Is GShade allowed?

[Wilford111]

If memory serves, Gshade is the one addon that was explicitly stated to be allowed, since it's essentially just a photo filter

Where and when was it stated to be allowed? This isn't in bad faith, I'm genuinely curious.

[Klytania]

Where and when was it stated to be allowed? This isn't in bad faith, I'm genuinely curious.

OP posted the screenshot. The white comment with the cactaur avatar.

A community rep explicitly, and publicly stated it was ok to use, tempered with the obligatory "use 3rd party software at your own risk" statement.

[Semirhage]

More specifically, Gshade affects DirectX, not FFXIV. It's the software equivalent of adjusting the color temperature on your monitor, not reading and updating game files.

[GaiusDrakon]

Where and when was it stated to be allowed? This isn't in bad faith, I'm genuinely curious.

I love how you make fun of me but this shows you didn't even read the post.

Typical brainlet on the forums honestly.

[pyxls]

Gshade only committed the useless crime of hurting jealous non-pc players' derrieres.

It's stated that it's not a bannable thing, but a 'use at your own risk' type of subject. Not explicitly allowed, but not disallowed either.

[weebtext]

Console player detected

You should get your detector fixed, friend.

[SilverSkyway]

I swear the anti-plugin TOS crusaders are allergic to knowing how they actually work.

I don't know if you agreeing with me or not and that on me. lol.
Truthfully I want gshade to be okay by the devs. While I don't use it as it, I respect some of the reason it is use, ie gpose.

[Wilford111]

I love how you make fun of me but this shows you didn't even read the post.

Typical brainlet on the forums honestly.

Well I'm sorry, I assumed you listened to what the GM told you when he said that post from 2013 shouldn't be taken into consideration.

[SilverSkyway]

I really wish people would stop parroting this generic response. It adds nothing.

My monitor has software that can change game colors, add sharpening and contrast, even add an aim reticle overlay to the center. (very handy for FPS games and hipfiring weapons that have bad in-game reticles)

That's your monitor. That doesn't effect the game settings or what is default. There a different. Like discord a third party. Well no beep sherlock. My mouse is a third party if you want get all technical.
I and many people talking about the settings, file, ui, anything that not default with FF14.
But Gshape is a program that effect the game itself. I can not make the game more blue without said program. I can use it to add contrast to but monitor does that. I need a monitor to play. Don't need gshade or damage meter to play.

[MagiusNecros]

The answer is no. It is against TOS on the basis it alters the game itself. Which it does. The devs over the years have essentially said the same thing over and over. Use at your own risk. This risk is now elevated with the aforementioned cheating in PvP and quite possibly the new Ultimate.