FFXIV Mouse Lag Fix

If you get the error because you're dumb like me and didn't backup the game, try taking ffxivgame.exe out of the folder, running the patch installer, and then replacing it after it finishes. Somehow worked for me.

could you make a new unpatcher?

This is awesome, this takes care of one of the major flaws! Bravo, Cliff, I hope you can carry this project over to release if it doesn't include hardware mouse.

Cliff this is EPIC keep it up man! And if your ever in my neck of the woods (chandler AZ) hit me up as I owe you a beer for making the game playable

my game crashes everytime i press a button on keyboard :(
have to play with gamepad, and i cant type in game lol
if you can make a new unpatcher for the current version of ffxiv that would be awesome

i found this, fixed the problem thanks!

Hmmm. I started seeing this after the last patch too. Didn't think anything of it last night... have you tried reverting to your backup? You backed up, right?

Update: My wife just tested, and reverting the hardware mouse patch fixed the crash.

Cool Thanks so much for this Patch! I did get the error on the update just now but, grabbed my copy out and replaced the "broken" one and BAM, DL and install done and ready to rock. \m/

Just want to say thanks Cliff for providing this!

New patch today (well, two) so I'll be checking back to see if you've updated the mouse patcher.

Again, the game would be completely unplayable without this. I'm kind of dreading playing it right now knowing it'll be software mouse. :(

For sure DeusM, I was about to give up on it until this mouse patch, games perfect now :)

Yeah without it, it's almost unplayable, at the very least so unenjoyable that it's not fun to play. Thanks again Cliff.

So...
After yesterday's patch I replaced the .exe with my backup and the game gave me an error still.

So...
I uninstalled and reinstalled FFXIV and started the game. Next, I exited and made a backup of the .exe again and inserted the mouse-patch. I can't get past the PLAY button. It tells me FFXIV has encountered a problem and shuts down. I replaced the .exe with my bakcup and it starts up fine.

Anyone else having this issue?


On a side topic....this game seems to be a big disappointment. Too many lag delays in combat where I can't do anything but watch myself die. And, for the first time in an MMO I actually found myself running around trying to explore and literally falling asleep at the keyboard.....and I've been a fan of FF since the first FF on the Nintendo. The cinematics and storyline seem really great as I would expect from FF, but the gameplay is horrible. It's actually slower then FFXI's gameplay which I didn't think was possible. They'd have been better off making this a turn-based MMO. This replaces FFX-2 as the worst experience so far.

I'm still "forcing" myself to play hoping some miracle will turn things around as I'm really drawn in by the intro storyline. However, after about 15 minutes I find myself preferring to watch Sex In The City with my g/f. Good job SE. You managed to find a cure for my addiction to MMO's.

Cliff, make another patch that makes this game not suck. You're our only hope.

I'm crashing at the PLAY button also, but it doesn't give me an error, it just closes.
Even after rebooting, after clikcing Play, it shows the spinning blue loading icon and just goes back to a normal arrow.
64bit 7 ftw

edit: Replaced the original ffxivgame.exe and it loads, but no mouse fix yet (of course). Please help :P

While you're waiting for a fix you may want to use this in the meantime: http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/14547-new-windower-now-with-hardware-mouse-v031-update/

Uses the Windows cursor, not the actual ingame hardware mouse.

Backup copies of the ffxivgame.exe file:

2010.09.06.2000
2010.09.07.2001
2010.09.09.2000

I had this problem too. But, I replaced my updated verison with the old, re did the DL for the update. Had to wait till this morning to try it as server had maintence last night but, I installed it and it's working just fine.

Same thing. Windows 7 64bit. After clicking "Play" the cursor just spins a bit and then nothing happens. If I replace with my backup the game plays fine, but no mouse fix.

Anyone know what value should be set for debug_hardware_cursor (assuming thats the field that needs to be set)? I see three null octets after it. But I also see debug_software_cursor with three null octets. And is it the octets before or after it that sets the value?

Updated for 2010.09.09.2000. Was in a meeting.

-cliff

For people who are having problems: you gotta make sure that you actually have the latest version and that you're actually using the latest patcher. You can see when you open the patcher which version it's designed for.

If you're experiencing crashes I suggest trying to first download one of the backups that have been uploaded by other people, and then patching that.

I'm not going to personally upload ffxigame.exe binaries because it's illegal and I don't want to be sued. (I doubt anyone will be, but as I work for a competitor I'm personally respecting their copyright)

If that still doesn't work for you -- sorry. If there's an actual bug, it's probably the reason why SE hasn't released the feature yet.

-cliff

Thanks for the update Cliff. Your work is greatly appreciated.

Thanks once again cliff.

Also thanks for giving me years of entertainment with Guild Wars :D

Totally wasn't me, but I hope you like Guild Wars 2 :)

-cliff

New update, but its for the boot version. Patcher still works.

Both it and Final Fantasy XIV are my most anticipated games lol. I'm just hoping they'll be playable together because it's going to be hard to choose which one I want to play -_-

From what I've heard GW2 is going to be game of the year :D and I can't wait, kudos to you ^^

expecting much from a beta test eh?
the game does not lag, it just your video card btw,i tested myself by replacing my 9800gt with my current ati 5770, the only issue with the game is the mouse lag, and some targeting issues, people try to play this game so hard with shitty specs, the games takes up to 50% of usage with my quadcore, would be terrible with dualcore users

Even with this being an open beta? So would patches for this (and FFXI since we're discussing basically the same thing) fall in the same category?

Ok...Latest update as of 11Sep10 ...is it me or is the patch not working anymore? Up until then, every update the patch worked flawlessly. I can redo my .exe with the back up but it refuses to run after running the patch.

Any help would be great. And thanks again Cliff!

I think you can trick it, if you download the ffxivgame file and put that in - then use the most recent ffxivboot (the mouse fix) and it works

Ok ...then help the noob lol. Where the heck is the most recent fix? Is Cliff just updating that DL link he has posted on page 1 or am I missing something? Because that's what I was going to do. xD

Thanks for the reply LostMK