Possibility to open FFXIV up to a moddable UI?

[Jennestia]

LOL yea your right, I was obviously thinking of a company who wanted their game to succeed.

I can guarantee most of the add-on/mod authors never touched the PS3 internally.

[Jinko]

If you want to have a new widget, just bitch about it enough on the forums and maybe the UI team will look into it (lol).

:S, what ya think we are doing ?

[Laughlyn]

No. No. No.

I do not want FFXIV to turn into this.

lol i agree, thats way beyond over the edge

[Warp]

:S, what ya think we are doing ?

Asking for a moddable UI =/= having the UI team introduce a new widget.

[Dreamer]

I really like FFXIV's UI. It's clean, it stays out of the way, and it only shows stuff when I need it. There's not really anything I would change, aside from switching to a radial action bar.

[Verecund]

No. No. No.

I do not want FFXIV to turn into this.

Wow, I can almost see the fire on the ground in between epileptic seizures!

[Cairdeas]

I really like FFXIV's UI. It's clean, it stays out of the way, and it only shows stuff when I need it. There's not really anything I would change, aside from switching to a radial action bar.

Oh god that would be awesome.
The more actions you equip the more radials get added so even if you have all your "Action Bars" equipped its all one circle.


Going even further they can make it so

X = Action in the field. Hold X brings up Radial, Camera Stick controls which item on the radial you select. Releasing X selects and triggers the skill. That way the radial is not always up if you do not want it up and lets you use the Camera or Move stick to select the action.

[Commat]

Um... What? Lets go through this step by step for your brain
1. Oh I can mod UI
2. *turns of HP*
3. I like my mod.

....

You gave me the giggles.

Well played.

Edit: My god, i just read through the rest of the posts. How are people against this?

"Insane hypothetical situation where somehow the fantastic mod community succumbs to excessive downs syndrome and can't get mods fully customizable and minimalist for FFXIV"

Really?

[Delsus]

I would be for asthetic mods, but i wouldnt like plugin type mods, because people will just say "you're gimp if you dont use xxx mod" i would however like to make the UI look like I want examples posted in here seem cool.

This could even be implemented in ffxiv config with an outline of where the border of the screen would be and edits in there like colours and menu mods, and possibly menu shortcuts in the main screen.

[Lahru_Hukurou]

Why are people getting so worked up over something as silly as this? If we have the ability to mod our own UI what is the big deal? I mean if you don't want addons, then don't use them. I have a friend that plays WoW. He has six or more characters that are maxed out in level. He is also really good at doing the job that he does. Funny thing, he doesn't use any addons at all. If you don't want to mod your UI, then don't, keep it on default. But, people that want to have the UI to fit their tastes should be able to.

Within reason, of course. It won't be too hard for them to regulate modding in some way or another. I'm also sure that they can find a way to have is so that the PS3 UI can be modded as well. With the way console systems are heading, I don't think it will be very difficult to do.

I'm all for being able to make adjustments to the UI. I have too much junk on my screens, at least as far as my tastes go. I go the minimalist route when it comes to widgets on my screen.