Noesis updated! Improved compatibility and new features for FFXI

Rich Whitehouse, the creator of Noesis, has recently decided to make some improvements to the program's compatibility with FFXI when users told him that Square-Enix's new game client was crashing Noesis. While Rich was fixing the problem, he added support for FFXI's bump maps, along with a new advanced command (-ff11hton #) to automatically convert those bump maps into normal maps that can be used by modern engines, such as Unity and/or Unreal Engine 4. Make sure to update your Noesis client to the latest version (v4.4191) to get these new features!

Revisiting FF11 after seeing a few reports on files in the latest client crashing Noesis. I decided to add support for the game's bump maps while I was at it, with an option to convert them into normal maps, which led to pretty pictures! (shots were taken with ff11hton 16) pic.twitter.com/pk1BApEaNp

— Rich Whitehouse (@DickWhitehouse) January 26, 2020

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New Advanced Commands for FFXI in Noesis version 4.4191:

FF11 Model/Data:

Command	Purpose
-ff11bumpdir <arg>	specify directory for bump textures.
-ff11hton <arg>	convert height to normal maps, arg=z factor.
-ff11nolodchange	don't try to switch to lod0.
-ff11mapbones	create bones for map objects.
-ff11keepnames <arg>	1=keep map object names, 2=w/index prefix, 3=w/subobj.
-ff11noshiny	no special assignment for shiny materials.