- #HOW TO TELL IF IT IS PREFERRED SERVER FFXIV HOW TO#
- #HOW TO TELL IF IT IS PREFERRED SERVER FFXIV INSTALL#
- #HOW TO TELL IF IT IS PREFERRED SERVER FFXIV SOFTWARE#
- #HOW TO TELL IF IT IS PREFERRED SERVER FFXIV CODE#
- #HOW TO TELL IF IT IS PREFERRED SERVER FFXIV PASSWORD#
Don't keep this file around, delete it when you're done and treat this as sensitive data.
#HOW TO TELL IF IT IS PREFERRED SERVER FFXIV CODE#
Note: This QR Code contains your "Secret" which is used to generate those 6 digit OTP codes. Right click the image and save it to somewhere on your PC, like your desktop.
#HOW TO TELL IF IT IS PREFERRED SERVER FFXIV PASSWORD#
#HOW TO TELL IF IT IS PREFERRED SERVER FFXIV INSTALL#
Head over to mog station.įollow the instructions to remove your current authenticator. If you're already using OTP to log into FFXIV, you'll first need to remove your current authenticator. Part 1: Remove your existing authenticator on Mog Station If your password is compromised by a data leak or something, this does not put you in any worse of a position.It only connects directly to the FFXIVQuickLauncher running locally on your computer.The script makes no external calls to third parties to do its work.If you're uncomfortable, just close this window and move on with life. Read through the steps below, and if you're so inclined, review the source code of the powershell script. Admittedly, this isn't for the technical novice. I am not responsible for anything you do to your own computer. This walkthrough comes with no guaranatee, waranty or anything. If you don't feel comfortable doing this, just stop and move on with life. An external authenticator app like Authy (my personal preference) or Google AuthenticatorĭISCLAIMER: Use this as your own discretion.This approach will make the OTP available in 2 places: This means if a bad actor got access to your computer, they could get your access to your OTP secret and be able to generate OTP codes. It also removes the "2nd factor" (an external smart phone) from being needed to log in.While I don't completely disagree with that, I also think the scope of having an FFXIV OTP secret compromised is a risk I'm willing to live with. This exact feature was added to FFXIVQuickLauncher at one point, but did not make it in because the authors felt it was not secure enough and defetaed the point of having OTP at all.I am considering adding a PR to QuickLauncher in the future to build it right in which would be much more secure. Admittedly it's not the most secure method. This script keeps your OTP "secret" on your computer, in plain text.This script basically gets us "Double click and play FFXIV". I grabbed a powershell script on the internet, and got to work. Since OTP is a very well known protocol, you can create the OTP with simple scripts. This means we can bring our own authenticator app.
#HOW TO TELL IF IT IS PREFERRED SERVER FFXIV SOFTWARE#
Luckily, as of sometime in 2021, the dev team for 14 added support for Software Authenticators like Authy, Google Authenticator, etc. While this is better, as a WoW player, I've been spoiled by Blizzard's auth method which puts a semi-permanent security token in place of your OTP on the computers you install on.
#HOW TO TELL IF IT IS PREFERRED SERVER FFXIV HOW TO#
The quicklauncher authors publish a guide on how to integrate this with some smart phone apps, but those apps aren't published via app stores (have to jailbreak your phone) AND they still require you to open them for each launch, only you don't have to type in the code anymore. This is great, but if our OTP is the SQEnix app for iOS or Android, we're still pretty restricted. The FFXIV QuickLauncher app is great because, when it's running it exposes a little HTTP server that you can send your OTP code to. Each time I'd do that, I'd have to enter my OTP. This post was inspired after somewhat unsuccessfully trying to log in on launch weekend for Endwalker and constantly getting 2002 errors, quitting to desktop, and having to start all over again. Backgroundįeel free to skip this section if you want to just get down to it. It uses FFXIV QuickLauncher for doing its work.
This process will allow you to create a shortcut on your desktop that will enable automatic entry of your OTP code into FFXIV without having to open up the authenticator each time you log in. How to enable automatic OTP Entry in FFXIV