Discussion: User Created UI Addons?

[Kallera]

I think you literally do not understand what it means to allow modding and to open up a game's API. If they expose some ofthe API, then the people using it aren't cheating and they're using things that the developers intended for the people to use.

But where does it get to the point where it becomes prohibitive for PS3 players to play the game? I take it they can't add mods and parsers from their system.

[Laughlyn]

But where does it get to the point where it becomes prohibitive for PS3 players to play the game? I take it they can't add mods and parsers from their system.

Im sure SE will approve / disapprove w/e addons/mods the community can
come up with before allowing anyone to apply these to their game.

Otherwise everyone would more or less use a craft/gathering bot 100% of the time.

[Wolfie]

But where does it get to the point where it becomes prohibitive for PS3 players to play the game? I take it they can't add mods and parsers from their system.

Then SE needs to keep up the pace with addon developers and update their default/PS3 UI to make up for the missing features that PC addons give.

Not that this scenario would happen anyway, because FFXI was fine on the PS2 despite the illegal bots and mods that were available on the PC; and because the exposed API will not let you do anything that isn't doable with the default UI.