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Multibox chat window issues
 Asura.Osaia
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By Asura.Osaia 2020-01-17 17:41:14
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I play 2 characters on same screen. I have Sandbox enabled on both (not sure if that's correct.) Yet, for some reason when chat scrolls up on either window I can only see it as far as the border of the box. Which is to say, if I expand the chat window, all but the bottom half is empty (where the border of the window would have been). It's driving me insane since when people /t me I can't read it if it scrolls off screen before I can see it. Happens on both characters.

Edit: I should've added, its almost completely random. Sometimes I'll open the chat (expand) and see the full log, others its blank. And it can be blank on one, or both characters...or neither.
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By Asura.Arico 2020-01-17 17:56:05
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Try deleting the content of the temps folder in your ffxi directory.
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By Ragnarok.Galiber 2020-01-17 18:21:40
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Isn't this, like, the oldest bug in history?

I've had this forever and know multiple ppl with the same problem.
There's also that one of the game crashing when you full screen log.

If I'm just dumb and this has been solved for years please let me know :3
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By Asura.Azzariah 2020-01-17 19:56:51
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Interested in a fix for this as well. As a matter of fact, I just crashed on one of my accounts after full screening the chat log earlier today. Tried Sandbox on all accounts as well. Guess I have just dealt with it.
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 Asura.Osaia
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By Asura.Osaia 2020-01-17 20:02:02
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Same happened to me multiple times. I've tried every setting I can think of.
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By Kilobyte 2020-01-17 20:15:50
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Install and run the Sandbox plugin
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By Ragnarok.Neyochimaru 2020-01-18 05:58:56
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have this problem too. Sandbox doesn't solve it this time. It's a fairly recent thing imo. Could sandbox need an update perhaps? i 6 box so it tends to get pretty rage inducing when all 6 of them blank out
 
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By eeternal 2020-01-18 07:08:54
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I have the same issue as well. If I install sandbox, I get empty screen when I try to expand it. If I uninstall sandbox, I can see the logs but guess what? crash incoming lol
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By Mafai 2020-01-18 11:24:41
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Because I am curious....

Does this folder have folders for all your characters?

C:\Program Files (x86)\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\TEMP

Also, does each folder have files?

With all your POLs closed, delete all the contents of the folder, and let me know how the folder rebuilds as you log each character in.
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By Asura.Osaia 2020-01-19 12:35:30
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Ok. So here's my setup. I installed the game to my D:Storage\Games.
But for some reason under C:\ProgramFiles(x86) the game is installed there too. I have 2 Final Fantasy XI\TEMP locations. One on drive C, and one on D. The one on C has no char. folders. The one on D has the folders and I emptied them. Now they are both empty... I logged both chars back in, but no new files were created in the D: drive.
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By Bismarck.Xurion 2020-01-20 01:56:13
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I think your registry is pointing to the C installation. If you want to use the other installation instead, you may have to reinstall D (unless you're comfortable editing the registry).

If it was me, I'd uninstall both beforehand.
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