So, my family all play the critically acclaimed mmorpg Final Fantasy XIV with free trial up to Stormblood and level 70 with no restrictions! And the dungeons in DT gave my sister seizures and we haven't been able to play since. She's still recovering. In the meantime, I have acquired Easy Eyes and I've been hammering away at the dungeons and trials of DawnTrail to make this shit actually safer for her to play. And obviously I'm finna share that hard work with all the migraineurs and epileptics that want to get through the game.
My plan is to work backwards (I started on the EW dungeons today) and get all the dungeons and trials safer. The norm and alliance raids are gonna take A While, mostly because I have to run them with people instead of the trust and there's so many more effects to sort through.
In the meantime, if you didn't know, EasyEyes is a plugin for Dalamud (ie it's a mod). You can import presets into it to block all the vfx in the preset without having to run the duty and manually block everything yourself. That's obviously not safe, hence me doing it. You can find it on xma (Safer DT Dungeons and Trials). It's a zip folder with each dungeon and trial labelled as individual presets. You just have to hit import and pick them, super easy.
Please be aware that it's super difficult to turn off vfx in the background, and I left a lot of small vfx untouched for aesthetic, but I very much took out everything glaringly obvious, or that my sister explicitly complained about, and more. Some of the vfx turned off are going to make it harder for you to position yourself to avoid attacks, so please keep that in mind, but safety trumps a healer's feelings!
I'll post each expac as I finish them and I sincerely hope more people are able to get back into the game because of my work.
Working on the presets for the Arcadion. Already have the dungeons and trials up to 7.4 with the exception of the Monster Hunter crossover and anything related to Hildibrand. Still haven't actually been able to get into Jeuno: The First Walk cuz the queue times have been outrageous even as a healer. I'll keep trying though. The arcadion raids are rough. Certainly exciting! But also it's hard to figure out what to turn off in several of them that also won't make it impossible for people to position themselves. I literally have to stress test them on my sister, because the vfx don't bother me, which sucks. That's not happening this week though, it's supposed to rain several days this week and that lowers her threshold.
Floating the idea of starting a ko-fi to support this project. It's time-consuming and it'd pay my sub so I can work on it in a more timely manner. I am glowering at Endwalker and ShadowBringers especially since I know several of those dungeons and trials are flashy. Let's not even get into the monstrosity that are the Nier raids. Idk yet though. I care more about people being able to safely play the game than money, so I'll do it regardless. Thoughts?
Reminder to anyone using my presets that they can be freely edited by you! You can view each one individually in Easy Eyes and decide to keep it turned off or turn it back on. It's a bit of a pain in the ass, but you can also capture vfx and try to turn off anything that I didn't turn off if you want. Freely customizable! Just stay safe darlings.
Ok, I also included Windward Wilds (the monster hunter crossover) in the Dungeon and Trial pack, which has officially been updated and uploaded to the link above on xma! I'll work on the Heavyweight division either today or later in the week and I'll try and get thru The First Walk as well. The raids will be in their own packs, which I'll post on xma as soon as they're finished.
Arcadion complete! I'll be taking a break for a few days before I get started on Jeuno. In addition, I have been informed that a similar project to mine exists that covers a significant number of dungeons and raids from ARR-EW! I'm trying to get in contact with the creator to join or take over the project, but in the meantime, here is the link for you all, and I'll use the included spreadsheet to save energy and time and complete whatever they haven't.
FlashFixXIV Preset Pack
Click above and download the txt file. In Easy Eyes, use the import button to enjoy safer gameplay in a massive number of dungeons, trials and raids, including some EX and Savage fights. I'll see about setting up a discord server to deal with EX and Savage fights. I'm not much of a high end raider, but I'm willing to do it cuz my sister is a high end raider and she hasn't been able to do any Savage fights since tier 2 Pandemonium.
I'm not the worst white mage, but I'm not exactly purple parsing, so forgive me beforehand lol
