[Feedback and Suggestion] Screenshots and chatbox visibility
Hello devs!
I would like to provide feedback and suggestions on the way FFXIV handles screenshots and chat boxes.
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee191/da_squall/example.jpg
This was taken during a mission cutscene. I was unable to get a screenshot via the SCROLL LOCK + PRINTSCREEN button, so I had to manually hit PRINTSCREEN and paste this screenshot into MSPAINT.
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee191/da_squall/example3.png
This was taken from one of the HD cutscenes. I was also unable to take a screenshot here using the in-built system, and had to rely on the manual method to do so.
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[Feedback #1]
It would be nice if we could screenshot these missions. I am currently unable to do so with the in built screenshot system at the moment. I like to capture intense moments during cutscenes, but manually doing it via PRINTSCREEN and pasting onto paint is kind of a slow process, and i'll end up missing the cutscene in which action is taking place.
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Please take a look at the screenshot above as I will be referring to certain numbered points on the screenshots.
During cutscenes you have a nice box with NPC text in the middle labeled 1 in the picture above.
I personally have my UI setup so that I can read battle and general text all at the same time as you can see the chat boxes labeled 2 in two different places. The trouble with this is, it tends to block a lot of the scenery in the cutscene which kind is kind of frustrating seeing as I'd wanna take as much of the cutscene as I can. Yes I know I can condense my chatboxes to one area but I don't want to click on another tab while I am fighting, thus the need for a second chatbox with my battle log.
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[Issue]
Chatbox visibility in its current state is slightly buggy. Even if nothing goes on in my general tab, it might suddenly become visible just because something happened in my battle log. Yes I realize that shock spikes is wearing off in both tabs in the above picture, but no this picture isn't an example of what I am talking about. There seem to be general visibility trigger condition issues with the chatboxes.
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[feedback #2]
It would be nice to have an option to completely hide chat boxes/logs.
Take a look at this picture: http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee191/da_squall/example2.jpg
You can see at point 3 that even when the battle log is hidden, the tab is still visible. It would be nice if there was an option to fully hide these chat/battle logs, at least during cutscenes, and then have the tabs be visible after the cutscene is finished.
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All in all, my issues are relatively minor, but I would love to see them get fixed. I mainly play for the missions and I would like to be able to chronicle my past properly.