PlayOnline on Vista

[Neoanline]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

How about on your router/modem? Have you done any port forwarding? I am not sure what ports FFXI uses, but you might be able to find the information on their website.

There's no problem with my modem. I called my provider and asked for the ports but they are all opened.
The support team of POL has checked my connection with my IP and they also said that there's no problem. POL has forwarded my problem to Japan on Thuesday. Now I'm waiting.

[Rostum]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

Yes, I've done everything as administrator... Firewall is also off..

How about on your router/modem? Have you done any port forwarding? I am not sure what ports FFXI uses, but you might be able to find the information on their website.

[Aksannyi]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

Wait hold on a second, I can dat swap to get rid of it?

...

I'm going to be busy for awhile.

Should work, just dat swap ice spikes to look like blaze spikes or something lol.

[Neoanline]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

This is probly silly, but have you run the Pol as administrator? And ffxi itself as well? I gave access to both just in case for my vista when pol had issues. Also you might try disabling the fire wall just to see if it can work. I know on one pc a while ago i had to turn off windows firewall or zone alarm to get the game to work.

Yes, I've done everything as administrator... Firewall is also off..

[dirtyclown]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS

Not only Ice spikes, Ice elementals do it, Enblizzard, all crash my game. I have to .dat swap all of that to get it to stop, and I haven't isolated all of the little animations that fuck me over, but I'm glad someone else has confirmed that this is really the case and not some stupid weird coincidence.

Hate this laptop sometimes. :(

Wait hold on a second, I can dat swap to get rid of it?

...

I'm going to be busy for awhile.

[Aksannyi]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

my client crashes whenever someone around me uses ice spikes

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS

Not only Ice spikes, Ice elementals do it, Enblizzard, all crash my game. I have to .dat swap all of that to get it to stop, and I haven't isolated all of the little animations that fuck me over, but I'm glad someone else has confirmed that this is really the case and not some stupid weird coincidence.

Hate this laptop sometimes. :(

[Ambiant]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

This is probly silly, but have you run the Pol as administrator? And ffxi itself as well? I gave access to both just in case for my vista when pol had issues. Also you might try disabling the fire wall just to see if it can work. I know on one pc a while ago i had to turn off windows firewall or zone alarm to get the game to work.

[Neoanline]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

Anyways, I don't think Neo's problem sounds like a installation problem now, I think that sounds more like a problem on SE's end with their registration server.

Either SE with the registration server or my provider...

I'm just so sick of hearing "install again" - sometimes this isn't the right way to solve problems...
But I'll give it a last try and install the game once again, once again the Vista patch, once again POL and once again FFXI. In this order (as described at playonline.com)...

Although: thank you for your try to help...
I just thought I would get the chance to talk to someone of SE who has the background information...

[dirtyclown]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

DUN DUN DUN.

I managed to get FFXI working on a Vista run PC that doesn't even have a compatible graphics card. I see blobs of polygons pretty frequently and my client crashes whenever someone around me uses ice spikes, but the directions on the pol site actually do work.

[Neoanline]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

Snow?? The offices are located in El Segundo, CA (right by LAX I guess).

I'm german... The office for Europe is located in GB and there's snow... ;)

[Durahansolo]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

(She works in the public relations section.)

Oh! So she's [GM]Dave lmao j/k.

Anyways, I don't think Neo's problem sounds like a installation problem now, I think that sounds more like a problem on SE's end with their registration server.

[TheGrandMom]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

YOU'RE SCREWING ME OVER DON'T YOU??

First off, I wasn't talking to you was I? This thread was about Ambiant's issue. Also I'm not an employee of SE, I'm just a regular person that plays the game just like everyone else so I have no inside track to any information.

I've called this f... hotline 3 times, and 3 times nobody could help me!!! Incompetent bastards... Nobody knows anything!!! Just telling me that there's a lot of snow and nobody at the office, but thats not my problem!

Snow?? The offices are located in El Segundo, CA (right by LAX I guess). I have a g/f who works there and she assures me that there is no snow prohibiting them from coming to work. (And for the rest of you, no she's not a GM though she'd very much like to be! lol She works in the public relations section.)

[Neoanline]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

Hi anyone!

Thanks for your posts, but my problem is: I can't do ANYTHING. I'm just clicking the button "Start PlayOnline Registration" and after 15 minutes of loading I get the error-code...

[MasonMarxx]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

not sure if you've sorted it out yet or not but i run vista.

i tried out the vista patch on the website and like you it didnt work.

so i simply went back and installed the POL off the CD and updated it all, rebooted the computer and it works fine.

but it may just be me...

[Ambiant]

Re: PlayOnline on Vista

"Everytime I'm trying to registrate a new Content-ID I get the error-code POL-1341. "


Assuming you can log into POL did you then set up information like credit card info, address, POL ID number that came with the game/box ? It needs to know this info before u can purchase an ID to create a char on. (last 26 hrs you probly woudnt been able to as there was a maintenance patch regarding that area.

Login, get to the screen where it has the menus:

Games
Navigator
Extras
Service and Support
Quick Manuals
Options
Logout

Click Service and Support (to update/add your membership information)
Click Membership
Click Catagory (that dropdown menu on the bottom, make sure u scroll down it and see the rest of the options (i missed on my first time).

In there you can edit/create payment methods, Aquire Content IDs (which you CANT do for the very first time as I recall in the game menu itself that you see just before actually playing and is very misleading/confusing) You MUST get one in this menu thats within your membership dropdown menu under Contents with options to obtain, cancel, reactivate Content IDs.


I'm not sure if this is your issue, but perhaps it can help some.