Disable/Enable Power Management while in FFXI

This is a guide that was created to guide you into setting up Power Management access while within FFXI. There are many ways to set this up and customize it but in this guide I will explain the most effective method.

The reason a guide like this was designed because I am sure many PC users have their Power Management set up to where their Monitor, hdd, etc, will go into power saver mode after a certain delay. This will cause the power saver features to trigger even if you are playing FFXI and are idle for that time, Ex. Waiting threw down time while in an exp party.

After you have completed following the instructions within this guide you will be able to toggle these features on and off threw FFXI commands.

Notes

• Please note that this will not disable any Screen Savers you might have set, this feature is only for toggling the Power Management Support Option.
• This guide has been created for Microsoft Windows XP. It has not been tested for Vista.

There is only one plugin needed to make this feature functional and that is the Run Plugin which can be found Here

In order to follow this guide correctly you will need to have your windows set to (Show file extensions for known file types)

If you are unsure if you have your Windows to show file types for known files, you may use This Guide Here Please make sure you are following the guide for the Operating System you are using.

Once you have download and placed the Run plugin into your [plugins] folder, you may now proceed to following these instructions.

1. Setting Up Power Management Schemes

First we will create two new profiles that we can use with the Power Management Feature.

• Click on the [Start] Menu
• Click on [Settings]
• Click on {Control Panel]
• Open up the icon for [Display}

This will open a window entitled [Display Properties] You will see tabs below the title bar labled [Themes] [Desktop] [Screen Saver] etc

• Click on the [Screen Saver] tab
• Under the section labeled (Monitor Power) click [Power]

Another window will open entitled [Power Options Properties] Here you are able to create power schemes, we will need to create two power schemes. One for on, another for off.

2. Creating the Power On scheme.

This scheme is used when you want your computer to enter into power saver mode.

• Set (Turn Off Monitor) to say 5 minutes or you can use the time that you usually use.
• Set (Turn Off Hard Disks) to NEVER
• Set (System Standby) to NEVER
• Click on the [Save AS] button and save the scheme as poweron

The last two sets for the Hard Drive and the System Standby do not have to be set to NEVER But it is strongly advised.

3. Creating the Power Off scheme

This scheme is used when you want do not want your computer to enter into power saver mode.

• Set (Turn Off Monitor) to NEVER
• Set (Turn Off Hard Disks) to NEVER
• Set (System Standby) to NEVER
• Click on the [Save AS] button and save the scheme as poweroff

Now click [OK] and then [OK] again to close both windows.

4. Connecting these schemes to usable files

Since we now have the two schemes created [poweron and poweroff] we need to connect these files in a way that the FFXI Windower can use them. This is done with the Run plugin, Batch Files, and a Power Management program that uses command lines. This program is included with Windows XP.

Making the batch files. First we will need to make the batch files that assign the desired profile Put these files will be in the [windower]/[scripts] folder.

First create a text file in this folder and put this line into the text file.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\powercfg.exe /s poweroff

Please ensure your windows directory is correct. Now save the file and close your text editor. Select the file you just created and goto

[File] - [Rename] Change the file name to poweroff.bat

Note that you may get a confirmation dialog stating “If you change the file name extension, the file may become unusable. Are you sure you want to change it?” Click [Yes]

Now create another text file in the same folder and put this line into the text file

C:\WINDOWS\system32\powercfg.exe /s poweron

Please ensure your windows directory is correct. Now save the file and close your text editor. Select the file you just created and goto

[File] - [Rename] Change the file name to poweron.bat

Note that you may get a confirmation dialog stating “If you change the file name extension, the file may become unusable. Are you sure you want to change it?” Click [Yes]

After doing this you will have two batch files

poweroff.bat & poweron.bat

Executing these batch files will change your Power Management scheme to your desired choice, hence, Turning Power Saver mode on and off.

5. Setting up ALIAS' to run these batch files

Now that you have these two batch files created you will want a FFXI command to easily run these files

• Open up your init.txt file located in the [windower]/[scripts] folder
• Add these two alias' to the end of the file

alias power.on .run -hide scripts/poweron.bat;echo "Power Management ON";
alias power.off .run -hide scripts/poweroff.bat;echo "Power Management OFF";

Once you have those two lines added save the text file and close the editor.

After you have completed the setup procedure you are ready to go. To toggle these settings simply type the desired alias into the FFXI chat box

//power.on  -  To turn power saver features on.
//power.off -  To turn power saver features off.