If so, can someone link me the discord?

Hey guys, I just stumbled across this sub, this seems like a really massive undertaking, but very cool. Is the project still alive? Is there a lot left to do for it? Just curious about it all. Keep up the cool work!

Hi,

About a year and half ago I got a bit into this project when this was being done in Unity and even made a couple maps, then real life hit like a truck (more like... got a full time job) and lost track of this.

Last thing I remember was that this was going to migrate to Unreal, which I like; so as one year and half ago, I'm wondering if this is still going and where it's at... now that I have more time I want to pick up and continue this, so getting on my WHM mood and tossing a "Raise" here, hopefully it works xDDDDD

If you happen upon this sub or post and have a vested interest in ANY aspect of this FFXI conversion project (even to observe)... reply here and we'll get you oriented through discord!

Hey guys, I've decided to switch this project to the Unreal Engine instead of Unity. I know that means re-doing a fair amount of work, but I think it will be worth it in the end.

GitHub project is here:

https://github.com/Maphesdus/FFXI_Unreal

So i already got to work, did Crawler's Nest to learn the workflow (took me very long time), then Rolanberry Fields where i learned some tricks to make life easier while doing this project.

Uploaded to a git repo copy i made and made a pull request. my git: https://github.com/AudCavalier the branch copy i made: https://github.com/AudCavalier/FFXI_Unity3D

Well, i've already downloaded FFXI japanese client, Noesis and AreaDemo, also since i sometimes use Unity i already have it installed (version 2017.3). So i downloaded the files from git to see what's progress so far, tried to open any scene (for example, East Sarutabaruta) and found that no mesh is displayed, messed a little bit around, downloaded Unity 5, even got rid of all the VR stuff (as it was causing me a lot of errors on the editor) and still the same, so i was wondering if something is wrong or if there is something i'm not doing right.

Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/fvPOJ

Hey, well i'm always remembering the good ol' FFXI days with my brother and yesterday i thought (seeing a lot of Legend of Zelda remakes in Unreal) maybe someone has done some remakes of FFXI in Unreal, googled that and got to this subreddit, when i read this i got extremely hyped, i actually have thought of this idea a couple times before but never thought it that serious until now.

So right now i'm sutdying Computer Science, also i want to become a game dev (or at least do that on my free time), so i have experience using Unity (gone through many tutorials, in which i made a lot of 2D prototypes, then started with a couple 3D tutorials, they were a bit boring, but got the basics, so i'm no absolute beginner), also i've seen there has been little ativity here (latest posts are from about 2 months ago), so i still hope community is still working on this, desipte the low activity on the subreddit.

Well just wanted to do a small introduction, gonna read the tutorials and install the needed software to start getting to work.

Hey guys! I've become really intrigued with this project after seeing some of the VR experiences that some of you built in previous years. I'm fairly familiar with both Maya and Unity, so I've been messing around with exporting areas using AreaDemo and Noesis. I'm having a lot of fun with it, and I think I may have solved an issue we were having when it comes to AreaDemo and expansion zones. (It's also totally possible that I don't understand the problem completely, so I apologize in advance if this isn't the issue at hand!)

I was able to get areas like Bibiki Bay, Western Adoulin, Kazham, and a Promyvion into AreaDemo. I was also successfully able to export all of the zones that I tested in AreaDemo with appropriate texture names.

Here’s how I did it! (Crappy Imgur Visual Guide)

1. Using Noesis, find the file location of the zone you would like to add to AreaDemo. This location is represented by three digits separated by hyphens. (# - # - #)

• The first digit is the number of the first folder you select in Noesis. (i.e. ROM is 1, ROM2 is 2, ROM3 is 3, etc.)
• The second digit is the number of the following subfolder. (Zones are most often found in the 0 folder of each ROM folder, but they can be found in any of them. Just look for .dat files with large sizes.)
• The third digit is the number of the file itself.
• For example, if you wanted to add Oldton Movalpolos to AreaDemo, the file location would be 3-0-11. That’s ROM3, folder 0, file 11 in Noesis.

2. Open up the Area.lst file using either Notepad++ or Visual Studio. (This file is found in the list folder that comes with AreaDemo.)
3. Anywhere in the list, type in the zone’s file location that you obtained in step 1, followed by the starting X,Y,Z coordinates and the zone name. Don't forget to save!

• If you wanted to add Oldton Movalpolos to the list, it would look like this:
• 3-0-11,1,-2,18,Oldton_Movalpolos
• This means ROM3-Folder 0-File 11, 1x,-2y,18z,arbitrary_name
• Check this visual out if you're stuck!

4. Open up AreaDemo. If done correctly, the new zone will appear in the area list.
5. Export as usual!

Known Bugs:

• I’m not sure if this is just on my end, but AreaDemo starts to get wonky after I add more than 60 entries to the list. It’ll often just crash the program without any error message. Deleting old entries off the list seems to fix it, then I can add new zones to the list without issue.
• If a zone isn’t appearing in AreaDemo (purely pink screen), it’s very possible your coordinates are simply on blank space. You may need to mess around with the coordinates to find the model. It took me some time to find Bibiki Bay as it that zone is split into two models with a bunch of blank space in between.

This shouldn’t prevent it from exporting appropriately!

• AreaDemo doesn’t update itself after you edit a list file. If you edit a list, you’ll need to close any instance of AreaDemo that’s running and launch the program again to see your changes reflected.

Again, if this wasn’t the issue at hand, just let me know, and I will delete this post! I just find all of this to be really fun, and I’d love to help this project out! (I'm all about creating our own custom stories in the world of Vana'diel, so I'm hoping this opens up the world a bit for us!)

this looks like an epic undertaking and a very cool project. i was messing around today, i exported a couple of maps via Noesis and attempted to learn unity, only spent a few hours and there is a LOT to learn but i can defiantly see this as being doable. does anyone have any tutorials? i would love to watch them!

About:

• Pebbles' Program Page - FAQ

Download:

• POLUtils (hosted on GitHub)

Tutorial:

• nDo Tutorial and Information

Downloads:

• Official download page

• nDo2 - direct link

• dDo - direct link

215 supported formats. (62 archive types)

Available options:

NOTE: Some of these may be broken or nonfunctional.

Most have not been tested in years.

Use at your own risk.

— Rich Whitehouse (creator of Noesis)

Module-specific commands

Various BSP

MAP

MDL/MD2/MD3

FF7

FF8

MPO

GMO

SMD

RDM

WaveFront OBJ

DDS

FF13

Autodesk FBX

Doom Wad

GIF Image

Gamebryo NIF

Quake II WAL Texture

M32 Image

Half-Life MDL Model

FF11 Model/Data

FF11 SQLE Model

FF12 Model

Quake Saturn LEV

Battlezone GEO Model

Crunch Texture

Radiance HDR

Castlevania: SotN Zone

JPEG 2000 Image

GHOUL2 Model

KVX Voxel Model

MRI - Analyze 7.5

This topic is for listing all the zones, tracking which ones have been converted so far, and giving credit to person who converted the zone. File locations are based on this PasteBin ROM List and this forum topic, but formatted to make them easier to read.

FFXI complete zone list (Mobs & NPC data, not the zones themselves!)

Bastok:

Gustaberg:

Windurst:

Sarutabaruta:

San d'Oria:

Ronfaure:

Jeuno:

Qufim:

Selbina & Mhaura:

Zulkheim:

Aragoneu:

Kolshushu:

Norvallen:

Derfland:

Fauregandi:

Valdeaunia:

Vollbow:

Li'Telor:

Tu'Lia:

This subreddit is for a community project dedicated to converting FFXI zones over into the Unity 3D game engine using the programs Area Demo and Noesis. By importing all of the FFXI zones into the Unity engine, we can theoretically recreate FFXI with better graphics (dynamic lighting, reflections, bump mapping, realistic water, high-rez textures, etc.). We could even remake FFXI as an offline, single player RPG, or just make our own custom spinoff games set in the world of Vana'diel. A handful of community members have already converted a few zones over on their own, and this project aims to bring all those together, as well as convert the rest. However, converting even a single zone is a huge undertaking, and getting all of the zones converted is going to be an enormous project that will require a community effort to complete. This project is open to anyone who wants to participate. Just stay in touch using this subreddit, and try not to duplicate work that other people have already completed (unless you have a good reason). You can download the project files and relevant programs from the links below. In order to use the project files, you must have the Unity 3D game engine installed (version 5.5.1f1 or higher).

Project Files:

• GitHub project files

Community:

• Sister Subreddit: /r/ffximodding
• YouTube Channel: FFXI Modding
• Discord Channel: FFXI Modding
• Facebook page: FFXI Modding
• Blog: FFXI Modding

Programs:

• GitKraken (optional)

• Unity 3D (Decided to switch the project over to the Unreal Engine)

• Unreal Engine 4

• Noesis

• Area Demo (AreaDemo is useless. Don't bother with it.)

• FFXI Japanese verison (required to use Area Demo)

Related Topics:

• Does anyone have the JP client installed? (VR project), by kitfm

• Bringing FFXI into VR, by kitfm

• Trying to install the JP client... need help., by Rhianu

• Just a little project I'm working on... (Bastok Markets - Unity 3D), by Rhianu

• FFXI project: importing zones into the Unity 3D game engine (download included), by Rhianu

Ideal Noesis Zone Export Settings (FBX):

When exporting a zone from Noesis, save the main output type as an FBX, and the texture output type as TGA. In the Advanced options input field, copy and paste the following line to get ideal results:

-ff11blendhack 0.99 -ff11renderunref -ff11keepnames -ff11optimizegeo -rotate 180 0 270

Area Demo:

Don't bother trying to do anything with AreaDemo. It's a pain in the ass, and I've realized that it's not even necessary. Everything we need to do can be done using only Noesis.

Area Demo is used primarily to get the texture files, since Noesis does not preserve the file names of the textures for some reason, while Area Demo does. Without the correct file names, hooking up texture files to their appropriate materials in Unity becomes an almost impossible guessing game. Area Demo saves us that trouble by keeping the file names intact. Area Demo also converts zone geometry, but it saves the data as an .mqo file, which is not compatible with the Unity game engine, and converting from .mqo to .fbx is a pain in the butt.

Unfortunately, one major limitation of Area Demo is that it appears to only give us access to the original zones. As far as I can tell, Area Demo does not give its users access to zones from any of the expansion packs, not even Rise of the Zilart. At this point, I am not sure how we're going to solve this problem, but we can worry about it later, as converting all the original zones will be enough to keep our hands full for a while.

Additionally, it should be noted that Area Demo is a Japanese program, and can only be used with the Japanese version of the game. This isn't a huge problem, since Square-Enix has made the installation files for FFXI available to download for free from the official website, but it does create an issue in that SE has chosen to make it so that the Japanese version and the North American version cannot both be installed simultaneously on the same PC, which makes this whole process rather annoying for people who don't have multiple computers.

Synchronizing Project Files:

Project files will be hosted on GitHub. There are several methods for participating individuals to synchronize their own project files with the main repository on GitHub, though I personally recommend using the program GitKraken. Strictly speaking, GitKraken is not technically necessary, but it does make the whole process flow a lot smoother, and helps keep everyone up to date.

Converted Zones:

The following is a list of zones that have already been converted over or are in the process of being converted over. In order to avoid unnecessary duplication of work, any community members wishing to contribute to this project should avoid doing these zones.

• Bastok Markets (some geometry errors), converted by /u/Rhianu

• Southern San d'Oria, converted by /u/kitfm

• La Theine Plateau, converted by /u/kitfm

• Lower Jeuno, converted by /u/kitfm

• Selbina, converted by /u/gatorkea

• Valkurm Dunes (in process), currently being converted by /u/gatorkea

ROM List:

• https://pastebin.com/TfMcpYav