November 20, 2007 – 21:25
With the new version update, these strange portals have been appearing throughout Vana’diel. They’re supposedly the gateways to the past, but since I don’t have Wings of the Goddess yet I can’t really see what will they do. Nevertheless, I was curious and went to take a look at them.
They’re huge. I estimate at least twice the height of my character. For those curious, here are two photos (one is of my brother’s character, the other is mine):
And so, with yesterday’s update, FFXI has gained a windowed mode. This has been a much-requested feature from the playerbase, especially from people who didn’t want to use the “unofficial” windower.
However, being the first major touch to the rendering engine, I think something got broken along the way. Mainly, I’m talking about a 20% performance drop of the engine (which didn’t shine before, but that’s another matter).
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