Any word on auto-hiding chat box?

Everywhere I read suggestions, it seems like I am not alone in wanting two things regarding the chat box.

1) Auto-hide chatbox.
2) Transparency.

I've searched but couldn't find a single official response.

Just wondering if there is one.

I'd say auto-hide is the very very very first thing I noticed this game lacked when starting out on day 1.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post1572408

i would love to see an auto-hide feature for the chat log.

some people i imagine would enjoy being able to see more of the actual game. but i personally would love to see auto-hide to help against image retention on plasma displays.


also the auto-hide feature will need triggers. it needs a list of configurable triggers. triggers that will tell the chat box to show itself when a message is received in the specified channel(s). much how the sound notifications work, it would have to be configurable like how that is.

Or it could, you know, auto hide after certain amount of seconds, and show when something new appeared in it.

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Originally Posted by Devante

Or it could, you know, auto hide after certain amount of seconds, and show when something new appeared in it.

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yes, but you may not want it to appear for EVERY new entry. maybe you only want to appear when something is said in the Free Company channel?

so yes, it should auto-hide after a set period of time. maybe user configurable. but it should also have configurable triggers that determine when it should pop back out. again much like how sound notifications are configured. it would need to be something like that.

More options are always welcome.

For now, I'd just like a simple auto-hiding chat bar after 5 seconds. :P'

I too would like to see chat auto hide after a set amount of time.

I'd also like the cross hot bar to auto hide after about 1 min of not using it. I know you can make it so the cross hotbar will only show up when you are about to execute an action but I don't have all my cross hotbars memorized and still need them to be displayed when I'm in battle. But when I'm just chatting with friends or looking stuff up on the markets, the cross hotbar is just clutter on my screen.

1.0 had this option so they know how to do it, it's just a matter of if they are going to implement it. I would love this feature back as it cleans up the screen when nothing is going on.

Please add a auto hide chat log setting in the UI.

1.0 had this feature. A Real Reborn should also! :D

awaiting any official response...

also, it would be nice to see opacity options for the rest of our HUD elements... would be nice to play the game for more then a couple hours per day. >_>

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Originally Posted by BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY

awaiting any official response...

also, it would be nice to see opacity options for the rest of our HUD elements... would be nice to play the game for more then a couple hours per day. >_>

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Out of general curiosity. What is it about the rest of the HUD that causes complications?

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Originally Posted by Victus

Out of general curiosity. What is it about the rest of the HUD that causes complications?

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the black/dark filling on the chat box and party list are the biggest offenders. then the Limit Break gauge. and then the radar. the issue is that they are causing too much image retention on the plasma tv. if i play this game for more then 2 or 3 hours per day, the image retention becomes rather laden. i am not trying to ruin a tv just for this game.

it's funny how Square Enix never considered this sort of thing as a possible complication for any plasma owner. they releasing a game on a console generation where it is common to own a plasma TV. but did nothing to prepare for it. static images that are either too dark or too contrasting are not good for plasma displays.

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Gotcha - Well I wouldn't say they never though about it. The issue is what percentage of the player base is seen as significant enough to pour the time and money into creating a fix. Plasma TVs are getting phased out very quickly with the rise of 4K LED TVs. This tells me it's unlikely they'll take any sort of immediate action. 1080p LED TVs are coming down in price quite a bit so my recommendation would have to be buying a new TV. Not strictly so you can play FFXIV but (most) LED TVs produce a nicer picture than plasma. So overall it'd be a quality of life upgrade for you, no?

When all is said and done, I hope the best for you and other players in your situation. I can definitely understand how it impacts the enjoyment of the game.

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Originally Posted by BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY

static images that are either too dark or too contrasting are not good for plasma displays.

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Well, the second point of Devante's original post here has been addressed, and at least you now can adjust the transparency/opacity of the chat box. Unfortunately, the lighter you make it (which would be easier on your TV) the harder it is to read.

Since you have to go into one of the settings windows (I forget at the moment whether it's in Character Settings or System Settings) to change the opacity slider, it's not exactly convenient to set it really light most of the time, but then darken it briefly when you're actually using it. You have to find a balance point somewhere in between being too light to read and too dark for your TV to maintain without image retention.

I agree, though, a feature to let you toggle the chat box on/off would be nice. So would the ability to move the chat box like we can most other UI features.

yeah. i know about the transparency option for the chat box. also you can move the chat box. just left click and hold on a tab name then drag.

Any word on auto-hiding chat box?

I'd actually like to just hide the chat entirely. This is my work around at the moment. lol

http://i1.minus.com/ibaEq8EXisl4kQ.jpg

Square Enix! :-x

[Suggestion] Chat log Auto hide

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we still want this SE.

well, they added the option to manually hide it. but this is only HALF useful. why in the world they couldn't just implement auto-hide is beyond me. it must be a very difficult thing to do >_>

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Originally Posted by BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY

well, they added the option to manually hide it. but this is only HALF useful. why in the world they couldn't just implement auto-hide is beyond me. it must be a very difficult thing to do >_>

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I for one would rather have the manual hide. It will let me hide it when I want to rather than when the software decides I should want to. With the automatic version, I may want to hide it immediately without having to wait for whatever the timeout is, or I may still be reading what's there when the timeout decides to hide it.

And it gets hidden during cutscenes, which will be good. It was really annoying there, where it disrupted the view with something we couldn't even interact with.

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Originally Posted by Niwashi

I for one would rather have the manual hide. It will let me hide it when I want to rather than when the software decides I should want to. With the automatic version, I may want to hide it immediately without having to wait for whatever the timeout is, or I may still be reading what's there when the timeout decides to hide it.

And it gets hidden during cutscenes, which will be good. It was really annoying there, where it disrupted the view with something we couldn't even interact with.

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in FFXI and XIV-1.0 the auto hide was adjustable and capable of being turned off entirely. This game (2.0) there is no auto hide at all.

don't get me wrong. i am still grateful for it. and it IS still useful. but it would have been nice to see some auto-hide feature. and then the manual feature could just simply overwrite it. if you manual-hide it won't auto-show on new chat log entries.

in any case, the hide feature is still of great help. but would've loved to see an auto feature.

Wanted to bring back this thread because I couldn't see any more recent ones. It would be great if this feature would be implemented.