Guides

Gamepad Mapping

This guide is meant to be used after the game has been successfully installed.

Unfortunately, there isn't a great user interface available yet for a smooth gamepad setup experience. Follow this guide to propery setup your controller.

1. Navigate to "GaiaXI\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\ToolsUS" and open "FFXiPadConfig"
   You may also open this in-game from Menu -> Config -> Gamepad
2. Input your desired settings for your gamepad
   You may also choose from various predefined setups, and you may test this with "Test Gamepad"
   Click "OK" when finished to save
3. Navigate to "GaiaXI\config\boot" and open "gaiaxi.ini" in a text editor
4. Open the Registry Editor in Windows and navigate to:
   "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\PlayOnlineUS\SquareEnix\FinalFantasyXI"
   The Registry Editor can be opened by "Windows + R" and typing "regedit" followed by "OK"
5. Double-click "padmode000" and copy the "value data"
   Go to the bottom of the "gaiaxi.ini" passed "[ffxi.registry]" and look for "padmode000 = -1"
   Delete the "-1" and paste in your copied value from the registry
6. return to the Registry Editor, double-click "padsin000" and copy the "value data"
   Go to the bottom of the "gaiaxi.ini" passed "[ffxi.registry]" and look for "padsin000 = -1"
   Delete the "-1" and paste in your copied value from the registry
7. Save and close the "gaiaxi.ini" file
8. If the game is currently running, close and reopen