Greetings All,
I represent ProjectXI, the project to make a FFXI private server. As we move closer and closer to reasonable playability, the time has come where I require help from the playerbase for things such as specific damage formulas.
For now, I would like to share my latest findings. I was very curious about SE's new Augmented Items system. Last night, I spent a few hours on my private server injecting the packet to modify an inventory slot so that I could discover how augments work.
By continually modifying certain bytes in the packet, I could change the augments. As with most of these types of exercises, they are very useful in demonstrating what SE -could- do if they wanted, but just chooses not to. Here is what I have found so far:
-There are 5 slots for augments.
-There are positive and negative augments, though each specific augment has a range of -32 to 32. In other words, the negatives can become a positive, and vice versa.
-There is a specific byte to turn off the EX flag. In other words, the item doesn't have to be EX if SE so chooses.
-There is a field for item ID. In other words, the augments could be applied to any weapon or armor if SE so chose, but not to unequippable items such as Potions (it will appear without any augments).
-Some augments can stack in multiple slots to a maximum possible effect of +127 or -127.
-There are at least a hundred "blank" slots for SE to add more later, and a lot more "space" for SE to expand the system beyond that.
-There are combination augments in a single slot. For these, it's one positive and one or two negatives. The negatives will be a value equal to one half the positive, rounded up.
To prove my point, I took some screenshots of me injecting the packets on my private server. Perhaps the only true limitation is the size of the text box graphic. Observe:
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Well without further ado, here is every possible augment! Note that I went through all the "blanks" to make sure. It was also fairly easy to determine the range of accepted values. Finally, note that even though I wrote +1 or -1 on most, the value can be anywhere from -32 to +32.
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I wanted to post this in "Advanced Topics," but alas I can't get around the time limit. Thank you Sonomaa though, for augmenting my post count! Mods feel free to move this if you please.
I hope we can all enjoy exchanging new information. Thank you, and see you again!