question about mods and updating.

[♥]

my friend was using a mod that hide tails due to clipping, my understanding is that its an edit to a file wich contain textures.

6.1 came and he couldent update the game, and after some stuff like trying an alternate launcher, and eventually completely remove and redownload the game, he got a message like this.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/541693404082339872/964161754416427008/Untitled.png

is it because of texture mods? or is it something that more related to connection issues?

other then contacting support, how long is that kind of restriction, and what can be done about it?

[Izeyash]

Don't think so. Check your emails: tons of people were temporarily locked because of the steam account linking flow. Probably the only thing to do is read the email, click the link to change your password, and you're golden.

Let me know if that helped.

[Seera1024]

And given that all mods are technically against TOS he's probably on his own if it is a mod issue.

And even in games that do allow mods, support usually pushes you to the mod's creator for troubleshooting.

[Izeyash]

引用自 Seera1024：

And given that all mods are technically against TOS he's probably on his own if it is a mod issue.

And even in games that do allow mods, support usually pushes you to the mod's creator for troubleshooting.

Did you watch the screenshot? It's not a mod issue.

[Ralf]

How did your 'friend' use mods and what's the alternate launchers name?

[Fal]

引用自 Ralf：

How did your 'friend' use mods and what's the alternate launchers name?

For FFXIV mods the most used site is "XIV Mod Archive" just google it should be the first result, and the nexus have some too, as for the custom launcher "XIVLauncher" from goatcorp is the one i use

[Lizzy]

引用自 Fal：

引用自 Ralf：

How did your 'friend' use mods and what's the alternate launchers name?

For FFXIV mods the most used site is "XIV Mod Archive" just google it should be the first result, and the nexus have some too, as for the custom launcher "XIVLauncher" from goatcorp is the one i use

Also as for Tools it is "TexTools"

[Seera1024]

引用自 Izeyash：

引用自 Seera1024：

And given that all mods are technically against TOS he's probably on his own if it is a mod issue.

And even in games that do allow mods, support usually pushes you to the mod's creator for troubleshooting.

Did you watch the screenshot? It's not a mod issue.

I don't use that mod, so I can't be sure if the issue could be related or not.

I don't like to speak on tech issues that I have no experience with.

Which is why I stated if it is the mod, the SE can't help and why.

[Havok]

The error says "Due to a change in your connection settings" OR "detection of suspicious access to your account"

If this was a mod issue, I would imagine it would be an error message more along the lines of "Due to a detection on your account that violate TOS".

This to me.. reads as a message saying the geo-activity of the login is an issue. So say for example, if your friend moved, or got a new IP, this could likely trigger. You have a history of logging in at X, and attempts to login at Y are showing, so to safeguard your account, it gets locked to prevent malicious activity.


If you navigate to the site it is this:

n order to better protect Square Enix accounts, login may be restricted on accounts whenever unusual activity is registered. Once applied, this restriction will prevent any access to the account until it is removed.

In this situation, an automated e-mail will be also sent to the e-mail address registered on that account containing detailed instructions on how to remove the restriction. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an e-mail, you can also regain access to your account by using the password reset function.

If for some reason your account is being restricted on a regular basis, you may wish to consider using a Square Enix security token which will prevent the login restriction from being applied.

Which reinforces a theory. Either your friend is suddenly on/off a VPN, or their account has been hijacked. Best to tell them to follow the email that was sent.

[Ralf]

引用自 Fal：

引用自 Ralf：

How did your 'friend' use mods and what's the alternate launchers name?

For FFXIV mods the most used site is "XIV Mod Archive" just google it should be the first result, and the nexus have some too, as for the custom launcher "XIVLauncher" from goatcorp is the one i use

Im was curious what OP's friendo used(he could ue some shaddy ♥♥♥♥), but thanks for telling me what you use. You just copy paste the mods to ffxiv folder?

[Lizzy]

引用自 Ralf：

引用自 Fal：

For FFXIV mods the most used site is "XIV Mod Archive" just google it should be the first result, and the nexus have some too, as for the custom launcher "XIVLauncher" from goatcorp is the one i use

Im was curious what OP's friendo used(he could ue some shaddy ♥♥♥♥), but thanks for telling me what you use. You just copy paste the mods to ffxiv folder?

You use TexTools for them.

[♥]

he got the account back, probebly something with the internet provider doing something and the IP was diffrent, he did crashed in black screen on startup, the fix for it was rather, odd.

Support chat answered,

I had to set "CutsceneMovieOpening 1" in the ffxiv.cfg (was set to 0 on a new install)

Works fine now =)

[Izeyash]

引用自 ᠌：

he got the account back, probebly something with the internet provider doing something and the IP was diffrent, he did crashed in black screen on startup, the fix for it was rather, odd.

Support chat answered,

I had to set "CutsceneMovieOpening 1" in the ffxiv.cfg (was set to 0 on a new install)

Works fine now =)

See, not about mods at all.

[miqz]

引用自 Izeyash：

引用自 ᠌：

he got the account back, probebly something with the internet provider doing something and the IP was diffrent, he did crashed in black screen on startup, the fix for it was rather, odd.

Support chat answered,

I had to set "CutsceneMovieOpening 1" in the ffxiv.cfg (was set to 0 on a new install)

Works fine now =)

See, not about mods at all.

The steam forums and a lot of people in general like to doomsay about mods/addons and the tos as if square actaully did anything about it without you screaming in shout chat about it

[tathen]

Mods/addons work under a don't ask don't tell, at your own risk, not our problem system