Path of exile addons?

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Shagsbeard wrote:

If they get you on anything it will be the "adapting game data" clause. I'm not saying they should... but that's probably what they'll point to.

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TheBitterness wrote:

What you would be better off doing is using the Suggestions forum to request the implementation of a particular feature. There's simply not need to clutter up an incredibly streamlined and attractive UI with features that aren't in any real way needed.

In this particular case you can simply do the math as at least one other person has suggested but, more importantly, I think you should consider why such a feature would be attractive to you or anyone else. It seems to me that it's not a matter of mere curiosity like, say, wanting to know your cumulative playtime across all characters (cf. the /play command in Guild Wars, which has this feature), rather it's because the game seems to grindy and wanting to know when that grind will 'pay off' is the primary motivation and concern. I could be wrong, of course, but it seems to me logical when it comes to the way I've seen add-ons utilised in MMORPGs: people are either lazy or uninterested and want something to do a given in-game thing for them. Your particular add-on idea doesn't do anything like auto-sort the inventory (but seriously, ARPGs need this fucking feature already!) or take in-game actions for the player, it's simply my experience with MMORPGs that people looking into add-ons aren't looking into features but short-cuts and for a very particular reason or reasons.

In any event, seriously consider making a thread in the Suggestions forum with your idea for this particular feature and see where it goes. It's not a stupid idea and the developers are likely to interact with you on it, saying that it's either not something they're interested in or something that they may look into adding in the future. If they implemented it I'd think that it would be as information added to the /played command currently in game.

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duration = ( std::clock() - start ) / (double)CLOCKS_PER_SEC;

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double hours = (double)duration / (double)SECS_PER_HOUR;
int minutes = duration / SECS_PER_MIN;
int mins_left = minutes % SECS_PER_MIN;
int secs_left = duration % SECS_PER_MIN;

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expPerHour = gainedEXP / hours;
s_expPerHour = commify(expPerHour);
timeToLevelHours = (double)(maxEXP-currEXP)/(double)expPerHour;
timeToLevelMin = timeToLevelHours * 60;
timeToLevelSec = timeToLevelMin * 60;

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if(timeToLevelMin > 1)
{
s_ttl = to_string((int)timeToLevelMin);

if((int)timeToLevelMin > 1)
{
s_ttl += " minutes!";
}
else
{
s_ttl += " minute!";
}
}
else
{
s_ttl = to_string((int)timeToLevelSec);

if((int)timeToLevelSec = 0 || (int)timeToLevelSec > 1)
{
s_ttl += " seconds!";
}
else
{
s_ttl += " second!";
}
}

std::string temp = "Experience Gained: " + s_gainedExp + " | " + " | EXP/Hour: " + s_expPerHour + " | TTL: " + s_ttl;

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Chris wrote:

Any kind of addon like this is unfortunately not allowed because it could expose information that the game normally doesn't make clear to the user (giving them an advantage). While I understand this particular one is harmless, the policy is to prevent users feeling that they have to run (potentially dangerous!) third party programs to have a level playing field.