Final Fantasy 14 has always been relatively relaxed in its "ban on modules", claiming that using modules violates the game's terms of service, but it is extremely relaxed in actual implementation.To this day, modules and plug-ins are almost open secrets, and even when new "desperate wars" are released, they are often used to destroy the world's first competition.

In FF14, a more popular use of modules is appearance modification.Many people use a program called Mare Synchronos (also known as Mare) to easily share their modifications to their character appearance with other players so others can see it.This is an important part of the game’s role-playing community, and if you’ve ever seen someone write “Mare Lamentorum” on their adventurer’s nameplate, that’s referring to this program.

Unfortunately, it seems that SE's lawyers have noticed the process.The news was first shared by DrakeX in the FF14 Reddy sub-section earlier today, and the authors of Mare Synchronos announced that they had received a "legal inquiries" about the project and had been forced to close the entire project.

For Mare Synchronos users, they only have one day left, and the project server will be closed tomorrow at 6 a.m.New user registration has now stopped and the code base for clients, servers and APIs has been removed.

The specific reason for the closure is not clear, and the author of Mare Synchronos explained that they would not share legal details, but it is roughly speculated that Square Enix issued legal documents.According to rumors, Square Enix managed to find the author's real name and address through its GitHub profile.

This is undoubtedly a huge shift for the game's mod community.Mare Synchronos usually has a peak user base of up to 100,000, even during the off-season of the game.Final Fantasy 14 has been losing active characters since the release of "The Final Moon" and the shutdown of such a popular project in the mod community could result in a continued decline in subscriptions.