Final Fantasy XIV

What works

Old Launcher - with minor workarounds

• Fresh installation
• Patching

FFXIV System Information - OOB

Game Client - Minor workarounds

What does not

The new launcher does not work, it starts up but never finishes loading the content inside the window.

Workarounds

To use the old launcher:

• Changing Browser to 1 in ~/Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/FFXIV_BOOT.cfg will use the old launcher.

To disable client launch cutscene:

• Change CutsceneMovieOpening to 1 in ~/Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/FFXIV.cfg

Texture flickering/corruption:

• On staging setting 'Enable CSMT for better graphic performance' (in Wine Configuration) resolved this issue.

What was not tested

32-bit legacy client (D3D9)

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: AMD
• Driver: open source

Additional Comments

Performance is much lower than Windows, I play in 4k (upscaled) in Windows and manage 60fps. I am getting ~30 fps @ 1080p with reduced settings (Further testing to come) but it is 100% playable at this time.

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X

GPU: Radeon 5700XT with open source driver

• DCN 2.0/2.1 support enabled in kernel
• New Display engine suport enabled
• DSC support enabled in kernel
• AMD Audio CoProcessor disabled in kernel

Software versions:

• Mesa 20.1.0_rc2
• Vulkan loader 1.1.125
• vkd3d 1.1
• Kernel 5.4.35
• GCC 9.3.0
• LLVM/Clang 9.0.1
• Mono 6.6.0.161
• GLibC 2.30-r8

System was built with the following options:

• CFLAGS=-march=znver2 -O2 -pipe
• CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx avx2 f16c fma3 mmx mmxext pclmul popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3"

Global USE flags (in make.conf) that could change your results:

• USE="...alsa opengl vulkan vk3d3 custom-cflags -consolekit -systemd -pulseaudio..."

CSMT enabled in Wine Configuration

VAAPI backend for DXVA2 decoding enabled in Wine Confguration.

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, the Launcher has mistaken Linux (no license available) for MacOS (seperate license available). There is an option in the winecfg GUI to Hide Wine version...this will make the launcher think you're using Windows.

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.

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.