Square Enix [Help Needed] How to input Japanese in FFXI

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  1. royyoung

    royyoung New Member

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    Hi everyone ^^ this is my first post here

    Is there anyway i can input kanji and kana when playing FFXI so it's easier for me to communicate with Japanese players (also I can improve my Japanese at the same time -_-) ?

    I'm running English client version on Windows XP pro system.
    Thank you in advance.
     
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    royyoung, May 23, 2005
  2. luvweaver

    luvweaver Ad Jesum per Mariam

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    You need to install the japanese language pack - it should come with the CD. Use "add / remove windows components".

    Then install the fonts and japanese keyboard definition.
     
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    luvweaver, May 24, 2005
  3. yakamashi

    yakamashi New Member

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    or you can just go to the computer store like comp usa (man, they suck.) and have them install it for you.

    that's what my ofukuro did. :p
     
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    yakamashi, May 24, 2005
  4. royyoung

    royyoung New Member

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    あいうえお～

    I have that installed already. I can input Japanese perfectly in other applications like Internet Explorer, Office, etc, but I can't switch to Japanese input mode when I'm in the game. Guess I will try it again today. Well maybe I should just try to find a copy and install the Japanese version.
     
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    royyoung, May 24, 2005
  5. kanshona

    kanshona New Member

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    I think the whole problem is that the NA version of FFXI doesnt support the kanji/kana input at all. </sigh> 私は残念である
     
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    kanshona, Aug 16, 2005
  6. Jedimdo

    Jedimdo New Member

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    I don't think it'll work but it's worth to try. You should follow the directions in this [post=200581]post[/post]. I bet the game won't run after this, though :p
     
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    Jedimdo, Aug 16, 2005
  7. BakaMattSu

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    As stated above, I don't believe it supports direct input of those characters - you can see them, but not type them. The best you can do is use the in-game keyword system they have or hope romaji is enough...or else get a Japanese copy of the game.
     
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    BakaMattSu, Aug 16, 2005
  8. Reisti Skalchaste

    Reisti Skalchaste New Member

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    I take it you can't input alternate characters like "ø¬õ×l▓←"?

    Sucks, I'd be Ragnarøk. :p
     
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    Reisti Skalchaste, Aug 16, 2005
  9. Bloodberry

    Bloodberry Bloody Berry
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    it's a little...after the fact, but you can do the alt characters in chat,rag. there was a great face we ran around with on Fairy made that way. you just can't use it on names. not even the japanese can use any kana in their names.

    as for typing in japanese, i believe you can do it. friends of mine in cali and in denmark did it somehow. i know it's a tricky set up for it though. only person i've talked to though that had to do it, actually runs the japanese version on her system. you should be able to google or look at alakhazam or the ifirit forums(i can't think of the full name...it has ifrit in it though >.>might be killing ifrit.)
     
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    Bloodberry, Jan 30, 2006
  10. Rai Konoko

    Rai Konoko New Member

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    and here i was playing FFXI trying to figure japanese out the hard way xD:dizzy2:
     
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    Rai Konoko, Feb 19, 2006

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