Well I posted above that Tes made the Transition from PS3 to PS4 last week.
This weekend I set up my PS4 and switched from PC.. Well I will play both really..
Anyway The I still Feel the PS4 version is real good even compared to PC and in most part is exactly the same..
The game is running better than my midrange laptop.... Anyone that is looking for a cheap way to upgrade from a lesser pc for this game and not spending the money on a high end PC wont be disappointed.
Something that will help those making the switch from pc and those on PS3 making the switch too.. Get a mouse even if you play with a gamepad and turn off the touch pad on the controller as mouse and use it just as the select button as you did on the ps3.. Use a real mouse it makes navigation soooooo much better. That touchpad is to wonky on the controller... I got a 15 dollar wireless logitech mouse and it works flawless. You will thank me...
Some issues that I believe are bugs unless someone knows how to fix them.:
I have had others try too and they cant seem to get these to work... The main menu will not show up on the hud. As a PC user especially those with a mouse it makes things so much faster to have the main menu on the hud. You dont have to hit select to bring up menus you just click on them on your hud. The hud editor shows it but it wont come visible on the hud..
Another thing for macros.. It only shows a few crappy icons.. Where the hell are all the damn icon for the macro editor?
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 12:45pm by Nashred
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I'm not sure about the menu as I've always hit start, but there are pages and pages of macro icons... I think you just need to page over, though I can't remember how off the top of my head.
Also, typing: /macroicon "Skill Name" as the first line of your macro will display that icon for the macro when you put it on the hotbar if you don't want to scroll through them all.
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 9:14am by LebargeX
Also, typing: /macroicon "Skill Name" as the first line of your macro will display that icon for the macro when you put it on the hotbar if you don't want to scroll through them all.
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 9:14am by LebargeX
LebargeX wrote:
I'm not sure about the menu as I've always hit start, but there are pages and pages of macro icons... I think you just need to page over, though I can't remember how off the top of my head.
Also, typing: /macroicon "Skill Name" as the first line of your macro will display that icon for the macro when you put it on the hotbar if you don't want to scroll through them all.
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 9:14am by LebargeX
Also, typing: /macroicon "Skill Name" as the first line of your macro will display that icon for the macro when you put it on the hotbar if you don't want to scroll through them all.
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 9:14am by LebargeX
There are a bout 4 pages or so of crappy icons.. It makes it easier to be able to just drag them in... On the pc it had pretty much every icon in the game is shown there and I believe it was the same on the ps3.. Makes no sense not to have them on the ps4...
The main menu is nice to have on the hud.. I hate hitting selected it takes too long. I was running dungeons this weekend and as healer I like to organize my party so the tank or tanks are just below me in the party list so it is faster to heal the tank.. It takes to long and parties were taking off without protect.. I mean it aint that much longer but enough that impatient parties dont want to wait that extra 20 or 30 seconds.
Having the main menu on the hud is so much faster and easier to pull up logs, duty finder etc..
Anyway any ps4 user should use a mouse even if you use a gamepad.. Makes life so much easier even if you are used to using the select and start buttons...
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 12:54pm by Nashred
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Nashred wrote:
LebargeX wrote:
I'm not sure about the menu as I've always hit start, but there are pages and pages of macro icons... I think you just need to page over, though I can't remember how off the top of my head.
Also, typing: /macroicon "Skill Name" as the first line of your macro will display that icon for the macro when you put it on the hotbar if you don't want to scroll through them all.
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 9:14am by LebargeX
Also, typing: /macroicon "Skill Name" as the first line of your macro will display that icon for the macro when you put it on the hotbar if you don't want to scroll through them all.
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 9:14am by LebargeX
There are a bout 4 pages or so of crappy icons.. It makes it easier to be able to just drag them in... On the pc it had pretty much every icon in the game is shown there and I believe it was the same on the ps3.. Makes no sense not to have them on the ps4...
The main menu is nice to have on the hud.. I hate hitting selected it takes too long. I was running dungeons this weekend and as healer I like to organize my party so the tank or tanks are just below me in the party list so it is faster to heal the tank.. It takes to long and parties were taking off without protect.. I mean it aint that much longer but enough that impatient parties dont want to wait that extra 20 or 30 seconds.
Having the main menu on the hud is so much faster and easier to pull up logs, duty finder etc..
Anyway any ps4 user should use a mouse even if you use a gamepad.. Makes life so much easier even if you are used to using the select and start buttons...
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 12:54pm by Nashred
Maybe it just come from a difference of skill with a controller, but I can fly through my menu without even thinking about it. As you, I do the same thing organizing the party list, and it might only take me like 5-10 seconds at the very most to get to the party screen, and get everybody lined up the way I want it. This may be something that you just have to get more accustomed to, unless you plan to just never do it that way. In that case, nevermind.
I might be wrong on this also, but I think the way to get the menu icon things up on the screen, is to switch to mouse control settings, as opposed to the controller settings. I think that is the only time I ever remember seeing those icons come up on my screen.
As for the macros, I haven't looked through them on the PS4, but there were quite a few for the PS3 version. I don't use macros, so that's something I am not very familiar with.
supermegazeke wrote:
Nashred wrote:
LebargeX wrote:
I'm not sure about the menu as I've always hit start, but there are pages and pages of macro icons... I think you just need to page over, though I can't remember how off the top of my head.
Also, typing: /macroicon "Skill Name" as the first line of your macro will display that icon for the macro when you put it on the hotbar if you don't want to scroll through them all.
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 9:14am by LebargeX
Also, typing: /macroicon "Skill Name" as the first line of your macro will display that icon for the macro when you put it on the hotbar if you don't want to scroll through them all.
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 9:14am by LebargeX
There are a bout 4 pages or so of crappy icons.. It makes it easier to be able to just drag them in... On the pc it had pretty much every icon in the game is shown there and I believe it was the same on the ps3.. Makes no sense not to have them on the ps4...
The main menu is nice to have on the hud.. I hate hitting selected it takes too long. I was running dungeons this weekend and as healer I like to organize my party so the tank or tanks are just below me in the party list so it is faster to heal the tank.. It takes to long and parties were taking off without protect.. I mean it aint that much longer but enough that impatient parties dont want to wait that extra 20 or 30 seconds.
Having the main menu on the hud is so much faster and easier to pull up logs, duty finder etc..
Anyway any ps4 user should use a mouse even if you use a gamepad.. Makes life so much easier even if you are used to using the select and start buttons...
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 12:54pm by Nashred
Maybe it just come from a difference of skill with a controller, but I can fly through my menu without even thinking about it. As you, I do the same thing organizing the party list, and it might only take me like 5-10 seconds at the very most to get to the party screen, and get everybody lined up the way I want it. This may be something that you just have to get more accustomed to, unless you plan to just never do it that way. In that case, nevermind.
I might be wrong on this also, but I think the way to get the menu icon things up on the screen, is to switch to mouse control settings, as opposed to the controller settings. I think that is the only time I ever remember seeing those icons come up on my screen.
As for the macros, I haven't looked through them on the PS4, but there were quite a few for the PS3 version. I don't use macros, so that's something I am not very familiar with.
Hmm wonder if setting it too mouse would make it work but I would then loose joystick altogether.. Still makes no sense, it is in the hud editor and should be available either way..
On the PC I had it set to controller and it still had the main menu and the PC and ps4 FFXIV seem almost identical..
Anyway it is faster to to have the main menu, heck of allot less clicks... Try a mouse.... It sucks that some people are so impatient not to wait that extra few seconds so I can organize my party. I also used the controller on the pc so it is not me getting used to a controller.. I used both just like I am on the PS4..
Edited, Apr 22nd 2014 9:18am by Nashred
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Nashred wrote:
supermegazeke wrote:
Nashred wrote:
LebargeX wrote:
I'm not sure about the menu as I've always hit start, but there are pages and pages of macro icons... I think you just need to page over, though I can't remember how off the top of my head.
Also, typing: /macroicon "Skill Name" as the first line of your macro will display that icon for the macro when you put it on the hotbar if you don't want to scroll through them all.
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 9:14am by LebargeX
Also, typing: /macroicon "Skill Name" as the first line of your macro will display that icon for the macro when you put it on the hotbar if you don't want to scroll through them all.
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 9:14am by LebargeX
There are a bout 4 pages or so of crappy icons.. It makes it easier to be able to just drag them in... On the pc it had pretty much every icon in the game is shown there and I believe it was the same on the ps3.. Makes no sense not to have them on the ps4...
The main menu is nice to have on the hud.. I hate hitting selected it takes too long. I was running dungeons this weekend and as healer I like to organize my party so the tank or tanks are just below me in the party list so it is faster to heal the tank.. It takes to long and parties were taking off without protect.. I mean it aint that much longer but enough that impatient parties dont want to wait that extra 20 or 30 seconds.
Having the main menu on the hud is so much faster and easier to pull up logs, duty finder etc..
Anyway any ps4 user should use a mouse even if you use a gamepad.. Makes life so much easier even if you are used to using the select and start buttons...
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 12:54pm by Nashred
Maybe it just come from a difference of skill with a controller, but I can fly through my menu without even thinking about it. As you, I do the same thing organizing the party list, and it might only take me like 5-10 seconds at the very most to get to the party screen, and get everybody lined up the way I want it. This may be something that you just have to get more accustomed to, unless you plan to just never do it that way. In that case, nevermind.
I might be wrong on this also, but I think the way to get the menu icon things up on the screen, is to switch to mouse control settings, as opposed to the controller settings. I think that is the only time I ever remember seeing those icons come up on my screen.
As for the macros, I haven't looked through them on the PS4, but there were quite a few for the PS3 version. I don't use macros, so that's something I am not very familiar with.
Hmm wonder if setting it too mouse would make it work but I would then loose joystick altogether.. Still makes no sense, it is in the hud editor and should be available either way..
On the PC I had it set to controller and it still had the main menu and the PC and ps4 FFXIV seem almost identical..
Anyway it is faster to to have the main menu, heck of allot less clicks... Try a mouse.... It sucks that some people are so impatient not to wait that extra few seconds so I can organize my party. I also used the controller on the pc so it is not me getting used to a controller.. I used both just like I am on the PS4..
Edited, Apr 22nd 2014 9:18am by Nashred
Most of the menu's might be hotkey set already to your keyboard. Like just clicking M to bring up your map, or P to bring up the party list. IDK if that's true, or if those are actually the right menus for those keys I just mentioned, but either way, that might be a solution to your problem. I'll check next time I'm on to see if that is a way you can navigate faster.
I had thought about using a mouse just to operate menus and whatever else when I was using the PS3, but I only have so many USB ports to work with. Same situation with the PS4. I have a keyboard plugged in, and if my controller needs charged, there goes all of my slots. Is there such a thing as a blue tooth mouse or keyboard? That would be the only thing I could see working for my needs. Plus I have a Turtle Beach headset that plugs in USB, and that is usually taking the controller charge spot when it's not charging, which is not very often, as these controllers batteries don't last for ****.
Anyway, I'll try the key bind thing tomorrow, and see if that would work to compensate for the lack of having menu selection buttons on the HUD.
supermegazeke wrote:
Nashred wrote:
supermegazeke wrote:
Nashred wrote:
LebargeX wrote:
I'm not sure about the menu as I've always hit start, but there are pages and pages of macro icons... I think you just need to page over, though I can't remember how off the top of my head.
Also, typing: /macroicon "Skill Name" as the first line of your macro will display that icon for the macro when you put it on the hotbar if you don't want to scroll through them all.
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 9:14am by LebargeX
Also, typing: /macroicon "Skill Name" as the first line of your macro will display that icon for the macro when you put it on the hotbar if you don't want to scroll through them all.
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 9:14am by LebargeX
There are a bout 4 pages or so of crappy icons.. It makes it easier to be able to just drag them in... On the pc it had pretty much every icon in the game is shown there and I believe it was the same on the ps3.. Makes no sense not to have them on the ps4...
The main menu is nice to have on the hud.. I hate hitting selected it takes too long. I was running dungeons this weekend and as healer I like to organize my party so the tank or tanks are just below me in the party list so it is faster to heal the tank.. It takes to long and parties were taking off without protect.. I mean it aint that much longer but enough that impatient parties dont want to wait that extra 20 or 30 seconds.
Having the main menu on the hud is so much faster and easier to pull up logs, duty finder etc..
Anyway any ps4 user should use a mouse even if you use a gamepad.. Makes life so much easier even if you are used to using the select and start buttons...
Edited, Apr 21st 2014 12:54pm by Nashred
Maybe it just come from a difference of skill with a controller, but I can fly through my menu without even thinking about it. As you, I do the same thing organizing the party list, and it might only take me like 5-10 seconds at the very most to get to the party screen, and get everybody lined up the way I want it. This may be something that you just have to get more accustomed to, unless you plan to just never do it that way. In that case, nevermind.
I might be wrong on this also, but I think the way to get the menu icon things up on the screen, is to switch to mouse control settings, as opposed to the controller settings. I think that is the only time I ever remember seeing those icons come up on my screen.
As for the macros, I haven't looked through them on the PS4, but there were quite a few for the PS3 version. I don't use macros, so that's something I am not very familiar with.
Hmm wonder if setting it too mouse would make it work but I would then loose joystick altogether.. Still makes no sense, it is in the hud editor and should be available either way..
On the PC I had it set to controller and it still had the main menu and the PC and ps4 FFXIV seem almost identical..
Anyway it is faster to to have the main menu, heck of allot less clicks... Try a mouse.... It sucks that some people are so impatient not to wait that extra few seconds so I can organize my party. I also used the controller on the pc so it is not me getting used to a controller.. I used both just like I am on the PS4..
Edited, Apr 22nd 2014 9:18am by Nashred
Most of the menu's might be hotkey set already to your keyboard. Like just clicking M to bring up your map, or P to bring up the party list. IDK if that's true, or if those are actually the right menus for those keys I just mentioned, but either way, that might be a solution to your problem. I'll check next time I'm on to see if that is a way you can navigate faster.
I had thought about using a mouse just to operate menus and whatever else when I was using the PS3, but I only have so many USB ports to work with. Same situation with the PS4. I have a keyboard plugged in, and if my controller needs charged, there goes all of my slots. Is there such a thing as a blue tooth mouse or keyboard? That would be the only thing I could see working for my needs. Plus I have a Turtle Beach headset that plugs in USB, and that is usually taking the controller charge spot when it's not charging, which is not very often, as these controllers batteries don't last for sh*t.
Anyway, I'll try the key bind thing tomorrow, and see if that would work to compensate for the lack of having menu selection buttons on the HUD.
I bought a wall charger to free up a port, I also have my laptop I can plug the controller into when it needs charging..
I bet a usb hub would be fine, I used one on my xbox.
Yea key bind probably even be faster than a mouse..
Edited, Apr 23rd 2014 9:07am by Nashred
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