How it works - sebyg666/GearInfo GitHub Wiki

First run

The first time this addon is loaded it will automatically parse all the gear on your character and your MogHouse. For each peice of gear the addon will retrieve information from the resources and then start parsing strings to pull out individual values needed for calculations. It then stores every single peice of gear in a table format and saves it to file for future loading. Any new piece of gear acquired after this first run is automatically added to the file on the first time its equipped (this applies if you change augments on the item).

after first run

while GI is loaded it will be checking your currently equipped gear twice a second and more if you play at 60 fps. it also read packets to update values for buffs amongst other things. with all this information and your current job and sub job and your skills, merits, job points, etc, it calculates all the things you see displayed. These values can then be sent to Gearswap to be used in set selection.