Run FFXI Cell Shaded?

I'd....love to install it and start playing cell shaded!

Unfortunately I have no idea whether or not it would work with the NA windower version, or how we would make it work (Since I can't exactly read japanese deciphering the installation directions to make it work could be detrimental to running FFXI).

Anyone able to translate it reliably so maybe we can start playing with cell shading??
 
If anyone can, it's the Windower Dev Team... personally i don't talk with them much, but they're thinking of making graphical plugins work so we can do the same thing.
 
I'm sure it will work with archbell's windower considering the fact that they link to it.
 
If you check the archbell forums they tell you how to make this thing work with the US version of the game. I haven't bothered but it looks pretty neat.
 
Hmm *heads over to the windower forums*
 
if anyone figures how to get this working before me, post some instructions.. otherwise I'll post them.
 
gogo busta!!!!

i really wanna see it work for me.. since mine's pretty laggy from time to time andi i just love that kind of style.

i remember seeing someone having a sig in KI using that same style of graphics. and it's one of the coolest sig i have ever seen.
 
I've got it working perfectly. There wasn't much information on the windower forums, but with a little trial and error I figured things out.

First, download the zip file on the linked page in the OP.

Second, once you've extracted everything, place FFHook.dll in the Final Fantasy XI folder on your harddrive. Then, place the MadChook.dll in your PLayonline Folder on your harddrive.

Edit: Okay, I seem to have caused some confusion as to what I meant by "place", what I meant was copy/paste the .dll's in the right folders, because they also have to be in the windower folder for it to work at all. Hope that clears up some problems.

Then, go into your .ini file and change the Usepixelshader and Regkey values to look like this:

UsePixelShader=0
FilterA =0
FilterR =0
FilterG =0
FilterB =0


PolRegKey = SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\InstallFolder
# for US client(?)
#PolRegKey = SOFTWARE\PlayOnlineUS\InstallFolder
PolRegValue = 1000

Of course, if you're using EU or JP playonline it would probably look more like: SOFTWARE/PLayOnlineEU/InstallFolder, or JP, or whatever. Depending on what version you use.

To start up the windower you use the FFhooklauncher.exe. POL should start up and when you go in game it'll be windowed.

To get Cell shading:

Look up at the top, there will be three options (No idea what they say, it's all in JP for me >.>).

Select the second colomn from the left, then the third option down from the top.

That should be your cell shading.

If that doesn't work randomly click on shit until it does.

Disclaimer: I don't know how to read japanese, nor do I know if this will work for you. I figured all this out by trial and error, but I believe you should be able to get it working just like me. I take no liability if you wanna try this and it screws up your system. After all, I have no idea what I'm doing.

Screenshot:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/Lecan/2005_12_03_17_00_33.jpg

Edit: And also, just so you guys know I'm running a GeForce FX 5200 with the 81.85 drivers, so if Cel Shading doesn't work for you it might be that you're using drivers too old (Or at least that's what I speculate).
 
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damn.. if I didnt have dynamis I woulda beat you =P thx for the info
 
I personally like it, it's a nice change of pace from our normal graphics, and I think cel shading in some instances (not most) is nifty. I will concede to the fact that Cel shading makes a lot of games look like shyte though.
 
it's good for anime style games...and XIII which kicked asssssssssss..
 
ahhh, XIII.....I miss that game. Gonna have to look for it again.


Anywho, I must say this looks....cool o_O. Gonna have to test it myself sometime.

Wonder how wyverns look with this.
 
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am I the only one having this problem?
 
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