Fix UI size!

Hi there,

the problem is known for quite a while now, but as far as i know there has been no change to it.
I am playing the PC version on a 23" screen and while "everything is awesome" the UI size partly drives me nuts.

Of course it is possible to scale the whole UI but why can't i change

• the size of the NPC text
• the size of the chat (only the PROMPT can be changed)
• the tooltip size (there is an option but i can't see an effect)

Since some days ago there was a method to increase the NPC text window during cutscene text, by holding the left mouse button and then click the right analog stick.
While this method is stupid enough as solution, because it resets when the client is restarted, it seems even this method does not work anymore.

This is a very basic but essential problem, so please fix it asap!
Or tell me the trick i did not discover yet.

Reminds me of how many times I had to get up from laying back on the couch just to move closer to read the text

Most UI windows can be individually resized using ctrl-home while on the UI config screen. I could have sworn that there was also an option to change font sizes. I know you can change things like the size of flyout numbers. Are you sure you looked through the character config's UI tab all the way?

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Originally Posted by flyte

Reminds me of how many times I had to get up from laying back on the couch just to move closer to read the text

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Oh goodness. Every single time I'm doing story quests I have to sit on the floor in front of the TV(33 inch) so I can read the text without straining my eyes. And this is the ONLY game I own that I have to do that with. T_T

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Originally Posted by Raconteur

[*] the tooltip size (there is an option but i can't see an effect)

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I think there's actually a different option somewhere to change the size of tooltips. I remember screwing with it much earlier. Next time I get a chance I'll try to find it for you.

The size of NPC text, yes please. Actually more UI scaling options in general would be appreciated.

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Originally Posted by Raconteur

• the tooltip size (there is an option but i can't see an effect)

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In the HUD Layout section, there are two different options, one for item tooltips and one for skill tooltips. Each can be adjusted between several different sizes. Did you adjust both?

I agree, though, about both the NPC dialog window and the chat box font. It'd be better if we could adjust those.

wishing i could make the font smaller then size12

I checked out every option at least 10 times :)

Sad so many are facing this problem, which actually IS very basic.
So again: @support please fix this asap!

I posted this over on reddit but its worthwhile here too for dev attention:

you could actually resize the pop up text box on PC, was never officially recognised, but could do it with holding down left click of the mouse over the text box and pressing R3 on the controller (hybrid mouse/controller pc user). the annoying thing about it was after logout it would reset and you could only perform the resize by watching a cutscene. Worked well in mordhona with the wandering minstrel always giving a cutscene. But since 2.5 I haven't been able to do it anymore :(

I posted a question for one of the liveletters about it and asking for it to be incorp into the main HUD layout option to save the resize, but I guess it had the opposite effect and SE were quick to stop the abuse of being able to read what NPCs are saying...

Of course I am a bit annoyed that a hidden function to resize text, which was a massive quality of life improvement for partially sighted players, was effectively removed since patch 2.5, and it bemuses me why perhaps the most important part of the UI is still not incorporated into the HUD layout options directly for rescaling.

The analogy I can draw would be, its as if you play the game not understanding the text. Or to put it another way, back in the day importing Japenese version FF's to play through before NA and EU releases,...

How have they not fixed this yet?

I'm playing on PC, with a 52 inhc TV which is inside my living room. I play with a controller, from my couch and from about 3-4 meter away.

I CANNOT read the "Quest Text" and the Main Menu (in controller mode) is tiny.

I've scaled everything up, but because of those 2 I cannot play.

This is stupid.

Here's a small comparison. Left is PC, Right is PS4. Both with the exact same scaling. Step away from your monitor, few meters or just so you can about read the RIGHT side Menu and Quest. Now try reading the left side Quest / Menu. Yea, good luck.

http://i.imgur.com/yKIz0Dg.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/9bdO0fJ.jpg

C'mon SE, this need to be FIXED and YESTERDAY...

Maybe we need to try harder...

Please allow us to RESIZE the NPC dialog text balloon! The text is too small for me to read!

I forgot, especially with the upcoming dx11 version for PC i would like SE to fix it...pllllease god damn it..

I stopped playing for a few days and have been playing other games. I didn't realize that in the past I'd gotten used to the small size of the text in this game. Although it does explain why I always feel tired after playing this game for even just a little while, I'm straining my eyes the whole time to read everything. I loaded it up just a few minutes ago and am blown away by how tiny ALL the text in this game is even when I've made it as big as I can. Please give is the option to make all the text bigger, I don't want to be straining my eyes all the time.

Still not fixed square-enix! I seriously do not understand why. The fact that we USED to be able to adjust it (albiet in a stupid cutscene/R3 work around). It makes no sense why they removed this! I upgraded my PC just for this game. Please don't make me go back to my PS4!

Reminds me of the add-on system that have been promised ever since the beginning of ARR...with the insistence that the game should be the same on all platforms, it seems what they really mean is that the game should only be played with the officially designated conditions. You have a bigger screen? It's not our problem. You have a powerful machine? So what? You prefer to read larger text? You should get a pair of new eyes because your preferences obviously do not conform to our official experience specs.

Sarcasm aside, I'm still waiting eagerly for the add-on framework. At the very least we should be able to have custom skins that tweak how things are displayed.

Agreed, I'm really enjoying the game so far.. yet there are a few very annoying quality of life issues I'm noticing that I would have expected to be fixed considering the game has gone through an entire rebuild already and putting me off wanting to actually buy the game straight away

This being one of them...
The HUD layout window should also have boxes for easy configuration of Element Size and Element Position instead of having to use key commands.
Element Size being a simple drop down Box with Percentage sizes.
and Element Position being a X : Y co-ordinate system going -100 to 100 scaling with the screen!

Also all UI elements that should be added to the HUD Layout configuration.
Mainly NPC dialogue and NPC battle announcements as the general dialogue is to small and battle announcements are HUGE and get in the way.