Windower Configuration

Please ensure you are following all steps in Client Installation

Download and install Windower

  • NOTE: WINDOWER WILL INSTALL INTO WHATEVER DIRECTORY YOU PLACE THE DOWNLOADED EXECUTABLE FROM.
  • Start Windower after installation.
  • Create a profile, highlight your new profile, and click on the pencil icon to adjust your desired settings.
  • Click the pin icon to create a desktop shortcut
  • Exit Windower
  • Navigate to your Windower installation folder and edit the settings.xml file with notepad
    • Note: If you have issues with your settings.xml file changes sticking, then copy the file elsewhere, edit it there, and copy it back to the original location.
  • Add the following code to the section for the profile you created:
    <args>--server login.supernovaffxi.com</args>
    <executable>xiloader.exe</executable>

See screenshot below for example, where the profile is named “Supernova test”:

settings_xml_windower

  • Launch Windower with your chosen profile
  • The xiloader window will open, where you can log in and register a new account. To create a new account, enter 2 and hit enter, then enter your username and password and confirm your password.
    Xiloader
  • To log in, enter 1 and enter your username and password.
  • If you want the program to remember your username and password, you can put them into the args section of the settings.xml file as below:
    <args>--server login.supernovaffxi.com --user your_username --password your_password</args>
    <executable>xiloader.exe</executable>

Where your_username is your username and your_password is your password.