Question about servers

Are there any XI servers up catering to some people that want to play FFXI before say, Aht Urghan was released? Some friends and I wishing we could just play Beastmaster again before the legit servers ruined it. If before Aht Urghan isnt any good, even anytime before Abyssea and lvl cap increase is ok with us.

Also, whats the ping like? Do many people have latency issues?

Ok well I've been playing around with it. Managed to get it to work, however it crashes whenever I start combat (which I'm sure you can all agree is a large part of the game ^^; ). This is the server log leading up to the crash...

Starting pXI-Timeserver... [08/10/11 07:38:32]
Initializing performance counters [08/10/11 07:38:32]
Complete! [08/10/11 07:38:32]
test [08/10/11 07:40:38]
test [08/10/11 07:40:38]
LOGIN-AccountID: 1010 [08/10/11 07:40:38]
Client requesting authentication [08/10/11 07:40:38]
test [08/10/11 07:42:25]
test [08/10/11 07:42:25]
LOGIN-AccountID: 1010 [08/10/11 07:42:25]
Client requesting authentication [08/10/11 07:42:25]
Time since creation for entry 0 : 111 [08/10/11 07:42:30]
Found entry in lobby connection list. [08/10/11 07:42:30]
Incoming Packet: 26 [08/10/11 07:42:30]
Incoming Packet: 1F [08/10/11 07:42:31]
Incoming Packet: 24 [08/10/11 07:42:32]
Incoming Packet: 7 [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Gilfinder.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Subtle_Blow.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:42:43]
Lobby connection done, disconnecting! [08/10/11 07:42:43]
ZONING WAS AT STATE 0 BUT SHOULD BE STATE 2. [08/10/11 07:42:48]
Incoming Packet: 11 | 04 from user: Dinga [08/10/11 07:42:48]
Incoming Packet: 0C | 06 from user: Dinga [08/10/11 07:42:50]
Incoming Packet: 61 | 02 from user: Dinga [08/10/11 07:42:50]
Incoming Packet: 1A | 08 from user: Dinga [08/10/11 07:42:50]
Incoming Packet: 4B | 0C from user: Dinga [08/10/11 07:42:50]
Incoming Packet: E0 | 4C from user: Dinga [08/10/11 07:42:50]
Incoming Packet: 0F | 12 from user: Dinga [08/10/11 07:42:50]
Incoming Packet: DB | 14 from user: Dinga [08/10/11 07:42:50]
Incoming Packet: 5A | 02 from user: Dinga [08/10/11 07:42:50]
Incoming Packet: B5 | 08 from user: Dinga [08/10/11 07:45:26]
Lua error: cannot open scripts/globals/effects/Invincible.lua: No such file or directory [08/10/11 07:45:26]
Incoming Packet: 1A | 08 from user: Dinga [08/10/11 07:45:53]
Dinga has timed out due to lack of updates. [08/10/11 07:47:05]


I'm guessing I'm missing some effects files in the Scripts/global/effects etc folder. Odd thing is though the log says "Invincible" is missing when I was on Thf1, just stabbing with a sword. Thoughts?

Also, where can I change tables such as Exp rate, drop rate and so forth?

yea after alot of testing the game client crashes consistently and randomly during combat. managed to get to lv10 but just restarting the client after every other swing. kind of annoying though.

Older servers like DLX(the one you probably are using), pXi 6.5, r1430, spira, neverwinter are not compatible with the 7/11 FFXI updates. You'll either need to install and update everything excluding the 7/11 updates or play on a server like Azure Sky or Dark Star that are compatible with the 7/11 updates. That is why you crash every time you attack something.

For obvious reasons I recommend Azure Sky if you just want to play. It has a good player base (had 34ppl on today) and it's pretty decent to just chill out on. Though it's a temporary server until Dark Star is ready to run full time. Choice is up to you of course.

thanks worndown

the ffxiboot/ascboot that Azure uses though doesnt work. anyone got a working version?

edit: sorry about vagueness, specifically, either a POLCoreInitFunc error comes up, or itll say "logging in", cmd prompt closes and FFXI doesnt start.

Welp, head to the dark star forums I have a list of other programs and methods to connect if needed.

thanks, i'll have a poke around there.