STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO GET STARTED:
If your on windows 8 you might not be able to play alot of people have reported ffxi was unable to work on windows 8
PART 1
1. Install PlayOnline, Final Fantasy XI, and then all the expansions (including Wings of the Goddess).
2. Run PlayOnline viewer and let it update.
3. Close PlayOnline viewer
4. Download the following file: Client Download
5. Extract its contents to your PlayOnline/Squareenix/Final Fantasy XI directory.
6. Run PlayOnline viewer again and choose For PlayOnline Members
7. At the Add Member page enter anything for the Member Name.
8. Enter ABCD1234 for the PlayOnline ID
9. Select Register, Yes, OK.
10. Select Check Files on the left of the screen.
11. Click on PlayOnline Viewer then select Final Fantasy XI from the drop down, then Check Files.
12. Start the File Repair.. after the 7+ hours of updating, FFXI should be up to date.
13. Exit PlayOnline Viewer
14. Copy the data folder at C:Program FilesPlayOnlineSquareEnixPlayOnlineViewerdata to the Final Fantasy XI directory at C:Program FilesPlayOnline SquareEnixFINAL FANTASY XI.
15. Afterwards you should have the directory C:Program FilesPlayOnlineSquareEnixFINAL FANTASY XIdata.
PART 2
1. Download: If you can't connect or just have problems in game try the other one
FFXI boot:link
or
FFXI MXI:link
2. Extract the FFXI-Boot files (ffxi-boot.exe & ffxi-boot.ini) into the C:Program FilesPlayOnlineSquareEnixFINAL FANTASY XI directory.
3. Open ffxi-boot.ini in a text editor.
4. Change SERVIP to the IP address of the Server.
5. Note: To Get My Server Ip You Need 2 Msg Me As I Dont Want Se 2 Shutdown My Server By Getting My Ip Address.
Here Is What It Should Look Like:
Code:
SERVIP = xx.xxx.xxx.xx
AUTOLOGIN = 1
USERNAME = username
PASSWORD = password
You are going to want to change the SERVIP to the server IP on the main page : 23.243.78.39
6. Run ffxi-boot.exe and choose option 2; Create a new account.
7. The username and password should be over 6 characters long.
8. You can save the username and password into the ffxi-boot.ini.
9. Choose option 1; Login using existing account
10. Login with username and password.
11. FFXI should load and be on the splash screen. Choose Accept.
12. Create a Character, Select a Country, then choose Yes to Register and begin play.
13. Note: This is the first of three needed login attempts before the new character will load into the game.
14. The progress bar will get stuck at "Acquiring PlayOnline character list". Let it sit till it errors out.
15. After Error code: POL-0260 or something similar, Select OK then OK and the game will crash.
16. Run ffxi-boot again, this time choosing Select Character.
17. Select the newly created character then login.
18. This time the screen will get stuck at o0O Downloading Data O0o. Let it sit till it errors out.
19. After a different Error code, Select OK, press Escape to go to the previous screen, and choose Back, which will close out of FFXI.
20. Run ffxi-boot one more time, again selecting the new character. This time it should login all the way to the Country you selected.