Deprecated Darkstar fourms

Ok, here's my problem.

I upgraded my main computer to Windows 7 so I could run my own server. Got all that setup (apparently) but I can't get into the game to make sure it works. I can't join any servers at all. I've uninstalled and reinstalled twice, making sure I followed the instructions perfectly. I load up Ashita, enter my login info and it says I'm connected to the server (whichever one I'm trying to get into) and then, sometimes immediately says Closing... in red and Ashita closes.

Before I upgraded to Win7 I had the game working just fine on XP so I tried it on a laptop that runs XP and I get the same error.

Can anyone help?

Forget it, I figured it out.

I hate Windows 7. haha. Not used to having to run programs as administrator.

I feel stupid now.

Disable the UAC and you typically don't have to.

Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts and Family Safety -> User Accounts
Click on 'Change User Account Control Settings'.
Move the slider to the bottom where it says 'Never Notify'.

Save and restart.

If you have a shortcut to Ashita, you can set it to always run as Administrator (shortcut properties > Shortcut tab > Advanced...). It will still show the UAC prompt.

If you run multiple instances (duoboxing/multiboxing), you may also want to uncheck "Auto-close launcher after injection" in the Edit Config window in Ashita launcher, so the Ashita launcher will stay open.

On my machine, if I run a program that causes the UAC prompt when FFXI is running, FFXI crashes. It may be due to the UAC prompt "Default" level, which dims the screen. [The dimming behavior causes a gfx setting reset. It loads the gfx settings for the "default" user profile (as if you were logged out) to show the UAC prompt, then reverts back to your logged in user's gfx settings.]

any graphics reset or change will crash ffxi,

edit: pretty sure one level below the default uac level is the exact same except without the graphics reset

FFXI is not coded to handle 'Reset' calls on the device. Whenever Reset is called, an application running Direct3D (or any other similar rendering engine) has to reobtain a handle to the device via Reset. (In FFXI's case it's IDirect3DDevice8::Reset). However, the game is not coded to handle this because it is only designed to run fullscreen. (Their window mode is half-assed and poorly implemented which also does not properly handle this issue.)

So anything such as:
- Changing your screen resolution.
- Changing the monitor settings.
- Running another fullscreen game.

Will all cause FFXI to crash since it does not properly handle the reset call.

kjLotus wrote:edit: pretty sure one level below the default uac level is the exact same except without the graphics reset

Yep. This is among the 1st settings I change anytime I reinstall winblows. Besides crashing FFXI I find the dimming thing to be just plain irritating to my eyes.

I tried all of this and still getting the same result. It says I'm connected to the server, then sending account id, and then closing in red letters.