Made To Raid

Install

Create Account

Create an account on the Made to Raid forums here: https://forums.madetoraid.com/ . This will act as your FFXI account and your password will be managed through the user control panel in the forums.

Server Address

ffxi.madetoraid.com

Download and Install Game Client

Download the retail PlayOnline Viewer and Final Fantasy XI client. Follow the install instructions on the official PlayOnline web site and then return to this page.

Final Fantasy XI Client: http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/download/media/install_win.html

Patch Game Client

  1. Download Patch Data
  2. Unzip the file into the location where you installed the game client.
    This is typically in “C:\Program Files (x86)\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI”. Your drive letter may vary depending on custom installs.
  3. Launch PlayOnline Viewer. Click on Check Files.
  4. Under the Select PlayOnline-compatible software menu, click and choose the FINAL FANTASY XI option.
  5. Click Check Files.
  6. After files are checked, it will tell you that an update is available. Confirm this option, and it will download the most recent patch data, recheck and download the new files.
  7. When this is complete, you can close PlayOnline viewer.

Choose a Launcher

Windower

Website: https://www.windower.net

Download Windower and run its installer.

Ashita

Website: https://www.ashitaxi.com

Create a new folder in your favorite location for Ashita (C:\Ashita works) and place the Ashita.exe executable in it. Run Ashita.exe. It may ask for Administrator rights, so allow it. Ashita will download some things and set itself up with some default configs. It will look something like this when it is finished.

Ashita does not come bundled with the latest xiloader, so you will need to download that from github here: https://github.com/LandSandBoat/xiloader/releases. Save xiloader.exe in your Ashita\ffxi-bootmod folder.

Click the + sign at the bottom of Ashita to add a new connection profile:

Give the profile a name, like Made to Raid. Under Boot Configurations, click the three dots (…) at the end of the File line and then browse to the location of the xiloader.exe file you downloaded from Github.

Click on Window on the left side of Ashita and configure your window settings. If you want to play at full screen on a 1080p monitor, it would look something like the screenshot below. Windowed Mode checked; Show Border unchecked; Window size 1920×1080. A Background Size of 4096×4096 will give FFXI a nice resolution. When you are finished, click the Paper icon with a check mark on it at the bottom of Ashita

You should now have Ashita configured to connect to Made to Raid. Click the Play button on the Made to Raid profile. xiloader should launch and prompt you to enter your account name and password. This is the same as your forum account.

Linux Support

We have Linux players on our server and are happy to support you in getting the game running on your Desktop or your Steam Deck. Lutris does an excellent job of installing FFXI for you, and it will even install Windower – you just need to grab xiloader and save it in a place Windower will find it. If you need help, our Discord community has you covered!

Connect and Create Character

Once you have your launcher configured, you can connect to the server with the account you created in the first step and create your character.