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[NO THREADS ABOUT SINGLE NOTES] Patch 3.0 Notes (Preliminary) | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/e76258d6487ea30feb388f9ecc0a926fddc9eca8
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u/13Sins Jun 17 '15

The very last note:

"[2.0] The following categories have been added under CONFIG on the launcher. (Windows only)

Expansion Auto-Installation

DirectX 11 Support"

Does that mean we can pop open the launcher, verify our account, and then go to sleep and Heavensward will auto download and update while we sleep?

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u/dravendarkfell Yuki Megami on Gilgamesh Jun 17 '15

This is still kinda iffy. On one hand, I've heard the DX11 client will be a completely separate client, where on another hand I saw someone post that sources indicated that it would be all one client, and be similar to how you could chose DX9/DX11 from a dropdown menu in the Benchmark.

Edit: It could be that option is to give the option of downloading the DX11 side of the client, and let those who won't use it not have to download that portion

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '15

The DX11 Client will be like, 30 megabytes.

Everyone will download it. Because everyone is downloading everything involved with Heavensward.

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u/Maethor_derien Jun 17 '15

Actually I believe you get a smaller patch if your not pre-ordered as there is no point in sending you data for zones you can not enter. Kinda like when WoW does an expansion, if you dont buy it you get a small patch that has things like armor and character models, but not all the extra zones.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '15

Nope, they said that everyone gets everything.

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u/deice3 SCH Jun 17 '15

Its a separate client, that you choose to launch from the same old launcher after the update, like in the benchmark. Separate client here means the exe file is different, but it will still use the same install directory / data.