Final Fantasy XIV

What works

Old Launcher - with minor workarounds:

- Fresh Installation

- Patching

Game Client - with minor workarounds

What does not

The new launcher continues to be an issue. The window will appear, but it will never finish loading the content inside the window.

The first time start-up cinematic does not load, you will be stuck at a loading screen after selecting a data center/hitting play and never progress to character selection/creation.

Workarounds

DXVK is installed and running for better D3D11 coverage.

Getting the old launcher:

• Change the Browser value in ~/Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/FFXIV_BOOT.cfg from 0 to 1 will give you the old browser. If you don't have this file yet, you can create it by starting the new launcher, or just make one in a text editor and place it in the prefix where you will be installing FFXIV.

A note about the old launcher: due to a won't-fix bug in IE, if you click on the red "Log-in" button after entering your account info you will get a javascript void error which crashes the launcher. You have to press enter after putting in your account info to get past it. You can click on the green "Play Now" button that appears at this point to launch the game client.

Skipping the First Time Start-Up Cinematic:

• Change the CutsceneMovieOpening value to 1 in the ~/Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/FFXIV.cfg file. You can make this file in a text editor and place it in the prefix where you will be installing FFXIV, or you can start up the game client.

What was not tested

32-bit Client (D3D9)

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: Nvidia
• Driver: proprietary

Additional Comments

The game does not require installation from scratch to work properly. You can copy an existing installation folder and run boot/ffxivboot.exe to start the launcher.

Mods (such as Gshade) can be installed in locations relative to where they would be in a Windows system for the game and will work just fine.

There is a random freezing bug that happens, but I am unsure if this is also an issue on Windows or not.

Version (and possibly title) of the application should probably be updated to Endwalker (6.0).

Otherwise, the game runs at near-native performance once the workarounds are implemented.

The attractive new Launcher does not work, it will not load under Wine.

To use the old launcher.:

Edit FFXIV_BOOT.cfg:

Change Browser from 0 to 1

NOTE: Previously it was necessary to change the BrowserType setting, this is untouched now.

If you are having a problem with the launcher reporting you are not licenced to use this platform (or missing service license), the Launcher has mistaken Linux (no license available) for MacOS (separate license available). There is an option in the winecfg GUI on the Staging tab, tick the Hide Wine version from applications checkbox.

The opening cut scene still doesn't work, without disabling it you cannot progress to the character selection screen.

Edit FFXIV.cfg:

Change CutsceneMovieOpening from 0 to 1

It is no longer necessary to use a 32-bit wineprefix or install additional (winetricks) components. Apart from these two text file edits Final Fantasy XIV works out-of-the-box now.

For missing service license issues launching the game open winecfg (in your FF prefix) and on the Staging tab, tick the Hide Wine version from applications checkbox.

NB: After entering username and password it is essential to press Enter (on the keyboard) rather than clicking the button (with the mouse). If you are receiving a Javascript error using the Launcher this is essential.