Final Fantasy XIV open Beta is open AGAIN
It worked! I just got my beta key this right moment !!!
Just go here quickly and apply, you will get the key in your email. QUICK
Thank you for applying to the FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test.
This e-mail contains the registration code required for participating.
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FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test Registration Code:
xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
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Please follow the steps outlined below to participate in the open beta test.
1. Log in to the Square Enix Account Management System.
2. Register the registration code.
3. Log in to the FINAL FANTASY XIV tester site.
4. Download the client.
5. Log in to the FINAL FANTASY XIV Beta Version.
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- Game Login and Tester Site ID/Password:
You will need to possess a Square Enix account.
- FINAL FANTASY XIV Beta Test Registration Code:
The registration code can be found near the top of this e-mail.
- FINAL FANTASY XIV Beta Test Client:
The client can be downloaded from the beta site.
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1. Log in to the Square Enix Account Management System.
You can add or cancel services from the Square Enix Account Management System.
Square Enix Account Management System: https://secure.square-enix.com/account/
2. Register the registration code.
Click “Select Service” from “Services and Options” on the left menu. Select “FINAL FANTASY XIV” from the services available and then “Add a service account.” Enter the registration code you’ve been issued and proceed to the end of registration.
3. Log in to the FINAL FANTASY XIV tester site.
All information regarding FINAL FANTASY XIV such as news, notifications, and the game manual–as well as important downloads such as the client–can be found on the tester site.
FINAL FANTASY XIV Tester Site: https://dev-na.ffxiv.com/
*You will not be able to post in the forums.
4. Download the client.
The FINAL FANTASY XIV client can be downloaded from the tester site. For details on downloading and installation, please refer to “Download” on the tester site.
5. Log in to the FINAL FANTASY XIV Beta Version.
For details on logging in to FINAL FANTASY XIV, please refer to the Play Guide found in the forums. The latest information on the beta test’s schedule and updates are periodically posted.
* Transferring your Character Name from the Open Beta Test to the Commercial Release
As long as the World you choose in the commercial release is the same as the World you chose in the open beta test, you will be able to transfer your character name. If you choose a different World for the commercial release, your character namel not be transferrable. For details, please refer to the beta test site.
* Note:
- The open beta test is being conducted on the Windows version of the game only.
- Latest news and notifications will be periodically posted on the forums of the tester site.
- The game to be tested is under development and may differ from the commercial release.
- Please direct all inquiries regarding FINAL FANTASY XIV to the Square Enix Support Center (http://support.na.square-enix.com/).
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FINAL FANTASY XIV Official Site
http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/
Square Enix, Co. Ltd.
FINAL FANTASY XIV Beta Test Management Team
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* This e-mail has been sent automatically. Any e-mails sent to this address will not be answered.
Final Fantasy XIV maintenance page
If you have been struggling to get a beta key, and getting this maintenance page over and over and over.
You are doing something wrong, this actually is the default error page for any mistake you are making. to get rid of this and actuallysee the real thing try this:
1. Dont Just get back to the loginpage here https://secure.square-enix.com/account/app/svc/login?cont=ffxiv_beta_ap&ret=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.square-enix.com%2Fenqt%2Fe%2FFF14OBTENTRYJP%2Fhtml&retl=ffxiv&retu=http%3A%2F%2Fentry.ffxiv.com%2F&lng=en&rgn=eu and try logging in. You have to go all the way back to the entry page here http://entry.ffxiv.com/ and start over every time.
2. Don’t try to follow some online guides to bypass the server errors and just get a key, they do not work anymore, just try every hour, and might get lucky.
3. Some have reported that disabling cookies in your browser may give you this page, try to enable them, or lower your internet security settings to the default.
Good luck, but currently I think no one is getting any Beta keys as the error remains “Applications for the FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test have been temporarily suspended. Please wait until we are ready to accept new applications and then try again.”
Final Fantasy XIV not enough space 12GB in My documents driver workaround
Final Fantasy XIV requires 12GB of free space in the drive where “My documents” is. If you are like me, and don’t have that space available you can do the following to change the default location of your my documents folder available
1.Open my computer and browse to c:\users\yourname\my documents
2. right click the my documents folder, select properties, and then select the tab location. Choose a new location with plenty of space, then hit OK.
That’s it, your document will move and you will be able to install the game.
Actually this is kinda stupid, because instead of writing the error message, they could have added a couple of code lines to allow manual selection of the temp folder for the downloader.
Good luck!!
Final Fantasy XIV OPEN BETA !!
Today I received an email from Square Enix announcing the start of Final Fantasy XIV open beta testing. I quote the following from the email I recieved
Final Fantasy XIV OPEN BETA
In preparation for the official release of FINAL FANTASY XIV on September 30, 2010 and the early release on September 22, we will be starting an open beta test to help put the finishing touches on the game. We ask that all users who can participate in the open beta test apply from the following website.
1.Access the following URL.
http://entry.ffxiv.com/
* The page will become accessible starting at 19:00 on Aug. 31, 2010.
2.Log in with your Square Enix account and have a registration code issued.
* Depending on the access status, we may temporarily suspend the issuance of registration code. If you cannot have registration code issued, we ask that you please wait a little while before trying again.3.Register the registration code you received by e-mail on the Square Enix Account Management System.
Click “Select Service” from “Services and Options” on the left menu. Select “FINAL FANTASY XIV” from the services available and then “Add a service account.” Enter the registration code you’ve been issued and proceed to the end of registration.The Square Enix Account Management System: https://secure.square-enix.com/account/
- Client Software Used in the Open Beta Test
The installer for the open beta test’s client software can be downloaded from the following website.http://entry.ffxiv.com/
*If you have already downloaded the client software for the closed beta test, there is no need to download the installer.
- Transferring your Character Name from the Open Beta Test to the Commercial Release
As long as the World you choose in the commercial release is the same as the World you chose in the open beta test, you will be able to transfer your character name. If you choose a different World for the commercial release, your character name will not be transferrable. For details, please refer to the beta test site.- To PlayStation 3 Version Applicants:
This test phase will deal only with the Windows version of the software. Details regarding the test schedule for the PlayStation 3 version will be released by e-mail at a later date. If possible, we still ask and encourage you to take part in the testing on a Windows PC.- Note:
・The open beta test is being conducted on the Windows version of the game only.
・Latest news and notifications will be periodically posted on the forums of the tester site.
・The game to be tested is under development, and may differ from the commercial release.
・Please direct all inquiries regarding FINAL FANTASY XIV to the Square Enix Support Center ( http://support.na.square-enix.com/ffxiv/ ).
The Game Will officially be released on The end of september, that gives us a month to enjoy FFXIV for free!
This is a beta test, so I encourage you to find some beta tester spirit and use it, you must find AND report bugs to developers
New Games protection systems DRM, why even bother.
We have been playing video games since 1958, the gaming industry is getting even bigger and bigger every day, faster platforms, better graphics, smarter gameplay and control systems. But yet, we still struggle with the same problem we faced in the beginning, how to protect a game against unauthorized copying and distribution.
Back in the days in 1986 one of the first computer viruses ever was created as an attempt to protect against unauthorized copying. As if that was not a disaster per-say, developers kept on experimenting with different protection methods each of which was compromised sooner or later.
Today, 24 years later, we are still living the same struggle, and just until recently we didn’t care, but we are starting to get mad as recent DRM (Digital rights Management) systems started inconveniencing rightful owners of games, by insisting on a permanent Internet connection to some unstable servers to play offline games?
Coming to think about it, why are they even still trying? It has been like 24 years people, and not a single game got away without being cracked ( Don’t count PS3 games, but it’s coming for them as PS3 is starting the smile after being tickled for so long).
See, I believe there are 4 kinds of gamers, lets call them, the Buyers, The Testers, the leeches , and the Cheaps.
AlterIW iw_22.iwd file is incorrect – Fix it
Just a few unlucky guys (like me) get this error when trying to start Call Of Duty Modern Warfare II with AlterIW net.
“The main/iw_22.iwd file is incorrect
The problem with this error is that it does not give you any actual hint on how to solve this problem. The file is correct, try reinstalling from scratch but you will only be wasting your time.
Actually the problem is a networking one!!! no not a file mismatch or corruption. Just go here and follow the method the same that I used to play Resident Evil 5 on LAN
I quote this from that page :
On Vista, open the “Network and sharing center”
From the left pane select “manage network connections”
press the “ALT key” on your keyboard. the top menus will appear
Select “advanced settings” from the menu “advanced”
Use the arrows to move your LAN card up in the list then save everything.
Thats That my friend, Enjoy AlterIW and don’t cheat or noob tube.
MapleStory Error code =-40 solution
I wanted to try the MMORPG MapleStory, I downloaded the client using the direct download link (not the downloader), when I tried to install the game later I got
[ERROR CODE= -40]
installation failed.(11433,0)
I googled around a bit to find that this is caused by a corrupt installation file. What we are doing here today, is to fix the installation without having to re download the entire client.
1. download Flashget (just google it) then install it
2. From the Import list under file, choose “import corrupted download” find the client installation of the game.
3. Let flashget think about it for a while, then it will ask you for the download URL, go back to the game website and get the link, in my case it was http://download3.nexon.net/maplestory/fullversion/MSSetupv88.exe
4. after thinking about it for a while Flashget will decide how much of the game is missing and needs to be redownloaded. Start the download and let it finish.
5. Install the game and have fun!
This method can be used to repair in corrupted direct download file not Just the MapleStory client discussed here
What is your favorite MMORPG?
WordPress Gallery transformation
The gallery transformation plugin for wordpress that was used in http://cosplay-naruto.com is now released!!
This +1000 lines php script was first intended as a wordpress mod, but as the development progressed, I found that nothing other than what a wordpress plugin can do is needed. So it was converted to a plugin.
Basically, the idea was that wordpress is a very powerful CMS, much more advanced than any gallery CMS like Coppermine, or 4images. The idea then was to convert WordPress to a usable picture gallery CMS without losing the basic functionalities of it, and while keeping it compatible with the majority of the available plugins and themes on the net.
So after months of work, http://cosplay-naruto.com an experimental gallery was built on this plugin, and it had aided a lot to make the WordPress Gallery Transformation what it is today.
To take a look at this plugin, please check cosplay-naruto.com, and please take the time to subscribe there and try some stuff, please be gentle, and report any bugs you may find here
The plugin is downloadable (here gallery.transfromation), Hopefully it will be added to wordpress.org soon enough.
OPENSKY Connection Manager on Windows 7
Are you unable to connect to your Opensky satellite internet account on windows 7? the same thing happened to me, even though I was using the “Windows 7″ version of the application.
Anyway, I found a way around to make it work.
1. insure that your satellite card is running, set on the right transponder, and the right PIDs are on.
2. Download and install the OPENSKY Connection Manager, enter all settings correctly and choose direct access. this is supposed to be it, but you will be unable to connect yet.
3. click the network icon near the clock on the task-bar of windows 7, then right click, properties, the OPENSKY direct access.
4. on the security tab select “Layer 2 tunneling protocol”
5.save everything, then try to connect, it should work!!
If you get connected but for some reason unable to browse, then the problem can be one of the following:
1.your satellite card tuner is off, not on the right transponder, not on the right pids, or does not have a signal at all.
2. For some Magic reason, sometimes on windows 7, your cards MAC address will read as zeros, if that is your case, you must manually set your subscription MAC address through the device manager, ask me if you need help doing that .
Hope this works for you. but always remember, satellite internet IS NOT SAFE, read about that here
WassUp a great wordpress plugin, at a cost
I have been using Wassup, a wordpress that provides visitor statistics to your blog for about 2 years now. It is great, you can track the keywords that are driving the most traffic to your blog along with your referrals and visitors counts.
The downside is that WassUp collects a lot of data, way too much, and unless you have a killer server, your blog is going to get slower and slower until one day when the MySQL starts crashing on you.
As a matter of fact WassUp provides the ability to choose the data to be record, but if you had all recording options on for a long time, there is no way to delete just useless data, all you can do is delete the records that are older than a certain period.
In My case, the Wassup grew up to be 514,91 Mb (1934468 records) and that is way too much for my humble host. But at the same time, I didn”t want to lose all the records from the last two years. So what I did was to write my own SQL to delete only BOTs and spider visits leaving all real users data intact. The SQL query was:
delete from wp_wassup where `browser` =”;
after taking around 2 minutes to execute, this query deleted 1675315 rows, leaving my blog fresh and fast without losing the important records.
Also do not remember to adjust the WassUp options not to record everything, but only the things you really care to know.
Do you like WassUp, do you know of a better alternative? Tell us your story.
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