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Install Guide
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Two official videos are available on the Talk Page.
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Introduction
This guide is designed to help people install the game. My images and processes are based on a Windows 10 install.
Installation
PlayOnline & FFXI Download and Install
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First, download the game's install file's from HERE.
There are 5 files and are a total of roughly 7.2GB so it may take a while to download them.
Once you have them downloaded make sure you have all 5 in the same location and then run FFXIFullSetup_US.part1.exe. |
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An extracter will appear. Select "Extract". This will extract all the files to the specified location, which you will have to manually open, so take note of the location it defaults to. |
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Navigate to the location you extracted to and run the "FFXISetup.exe" file. |
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Check all 3 boxes and then click "Install". |
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The first install is for DirectX. Click the radio button for "I Accept" and click "Next". |
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Click "Next" again. |
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After it is done installing, click "Finish". |
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The POL installer is next, click "Next". |
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License agreement, we know you won't read it so click "Next". |
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A note about background applications during the install, just hit "Next". |
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Install location, verify where you want it and hit "Next". |
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Decide if you want a shortcut(you don't) and click "Install". |
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Once it is done, click "Finish". |
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It will now install the actual game, once it loads, just click "Next". |
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Check that you Agree and "Next" once again. |
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Another note about background applications. Click "Next". |
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Again, if you want to change the location here's where you do it for the XI install itself. It'll default to where you installed POL but make sure you install it where you'd like it. Hit "Next" when you are done. |
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A note about DirectPlay, Click "Next". |
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Decide if you want a shortcut to XI and click "Install". |
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Once the game is done installing, click "Finish". |
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PlayOnline and account setup
PlayOnline First time setup
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Now that the game is installed, open up the start menu and navigate to the "PlayOnline" folder. **Note that in this section you have the "PlayOnline Viewer Config" and "Final Fantasy XI Config" which will allow you to set various settings which you may need. |
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Once POL opens it will ask you to update. Just hit "Next". |
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This one is the short one. Just click "Update". |
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It'll run through an initial file check and then start downloading necessary files and install them. This is a pretty short update |
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Once it completes, hit "OK". |
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After the update POL wants to restart. Click "Next". |
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Once restarted it asks you if you're a member or not. If you click "For PlayOnline Members!" then it goes to the next screen to fill out details. If you select "Start PlayOnline Registration" I think it takes you to POL's site to let you set up an SE account and get your PlayOnline account as well.
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Free Trial Account Setup
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If you have not played before or just want to start over, you can start a free trial account by going to SE's store:
SE's Store |
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A drop-down menu will appear. Click "Check Out" to continue. |
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It will ask you to sign in. If you have an SE store account already you can use it here but if you don't, you'll have to set up a new one. Click "New Customer" at the top. |
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On the "New Customer" tab it has you fill out several fields:
After everything is filled, hit "JOIN NOW". |
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Now that you have an account it will have you confirm that this item is what you want. Hit "CONTINUE". |
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Since SE wants all your data they force you to fill out shipping information despite not shipping you anything.
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This is the order review screen. Not much to do here, just click "PLACE ORDER". |
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At this point your order is done and you should receive an email. I'd recommend you save your order number just in case you have issues. |
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The email will come from [email protected]. Click the completion link to finish. |
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The link in your email will bring you to a page with your activation key which is a 20 character code. Take note of this somewhere as you'll need it for the next section. |
Create an SquareEnix ID
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Navigate to SquareEnix's management site: |
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The next screen will have you fill out all the information needed to set up your SEID. You'll need:
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On the next page it will point you to your email as you should have gotten an account registration email. In that email is a Confirmation Code. Grab it. |
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Here's where you'll enter the confirmation code sent to your email. Once entered, hit "Confirm". |
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And that part is done. Hitting next here brings you to your account. (I don't recall if it makes you log in a second time) |
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SE sends you another email with your SEID. I'd recommend getting this and your password saved somewhere. |
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Once logged you can do several things here but we'll focus on getting your XI set up. Click the blue icon that says "Service Accounts" and has the FFXI logo on it. |
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SE again wants information. Whatever you enter here, be sure to make note of it as much of it you may need later if you need to recover your account. Once you're done entering your information, hit "Next". |
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SE finds it necessary to tell you that you've registered, click "Next". |
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You first need to get a PlayOnline account. Click "Add new PlayOnline servcies account". |
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It's possible there is some important information in here... I didn't read it. Hit "Next" to continue. |
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On this page you must enter your registration codes for PlayOnline. If you started a trial, you'll enter that code from your email I referenced previously in the guide. If you bought your game, you should have gotten your codes in another way.
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This goes over a few things about the free trial. Click "Next". |
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More agreements... Click "Next". |
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Finally, you have your POL ID and now you can go set up POL. |
Add POL Member
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Open up PlayOnline and click "Add Member". |
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You'll need to fill out most of these:
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Once registered it will bring you back to the login screen where you can click your newly added entry. A screen will pop up and just click "Log In". On the next screen enter your SE password and if you use the one-time password enter that generated code and hit "Connect". |
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If this is the first time you've logged in, you'll have to create a "Handle". Which is basically your POL name. Make one and hit "Register". |
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It then asks if you would like to edit any of the details of your handle, click "Yes" if you do. |
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If you decided to edit, it'll bring you to a screen where you can pick a handle image or give details about yourself which your friends will be able to see. Just hit "Back" when done. |
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How many agreements does SE make you agree to? On this one you literally have to scroll to the bottom before you hit "Accept" or it will yell at you. |
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On this screen just hit "FINAL FANTASY XI". |
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And on this screen, click "Play". |
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SE attempts to warn you not to play too much. Click "Play". |
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Now the game has to update. Click "Update". |
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First thing you should know is that SE's update system is terrible. Each file downloads one at a time and because of how it is structured, it takes forever regardless of how good your internet is. Luckily, SE recently created a fresh installer so it is much faster than it used to be. |
