FFXI Hack: targeting mobs through walls hack (Final Fantasy 7 dirge of cerberus)

This works the PC version of FFXI using a Gforce graphics card. Since it's based on flaws of the graphic engine, i cannot say wether or wether not it works on the console version or other cards. It basically allows you to target things through solid objects like walls or doors. It works best if the wall/door etc has some kind of corners. Even tho i got it to work on a plain and smooth wall, it is easier the other way.

Place your back as much in the corner as possible

go into 1st person view

turn your field of view as much left/right as possible

slowly turn your character to the left/right

By doing so you should reach a point where you can see through the object. All objects, walls and doors ingame are only visible from the sight player are supposed to be on. So by looking through the wall with this method, you will also look through all other walls in your direction that do not face you with their 'visible' side.





use the nromal targetting methods (cycle target/click with mouse etc)

You can also lock on to selected targets.



NOTE

Do not move your char in any direction while looking through the wall or having a target locked. The game engine places the camera at the front of your model. By forcing the front of your model behind your back, the game thinks it's behind the obstacle letting you look through it. The moment you move your model will be aligned with your field of view playcing your view in front of the obstacle.



Castle Oztroja

This is where i discovered the bug. Everyone knows the door in the coffer area that can only be opened by lighting a torch (only THF can solo that and live) or a lever behind the door. Use the trick in the right corner of the wall (when facing it, the corner where the lever is). When you look through the door target the lever and lock on to it. If you are far enough in the corner, then you can use the lever now to open the door. If you get the 'target out of range' error, you need to do it again getting closer to the lever (more into the corner). You cannot use the lever without locking on to it because of range issues.



Garlaige Citadel

Oh be thee damned, Banishing Gate. Old Two-wings and Skewer Sam can easily be solo'd. But whoever tried to camp them encountered the problem, that you cannot reach them without passing gate#1. . .and you usually don't intend to drag 3ppl along to camp them. So use the trick to look through the gate and target something behind it (prefereable a skeleton since they dont move far). Lock on to the target and wait. When Sam or 2-wings passes the gate, quickly release the target and switch target to the NM (make sure to look to your utmost left/right to be able to watch through the wall to target). Now lock on to the NM and move to the front of the door and claim the NM with any ranged spell/ability/attack/job ability. Even though you cannot look through the gate and usually can't target through it, you can attack through it