Possibility to open FFXIV up to a moddable UI?

[Kurokikaze]

[QUOTE=Feldt;108067]Do not take advantages through UI mods while I'm not using it.

I tried to photoshop an UI and how i would like to see it.

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...en/uiffxiv.jpg
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I don't like it, especially top left corner part...

I actually kinda like this.

I would change a few things but its very nice.

[Kaedan]

I very much doubt we'll see 3rd party UI mods. They are very strict over what they allow (one of the reasons that the UI was so slow at launch), so I really don't see them letting people have free reign over the UI. They are against anything that would trivialize content, and any mod involving meters or calculations do just that. So if we see any modding available at all, I can almost guarantee it will be only in the form of skinning and appearance mods.

[Nabiri]

It seems like people are getting UI mods and botting confused... "heal bot"? "Playing the game for me"?
Unless I'm the one that's confused. That just doesn't sound like a UI mod to me.
Some people also seem to be assuming that UI mods mean we will be able to see information that we shouldn't be able to. Things that SE wouldn't want us to see, or things that would give some players an unfair advantage.
What is this "boss mod" thing? That doesn't sound like a UI modification. That sounds like cheating.

[Reika]

It seems like people are getting UI mods and botting confused... "heal bot"? "Playing the game for me"?
Unless I'm the one that's confused. That just doesn't sound like a UI mod to me.
Some people also seem to be assuming that UI mods mean we will be able to see information that we shouldn't be able to. Things that SE wouldn't want us to see, or things that would giver some players an unfair advantage.
What is this "boss mod" thing? That doesn't sound like a UI modification. That sounds like cheating.

I guess you never played world of warcraft go here:

www.curse.com.

It is a very good thing you never played it either, you didn't risk becoming tainted by its evil!

[Nabiri]

I guess you never played world of warcraft go here:

www.curse.com.

It is a very good thing you never played it either, you didn't risk becoming tainted by its evil!

Yes I never played. ^^ lol
Thanks for the info. I can see why some people are worried now.
Although.. I don't feel this is what SE meant by "UI mods". It just doesn't seem like something they'd do. I don't think anyone has reason to worry over this. I won't be worried until I know what they meant exactly.. but I can only picture it being colour/size/placement changes and perhaps some info on-screen that was previously in menus.

[Ava]

I guess you never played world of warcraft go here:

www.curse.com.

It is a very good thing you never played it either, you didn't risk becoming tainted by its evil!

Blizzard does not allow any mod that plays the game for you. You're exagerrating immensely. They've had some close calls but quickly shut them down, like AVR. And since I'm seeing "healbot" mentioned all over the place, despite the name it is not a bot, at all. It does not do anything for the player, it just presents already given information in a different manner.

If you've ever coded with LUA, you can't do anything the game doesn't specifically enable you to do. Square could very easily disable whatever commands they desire if they want to shut down certain functions. UI mods are NOT harmful if moderated, period. UI mods have very rarely ever "played the game for you" in any game, because developers simply do not let that happen.

[Nabiri]

Blizzard does not allow any mod that plays the game for you. You're exagerrating immensely.

I don't believe Reika said it plays the game for you. Other people mentioned it. Re-read the post.

[Dreamer]

Blizzard does not allow any mod that plays the game for you. You're exagerrating immensely. They've had some close calls but quickly shut them down, like AVR. And since I'm seeing "healbot" mentioned all over the place, despite the name it is not a bot, at all. It does not do anything for the player, it just presents already given information in a different manner.

If you've ever coded with LUA, you can't do anything the game doesn't specifically enable you to do. Square could very easily disable whatever commands they desire if they want to shut down certain functions. UI mods are NOT harmful if moderated, period. UI mods have very rarely ever "played the game for you" in any game, because developers simply do not let that happen.

One word: Decursive (the original before Blizzard neutered it).

[Nephera]

I'd dig an integrated monster encyclopedia.

[Kaedan]

Blizzard does not allow any mod that plays the game for you. You're exagerrating immensely. They've had some close calls but quickly shut them down, like AVR. And since I'm seeing "healbot" mentioned all over the place, despite the name it is not a bot, at all. It does not do anything for the player, it just presents already given information in a different manner.

I beg to differ.

While few mods have literally played the game for you (botting), a vast number of the mods in WoW tell you exactly what to do and when to do it. This is why they have a bad name for "playing the game for you". If you have enough of them (like my friend who couldn't even see his character because he had so many mod windows open), you don't even need to think to play the game.