Seemingly something windows or XI itself changed. The only thing that seems to work is adding dgvoodoo.
What I can't figure out is why only like 5 people are getting it. Do that many people already use dgvoodoo or do that many people refuse to install windows 11 / updates.
The base game just keeps stacking up ram usage until it gives up. With no dat mods of any kind and no character logging, it just keeps going up. When it like doubles the base amount it blackscreens. (no where near 4gb it's not the largeaddress problem)
Possible Blackscreen Fix When Using Config Plugin
Possible Blackscreen fix when using Config plugin
I'm already using dgvoodoo and I've still seen increased blackscreens (substantial) over the last week or so. I haven't dug into it but my initial impression was that it is FFXI itself. Granted, update tuesday was the day after FFXI's patch so..
FWIW, even if you aren't anywhere near 4GB, you can still have fragmented memory within the application's address space. If you don't have enough contiguous memory address space to load the zone it won't load, even if you're technically only at 1GB or whatever.
FWIW, even if you aren't anywhere near 4GB, you can still have fragmented memory within the application's address space. If you don't have enough contiguous memory address space to load the zone it won't load, even if you're technically only at 1GB or whatever.
Every time I see someone bring it up in the last month I just see dgvoodoo parroted with no actual info or ideas
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Was there an increase in reports prior to the Monday update? I haven't seen any complaints anywhere, so I was thinking it might just be some of my own tools until this thread popped up.
But, if it's also happening to Windower users that points strongly to FFXI itself or a dependency. Is everyone effected on Windows 11? Nvidia card? My gut still says FFXI, given the amount of mistakes they made in this update and the indications they've started using AI code.
But, if it's also happening to Windower users that points strongly to FFXI itself or a dependency. Is everyone effected on Windows 11? Nvidia card? My gut still says FFXI, given the amount of mistakes they made in this update and the indications they've started using AI code.
Have to until people speak up.
The insignificant number of complaints is odd.
My favorite thing in ffxi. I change nothing and ***still breaks itself. (Updates are beyond my control)
The insignificant number of complaints is odd.
My favorite thing in ffxi. I change nothing and ***still breaks itself. (Updates are beyond my control)
Asura.Eiryl said: »
Every time I see someone bring it up in the last month I just see dgvoodoo parroted with no actual info or ideas
Have you had no problems since you started using dgvoodoo?
I think it's just that the game is directx8, and legacy support might be borked on win11/ newer card drivers or something.
It hasn't run long enough to know. I originally thought the large address patch fixed it, until a week later.
I was having that issue a lot previously. I was also running an addon called visiblefavor that i would constantly get notices of errors whenever i left my pc on for days. I turned that off and i have yet to have a black screen since. Not sure if its related.
I'm fairly certain mine started on 5/6 or 5/7 so my blackscreens predate the update at least - although that's not to say it couldn't be contributing. Playing for the past year on Windows 11 + Nvidia GPU I don't think I've ever run into it before this though.
It started happening last update, april
Asura.Eiryl said: »
2026-04-09 20:44:13
Does anyone keep getting the damn memory leak (zone doesn't load) bug since the update.
I've only ever had this ***happen twice in twenty years, but 10 since the update. It's ridiculous.
..it could also be because I finally put more than 4 chars on the log in screen instead of swapping bins, that's the only thing I've changed.
( i know about the patch, i'm asking if it's happening to anyone else, not the fix)
Does anyone keep getting the damn memory leak (zone doesn't load) bug since the update.
I've only ever had this ***happen twice in twenty years, but 10 since the update. It's ridiculous.
..it could also be because I finally put more than 4 chars on the log in screen instead of swapping bins, that's the only thing I've changed.
( i know about the patch, i'm asking if it's happening to anyone else, not the fix)
Mine went away with thornys patch, havent had issues since
Well on one hand it's not a blackscreen but on the other hand both just now and yesterday I have also had the game just straight up crash to desktop twice. It freezes briefly and then just disappears :(
...Sometimes it just crashes cause it feels like it.
Menuing too fast. freeze and crash.
Touch an npc at the wrong time freeze and crash.
Exit the mog house too fast after using job points freeze and crash.
Close and reopen the AH too fast freeze and crash.
STAND PERFECTLY STILL DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING and still crash.
The most common one would be is UAC killing it. Or a lose HDMI maybe. Windows updates while playing can do it too.
Menuing too fast. freeze and crash.
Touch an npc at the wrong time freeze and crash.
Exit the mog house too fast after using job points freeze and crash.
Close and reopen the AH too fast freeze and crash.
STAND PERFECTLY STILL DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING and still crash.
The most common one would be is UAC killing it. Or a lose HDMI maybe. Windows updates while playing can do it too.
So Thorny's LAA patcher no longer works?
I have 0 issues since few years now, but I also refuse Windows 11.
Ls member still get blackscreen after LAA patch daily, and he's on Windows 11. He's single player, and I 3box.
Other ls member never blackscreened until like 3-4 weeks ago. And only once after LAA patch around 3 weeks ago.
Ls member still get blackscreen after LAA patch daily, and he's on Windows 11. He's single player, and I 3box.
Other ls member never blackscreened until like 3-4 weeks ago. And only once after LAA patch around 3 weeks ago.
I continue to blackscreen every few days. I've been watching resource monitor and it seems like the Commit value in particular creeps up over time and when it eventually hits around 3,400,000 KB that's when I will typically hit a blackscreen. Feels like a memory leak though I am not a programmer/engineer by any stretch of the imagination lol. I suppose I'll try setting up DGVoodoo at some point and see if it still behaves the same way.
That's whats happening. Something windows did causes 11 to just creep up ram until it doubles then blackscreens.
dgvoodoo did seem to fix it, as stupid as that is
dgvoodoo did seem to fix it, as stupid as that is
I written under else topic befor but maybe its better here:
My experience since june update are insta-kickouts when zoning. Its happens when iam in a zone for longer (must be several hrs). Chars zone (doesnd matter HPing, warp or moving into new zone) and while loading char, the game crashs. The char stays "online" for 4-5more mins in the targeted zone befor iam able to relogin.
Any ideas? Advice would be appreciated!
My experience since june update are insta-kickouts when zoning. Its happens when iam in a zone for longer (must be several hrs). Chars zone (doesnd matter HPing, warp or moving into new zone) and while loading char, the game crashs. The char stays "online" for 4-5more mins in the targeted zone befor iam able to relogin.
Any ideas? Advice would be appreciated!
Asura.Dexprozius said: »
So Thorny's LAA patcher no longer works?
The patcher works; it's changing a windows executable flag rather than interacting directly with parts of SE's code so it can't really break. But, all it does is allow you to address 4GB of RAM instead of 2GB. When you're using texture mods or bulky addons, you might get up to like 1.5GB and have some fragmentation so the game can't find enough contiguous space to store the zone texture. With 4GB, that pretty much didn't happen. It raises the limit, it doesn't remove the load.
There's a new leak in play from something. I don't know if it's the game client itself, a specific graphics driver, or a change in windows. The leak causes the client to gradually take more and more RAM. 4GB isn't infinite; if you're effected by the leak then you'll eventually run out and get the blackscreens or other crashes.
Asura.Eiryl said: »
dgvoodoo did seem to fix it
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The thing about the LAA is it blackscreens at literally double whatever it started it.
If you go 800x600 and the base game eats up 200k when it creeps up to 400k it blackscreens.
If you turn on all the *** in the universe and it starts at 2GB it still crashes at 4GB
...I can't imagine the amount of nonsense you need to turn on to need more than 2GB base allowance (HD mods)
That's my observation anyway. It happened like clockwork. Base game takes about 350~400k every hour it'd go up by 1% after 100 hours it'd be double the base and the blackscreen was imminent. Every time. Then one crashes then two crashes then three crashes and they move back to the bottom ready to crash again on day 4.
If you go 800x600 and the base game eats up 200k when it creeps up to 400k it blackscreens.
If you turn on all the *** in the universe and it starts at 2GB it still crashes at 4GB
...I can't imagine the amount of nonsense you need to turn on to need more than 2GB base allowance (HD mods)
That's my observation anyway. It happened like clockwork. Base game takes about 350~400k every hour it'd go up by 1% after 100 hours it'd be double the base and the blackscreen was imminent. Every time. Then one crashes then two crashes then three crashes and they move back to the bottom ready to crash again on day 4.
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