Final Fantasy XIV

Full version of Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers (FFXIV 5.0)

Application Details:

Version:	Shadowbringers (Official Client)
License:	Subscription
URL:	http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com
Votes:	1
Latest Rating:	Silver
Latest Wine Version Tested:	5.6-staging

Maintainers: About Maintainership

Test Results

Old test results

The test results for this version are very old, and as such they may not represent the current state of Wine. Please consider submitting a new test report.

Selected Test Results

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.

selected in Test Results table below

	Operating system	Test date	Wine version	Installs?	Runs?	Used Workaround?	Rating	Submitter
Current	Gentoo Linux	May 10 2020	5.6-staging	Yes	Yes	Yes	Silver	Brad
Show	antiX-19 x64-core "Marielle Franco"	Nov 24 2019	4.20-staging	Yes	Yes	Yes	Gold	spaceman
Show	Fedora 31 x86_64	Nov 20 2019	4.19-staging	Yes	Yes	Yes	Gold	Sean Rhone (Espionage724)
Show	Fedora 30 x86_64	Aug 20 2019	4.13-staging	Yes	Yes	Yes	Gold	Sean Rhone (Espionage724)

Known Bugs

Bug #	Description	Status	Resolution	Other apps affected
48006	Final Fantasy XIV Launcher stuck on splash screen	UNCONFIRMED		View
48726	Final Fantasy XIV, freezes for several seconds when the mouse is moved with ReShade / GShade installed.	UNCONFIRMED		View

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HowTo / Notes

HOWTO

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.

Comments

The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. WineHQ is not responsible for what they say.

Prevent Old launcher startup registration
by Mahdi Fathalla on Tuesday October 13th 2020, 8:09

You can prevent startup registration in the old launcher by updating in FFXIV_BOOT.cfg,
from "StartupCompleted 0" to "StartupCompleted 1"

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Additional tweaks for near Native performance (revised May 10 2020 test data)
by Brad on Tuesday September 22nd 2020, 9:59

Just as a heads up with Wine staging 5.17 and DXVK 1.7.1 I am seeing huge performance gains in FFXIV.
I went from 35-40fps max to 75-120fps, averaging about 90-100 in 4/8 man content.
My hardware is the same as my posted test data (3700X w/ PBO clocks and a 5700XT) and I am seeing nearly a 100% performance increase in most cases.

The original issue with my low performance in my test was found to be CSMT, but it was required to play the game due to rendering artifacts when it was not enabled.

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Unable to launch game.
by spaceman on Sunday April 19th 2020, 6:18

The launcher appears to be working...on a fresh install it prompts for the Registration Code. I enter this and it rejects the code as already registered (well, yeah).

I copied a ~/Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/ folder from a previous, but no longer, working distro which causes the launcher to present the log in screen. I enter my Square Enix ID, Square Enix Pasword and One-Time Password (from the authenticator) and I'm presented with a new screen which informs me:
This service account does not have a valid FINAL FANTASY XIV licence for this platform or your subscription has expired...

Of course I do have a current subscription, as I can play on Windows, no issues.

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RE: Unable to launch game.
by spaceman on Sunday April 19th 2020, 6:19

Wine Staging 5.6 on Debian Sid derivative antiX Linux Core.

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RE: Unable to launch game.
by Jerome on Monday May 11th 2020, 18:09

You need to activate the option to hide wine version to program in winecfg. If you do not ff14 thinks you are playing on a mac and check for the mac license since they use wine for the mac version

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RE: Unable to launch game.
by spaceman on Wednesday May 13th 2020, 13:49

Jerome, thank you!

I have never had to use this switch before with any game. However, FFXIV is running a treat again with Wine on Linux. I am very grateful to you thanks again!

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Blank Launcher
by spaceman on Saturday November 16th 2019, 8:22

I built a fresh 32-bit wineprefix, installed xact with winetricks, tried downloading the Direct9 redistributable and installed that into the prefix.

Every time I start Final Fantasy, the Launcher opens up displaying the FFXIV Online graphic and does nothing else, goes no further.

I have set my ~/Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn/FFXIV_BOOT.cfg to
DX11Enabled 1
...
BrowserType 2

I have also tried other BrowserType values: 0,1,3.

Image below shows all I get:

postimg.cc/Vd846Wqg

Thank you.

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RE: Blank Launcher
by Sean Rhone (Espionage724) on Wednesday November 20th 2019, 18:14

Ignore "BrowserType" (keep it at 0), and set "Browser" to "1"; this will revert the launcher to the older one that works (mostly) fine (may have to press Enter instead of clicking Login)