Toon Shading

[Kafeen]

Found this the other day. Its done using a Japanese version of the windower.

http://homepage2.nifty.com/n008/FFXi/img/2005_11_12_16_25_18.jpg http://homepage2.nifty.com/n008/FFXi/img/2005_11_15_18_50_18.jpg http://homepage2.nifty.com/n008/FFXi/img/2005_11_15_18_43_08.jpg http://homepage2.nifty.com/n008/FFXi/img/2005_11_15_18_45_07.jpg http://homepage2.nifty.com/n008/FFXi/img/2005_11_14_22_29_24.jpg

[Kilandor]

Hmm...Those look really awsome. But are those real? They look like they are likely photoshoped. I don't see anyway possible to do soemthing like that. As it would basicly require reprograming.

Its very cool though

[Kailea]

somone in My LS forums posted this as well, it is real, but untill they make it shade better, I wont touch it :p

[Jei]

it's a JP windower feature. you can toggle it on and off anytime.

another cool feature it has is a wireframe display you can toggle on and off also. my friend use it to check mob's position behind doors and etc.

[Kittyneko]

Post this on ffxi.archbell.com

[Kafeen]

Post this on ffxi.archbell.comThat's where I found it to start with.

[Kittyneko]

Ow i see. Might convince me to actually download windower and make some screenshots with it. o.o

[The Don]

If it is jp windower, where can I get it? In all searches, all I find is the english windower.

[eriatarka]

thats really amazing! im gonna get right now... its gonna make playing so much funner. Does it work on monsters to? again, REALLY AMAZING

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PS the don has the most amazing sig ; ;

[Ghostraven]

PS the don has the most amazing sig ; ;
i'm gonna have to co-sign... wow

[Ascher]

Nice, the JP players never cease to amaze me, do you happen to have a link to download this by anychance?

[eriatarka]

got it working and took this... really looks nice


you can really complain with results as sexy as this =S

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Nice, the JP players never cease to amaze me, do you happen to have a link to download this by anychance?

heres a direct link to the most current version
http://homepage2.nifty.com/n008/FFXi/bin/FFWindower2005_11_15.zip

[Kuro]

are the controlls for the jp windower easy to use?

[eriatarka]

No controls needed, the toon shader is a default option, nothing else is on as default except the toon shader. and to do like resolution and stuff its the same as the NA windower

[Kuro]

how do you set this up?

the hook thingys, what paths do they need?

*i should have known that opening the read me in my japanese version of notepad *kinda japanese version* would leave me scratching my head

[eriatarka]

DL the zip file and unzip it into your Final Fantasy XI folder. your probobly gonna have to change some things in the "FFHook" Config settings. make sure everything reads as this

PolRegKey = SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\InstallFolder
# for US client(?)
#PolRegKey = SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\InstallFolder
PolRegValue = 1000

FFRegKey = SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SQUARE\FinalFantasyXI
FFWindowXValue = 0002
FFWindowYValue = 0003

You have to addthe US part im pretty sure



As for getting into the game, POL will work fine. Once you start the game up though it might be awhite screen. i fixed that by going to the FFXI congfig tool and putting it back onto the default settings for everything. i logged back in and everything worked.

[Kuro]

it says pol cant find madchool.dll its a file in the extracted viewer, shoudl i plop into my pol folder?

[eriatarka]

the pixel shader also had to be enable for me. the option for it is in the farthese menu to the right in a section in the pic below

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im no master and have just got it so other poeple can definetly help better than i can. try it out, couldnt hurt.

[Kittyneko]

Well.. this is as far as i got:
http://www.geocities.com/playerstation2003/JP_windower_error.JPG

[Sinbreakerblade]

From what i seen it dont look like you guys install the
jp packet but i may be wrong who knows

[Kittyneko]

..?

[Kuro]

I have the jp packet installed, and i still get what sweet kitty has

[Kagerou]

looks like they just put a stroke on the models...isn't toon at all until they vector it fully.

[DakAttack]

It really doesn't look that impressive. Pixel cell shading looks a lot different, not just a black outline and a few more shadows.

[The Don]

Thank you for the compliments on my sig.:thumbsup: Yes, I did the work, but Im new at it, so I dont take requests yet.

Also, thank you Eriatarka for the windower link. Problem is though, I STILL cant get it to work. I started off by dl'n the zip file and unzipping it in the FFXI folder as mentioned. I then changed what needed to be changed in the FFHOOK config. At this point, I click on the windower. This message pops up:

pol.exe - Unable To Locate Component
~~This application has failed to start because MADCHOOK.DLL was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. [OK]

This confuses me because Im looking right at the file. Its right there...in the same folder. Where should I put it so it will be located?

I click 'Ok' and even though the message says "application has failed to start", after clicking 'Ok', POL starts. More confussion.

I continue and log in, just to see what happens. I click on the 'shortcut' just as you would do in the english windower. FFXI boots up and it isnt windowed.

I dont know, but maybe someone could help me here, but I cant try again until 6pm est, if all goes well with the update (Dec. 12th). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Kittyneko]

Go to the .ini file, and change the regkey to US (look a few posts above). That will solve that problem

[Kuro]

i did thatm didont solve it for me T-T

[The Don]

I found out the problem.... and I feel ashamed for not knowing better.

Once you unzip the file, you will get a folder (most likely in japanese). That folder adds to the path. You cannot have that folder in the path (I knew better....). You only need what's inside of it. Take those files out of that folder and put them in the FFXI folder, change the regkey to US as mentioned above, and it should work without getting the error message.

I have yet to test it in-game because of the update. I post again if there are anymore problems.

[Kittyneko]

Take those files out of that folder and put them in the FFXI folder,.

Which files exactly?

[The Don]

Which files exactly?

All of them. This is the easy way:

Unzip the file to your desktop. Once you unzip the file, you will have the "FFWindowerënÄa" folder. Now, in a seperate window, open up your FFXI folder; wherever you have it saved on your computer. With the FFXI folder open, switch back to the "FFWindowerënÄa" folder, select ALL the items in that folder (yes, all of them) and drag them over to the FFXI folder. Now, change your regkey in the .ini file to US as shown above.

Once you start the windower (FFHookLauncher), you shouldnt get anymore error messages. This is all in good faith that the windower will actually work. I have to wait until after the update to see if it works.

[Kittyneko]

Oow okay, I didnt know you meant ALL the files. Thanks. ^^ I was too lazy to try out

[The Don]

I have it working! But I'm very dissappointed. There is nothing that makes it look like the above pictures so either Im missing something, or it WAS photoshoped like someone has mentioned before.

http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=19810

THIS is what I'm looking for, and not matter what I 'played' with or what I toggled I couldnt get this out come. Someone, help me out here....

[Kuro]

look at galka

the look at mithrs

the galka are big, this it works on them, the mithra are small, do the effect looks realy bad on them, same with taru

[x1ang]

I have the jp packet installed, and i still get what sweet kitty has

you could try changing your regional settings dunno

[The Don]

Thead looks dead....

I still wonder if anyone got this working like the pictures shown and also, how do you change the regional settings?

[x1ang]

it worked for me but i dont use it.. does the windower work for you and you're just having problems with getting the toon shader to work?

[LadyPeorth]

Least you guys get somewhere. It loads regular Windower for me, but doesn't show the menu to adjust anything.

[eriatarka]

i got it working fine but stopped cause i couldnt figure out how to change the gamma


:)

[The Don]

it worked for me but i dont use it.. does the windower work for you and you're just having problems with getting the toon shader to work?

Yes. Exactly.... Its actually a pretty decent windower though I got it solely for the toon shader. It does a few shade "things" (I lost screenshots) like:

1: Everything is white. I call it "The clay (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/Knotes/Clay.jpg)".
2: Wireframe, which is 2 types; "Large (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/Knotes/Large.jpg)" and "small (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/Knotes/Small.jpg)".
3: Another one, which may actually be the Toon shader, but looks much differently. It makes everything, including the backgrounds, more polygonal with shadow (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a70/Knotes/Polygonal.jpg) added onto the "shapes".

All three types can be mixed and matched. In other words, you can do 1 and 2 and both would show.

I dont know if I described it correctly. I should look for the screenshots.

Least you guys get somewhere. It loads regular Windower for me, but doesn't show the menu to adjust anything.

See my earlier posts. When you unzip the file, you have to take EVERYTHING out of that japanese folder and put it into your FFXI folder. Dont put the japanese folder into the FFXI, but everything in it.

EDIT: Screenshots added. Click on links. Also, for some reason, "The Clay" screenshot quality is NASTY...no matter WHAT I did to fix it....

[LadyPeorth]

Nah that wasn't the problem. The latest download didn't include some of the files from the older version. Downloaded an older version and I'm gonna test it later