High-res font = yay; Now, how about the title screen?

[Camate]

Time for me to bump this thread again to bring you some more awesome news from Producer Hiromichi Tanaka.

For the new UI that is currently in development for the Windows version, we will be enhancing the resolution and revamping icons for enhancements, abilities, magic, and other items. These new icons require resident memory, so unfortunately due to their being a lack of this for the PS2/360 we will not be able to implement the same icons for these versions of the game; however, we are planning to switch out the enhancement icons to be the same as the Windows version.

Below is an example of Regen and Refresh:



And here are the two-hour abilities for each job:



Can you tell which is which? These designs are still under-development.

We will be changing the graphics for other spells and abilities as much as we can. One of the objectives for this is to display the icons in the macro palette to make them clickable, as was requested in the past.

Also, in regards to the PC requirements to be able to easily play the updated Windows version, we expect it to be a bit higher than the requirements from ten years ago. However, I believe that recent PCs are at more than suitable level.

Once all the details are finalized I will let you know.

[ThaiChi]

So, I'm a bit curious if these are for the Menus. They do seem like they're for the status bar, if so, why do instant abilities get an icon such as Benediction, Wild Card and Eagle Eye Shot?

[RAIST]

I appreciate the new eye candy and all, but with all the other stuff being asked for in the game relating to gameplay mechanics and job adjustments, etc......

/facepalm

[MarkovChain]

Good news.

[Twille]

Time for me to bump this thread again to bring you some more awesome news from Producer Hiromichi Tanaka.

This is great news. A game's UI plays a huge roll in over-all customer satisfaction. I for one will be happy to see some UI improvements.

[Vazerus]

I appreciate the new eye candy and all, but with all the other stuff being asked for in the game relating to gameplay mechanics and job adjustments, etc......

/facepalm

What? This is a VERY welcome adjustment. Hopefully this means abilities won't share the same icon, which can be very useful. inb4datpack

[RAIST]

in the 7 or so years I've played this game, I've never had any trouble keeping up my 2-hour.

[Camate]

So, I'm a bit curious if these are for the Menus. They do seem like they're for the status bar, if so, why do instant abilities get an icon such as Benediction, Wild Card and Eagle Eye Shot?

As was mentioned briefly in the post, one goal is to make it possible to incorporate these icons into your macro palette, so instead of writing "Benediction" out, you could just have the icon instead.

[Zubis]

This is great news. A game's UI plays a huge roll in over-all customer satisfaction. I for one will be happy to see some UI improvements.

Yeah, definitely. All the content in the world isn't going to help if it isn't fun to use it. The App Store wouldn't be as popular if the iPhone UI was poor.

[Septimus]

I appreciate the new eye candy and all, but with all the other stuff being asked for in the game relating to gameplay mechanics and job adjustments, etc......

/facepalm

Improving the status icons is one of the things that people have been asking about for, well, as long as the game has existed. As long as we are going to get a substantive change to distinguish the vast majority of icons, this is amazing news. Not to mention that the ones show look great.

The only possible complain is that Tabula Raza's icon doesn't involve a book. Other than that and making low-resolution versions of the icons for PS2/360, there is nothing to complain about with this.