brandson ([info]brandson) wrote,
@ 2006-01-10 03:12:00
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FFXI Maps 1.12
I just updated all the ingame FFXI maps with the new maps from ffxi-atlas.com. I also added a few other things to some Sea and CoP maps.

You can get my map pack from here:
http://rapidshare.de/files/10869914/ffxi-maps-1.12.zip.html


Here's a sample screenshot (click for larger):



Just unzip the file ffxi-maps-1.12.zip to your \PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI directory and everything should install to the right location. In the event that it doesn't, copy the directory structure manually to \PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI. You might want to backup your map DATs before installing this, just in case.

I haven't thoroughly tested all the maps yet so let me know if there are any problems. I expect the Pso'Xja maps might be a little bit screwy cause I don't have the Pso'Xja map ingame and there are so many map files that all look the same for that one. Other than that, it should all work. Let me know if there are any problems.

Note that my Zilart and CoP maps aren't semi-transparent like the original SE ones. If anyone knows how to save DXT3 maps to look the same as BMP maps, please let me know.

By the way, BMPtoDAT is buggy as hell and I can't get it to work. I had to come up with a convoluted workaround to get FFXI to load my modified BMP maps. The next time I update maps I'm going to have to figure out a better way of converting the BMP ones.

Post any comments or suggestions here. Enjoy!


Jan 11th Edit #2:

If you downloaded version 1.1 or 1.11, get the newly posted 1.12 instead as 1.1 is missing all my dats from ROM2\17 and ROM2\24, and 1.1 and 1.11 have a bad West Sarutabaruta map. Sorry about that. If you have 1.11 already and just want the West Sarutabaruta map, you can get it from here:
http://rapidshare.de/files/10869115/ffxi-maps-1.11hotfix.zip.html

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[info]kurokikaze01
2006-01-10 09:37 am UTC (link)
Holy hell those maps kick ass. o.o

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[info]kenshiin
2006-01-10 03:11 pm UTC (link)
Which ones are my map dats to back up, and should I just copy them to another folder?

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[info]brandson
2006-01-10 04:11 pm UTC (link)
I made a list of all the maps I replaced in the readme file in the zip. An easy way to back them up is just make whole copies of the following directories: ROM\17, ROM\18, ROM2\16, ROM2\17, ROM2\24, ROM3\3, ROM3\4, ROM3\5, ROM3\7, and ROM3\8

Those directories contain a bit more than maps, and I haven't edited all the maps in the game yet (I'm gonna add NPC locations to cities later on) but you may as well just back them all up anyway.

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[info]phaecat
2006-01-10 07:59 pm UTC (link)
omg thank you so much! great work!

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Ive been tryin to change th maps too but had problem
(Anonymous)
2006-01-10 11:11 pm UTC (link)
I've riedto update the maps too witstupid dmp2dat program but ya its broken now. could u tell me how u got ur work aornd to work plz. i used photoshop to try but nothing wit eveyrtime i converted it to bmp and then try to see it in ff game would crash have u looked at qufim island ingame map wit r neew one that one was the one i tired mostly and it crashed everytime. plz post ur info on the archbell site under the maps plz everyone been tryin to look for away around it would be really nice if u could thank you in advance

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[info]pesh_
2006-01-11 01:12 am UTC (link)
can you plz post a link to the injector tool your using? mine stopped working and will not take 32b maps anymore ><

either way appreciate your time, i hope this is a worthy updated of the cartography project posted on the windower boards!!!

~ Pesh

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[info]brandson
2006-01-11 05:10 am UTC (link)
I will make a post on my livejournal explaining how to replace the BMP maps soon. I want to give a bit of time to allow other people to determine if there are any problems with what I did first.

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[info]xanden
2006-01-11 02:30 am UTC (link)
oo thanks!

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the maps dont all work its broken like mine are man mahara crashed me
(Anonymous)
2006-01-11 04:27 am UTC (link)
u better test all ur maps bro they all gonna crash when u view them all teh oens that are pallate wont work because somethign wrong wit the injector and u cant use anythig hihger then 256 color bitmaps and u used more then 256 so ffxi crashed now the injector got broken it wont except anythign bigger then 256 color so like isaid ur work around doesnt work. i tested it the dxt3 all work becasue they all directx but u might wanna do some testin on the palette ones they are very buggy bro

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Re: the maps dont all work its broken like mine are man mahara crashed me
[info]brandson
2006-01-11 05:03 am UTC (link)
Could you be more specific? I didn't use BMPtoDAT at all for any of the DAT files in the zip I posted. Which map in particular that I distributed doesn't work? I am aware of which maps are BMP and which are DXT3. All the original non-expansion maps are BMP except for Jugner, North Gusta, Xarcabard, Zeruhn, Buburimu, Meriphataud, and one Shakhrami map. Those ones I mentioned are DXT3 as are all the Zilart and CoP maps. I would expect any time SE updates an old BMP map from now on they will change it to DXT3 too.

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nvm man i fixed the problem noob lol
(Anonymous)
2006-01-11 04:40 am UTC (link)
for some reason when i copied ur new maps i didnt get mhara map so i needed to get it agina fixed it now but u might wanan test other maps but ifu did find a work around plz let us all know man plz i'd lke to addm y own stuff to the maps that i want for my own pleasure thnx again keep on goin bro

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Re: nvm man i fixed the problem noob lol
[info]brandson
2006-01-11 05:07 am UTC (link)
I didn't replace the Mhaura map, and I just went to Mhaura in-game and checked the map there. No problems at all for me. Mhaura is ROM\18\81.DAT and no such file is included in my distribution. Any problem with the Mhaura map on your computer has nothing to do with my maps.

I haven't edited any town maps yet, except for the top floor of Tavnazian Safehold. I have plans to add NPC locations to town maps in the future but I haven't done so yet.

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DOnt worry brandon i chekc it works all good
(Anonymous)
2006-01-11 06:22 am UTC (link)
How ever u got the maps too wokr u did the job right just let me know how u did it lol i want to put loggin points and shit back on the maps like the old maps had that u didnt include in these ones i lost the loggin points ll oh well but great job dont know how u did it. i tried for days to find a way to get it to inject to the dat file oviously u know a better way or the right way let me know bro like to know new things on pcs since thats like my life thing u did good job keep at it if u need help post msg i'll keep loookin everyday pz

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(Anonymous)
2006-01-14 11:10 pm UTC (link)
your original ffxi-maps had locations on what teleports to use to go to what NM or god in sky but the old one doesnt say anything is there anyway to fix this?

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[info]brandson
2006-01-16 09:09 pm UTC (link)
My original map pack was only given to a few people and I was not involved at all with the creation of the VCP maps, which I think is what you're referring to. The Ru'Aun Gardens map in my pack says which island corresponds to which God, and each entrance to Ve'Lugannon and Ru'Avitau is numbered corresponding to the markings on those maps. I've been going to sky for so long that I've long since memorized which entrance corresponds to which NM but I can see how that information would be useful. I will add it to my next version of the map. Until then, if you would like to use maps by anyone else in addition to my maps, lookup the dat which corresponds to the map you want to change in the readme file I included in my pack and swap that dat with someone else's dat for that map.

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VCP 1.2 compared to your 1.12
(Anonymous)
2006-01-16 05:44 pm UTC (link)
Im just wondering what is exactly different between the VCP 1.2, and your new updated pack. Is it just new maps from ffxi-atlas with the new(er) NM pops that the VCP didnt have yet, cuz ffxi-atlas hadnt added them at its time of release, or what, and also ppl above where saying that your pack doesnt have the logging points etc that the VCP came with, im just curious as to what is the main differnce between the two packs, so i know if i should go with logging point maps, or updated NM maps, till i get lucky and find one with both ^^ (or if im blind and this does have both >.> ) I also wanted to say thanks for your hard work in testing this over and over and helping everyone get it up and working, very kind of you to help so much, wish you good luck in all your projects, keep on keeping on ^^'

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Re: VCP 1.2 compared to your 1.12
[info]brandson
2006-01-16 09:02 pm UTC (link)
I don't know what the maps look like in VCP 1.2 cause I didn't make that pack nor have I ever used it. I presume that pack used the maps from ffxi-atlas prior to that website's December update. My pack contains all the ffxi-atlas maps as they are today, plus a few other additions that I noted on my main LJ post. I tried to include all the harvesting/excavating/logging/mining points, chest, coffer, NM, and elemental spawns that are currently listed on ffxi-atlas. As pointed out to me by a few people I missed a few of the h/e/l/m points. I've already added a few of them and I plan on adding the rest shortly. I'm a little busy with schoolwork right now so I'll probably have an update to my pack, plus a guide on how to replace BMP maps in about 2 weeks.

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Transparency
(Anonymous)
2006-01-18 02:20 am UTC (link)
Hey, I've tried your maps and really appreciate all the work you've done... excellent job!

Just wanted to make a note about transparency... a while ago I changed my fonts in FFXI which required editing the .dat file, and when looking at ways to edit it I found that you can get a DXT editor for GIMP (both are free). I ended up just editing after using GC3 to convert between bmp and dxt3.

http://www.gimp.org <- GIMP homepage, free photo editing software.
http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/dds/ <- GIMP DDS Plugin

Hope this helps... thanks again for your hard work^^
-Tragedy

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(Anonymous)
2006-01-18 10:50 pm UTC (link)
Don't mean to be overly picky but is there any chance of getting the maps without the elemental spawns? I'm standing in Qufim seeking right now and there's so much crap on the map I can hardly tell what's what (mainly because the light elemental spawns are the same color as NM circles). If not I guess I can just redo these maps for myself once you make your guide to converting the maps. Either way thanks in advance for your hard work, good stuff.

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The Boyahda Tree 3rd area map
(Anonymous)
2006-01-20 05:46 pm UTC (link)
Just a heads up the map for the third area of The Boyada Tree (area with Vivian, Dragon Aery Zone, Ancient Goobue was replaced with the map of the second area of the tree (Cloister of storms area)

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Re: The Boyahda Tree 3rd area map
[info]brandson
2006-01-20 07:42 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for letting me know. I actually discovered that myself too when pting in Boyahda a few nights ago. The fixed map will be in my next release in a week or so.

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Can't download :/
(Anonymous)
2006-01-28 06:12 pm UTC (link)
Everytime Rapidshare says I have downloaded #% of file and I have to wait for sometime, now its been like a week and I can't download them >< I have the old maps and I really like your work, but is it possible to change file host?

Thanks a lot.

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Re: Can't download :/
(Anonymous)
2006-02-04 04:36 pm UTC (link)
im having the same problem ; ; so if some one could host it else ware other than rapidshare i would b sooooo happy

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(Anonymous)
2006-02-20 08:40 pm UTC (link)
Awsome, i love maitnences, you spend so much time on finding something you want :) Great work.

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Small Error
[info]wiccaan
2006-04-02 10:55 am UTC (link)
On the Al'Taieu map.. the Quasilumin at (I-12) is in the wrong location. Its closer to the stone in the left side of the location. It is noticable to not see it on the map when you stand at this location. Just thought I would let you know.

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Hey next update can you get the overlay info too?
(Anonymous)
2006-04-07 07:41 am UTC (link)
I noticed the vanadiel atlas overlay info
was missing from some of the maps
(treasure chest coffers and elemental spawns)
as there anychance of including those in the next
map release?
I noticed it was missing from the davoi map

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Re: Hey next update can you get the overlay info too?
(Anonymous)
2006-04-20 09:47 pm UTC (link)
Hey i just installed this, and i dont got crawlers nest map. rolanberry worked great tho!

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Good job
(Anonymous)
2006-05-29 03:40 pm UTC (link)
As I'm playing with a japanese version of the game I was thinking it would be nice to post that it seems to work.
I haven't tested all the areas yet, so I will post here if I find any problem.
Anyway good job! ^^

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broken file?
[info]precy1
2007-03-20 08:55 am UTC (link)
i have a little issue. This would a good help to me since i get lost in alot of areas. though been playing game for a long time i have lack of direction. my problem is anytime i click on the site, i get a file not found. was it removed or the site changed & not updated?

can u email me or reply here please :)

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Re: broken file?
(Anonymous)
2008-04-26 09:22 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, could someone rehost the files?

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