Ok, heres the deal, I have been playing on a PS2 my entire FFXI career, and people keep saying how great it is on a computer abd blah blah blah. So i just bought a new laptop, and was wondering if there was a way to get my data from my PS2 to my Computer. Would i need to buy all the disk for the computer and stuff? and is it even possible. and finally, what makes it so different?
Thx for any help!
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I cant asnswer your question, but my brother plays on his computer and he said the controls are really difficult compared to the PS2, which I play on.
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You'll need to either buy the PC version of the game, or borrow the discs from someone. Once they're installed, you won't need it again. I made the switch from PS2 to PC, and there's no way I can go back. The biggest difference is having the higher resolution. I also just enjoy playing this style of game more on a PC. I got used to using the keyboard by itself pretty quick, and now I prefer it over the controller.
Answer is yes...You will need the pc version to play on a pc. Also you will have to make all new macros for the pc version, but a usb controller should work fine and you can set it up just like a ps2 controller. I change back and forth between pc and ps2. Big difference in graphics is the only thing I see.
Ok, I have the discs, but how do i get my character off my PS2? I dont want to start over lol
WHM72 and i dont want to go through that hell again
WHM72 and i dont want to go through that hell again
your character isn't on your PS2, it's on SE's servers (this is why there is so few hacks that can be used in FFXI, we can only effect things client side).
Just put in your accoutn info when you log into POL, and you can log in.
This is also how you log in from other terminals/onto other accounts
Just put in your accoutn info when you log into POL, and you can log in.
This is also how you log in from other terminals/onto other accounts
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Heh, you don't need to start over =). You just log into the same POL account that you used on the PS2. Your character information is stored on Square's server. The only thing you'll need to do over are your macros.
One word of warning before you begin. Unless you purchased your laptop with gaming in mind, it is doubful that you can run the game. I bought a brand new spiffy laptop and was unable to. I also may have killed my video card by overheating by trying to run the game; it is now dying and that is one theory. You could be fine, I dunno your specifications. Just thought I would throw that out there. I pulled this from the FFXI trouble shooting thread in the tech support forum:
FFXI is a fairly demanding game from a hardware perspective. It uses an advanced rendering engine to load complex 3d models using less ram than earlier game, but this advancement comes at a price. The FFXI engine makes use of a technology called Hardware Texture aNd Lighting (TNL), which loads shading, texture graphics and lighting effects (lense flares, etc) very fast. The problem is, it does not work on older graphics cards, or many laptop cards. There are many cards that do work, and many that dont, so rather than listing all cards here, Ill just list a few of the major ones that have issues:
Intel extreme graphics
Any voodoo cards
Nvidia or ATI cards older than 2 years
Minimum specifications:
Windows 98/98SE/2000/XP with Direct X 8.1.
Pentium III 800MHz
128MB RAM,
32 mb graphics card with an Ati or Nvidia chipset
4GB
CD-ROM player
56k modem
Recommended Specifications
Pentium IV
128MB RAM
64MB video RAM,
4.5GB hard disk
32x CD-Rom drive
residentevil wrote:
Ok, heres the deal, I have been playing on a PS2 my entire FFXI career, and people keep saying how great it is on a computer abd blah blah blah. So i just bought a new laptop, and was wondering if there was a way to get my data from my PS2 to my Computer. Would i need to buy all the disk for the computer and stuff? and is it even possible. and finally, what makes it so different?
Thx for any help!
Thx for any help!
Yes, it's possible. It depends on your laptop; it may not have the video hardware necessary. You need the PC install disks, since it's a different machine from PS2--you need the PC version of the program, not the PS2 version. If you can borrow them, you do *not* in fact need to buy the game again; you can just install with your current account. In fact, you'll want to do this even if you wind up buying another copy. You account, which is on SE's servers and not your PS2, will come up just fine on your PC. Your macros, map markers, and how you sorted your inventory are stored locally, so you lose all that. Everything else will be there.
As for what makes it so different, it's simply that the PC's hardware is more powerful than the PS2. A laptop will be limited in this respect, but even it will likely have a big edge over the console. You can run it at higher resolutions and it just looks nicer. For one, higher resolutions means you can see things clearer further away.
If you are going to run this on a pc I recommend at least 1 gig ram, a 128 video card and at least a P4 2.4-3g processor, preferred 256mg video card. Other than that, don't waste your time...
Hmmmmm, I have a Pentium 4 processor, a cooling pad to prevent over heating, Windows XP, 80 Gig hard drive, 4200 RPM, Intel Extreme 2 Graphics with 32 MB shared memory(whatever that is lol), operates at 3.06 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache and 533 MHz FSb (also not a clue), Internet runs at 100 MBS(and its ehternet) and thats about it, if anyone knows what all that is lol, will that work?
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