'It's one of the few games that don't take you by the hand and walk you through, step by step. 'Final Fantasy 11 is a special place for a lot of people, myself included,' Amelila said. Final Fantasy 11 existed long before World of Warcraft established the template for what an MMO should be, making it a wholly unique kind of experience. Amelilaīut the question remains, why put forth all this effort for game that might not exist in a few years? If you never played, it might be hard to comprehend, but Final Fantasy 11 was a very special kind of MMO. 'Other people who have made a real impact on this project are Atom0s, who helped me from the start, and '_tnr' for hosting an entire test server for me to do my work on.'Įven in the twilight days of Final Fantasy 11, we adventurers still burn strong with the spirit of the game. 'It's really thanks to the community that I am able to do what I do,' Amelila said. One player, KorithXI, coded an original suite of tools called TexHammer that made texture swapping a much simpler process. Thankfully, members of Final Fantasy 11's small community stepped up to help. 'Initially, I used the game assets to make a Ronfaure mod for Skyrim, but it wasn't long before I realized, wait, I have the knowledge and the tools, why not just mod FF11 itself?' Amelila explained.

Drawing from his background in visual effects and digital animation, he started working on the project in earnest late last year. 'So the FFXI HD Overhaul project really just fit right as something I had the skills to do for the enjoyment of others.'Īmelila is in his 30s and works as the head of media production at a successful Canadian business. 'Final Fantasy 11 has always held a special place in my heart,' he told me in an email. But it's exactly those people that inspired Amelila to work on this mod. When I last logged on a few years ago, my server still had 2,000 people playing-and I'm sure the others weren't too far behind. I love Final Fantasy 11, but I was stunned that this late into its life someone was putting in this much effort to update its visuals.

Mgr hd texture mod