(FFXIV) Settings Guide: System Configuration

Shade's Guide to Final Fantasy XIV's System Configuration menu. This video covers every setting in the entire menu (as of patch 5.2) in the PC version of the game. There is a LOT of information here, so please let me know if you have any questions! ❤️ #FFXIV, #Settings, #Guide 🌎 SGS website https://shadesgamesource.com ❤️ Thanks for your support! 📄 Timeline 📄 (00:00) INTRO DISPLAY SETTINGS (01:45) Main Display (01:55) Screen Mode (03:00) Resolution (04:15) High Resolution UI Settings (04:35) Default UI Size (04:55) Full Screen Mode Gamma Correction (05:15) Character Lighting (05:25) Frame Rate (07:00) Limit frame rate when client is inactive (07:25) Limit FPS when away from keyboard SOUND SETTINGS (07:45) Play sounds when window is not active (09:10) Play music when mounted (09:25) Enable normal battle music (09:40) Enable city-state BGM in residential areas (10:05) Play system sounds while waiting for Duty Finder (10:20) Listening Position (10:35) Volume Settings (11:40) Player Effects Volume (12:00) Equalizer GRAPHICS SETTINGS (12:40) Enable wet surface effects (12:50) Disable Rendering of objects when not visible (Occlusion Culling) (13:25) Use low-detail models on distant objects (LOD) (14:45) Real-time Reflections (15:10) Edge Smoothing (Anti-aliasing) (15:25) Transparent Lighting Quality (15:45) Grass Quality (16:05) Parallax Occlusion (16:25) Tessellation (16:40) Glare (16:55) Map Resolution (17:10) Shadows (17:20) Use low-detail models on shadows (LOD) (17:50) Shadow Resolution (18:10) Shadow Cascading (18:25) Shadow Softening (18:45) Texture Filtering (18:55) Anisotropic Filtering (19:20) Movement Physics (20:10) Naturally darken the edges of the screen (Limb Darkening) (20:20) Blur the graphics around an object in motion (Radial Blur) (20:55) Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (21:25) Glare (21:55) Water Refraction (22:15) Enable depth of field (cutscenes) (22:50) Optimization tips MOUSE SETTINGS (24:30) Allow resolution changes via mouse drag (24:55) Limit mouse operation to game window (25:20) Mouse Camera Sensitivity (25:35) Expanded Mouse Functionality Settings GAMEPAD SETTINGS (26:20) Enable gamepad (26:25) Device (26:40) Gamepad Type (26:50) Keep gamepad enabled when client is inactive (27:00) Enable vibration (27:20) Enable [L1]+(L) auto-run (27:45) Enable window zoom via (R3) (28:15) Enable text pasting with [L1]+[R1] (28:35) Analog Stick Sensitivity (29:10) Enable virtual mouse (29:30) Calibration (29:45) Button Configuration (30:40) THEME SETTINGS OTHER SETTINGS (31:00) Screenshot Format (31:15) Screenshot Folder (31:20) Time Before Auto-AFK (31:35) Character and Object Quantity (32:00) Open Windows (32:15) Cutscene Audio (32:40) Switch to idling camera when auto-AFK activates (33:00) Switch online status to Camera Mode while active ACCESSIBILITY SETTINGS (33:20) Enable visual alerts (33:30) Enable color filtering (34:00) OUTRO 🎵 Music Credits "Omen" (Final Fantasy VI) - Nobuo Uematsu "Desert Land" (Final Fantasy Tactics) - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata "Land of Dwarves" (Final Fantasy IV) - Nobuo Uematsu "The Returners" (Final Fantasy VI) - Nobuo Uematsu "Apoplexy" (Final Fantasy Tactics) - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata "Where the Heart Is" (Final Fantasy XIV) - Masayoshi Soken "Town Theme" (Final Fantasy IV) - Nobuo Uematsu "The Phantom Forest" (Final Fantasy VI) - Nobuo Uematsu "Decisive Battle" (Final Fantasy Tactics) - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata "Dungeon" (Final Fantasy IV) - Nobuo Uematsu "The Airship Blackjack" (Final Fantasy VI) - Nobuo Uematsu "Chapel" (Final Fantasy Tactics) - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata "Main Theme of Final Fantasy IV" (Final Fantasy IV) - Nobuo Uematsu "The Mines of Narshe" (Final Fantasy VI) - Nobuo Uematsu "Run Past Through the Plain" (Final Fantasy Tactics) - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata "The Land of Summons" (Final Fantasy IV) - Nobuo Uematsu "Battle" (Final Fantasy VI) - Nobuo Uematsu "Under the Stars" (Final Fantasy Tactics) - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata "Kingdom of Baron" (Final Fantasy IV) - Nobuo Uematsu "Terra's Theme" (Final Fantasy VI) - Nobuo Uematsu