (RAM): 2047 MB
Sytem Type: 32-bit operating system
NVidia GeForce GO 7900 GS
Windows Vista Ultimate w/ media center and TV tuner

[Calina]

Okay, here's where I am at right now. I just finished updating Playonline after I got it to open. Now when I go to the main Playonline screen, there is NO INSTALL button. It will not let me install the actual Final Fantasy XI game. I don't understand why, either. This time, the only file that I copied was the pol.exe file, just to get Playonline to open.

I am at a loss here, because I know what I need to do to proceed, but I can't because the button for it is simply not there.

If it makes a difference, system specs are:
AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology ML-40 2.2GHZ
Memory (RAM): 2047 MB
Sytem Type: 32-bit operating system
NVidia GeForce GO 7900 GS
Windows Vista Ultimate w/ media center and TV tuner

thinkin your just ganna need to go online and DL the original 4 disk pol set cuase i have no clue what is cuasing your problem at this point the button not being there thing dient happen to me ive helped a dozen ppl in my ls to install it from 4 disk and dvd(original collection and 07 collection) and havent seen this problem

ive installed it myself from both original collection and 4 disk set with no problems they way i discribed it

althou if your using the 64bit i can see y u cant get it to run i spent a week installed over and over in diff ways each time and wasent able to get it to work but i have heard someone did but havent been able to fuiger it out myself(this was back with the version of pol that was out when vista was released this newer version idk maybe it will work fine maybe not

[Calina]

anyone planing to upgrade to vista i would suggest use 32bit for now upgrade to the 64bit in like 4 or 5 months when theres more out there for it right now there aint that much(at least for the kinda stuff i normaly use) that work

[Jafar]

New update:

I got Final Fantasy XI installed and working, sort of. After I got playonline working, I knew that FFXI would work if I could just get it installed. The problem is the lack of the install button. I digged up the old 4 disc FFXI/ROZ set that I had from ages ago though, and I was able to auto-run the install. So I got FFXI and ROZ installed fine, and I'm pretty sure that I can also get ToAU installed, but CoP is going to present a problem.

So before I go to the trouble of downloading the FFXI updates for a non-CoP updated game, I'm going to completely uninstall, and install the actual POL viewer from the original set of CD's. If that works for POL, and the Install Software button is there, then I can use the Vana'diel Collection DVD to install FFXI,ROZ,CoP and the ToAU disc to install it.

Overall this has been an EXTREMELY frustrating process for me, but I feel like I'm making positive progress and should be installed and running soon.