Possibility to open FFXIV up to a moddable UI?

[Ava]

If Square doesn't make mods, the community will. Just like they did with XI. Except in the case of XI they were bannable (and still pressed linkshell members to use them), and included features that changed the entire pace of the game and ruined major parts of end game.

[Zenaku]

I would Love a FFXI type UI to tell you the truth i have my layout just like it with the chat being as big as ffxiv now if there tabs and works just like FFXI i would love FFXIV even.

Who every make a good working FFXI mod i'll be happy like hell.

[Reika]

Knowing how strict SE is with their games I doubt they allow mods like in WoW where you have things like healbots. If anything the only mods allowed would just be the look and rearranging of the ui in some amazing graphical manner. I doubt SE is going to allow people to have the game dumbed down in anyway from a third party source.

I love the idea of being able to change visual appearance of the current information,provided by SE, to my own likings.

I am against the idea of allowing mods that displays extra information or plays the game for you to dumb down the experience. This would also hinder ps3 players wouldn't it?

I doubt it too, but who knows. FFXIV is a different game. they may not find them in violation as long as they don't move your character for you.

[Tezz_Xivectro]

We checked in with the dev. team about their plans for custom user interfaces and we received confirmation from Yoshida that there are plans in place for supporting UI mods in the future.

Will you be supporting LUA?

[Nexxus]

If we can add something like fubar on UI, i say yes ! seriously, you can see on the bar your damaged equipment, your total money, your bag inventory space, your friends online/offline, make HP/MP bar bigger (not longer), dungeon reset timer, etc... etc... to much information that we dont have to open 50ooo windows to check.

I'dd like to set my owns skillbars and keybind (with G15 support !).

Now see how FFXI is.
And now imagine how he could have been with some UI mods support.

He could have been something like that:
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...f0fd5ffgg3.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...9/d0a12b46.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...9/bbc18f77.jpg

[Kurokikaze]

Will you be supporting LUA?

First off, its EULA.

Secondly, stupid post is stupid.

I seriously feel like this community is just against change and progress. Whatever makes this game seem like something that came out recently as opposed to something that came out back in 2002 you guys are against.

[Ilean]

PLEASE GOD NO!

We spend enough time looking at our health bars and whatever else, let's not add more stupid bars and timers to look at, which is what will happen if we are allowed to mod the UI.

You fail. The UI is lacking really bad, and mods are optional.

[Lunar_Wind]

Personally, I'd just like to make a point that a lot of people seem to have overlooked when Bayohne said they'll eventually support custom UI mods.

-Custom UI Modding does not explicitly mean the same Mod API/Language/Feature Set as WoW, Warhammer, Aion, or whatever X/Y/Z Game you think of when they say 'UI Mods'-

A UI Mod API (Application Program Interface for non-technical people), can include additional features and access to non-standard information like WoW's does, or it can not. It could be a strictly visual UI modification set, such as only changing how your UI Icons look, or where they're placed.

Until you have more information, jumping the gun down SE or anyone else's throat and saying that 'UI mods will ruin the game!' or 'UI Mods will allow cheating!' or 'UI mods will create an unfair playing field!' or 'LS will start requiring UI mods!' remember: This game is -NOT- WoW/WAR/Whatever game you're thinking of. The term 'Custom UI' or 'UI Mod' is a -vastly- expansive term, ranging from minor aesthetic changes to complete overhauls or additional non-standard abilities.

[Lunar_Wind]

First off, its EULA.

He's talking about LUA the scripting language. Of particular note it's used to code World of Warcraft Add-Ons and UI mods, though it is certainly used for much more beyond that. Perhaps you should give your other forum members some credit before jumping on them. : )

Wikipedia Entry on LUA

[Kurokikaze]

Laughlyn made these mock-ups... Original post can be found here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Layout-Addons

UI Suggestion: Skinnable UI, option to re-design UI using templates.

Link:

Example 1: http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/4...suggestion.jpg

Updated: 2011.03.26.
Example 2: http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/3...uggesition.jpg

I'm a big fan of something minimalistic like the second suggestion.