The Official Beta Tester Forum (Windows) Client Download Page has been updated!
The information below (in bold red), might still be relevant/important to some of you.
**However, if you don't care about transferring your old beta keybinds, ui layout, and screenshots, or simply want to start fresh, you can ignore most of the info below.
Just be sure to uninstall any old client(s) you may have before installing the new one, and you'll be good to go.**
*Note: this link was grabbed through the JP portal.
It does let you select your region at the start of the installation.
It seems to install just fine, however it will only patch the launcher and not the full client (as of this posting).
If you're going to use this, don't forget to first back up your old beta config files and screenshots, if they are important to you!
Then, uninstall the old Beta Phase 3 client (or older clients) before installing this new one.
If you need help backing up your Beta Phase 3 files, scroll down past the next break.
With those disclaimers out of the way:
Thanks to "zibez" from reddit, for this re-post.
I found this out today by pure accident. I think this should aid many other people. Now, this is assuming that the new Client creates a new folder within "My Games", and doesn't use our currently existing one.
1) Go to "My Games" folder. It's in "My Documents"
2) Go to "Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (Beta Version)" Folder
Now, you should see folders which are very similar to this image:
The Folder "4A412554", which is boxed in Red is where all of your UI Layout Data, Macros, Keybinds, Hotbar Action Layout and Gear Sets are location.
The Folder "FFXIV_CHRxxxxx", which is boxed in Green is your Configuration Settings. This is for what Hotbars you have enabled, as well as other Character Settings.
The Files "FFXIV_CHARA_BETA0x.dat" which are boxed in Blue are my Character Creation files which I can import when creating a new character.
3) Go into folder "4A412554"
Now you'll see a bunch of new .dat files. I'll list what each one does
addon.cnf - THIS IS YOUR UI/HUD LAYOUT FILE If you want to use your existing HUD/UI layout, make sure you save this file up. It is important
gearset.dat - This lists all of your gearsets and what items are currently in the sets
hotbar.dat - This all of the actions which are on your hotbar. This will save the layout of your actions on your hotbar, including your potions etc.
keybind.dat - This is fairly obvious. Its your keybinds. What button does what command
macro0.dat - I don't know if you can get many macro files, but I think each macroX.dat is for each page of your macro list. This backs up your macros
So if you want to back-up your entire UI layout, make sure you save these Files and Folders:
- addon.cnf
- Everything inside "FFXIV_CHRxxxxx" folder
Enjoy your remaining last few hours of P3 and get ready for Open Beta/Phase 4!
NOTE: It's important to back these up as we will be using a new client for FFXIV:ARR. If you want to keep everything for P4, then just transfer the entire contents of this folder to the new, assumed folder which we'll get with the new Client.
Thanks to "iDervyi" of reddit for this post, and Dr. Mog for this clean (re)format.
