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You may use my plugins Orchestrion, PrefPro, Damage Info, or Housemate, but I also have a plugin that is not available on the main Dalamud repository called Chronofoil. Its purpose is to capture and archive XIV network traffic from any volunteer willing to use it. github.com/ProjectChron...

Since the plugin captures everything, it has censorship built-in with mechanisms that auto-detect how to censor certain aspects of gameplay that people would likely want to keep private, like in-game letters they send and receive. There's also controls for when your data becomes available to others.

My hope is that by archiving this game traffic, future (and current) reverse-engineering efforts become significantly easier. As far as I know, there is no project like this for another other MMO. It is the closest we can get to preserving server behavior without access to its code.

I've spent a long time theorizing about a tool like this and I'm glad I made it come true. There's currently a diverse set of uploaders that contribute consistently - and over 5000 captures dating back to the week before Dawntrail - but if you feel comfortable, more data is always better.