FFXIX Add ons

Would be awesome to see add-ons come to final fantasy 14 that changes your fighting stance to a whole different look. Also maybe change the look of the hud layout. Been playing this game since beta and the game to me seems to be getting old with the same thing over and over including the expansion. Would love to have an add-on that changes the look if how you cast. Maybe perhaps for white mage instead of casting with your staff you can cast like how ffxi would be casting and never use your staff to cast. Or maybe cast with your bare hands and never use your staff. Also for the hud layout it can be slightly different. Like hot bar keys could be circles instead if square or something. Little changes like that can feel like a whole new game but your playing the same game. That I would definitely pay money for. Love to see my astro heal differently, look wise.

Misspelled topic. FFXIV not FFXIX lol sorry

No need to repost if made a typo. Just edit your post. :) Doing so, also bypasses the 1000 character limit as well. As for addons, the last we heard about this was a good couple of months ago. All we got was that it was still coming.

They are never coming. Since the company is determined to have a equal playing experience on all 3 types of machines that can play this game it will never happen unless the addons are built into the game itself and not a user based addon like other mmo communities. I truly do not see this ever happening at this point and I do mean never when I say this.

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Originally Posted by WHS

They are never coming. Since the company is determined to have a equal playing experience on all 3 types of machines that can play this game it will never happen unless the addons are built into the game itself and not a user based addon like other mmo communities. I truly do not see this ever happening at this point and I do mean never when I say this.

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Addons are coming eventually, but don't expect it to be unrestricted in what you can do with it. In other words, you likely won't see any DBM style addons.

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Originally Posted by Nekodar

Addons are coming eventually, but don't expect it to be unrestricted in what you can do with it. In other words, you likely won't see any DBM style addons.

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Which means that people mostly won't even bother with them and it will be as if they did nothing. If they aren't useful then people will just keep using the third party "illegal" ones they are already using for timers and such. It's a shame, but consoles are going to forever hold this game back from its true potential. It's still fun, but I agree with the poster you quoted. We're never going to see add ons.

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Originally Posted by Nekodar

Addons are coming eventually, but don't expect it to be unrestricted in what you can do with it. In other words, you likely won't see any DBM style addons.

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As someone who wrote addons in WoW, as long as SE puts some way to read the log or targeted mob's state (Buffs/Debuffs/Castbar)... you will see DBM style addons. Most of the fights are scripted as well allowing for timers. People keep saying "it will be restricted" but that will just mean you won't get things like Decursive in Vanilla WoW, you don't need much to make a DBM. The above events/info is kinda standard to make any kind of mod.

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Originally Posted by Souljacker

It's a shame, but consoles are going to forever hold this game back from its true potential. It's still fun, but I agree with the poster you quoted. We're never going to see add ons.

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Consoles do not hold back the possibility of add-ons. Games have existed on consoles that allows for user created content to be added. Unreal Tournament 3 for PS3 is a perfect example. With the UT3 Ed software on PC, users can create custom maps and any kind of mod (including complete character/weapon model reworks) all of which can be compiled into a package compatible for PS3. All a user had to do was download the mod/map to a memory stick and then transfer to the relevant folder on the PS3 HDD. UT3 would then instantly recognize the add-on the next time you played.

A more recent example is Fallout 4 which is confirmed to have fully compatible user created mods/add-ons for consoles. Similar systems to these could be added to FFXIV (including console versions) it is by no means impossible. It all just depends on how the dev team choose to spend/prioritize their dev time.

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Originally Posted by SoloWingMetatron

Consoles do not hold back the possibility of add-ons. Games have existed on consoles that allows for user created content to be added.

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A game script is a bit different than a level editor. I'd be surprised if Sony would allow SE to let people create modifiable code. I know Apple throws a hissfit for games that use a Lua engine or other type script langauge.

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Originally Posted by Magis

A game script is a bit different than a level editor. I'd be surprised if Sony would allow SE to let people create modifiable code. I know Apple throws a hissfit for games that use a Lua engine or other type script langauge.

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UT3 Ed contains a scripting editor, which a popular Samus Aran character mod utilized so the player could transform into ball mode. The mod also allowed users to take off the armour and play as Zero Suit Samus. It was a complete character model overhaul, a level editor can not do such things. However I don't think SE had that kind a level of mod in mind when they mentioned add-ons. Nevertheless such level add-ons would be possible, even with consoles in mind.

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Originally Posted by SoloWingMetatron

UT3 Ed contains a scripting editor, which a popular Samus Aran character mod utilized so the player could transform into ball mode. The mod also allowed users to take off the armour and play as Zero Suit Samus. It was a complete character model overhaul, a level editor can not do such things. However I don't think SE had that kind a level of mod in mind when they mentioned add-ons. Nevertheless such level add-ons would be possible, even with consoles in mind.

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Colour me surprised. Well we'll see.

Gosh the things I'd do to be able to chose between casting poses and if my character uses the staff or not. The things I would DO so my cross hotbar isn't just floating skills on the screen.

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Originally Posted by Nekodar

Addons are coming eventually, but don't expect it to be unrestricted in what you can do with it. In other words, you likely won't see any DBM style addons.

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I'll believe it when I see it.

I want, personally, complete customization of party/alliance frame(think Grid), aura filter(dictate what buffs, debuffs I see) and how they're displayed(I used indicators in the corners of Grid squares to track hots and shields, border color to show debuffs, hp bar color to show aggro) and target frame aura icon scaling.

I want to put an opaque background around said target frame and make my own debuffs bigger so I can see when my damn dots fall off.

I want to make the icons in my buff/debuff frame bigger and separate from each other.

Bleh.

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Originally Posted by Magis

As someone who wrote addons in WoW, as long as SE puts some way to read the log or targeted mob's state (Buffs/Debuffs/Castbar)... you will see DBM style addons. Most of the fights are scripted as well allowing for timers. People keep saying "it will be restricted" but that will just mean you won't get things like Decursive in Vanilla WoW, you don't need much to make a DBM. The above events/info is kinda standard to make any kind of mod.

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You can already do that with advanced combat tracker.

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Originally Posted by Nadirah

You can already do that with advanced combat tracker.

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Which is against the TOS outside of the "don't ask, don't tell" rule Yoshi mentioned. Yes, with third party programs you can do w,e, but I was talking about the argument of "SE will restrict it to X" when it's wrong.

I don't see them actually implimenting the addons till after they drop PS3 support whenever that is. I suspect they will get sony to agree to allowing the code needed for them, this is afterall SE who has had a good relationship with sony since their first console. but alas we will have to wait and see.

I honestly don't care if they ever add add-on support or not. If they do, more power to PC users. If not, not like we'd be losing anything in the process. The only people that would genuinely care if others can use add-ons are those that aren't really concerned about others being able to use add-ons. Sounds back-asswards, but here's the thing. When they do give such support you can guarantee that one of the first mods will be a parser. The 'hardcore raiders' will then make using it veritably mandatory, whether you're in a raid or just a random dungeon. Don't have it installed, they will make sure to point you out and make your time in their 'divine presence' as uncomfortable as possible, if not outright /votekick you. Is there merits to add-on support? Of course there is, but don't expect every player to be upstanding members of the community about it.

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

When they do give such support you can guarantee that one of the first mods will be a parser. The 'hardcore raiders' will then make using it veritably mandatory, whether you're in a raid or just a random dungeon. Don't have it installed, they will make sure to point you out and make your time in their 'divine presence' as uncomfortable as possible, if not outright /votekick you. Is there merits to add-on support? Of course there is, but don't expect every player to be upstanding members of the community about it.

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And this is why their should never be add ons.

Ok I only meant add-ons like change stance if fighting or icons/hud looks not parser.

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Originally Posted by Jasmine_Aurelia

And this is why their should never be add ons.

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I'm visually impaired. The default UI looks like hell and is more difficult to read/see than it should be.

UI modding fixes that..

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Originally Posted by Nekodar

Addons are coming eventually, but don't expect it to be unrestricted in what you can do with it. In other words, you likely won't see any DBM style addons.

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In before deleted: Already exist via the add on "special spell timers" (Google it) for the ACT parser. Complete with timers, icons, cooldowns, and target call outs.

as for the UI enchantments the op was asking about, also possible, but limited, with ACT and its add-ons. However it is possible to display the present info in your own customized way, they don't interact with the controls

so many requests can be resolved by the community if add-on's were allowed.

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Originally Posted by Itseotle

In before deleted: Already exist via the add on "special spell timers" (Google it) for the ACT parser. Complete with timers, icons, cooldowns, and target call outs.

as for the UI enchantments the op was asking about, also possible, but limited, with ACT and its add-ons. However it is possible to display the present info in your own customized way, they don't interact with the controls

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Best part is its impossible to hide the data from the program because of how the game is required to work, so there's really no getting rid of it.

Only way they could really catch you using it is by RAM scanning, and that's only if you're running it on the same computer you run the game on(you don't have to).

Only one company I know of has done that and I think there was a privacy lawsuit going. Blizzard. Warden.

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Originally Posted by Nadirah

Only one company I know of has done that and I think there was a privacy lawsuit going. Blizzard. Warden.

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Trion did it with Rift also. Banned my account for for a week for using a legit mouse driver software.