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PlayOnline Scheduled Server Maintenance (Aug. 2)Jul 30th, 2004 at 7:31 AM by Haggan

PlayOnline will be unavailable due to scheduled server maintenance on the following date. During this time, the PlayOnline Viewer, PlayOnline, Tetra Master and FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable. Thank you for your patience. *The client software will also be updated at this time. The version update process will automatically begin when you login to PlayOnline. Please follow the instructions that appear on your screen. [Affected Period] Aug. 2, 2004 from 10:00 to 13:00 (PDT) *Maintenance completion time may be subject to change. [Affected Services] PlayOnline [Important Update Details] - Multi-language support has been implemented in preparation for the commencement of PlayOnline services in Europe (scheduled for September 2004). - A connection test function has been added to "System Information" in the PlayOnline Viewer Config panel. - Adressed several other issues.

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RAR

# Aug 03 2004 at 10:18 AM Rating: Excellent

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Still Getting The Same Lovely POL-1160 Error >< So I tryed to reinstall playonline and it works fine and even updates to the latest version, but after it restarts and I input all my information to login it gives me that error and after I click ok it says Version Update Failed =( Anyone Else Having this Problem? Cause I am Clueless as to what to do =\

RE: RAR

# Sep 13 2004 at 7:12 PM Rating: Decent

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Well, for the September 13th update, I'm having the lovely "POL-1160" error message. I dowloaded all 1600+ files, but when it was time to actually install them, I get nothing. Server message does say that service is intermittent, but I just can't seem to slip into a crack at the right time. Oh well, Monday Night Football is on soon, so Square-Enix: Meh.

RE: RAR

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same problem here, i uninstalled POL and the reinstalled it and waited 2.5 hours for it to download all the updates. I tried to conenct right after it finished and it didn't work. i restarted after that and tried again but i can't connect to POL. Please let me know if anyone found a solution, ty...

Looks like they updated the patch...

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Just turned on my pol viewer and it gave me that message so I put the disk in... then it said preparing to update playonline viewer and downloaded 3 files. Problem solved.

Connecting to POL

# Aug 03 2004 at 8:18 AM Rating: Decent

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Has the newer update fixed the problems a lot of you are having with installer starting?

Can anyone connect?

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I can't connect to POL at all and it's 2:30am here on 8/3/2004... Is POL still down!?!?

Edited, Tue Aug 3 02:28:36 2004

About the INSTALLER problem...

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You *DON'T* need to reinstall FFXI.

Put your PlayOnline-and-TetraMaster CD in your computer *before* starting the PlayOnline Viewer.

Now start the PlayOnline Viewer. Let the updater run. It'll copy the files it needs, and then it'll go away for good. That's all there is to it.

Playonline Version Update error

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I recently did the latest version update and my antivirus program detected it as a virus and removed it. I then uninstalled Playonline and reinstalled it then I did the version update again and this time it completed. It gave me an error code pol-1155. I shut down my antivirus program and tried again. But still got the same response. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, how can I correct it?

Insert Disk to Install

# Aug 02 2004 at 8:39 PM Rating: Decent

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I had to remove and re-install Playonline to get the "install" problem to stop.

Got through once, but the game was laggy and messed up. Logged out, and got the black loading screen of death.

Now, I just get the error messages about the server rejecting me.

These new features are not as much fun as some of the ones from the previous updates... =)

RE: Insert Disk to Install

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Having The Exact Same Problem =\ But Seems Reinstalling Did Get Rid of the "Install" Problem

didn't work

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lol i tried clicking cancel and some very strange crap came up so i dont think its working yet its all in gibberish and not making any sense as im trying to log on but im going to try to continue it and see whats happens

just tried but failed got up to the movie part and then the screen just blacks out and no movie comes up

did anyone find out what is going on yet

Edited, Mon Aug 2 21:24:44 2004

Same problem

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I'm getting the same problem... If I click "cancel" like 19 times I get POL to finally load... It's quite frustrating.

cant get to play online

# Aug 02 2004 at 7:30 PM Rating: Decent

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im still having problems trying to log on as soon as i try it tells me to insert cd and install if anyone who is having the same problems finds out what is going on plz let me know

grrr

# Aug 02 2004 at 3:48 PM Rating: Decent

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my PlayOnline crashes right when the menu is about to pop up after logging in. It happened right after the update >.> I dont' think its still the maintenance period, or else I'd think it would say something like "unable to connect"

RE: grrr

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I Am Getting Error POL-1160 Since The Version Update and Still Can't Login To PlayOnline ><

RE: grrr

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Interestingly, my PlayOnline viewer now hangs whenever I quit FFXI. It's never done this before prior to the update.

Glitch

# Aug 02 2004 at 2:43 PM Rating: Decent

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I hope they fix a tiny little glitch with the WHM, cast a spell on someone, and if they zone, you don't stop casting it (as cure, protect) the humming noise doesn't stop and you're still in that little state of arms turned up to your side, etc. Really weird and cool if pulled off sometimes =P

RE: Glitch

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not just WHM, it happens to anyone that can cast a spell on another person.

i do it all the time.
sit outside mog house chain casting to skill up.
when someone rounds the corner headed to MH, i cast a quick spell like protect, then i run around in circles with the sparkles still on me.
freaks out the newbs when they zone out from the MH, and see me ;p

wtf is up

# Aug 02 2004 at 2:42 PM Rating: Decent

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is the update over cuz i cant log on to playonlne right now? currently 3:42 PM easter standard

RE: wtf is up

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well the down time is supposed to go to 4 pm.. edt sooo...

No worries for me

# Aug 02 2004 at 10:33 AM Rating: Decent

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At least by the time I get home this will be finished. lol

What?

# Aug 01 2004 at 6:15 PM Rating: Default

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HuH?

What?

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HuH?

European release.

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I'm really looking forward to the European release, since I find it hard to party with Japanese people (Auto-translate is not that good for advanced tactics and quick talk), and Americans are sleeping while I'm online.
But I don't think more languages are good for thes game, If every Europe player speakes his own language this game get's nearly unplayable!

RE: European release.

# Aug 02 2004 at 2:57 PM Rating: Good

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Well, I'm dutch :) My english is pretty good. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 as the best number, my english would reach 8 maybe 9 :) I've even had compliments that my english is better then some american people on FFXI :D
But i can asure you, be aware of French and German people cause most of them frankly just don't speak any english >.<
But don't worry about other dutch people :D at least 95% of the dutch gamers speak great english. (just for the fact that most games in germany/spain/italy/france have to be translated >.< at least we dutch guys get all the games in english so we get to learn the language anyway.)

RE: European release.

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Sorry Quoting my own post ^^
Just wanted to add something:
I missed the "Greetz from holland" at the end of your post :D so you're from the netherlands too :D
/bow
/cheer
/praise
/kneel
.... /doze (down time sucks :( )

RE: European release.

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Hey well this doesn't effect me much I mean I already know like 20 people on the game in Unicorn that are from europe, and they all seem to know english. Europe isn't like the US, most ppl there speak 2 or more languages. And I will be one of the many who will gladly welcome our new european friends.

#REDACTED, Posted: Aug 01 2004 at 7:53 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) european lease is gonna suck unless they decide to make more worls already a not well known world midso. had 3OOO+ ppl soo just amigine how much more people which meens a increase in lag...but i feel bad for the packed worlds like diablo.

RE: European release.

# Aug 02 2004 at 12:39 PM Rating: Decent

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well im from diabolos and its not really packed.. when the european release comes out theres not gonna be a great influx because theres only a certain amount of people allowed in one server and i would think they would first fill up the servers that are not as full as other servers

So I log in...

# Aug 01 2004 at 2:11 AM Rating: Decent

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... and you know that purple info text (unless you changed the color) that pops up when they doing things like this? Well guess what it said:

For bahamut at least:

Following the POL maintaince this world will undergo maintaince. Completion time is 1800

not an exact wording but you get the point.

RE: So I log in...

# Aug 02 2004 at 2:26 PM Rating: Decent

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I got the same message on the Shiva server.

8 hours of maintenance, Ugh.

Binary Joke

# Aug 01 2004 at 1:51 AM Rating: Default

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For something that was geared towards Tech Geeks, aren't us Fantasy Geeks taking it a little too far? (for the record, that was also a joke)

RE: Binary Joke

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eh u talkin bout me? heh im not a tech geek (i asked the guy what it meant and it took him 2hours to explain it to me) which then i thought it was kinda funny but then i had nothing to say for my quote so i just took that...

Real Time

# Jul 31 2004 at 10:56 AM Rating: Default

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Actually The update times are as follows:

Phase 1:
August 1st 0:00 - 4:00 (PST)

Phase 2:
August 2nd 0:00 - 4:00 (PST)

I read that while logging into FFXI this morning

RE: Real Time

# Aug 02 2004 at 3:33 AM Rating: Good

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It is indeed the registration server maintenance. It's also PDT, not PST.

RE: Real Time

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Actually, that is the playonline registration server down time, I read the details. ><

Will it include Japanese Character Support?

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Quote:

- Multi-language support has been implemented in preparation for the commencement of PlayOnline services in Europe (scheduled for September 2004).

Is this just for European Characters, or will Square-Enix finally allow us to enter Kanji/Hiragana/Katakana without having to import the Japanese edition?

Does anyone know?

- Ruuki

RE: Will it include Japanese Character Support?

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I dont think they will put in the japanese lettering for american/european types.
BTW I think that it is quite ridiculous to update to other languages. Most people who play this game know how to speak english at least enough to understand it. I'm dutch myself and I have played with many european, japanese and american players. Though the autotranslator does not cover everything it helps a great deal. If you log in during 10.00 and 12.00 GMT you wlll find mostly non american and non japanese players online. It is called the deadzone in my LS (which has several European) and makes a great time for hunting NM. Example??? I always hunt spook, crypt ghost, goblin gruel ,deshglesh, barricader, wallbreacher, ashmaker and the other nm orc in FtGlb during these hours. There is at most 1 camper or none and that is most like to be a bot trying to pull my sweet little dragon :)

I have made a LOT of cash this way. The emperor and goldbats are still overcamped no matter the time of the day :(

BTW:
"- Adressed several other issues."
Yeah very clear......

RE: Will it include Japanese Character Support?

# Jul 31 2004 at 10:52 AM Rating: Decent

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go go dutchies!

RE: Will it include Japanese Character Support?

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hmmmz kinda got carried away with non-post related stuff ^^

RE: Will it include Japanese Character Support?

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sry about that double posted =/ sry

RE: Will it include Japanese Character Support?

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i hope they will update auto-transletor too so many stuff that u need when talking too a jp but not there -.-

RE: Will it include Japanese Character Support?

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They need to add "You're welcome." into the translator, they have a ton of stuff that isn't even needed, yet they don't have this 1 phrase...it just doesn't make sense to me =\

RE: Will it include Japanese Character Support?

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"Yes" is still not in the translator. neITHER IS "No". How does that work? -_-

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/yes and /no work.

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Hai
Iei

You have learned ^^;;

RE: Will it include Japanese Character Support?

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Actually, "no" is "Iie". Although there are plenty of other substitutes. I tend to use "Iya" more. "Iie" may be more polite, but I tend to see more informal and less-restrictive speech between the Japanese players, so I think it works fine.

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I hope the auto-transletor will be updated too so many stuff that is needed but not there...

RE: Will it include Japanese Character Support?

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the auto-translator already translates into kane. If you want to use kane characters, you have to buy a japanese keyboard. It divides the space bar into several keys that allow you to access hirigana, katakana, and kanji just like we use shift to access capital letters. do a google search for "japanese keyboard" and you'll find several site that sell them in the US. Just like american keyboards, they range from the boring $10 keyboards to $90+ ergonomic wireless lowprofile mouse/keyboard combonations.

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RE: Will it include Japanese Character Support?

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You do not have to have a Japanese keyboard (one that has Kana next to the letters) to input Japanese characters. On a Mac, you edit your language preferences. On a PC you use "Microsoft IME." Its a free download from microsoft.com. If only you could input them into FFXI like you used to.. ; ;

Edited, Fri Jul 30 19:47:35 2004

RE: Will it include Japanese Character Support?

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Talking to a friend of mine who studies Japanese, apparantly she had a chat with POL and it appears that the US game client will not allow you input Japanese characters regardless of your hardware :(

OK so it's not like I can confirm or disprove this, but she's no slouch when it comes to either computers or Japanese language so I have no reason to doubt her word. If on the other hand anyone knows how to input Japanese characters with a US client, do tell us how 'cos I'm sure she'd like to know :)

RE: Will it include Japanese Character Support?

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Agreed, that would be awesome. Although I am still barely scratching the surface of learning Japanese, and have no hopes of being able to decipher, much less communicate Kanji, etc. I would soooo like to use some of those characters in some of my smileys ^.^

New noobs?

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RE: New noobs?

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ya i understand... noobs suck but im a noob... but not a noobie noob like the noobs coming up

RE: New noobs?

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you think you're so cool 'cause you understand binary? get a life, geek

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uhhhh....your tag line is "respect is everything" and you post "get a life geek"......hmmmm

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jackass.

RE: New noobs?

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there are 11 types of noobs: those who post sigs about binary, those who understand binary, and those who dont

RE: New noobs?

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There are 100 types of noobs: those who post sigs about binary, those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who flame people just because they try to be humerous.

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RE: New noobs?

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There are 101... nevermind - that's too far.

#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 31 2004 at 8:32 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) there are 2 types of people, people who think that people that don't understand binary are from a lower class (which from they were a first, before learning binary UH?), and people who you can respect!

RE: New noobs?

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0k... I think you guys are carrying this Bianary thing tooo far...and for those of yout don't understand Bianary I, who am bored... (he he I love weird grammar)will provide a short tutorial.

Bianary the Enemy Within...sort of....::cough::

ok ... let's get some basics...
My computer ...stuff is a bit fuzzy cause It's been a while...buuuuuuut

there are 8 bits in a byte...
soooo...
before you get a byte...leading to a kilobyte...megabyte...ect...

you start out with Bits...

Coño?? What is a bit?

Well A bit is a unit of memory ...one of the smallest I might add...

Imagin... a wall if you will...
now put some light switches on there...8 of em to be excact.

Light switches... YES...light switches... well unless you are using a dimmer or some other non-conventional light switch you will find...

that it has to positions .... ON and OFF

now let's say you translate that into math...

the absense of light is 0 or 0ff (feels clever for using a zero as letter)

and the presence of light is marked by a 1... the most simplistic state ment of existance

Well now we get to the complicated thing...
I've put to gether an easy to remember formula ...to help you understand how binary code really works... E=MC(2)...What you don't believe it's my formula... just ask Ein...well never mind...

Ok so here is how it REALLY works.. binary reads from right to left. So you start at the right and end at the left.

now this is important due to the following...I will write 8 numbers down... below... and seperate by a space

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

is this was Binary it would be

1111 1111

each space represents a exponential form of 2..I.E. 2 to the power of

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

0 is in Binary
0000 0000
and 1 is
0000 0001
and two is
0000 0010

so a 1 means you turn that spot on ... so a 1 in the 4rth spot from the right means 16...

and a 1 in the 1st 3rd and 4rth sport from the right means 25.. get it?

no,
good...
:P

P.S.

I don't think he meant that people who knew Binary were worse off than those who didn't...nor am I assuming peope don't ...

so have a cracker...

Edited, Mon Aug 2 18:45:32 2004

RE: New noobs?

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Wow :D awesome, I had a lesson about this in school and i didn't understand it at all, now reading your post it's perfectly clear to me :D

So uh, a random number: 75 would be:

0100 1001

Correct? :D

WOOOOOAAAA Thank you

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Wow... that was awesome... I always wondered how binary code worked

when do we get chapter 2? I can only do 255.

How do we go higher?

so do do 127 it would be

0111 1111

RE: WOOOOOAAAA Thank you

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To go higher just add an extra series of 4 digits. The more you add the higher you go. Usally you'll always stick with 4 digit groupings as well, even if the first digit is a 0 or a bunch of them.

For example 1,000,000 = 1111 0100 0010 0100 0000

For fun in Windows start up your Calculator, then click on view then chose Scientific afterwards type in a decimal number, anything really, then on the left chose Binary. It'll convert it for you.

Binary isn't all that complex once you understand how it works. Hexadecimal, now there's a complicated one.
127 = 7F = 0111 1111

RE: WOOOOOAAAA Thank you

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Hex isn't bad at all, you just take the grouping of 4 (values of 0-15, or 0000 -> 1111) and translate it into a character.

value 0-9 = 0-9
10=A
11=B
12=C
13=D
14=E
15=F

i.e. (from above)
For example 1,000,000 = 1111 0100 0010 0100 0000

or 1,000,000 = F4240

Edited, Mon Aug 2 17:11:22 2004

RE: WOOOOOAAAA Thank you

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Wow, you guys REALLY have nothing better to do without FF eh? Well, i played city of heroes instead. Anyway, i was looking at this post reading it as it slowly degraded into nothingness. And my friend beside me ( we're in school on laptops and internet[spiffy eh?]) asked me randomly how many bits in a byte. I said, "I dunno." and then i got to this post and began laughing my *** off. People in class began to look at me wierd, but anyway...

RE: New noobs?

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Don't forget, a byte is really just a pair of nibbles!

As funny as it may seem, it's the truth >_>;

RE: New noobs?

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Thanks I forgot about nibbles...

I should have said so go nibble on a cracker...he he

#Allegory, Posted: Jul 30 2004 at 6:27 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) How about this: iodiots, all of you.

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