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Tested on my vanilla POL laptop PC and everything updated just fine.

I'm having the same issue, and I only play one account. "Failed to replace the file [...] Please restart the PlayOnline Viewer."

for my case I did shutdown all other windows and I open vanilla FFXI once, then I re-started windower and now it's working, not sure if it will work for everyone but I already test it in 2 PCs and now it's working as normal.

I did notice POL is running smoother as you mentioned.

Welp, SE forgot to include a proper overwrite process of the update install?

It Updated for me fine. No issue, I'm on Linux though.
A sister PC on Bazzite also had no issues. Havn't tried Windows yet.

I think if you downloaded the updated POL, It tries to launch the updated POL version. If it cannot overwrite the files it makes temp files instead. So if you made it through the launcher with the other windows you can log in with those windows. However, you wont be able to launch a new window with out shutting down all other instances because the old launcher is still there. If you relaunch POL it should replace the old files. (This is how it worked out for me)

I think for people with single accounts, something may be accessing the files it wants to replace and prevented it from updating. They should check to see if they have the temp files in that folder and relaunch POL while making sure nothing else is accessing POL.exe.

Edit: Thanks for the support u guys!

This update to POL is pretty interesting. Previously, the shipped DLLs were built between 2007-2011 and compiled with visual studio 2005.. now the updated DLLs are built with VS 2019 and are dated 2026-09-28

So effectively, this is the first time POL has been rebuilt in 15 years

They also digitally signed it for the first time and shipping a lot of the code unencrypted unlike before. They also enabled windows security flags ASLR and DEP

I say interesting because this means the devs are now using more modern dev/build tools, at least for POL. The game itself is still built with VS6 from 1998, I doubt that will change but I'll check tomorrow

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxi/comments/1xrcs35/freshly_picked_1192026_live_translation_thread/

Oof


Looks like 20% of you need to be slapped upside the god damn head
Satisfied. Sure. They're "fine". You can beat every mission (maybe minus chaos, don't know, dont care) You can bot some exemplar. They'll keep you alive at DI. Yeah, all that. But very satisfied, *** outta here.

POL update makes the animations way more smooth for me and seemingly it takes less CPU to run on linux

In today's Freshly Picked stream... Fujito tried to save face when many, and I do mean MANY of the JP's complained about the new Sortie campaign (on top of the already excessive complaints made about Limbus) in the YouTube chat.

Fujito's response was saying that HQ campaign is coming that should make the players happy.

I get where's he's coming from, drip-feed the new campaigns. IMO it's still a slap in the face making us play the same content TWICE more per day. It's the same amount of effort required on the player's part to complete a prime weapon (or empyrean reforge), but now groups gotta coordinate the time availability for 2 hours instead of 1 and it's RANDOM if you even get it (likely a high chance but need to confirm that).

In Fujito's eyes, it's like the prime weapon upgrade timeframe get reduced by running more Sortie per day, but he's not realizing the burden to even get Sortie runs going in the first place.

Campaign does nothing for the monthly ROEs, so it doesn't even reduce time needed for an upgrade either.

All it does is potentially give you more points for twice the effort. Turns a daily into a twice daily.

The target audience are absolutely not being hamstrung by psyche

A couple of interesting things from the summary there



Also, while stats are limited now, it's nice to see that there's an MDB celestite and that the EVA celestite also gives MEVA.

Under no circumstances will trust EVER be able to beat (any?) D tier V1. That ***is straight up delusional.

It's a math problem. Half the v1 are 5+ mobs. The whms blow their load on 2 cures, and its a wrap.

Theres a couple you might be able to struggle through if you're a sleepga job.

A couple you might be able to do if you're a PLD. That's not really the spirit of the statement, no one is tanking for trust DDs. But it is a scenario that technically exists.

If the tanks get strong enough to not be an mp sponge, and the mages strong enough to not insta-die, yes, it's feasible.

This was the other thing that the Japanese viewers mentioned during the Trust (Face) update section of the stream. There is a collective lack of confidence from the players that the devs can make the trust system expanded to the point where they are capable of surviving ilv134 content.

We need more trusts that can do crowd control, we need more corsair and geomancer options. Why Luzaf trust without any phantom rolls?

Hell, give us a Raubahn trust because we have ZERO Blue Mage trusts, LOL.

Did this POL update break quick-login and recent bypass to the 4 user limit?

They teased what the HQ campaign was too. I.... don't think its going to hit the mark. C/o the Reddit threadh:

"NEW CAMPAIGNS

The HQ will make the "chance" at getting your Shiny back to a guarantee and will reduce the Gallimaufry needed for upgrades of Empyrean gear by half.

Are there any other new campaigns?

F: We've prepared a Limbus campaign as well. In that campaign, the amount of units that you gain will be multiplied by 1.5x. The HQ...exists. It will be a 2x multiplier and ONE time a week whenever you examine the ??? you will get a matter GUARANTEED.

F: We also have a campaign where you will get one deed for every day you login. And others that we're planning as well."

The only one of the campaigns they announced that will probably be appreciated is the Limbus campaign. I do not however see the logic for the sortie at all, and the gymnastics they are saying to justify it also isn't great.


This screams. "Don't upgrade the gear until the campaign is on". Which frankly isn't ideal (I'm being generous) because the +2s/+3s for a lot of jobs are their best in slots. Imagine telling a SAM main to wait however many months to see this campaign to upgrade their empy, because it'll be cheaper.

But this forces people do more Sortie... I don't understand the mental gymnastics going on here. All this does is allow easier access to making +3s if you still havnt burnt runs for all your unlocks.

A lot of what the say is contradictory to what the goal is, they know that, they're just full of ***and no one calls them on it.

Like what are you gonna do; NOT do sortie. Riiiight.

Double muffins? Must do sortie.
Double entries? Must do sortie.
Half price upgrades? Must do sortie.
No campaign? Must do sortie.