HiFi XI v0.11

One Ashita v4 plugin for a faster, better-looking Final Fantasy XI.

Install:

1. Unzip hifixi-v0.11.zip into your Ashita folder.
2. Add /load hifixi to scripts\default.txt.
3. Your dgVoodoo output must be Direct3D 12 (OutputAPI = d3d12_fl11_0).
4. If ReShade's dxgi.dll is in your bootloader folder, move it out.
5. If you used hifps or drawcull, leave them out of your boot script: HiFi XI does their work and takes over their settings the first time it starts.

What it does:

• Above 60 fps: game speed tied to real time, a frame cap, and speed-ups. Hidden characters are found from the zone's walls instead of waiting on the GPU. It also skips Ashita's per-draw dispatch, uses SSE skinning on any CPU, batches text, and drops repeated device calls. They're on in every preset.
• Longer view distance:
  • the world, characters and the zone's finer meshes drawn further;
  • the zone's visibility lists ignored, so far terrain doesn't pop in;
  • culling at the camera's own height of view;
  • square pixels.
• A richer world, drawn into the game's own frame:
  • grass that bends around characters, wears into paths and is cut by weapon skills;
  • ambient occlusion and surface relief;
  • sun and moon shadows from the whole zone, with characters casting long shadows in place of the game's own;
  • water with reflections and ripples;
  • rain and snow of its own, and wet ground;
  • a smooth sky with a sun, a moon and stars;
  • night lamps and glowing things lighting what's around them.
• The game's own night lighting, adjustable: lamp brightness and reach, moonlight and shadow fill.
• Each zone's data made on your PC from your own game files, in the background, the first time you enter it. Or make every zone's at once from the menu.
• One menu: /hifi, with Off, Balanced, High and Ultra presets and a tooltip on every setting.

Commands: /hifi, /hifi status, /hifi glows, /hifi off / /hifi on, /hifi reset.