Technical issues in Campaign

[Kitalrez]

Re: Technical issues in Campaign

Hmm, yeah it certainly does look like you have enough RAM and CPU power to play. I think I agree with Icemage, probably is your card. Did you try what I suggested earlier with "raid settings" yet? Turning things off might help. Or at least give you a longer time til your card begins overheating or making errors.

Do you know what kind of laptop you have? You might want to browse that company website and see if they offer vid-card upgrades for your machine. Another idea is to flip the lappy over and see if there's a slot in about the center of the back. Pretty sure that's where my lappy's video card plugs in. If you have a compartment there, it likely means you have upgrade capability. Which would mean it's technically possible to buy an upgraded card, plug it in, and disable the onboard video card. Wouldn't be as easy as just replacing a card, but we could probably walk you through the process.

[Selphiie The Enchantress]

Re: Technical issues in Campaign

What display resolution do you run FFXI at?

I went to FFXI Config, and i didnt see Display Resolution but i got:

Overlay Graphics Resolution:
800x600

Background Resolution:
1024x1024

I hope that answered your question?

And thanks again Icemage

[Icemage]

Re: Technical issues in Campaign

Ok, now we're getting somewhere.

It looks like your computer is a laptop, running a Intel 945GM internally.

The specifications for this particular chipset indicate that the hardware that controls your video is integrated into your main hardware, which can make upgrading (which would normally be your best option) possibly problematical.

I'll keep digging and see what else I can find on this hardware.


Icemage

[Mhurron]

Re: Technical issues in Campaign

What display resolution do you run FFXI at?

[Selphiie The Enchantress]

Re: Technical issues in Campaign

Ok heres the system specs thing, maybe this might help a little:



Oh, and here you go Icemage:

=============================== System =================================

CPU = Unknown Genuine Intel(R) Processor with MMX
CPU Speed = 1599 MHz
No. of CPUs = 2
OS = Microsoft Windows Vista Ver 6.00.6000
Version of DirectX = DirectX10.0
Main Memory = Capacity:2037MB : Free Space:1179MB
Drive [C:\] = Local Disk Free Space:85.82 GB(Capacity:139.38 GB)
Drive [D:\] = Local Disk Free Space:5.64 GB(Capacity:9.67 GB)
PlayOnline Viewer Install Path = C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\
FINAL FANTASY XI Install Path = C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\
TETRA MASTER Install Path = C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\TetraMaster\
Graphics Card = Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family
Type of Chip = UnKnown Video Chip
Video Driver = igdumd32.dll
Version = 7.14.10.1147
Updated = Tuesday, December 12, 2006 12:50 PM
VendorId = 0x8086
DeviceId = 0x27A2
SubSysId = 0x366107B
Revision = 3
VRAM =
AvailableVidMem = 32.0MB
AvailableTextureMem = 223.0MB
Sound Card = Speakers (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)
Sound Driver = {0.0.0.00000000}.{8c2807f3-9697-4d05-9f82-c3c82bad275c}
Version =
Updated =
Motherboard =
Manufacturer = Gateway
Version = 77.09
Serial Number = QTFAJJ65214792

============================ Registry ===================================

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS CommonFilesFolder C:\Program Files\Common Files\
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\InstallFolder
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\InstallFolder 1000 C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\InstallFolder 0002 C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\TetraMaster
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\InstallFolder 0001 C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\Interface
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\Interface 0002 02183c8e
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\Interface 1000 02183c46
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\Interface 0001 027b0ffa
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0000 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0001 0x00000020(32)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0002 0x00000058(88)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0003 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0004 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0007 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0011 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0017 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0018 0x00000002(2)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0019 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0020 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0021 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0022 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0023 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0024 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0028 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0029 0x0000000c(12)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0030 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0031 0x000000a6(166)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0032 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0033 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI padsin000 -1,4,9,5,8,1,2,0,3,6,-1,-1,7,33,33,32,32,-35,36,35,35,41,41,40,40,-1,-1
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI padmode000 1,1,1,1
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI 0034 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer FirstBootPlayMovie 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings UseGameController 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings WindowH 0x000000e9(233)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings ResetSettings 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings SupportLanguage 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings WindowW 0x0000008c(140)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings PlayAudio 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings PlayOpeningMovie 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings FullScreen 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings Language 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings WindowX 0x00000055(85)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings WindowY 0x00000035(53)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller ChrCsrNext 0x00000007(7)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller AnchorLeft 0x00000036(54)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller AnchorUp 0x00000030(48)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller Menu 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller ID 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller AnchorDown 0x00000034(52)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller Ok 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller Navi 0x00000003(3)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller Cancel 0x00000002(2)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller PageNext 0x00000005(5)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller ChrCsrPrev 0x00000006(6)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller AnchorRight 0x00000032(50)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\Settings\Controller PagePrev 0x00000004(4)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\SystemInfo
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\SystemInfo\QCheck
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\TetraMaster
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\TetraMaster B_06FRIENDLIST 0x00000004(4)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\TetraMaster SOUND 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\TetraMaster B_07MENU 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\TetraMaster PAD 0x00000000(0)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\TetraMaster LOADDIR C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix/TetraMaster/
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\TetraMaster JOYPADGUIDENABLE 0x00000001(1)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\TetraMaster B_02PAGEDOWN 0x00000005(5)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\TetraMaster B_05PLAYONLINE 0x0000000a(10)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\TetraMaster B_03PAGEUP 0x00000006(6)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\TetraMaster B_00OK 0x00000002(2)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\TetraMaster B_01CANCEL 0x00000003(3)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\TetraMaster B_04CHAT 0x00000009(9)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E636B693-A5A7-4161-9F02-D769178DE989}
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E636B693-A5A7-4161-9F02-D769178DE989} FFXiVersion Class
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E636B693-A5A7-4161-9F02-D769178DE989}\InprocServer32
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E636B693-A5A7-4161-9F02-D769178DE989}\InprocServer32 C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\FFXiVersions.dll
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E636B693-A5A7-4161-9F02-D769178DE989}\InprocServer32 ThreadingModel Apartment
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E636B693-A5A7-4161-9F02-D769178DE989}\ProgID
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E636B693-A5A7-4161-9F02-D769178DE989}\ProgID FFXiVersions.FFXiVersion.1
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E636B693-A5A7-4161-9F02-D769178DE989}\TypeLib
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E636B693-A5A7-4161-9F02-D769178DE989}\TypeLib {75AA93EE-48B1-4A54-B570-6E717178C49F}
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E636B693-A5A7-4161-9F02-D769178DE989}\VersionIndependentProgID
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E636B693-A5A7-4161-9F02-D769178DE989}\VersionIndependentProgID FFXiVersions.FFXiVersion
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FFXiVersions.FFXiVersion
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FFXiVersions.FFXiVersion FFXiVersion Class
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FFXiVersions.FFXiVersion\CLSID
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FFXiVersions.FFXiVersion\CLSID {E636B693-A5A7-4161-9F02-D769178DE989}
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FFXiVersions.FFXiVersion\CurVer
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FFXiVersions.FFXiVersion\CurVer FFXiVersions.FFXiVersion.1
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FFXiVersions.FFXiVersion.1
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FFXiVersions.FFXiVersion.1 FFXiVersion Class
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FFXiVersions.FFXiVersion.1\CLSID
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FFXiVersions.FFXiVersion.1\CLSID {E636B693-A5A7-4161-9F02-D769178DE989}

============================ Applications ==============================

Technical issues in Campaign - Page 2 - Final Fantasy XI :: Dreams in Vana'diel :: Community - Windows Internet Explorer

============================== Processes ===============================

Dwm.exe
taskeng.exe
Explorer.EXE
IAAnotif.exe
SynTPEnh.exe
igfxtray.exe
hkcmd.exe
igfxpers.exe
ONENOTEM.EXE
unsecapp.exe
Skype.exe
skypePM.exe
ieuser.exe
iexplore.exe
WLLoginProxy.exe
polcfg.exe

========================= Installed Programs ===========================

Activation Assistant for the 2007 Microsoft Office suites
Adobe Photoshop CS2
BitTornado 0.3.7
Combined Community Codec Pack 2008-01-24
Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
FINAL FANTASY XI: Chains of Promathia
PlayOnline Viewer & Tetra Master
FINAL FANTASY XI: Wings of the Goddess
FINAL FANTASY XI
FINAL FANTASY XI: Rise of the Zilart
FINAL FANTASY XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan
Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515/xx12 drivers.
LimeWire 4.14.10
Microsoft Money 2006
NVIDIA Drivers
Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006
Adobe Flash Player 9 ActiveX
Synaptics Pointing Device Driver
TeamSpeak 2 RC2
Windows Live Toolbar
WinRAR archiver
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 6
Windows Live Toolbar Extension (Windows Live Toolbar)
Browser Address Error Redirector
Power2Go 5.0
Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006 Editor
Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006 Library
Windows Live Messenger
Skypeâ„¢ 3.5
Microsoft Works
Map Button (Windows Live Toolbar)
Windows Live Favorites for Windows Live Toolbar
Adobe Stock Photos 1.0
Gateway Recovery Center Installer
Microsoft Silverlight
Adobe Common File Installer
Microsoft Office Excel MUI (English) 2007
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Microsoft Office PowerPoint MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Word MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Proof (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Proof (French) 2007
Microsoft Office Proof (Spanish) 2007
Microsoft Office Proofing (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Shared MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office OneNote MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Shared Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2007
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager
Security Update for Office 2007 (KB947801)
Security Update for Excel 2007 (KB946974)
Microsoft Digital Image Library 9 - Blocker
SigmaTel Audio
Highlight Viewer (Windows Live Toolbar)
Windows Live installer
Adobe Reader 7.0.8
Windows Live Sign-in Assistant
Adobe Bridge 1.0
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB936181)
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB941833)
Adobe Help Center 1.0
Smart Menus (Windows Live Toolbar)
TIPCI

========================== Connection Test ============================

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[Icemage]

Re: Technical issues in Campaign

Sounds like your video card in your computer (that's the bit that makes the stuff appear on your screen) is being worked too hard/is too old to handle FFXI when there's a lot of things going on.

Here's what I want you to do:

From the Start menu, navigate:

Start > Programs > PlayOnline > PlayOnline Viewer > PlayOnline Viewer Config

You'll get a window that looks like this:



Click on System Information.

You'll get something that looks like this:



Click on Copy to Clipboard.

Now, reply to this thread, and in the text you would normally type, right click anywhere in the box and select Paste.

It'll look like something like this:

=============================== System =================================

CPU = Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor with MMX
CPU Speed = 3004 MHz
No. of CPUs = 2
OS = Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Ver 5.01.2600
Version of DirectX = DirectX9.0c
Main Memory = Capacity:2047MB : Free Space:972MB
Drive [C:] = Local Disk Free Space:37.04 GB(Capacity:111.80 GB)
Drive [E:] = Local Disk Free Space:34.93 GB(Capacity:111.81 GB)
PlayOnline Viewer Install Path = ElayOnlineSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewer
FINAL FANTASY XI Install Path = ElayOnlineSquareEnixFINAL FANTASY XI
TETRA MASTER Install Path = ElayOnlineSquareEnixTetraMaster
Graphics Card = NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT
Type of Chip = NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT
Video Driver = nv4_disp.dll
Version = 6.14.11.6344
Updated = Friday, August 17, 2007 4:23 PM
VendorId = 0x10DE
DeviceId = 0x0332
SubSysId = 0x310B1458
Revision = 161
VRAM = 128.0MB
AvailableVidMem = 122.0MB
AvailableTextureMem = 235.0MB
Sound Card = Logitech USB Headset
Sound Driver = usbaudio.sys
Version = 5.1.2600.2180
Updated = Wednesday, August 04, 2004 12:07 AM
Network Card = Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Network Driver = yk51x86.sys
Version = 7.21.1.3
Updated = Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:21 AM
Motherboard = P4P800SE
Manufacturer = ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Version = Rev 2.xx
Serial Number = MB-1234567890

============================ Registry ===================================

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUS
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSInstallFolder
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSInstallFolder 0001 ElayOnlineSquareEnixFINAL FANTASY XI
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSInstallFolder 0002 ElayOnlineSquareEnixTetraMaster
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSInstallFolder 1000 ElayOnlineSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSInterface
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSInterface 0001 1542c6a5
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSInterface 0002 568fbba6
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSInterface 1000 568fbad2
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnix
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI bFirst 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0000 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0001 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0002 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0003 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0004 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0007 0x00000001(1)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0011 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0017 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0018 0x00000002(2)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0019 0x00000001(1)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0020 0x00000001(1)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0021 0x00000001(1)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0022 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0023 0x00000001(1)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0024 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0028 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0029 0x0000000f(15)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0030 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0031 0x000000a6(166)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0032 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0033 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI padsin000 4,6,11,7,10,1,3,2,0,8,-1,-1,9,33,33,32,32,34,34,37,37,41,41,40,40,5,-1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI padmode000 1,0,1,1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixFinalFantasyXI 0034 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewer FirstBootPlayMovie 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettings
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettings ResetSettings 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettings PlayOpeningMovie 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettings FullScreen 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettings PlayAudio 0x00000001(1)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettings UseGameController 0x00000001(1)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettings WindowX 0x000000fb(251)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettings WindowY 0x00000000(0)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettings WindowW 0x00000080(128)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettings WindowH 0x000000e0(224)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettingsController
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettingsController AnchorUp 0x00000023(35)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettingsController AnchorRight 0x00000020(32)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettingsController AnchorLeft 0x00000021(33)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettingsController AnchorDown 0x00000022(34)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettingsController ChrCsrNext 0x00000007(7)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettingsController ChrCsrPrev 0x00000006(6)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettingsController PageNext 0x00000005(5)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettingsController PagePrev 0x00000004(4)
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPlayOnlineUSSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerSettingsController Menu 0x00000001(1)
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Technical issues in Campaign - Final Fantasy XI :: Dreams in Vana'diel :: Community - Opera
IRC - GameSurge
DATA (E
My Computer
Trillian
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Storage Pics

============================== Processes ===============================

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winlogon.exe
services.exe
lsass.exe
svchost.exe
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jucheck.exe
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Not Checked

Icemage

[Selphiie The Enchantress]

Re: Campaign Isn't Even Worth The Trouble Anymore

1. What processor do you have and how fast it is in GHz. (Control Panel)
2. How much RAM your system has in GB. (Control Panel)
3. What kind of card you have, make/model. (Display adapter menu)
4. How much onboard memory that card has in MB. (Display adapter menu)

Ok im just gonna copy what i see, i have no idea what all this means but maybe you guys will lol.

1. Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5200 @1.60GHz 1.60GHz 32Bit Operating System
2. 2038 MB
3. Mobile Intel(R) 945 GM Express Chipset Family
4. I couldn't find this part

My head hurts x-x lots of big words and numbers, but hope that helps

[Celeal]

Re: Campaign Isn't Even Worth The Trouble Anymore

Have your try to turn off all character's shadows in the game? Shadows rendering in this game can use a lot of resources of your computer.

Next try turn off the PC + NPC names during Campaign battles, if possible.

[Kitalrez]

Re: Campaign Isn't Even Worth The Trouble Anymore

Ok, basics of it is this:

Part of your computer is attempting to draw things on screen for you. The problem you're having is that there's more going on in range than your computer can handle drawing at once. This is overloading it over time and shutting you down.

The first solution, and easiest to handle right now is to do this: Go into the Config menu when you're playing FFXI. Look for a setting labelled "Character Models" under MISC... turn this way down (all the way to the right). Next, go into "Effects". You'll want to spend some time here deciding whether or not you really want certain effects on. Make sure that you turn on the first heading "All Effects during Battle". That'll stop a lot of campaign problems right there. Finally, turn off Shadows and Weather Effects, then start applying chat filters to notices you don't need. If you're an HNMLS player, basically I just walked you through turning on your "raid settings".

Second, to upgrade your video card drivers you can do one of two things. First is to use Windows Update. It should be in your start menu of Windows, or if not, fire up Internet Explorer and see if there's a link to it somewhere in the browser. If all else fails, browse to www.update.microsoft.com and go in that way. If you use the Custom setting, it should tell you about driver updates it has for your card if any. They'll be in the menus on the right under Optional update or software updates, (hardware updates?) Meh, just check em all. Also, keep a lookout here for anything that tells you what brand your card is. Most common are Nvidia and ATI. You'll get a model listing next to it as well, for instance I get listings for "ATI Radeon x800" since that's my card brand and model.

Once you know your card, you can go ahead and do the second driver update, which is to go directly to Nvidia or ATI's websites and start looking for drivers there. Just type them into Yahoo, they're usually the first entry that comes up. (ATI was taken over by AMD within the last year or so, so choose the one with AMD in it). ATI's driver suite is called "Catalyst", and is usually easy to find if you know your card model. I'm not sure what Nvidia's is called, but someone here can probably help. Download and install that package once you are able, (it's almost always a one-click self-install file once you download it). The first driver from Microsoft just updated the bare minimum you needed to make the card work, these drivers will tweak it a little so that it performs better in a gaming environment.


What happens if you have no idea what card you have or what your system specs are? To find any of that, open up the Start menu on WindowsXP and look for a setting that's labelled "Control Panel". If you don't see it, right click the blank area of the start menu, click "Properties" when it shows up, click the "Customize" button, and it should be the first entry there to add it to the menu. From Control Panel, you want to click "Performance and Maintenance", then "System Info". At the very bottom of the first tab of System Info is a listing for Computer. It'll list your processor make and speed in GHZ, and how much RAM you have in GB. For instance, on mine it lists an Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00 GHz, 1.50 GB of RAM. To find your card status you could click the "Hardware" tab and then "Device Manager", then look at the heading for "Display Adapters" and check out whatever's in there. Or you could do it the lazy way I prefer and just close this box completely, right click anywhere on the empty desktop, click "Properties", then click the "Settings" tab at the top, followed by "Advanced" and click the "Adapter" tab on that menu. This'll get you to a popup window that tells you what card you have and how much memory the card itself has. "Chip Type" and "Adapter String" is card make/model, "Memory Size" is how much memory that card has. For instance, my "Chip Type" tells me it's an ATI card, "Adapter String" says RADEON x800 PRO/GTO, and "Memory Size" says 256MB.

Now then, if you've followed along, I should've just told you how to give me the following information:

1. What processor do you have and how fast it is in GHz. (Control Panel)
2. How much RAM your system has in GB. (Control Panel)
3. What kind of card you have, make/model. (Display adapter menu)
4. How much onboard memory that card has in MB. (Display adapter menu)

If you can do that, then you can post it here so people more knowledgeable than me can determine if it's your hardware that might be causing the problem.

[Kailea]

Re: Campaign Isn't Even Worth The Trouble Anymore

If your not that good with PCs go here and download then run this software.....
Spec info
It will tell you your system info, take that and post it here, and we should be able to help you better

[Nuriko]

Re: Campaign Isn't Even Worth The Trouble Anymore

And by machine specs, it's every bit of information you can give and then some ... especially about anything video-related, make and model are needed. The more specific a driver you use, the better off you're likely to be...

[Mhurron]

Re: Campaign Isn't Even Worth The Trouble Anymore

You should be able to do it through windows update I think. Not 100% but I notice every now and then my Auto Update DL's driver updates for video and other things.

Graphics drivers for any card made in the last 5 years on Windows Update are always horribly out of date.

OP: You'll only be able to get a little help from people who can't look at your machine, however a good start would be giving some machine specs.

[Tickmeoff]

Re: Campaign Isn't Even Worth The Trouble Anymore

Anyway, i gave up on doing campaign, because whenever i do campaign i would get my tags, do some stuff, and then after like 30 minutes in my whole screen would just black out for a few seconds before recovering, i'd then get an error message saying "Your display driver has stopped working" and it crashes my game and i get the message "Playonline viewer has stopped working"

This sounds like you may be putting too much strain on whatever graphics processing unit your laptop has and it's probably over-heating and then shutting down to prevent it from causing any permanent damage.

(which is really strange, I was under the impression that FFXI relied almost completely on processor power for whatever reason)


Doesn't sound like it's a driver problem (especially if it only occurs around a lot of people doing a lot of stuff) but it never hurts to make sure your drivers are up to date. If you had XP and some form of messenger, I could try and help you get all that sorted out, but I don't think I can do much for Vista x_x

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: Campaign Isn't Even Worth The Trouble Anymore

Until you get the technical problems worked out, a workaround is to do a performance assessment every so often, then re-obtain allied tags so you'd at least get some experience points and allied notes.

That does require you to be close to the campaign arbiter, so that means popular spots, with lots of people, and not some Altana forsaken place like Garlaige Citadel [S] ... >_>;

[Selphiie The Enchantress]

Re: Campaign Isn't Even Worth The Trouble Anymore

how do i find windows update and what do i do from there o_O? (i know im so helpless lol)