SHOW YOUR HUD LAYOUT

I wanna see your HUD layout so I can be inspired in making mine better...I like clean and practical layouts so i can see more of the game's beauty and still make things easy for me to maneuver around. HERE IS MINE CURRENTLY
https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...c71a8bfa8b.jpg

I will later(not at my PC) but im gonna point out that this thread will turn into 'Tips and Tricks on how to not have 80% of your screen cluttered with hotbars and other UI elements' as this is what we all try to achieve Im sure.

you uh.. would HATE my layout. Yours is nice and clean though.

Something like this

http://i.imgur.com/f474GYS.png

https://i.imgur.com/P13LIa5.jpg
Healer HUD

https://i.imgur.com/9dz3ZJe.jpg
Non-healer HUD

So...
I use a razor orbweaver with my keys in a grid of 5 across and 4 down... everything keybound with 2 keys acting as modifers (shift and control)... so... I don't need the icons except for noting cooldowns I'm not mentally aware of the timing on...

As such:
https://kichwas.tumblr.com/post/612762220276924416
https://66.media.tumblr.com/1f75e730...b110b797f5.png

Keep the screen free of clutter...

Layout config:
https://66.media.tumblr.com/feb72622...76c1524d40.png

I seem to have a real lack of screenshots taken in combat, so here's one from a month ago (feb 2), taken by accidentally hitting the button most likely... You can see that my own buffs are too close the boss's debuffs blocking me from seeing the timer (because unlike in WoW, I can't move where the timer shows up...). I've since move them apart from each other a bit to fix that:

https://66.media.tumblr.com/74d4b0c4...64621dfb70.png

Mine's pretty minimalistic.
https://i.imgur.com/KWw23yT.png

On an ultrawide now, but still the same setup. Enemy list on right of central bars.
Focus in line and left of Target.
My cast bar in line with Focus cast bar, above Target and Target cast bar.
My status bar above abilities and just below, item by item, Target status bar.
Unless I need to read the chat window, it, too, is usually off.

All job-swap and auxiliary bars are on a fly-out command via one of the less handy buttons on my MMO mouse. I click what I want, then close it again.

My other HUD puts the enemy list and party list nearer to each other on the left while shuffling abilities further to the right, with the most important to track being leftmost rather than topmost.

Not too special, and overall not too different from default.

I have all the abilities with cooldown, proc, or just anything that needs to be seen pretty center to my screen so I can see it easily during combat. Regular GCD abilities are hidden since there's no need to have them on your screen.

https://imgur.com/j1PVsKH.png

When I need to change key assignment I temporally switch to preset HUD that shows them

https://imgur.com/ceFjxQd.png

To spice things up, how many of you use keybinds for abilities vs mouse click? I pretty much exclusively click my abilities as i tend to lose track of my fingers with so many abilities to activate on Tanks/DPS.

I was waiting to see a WHM with only Glare on their toolbar.

Here is mine. Nothing special and quite basic, but it works for me.

https://i.imgur.com/ltM9vmD.png

https://i.imgur.com/3VjklyK.jpg

My alliance list is left, next to my mini map and my party list is below my map, above the chat windows.

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Originally Posted by AnonymousBard

To spice things up, how many of you use keybinds for abilities vs mouse click? I pretty much exclusively click my abilities as i tend to lose track of my fingers with so many abilities to activate on Tanks/DPS.

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0 clicks! I greatly recommend you take the time to invest in which keys you could use conveniently and optimally, makes for much better experience. I used to also click sometimes until I determined to change all hotbars and dedicate to finding optimal keys in good reach, took a little while to find it but was well worth it!

This will definitely come down to personal preference, but these are the keys I use:
https://imgur.com/GUKLfpL.png
https://imgur.com/CZeAHNd.png
https://imgur.com/bG0AzgI.png
https://i.imgur.com/OzDP7RN.png

I have full button layout that I find convenient for every job (except for Dragoon & Red Mage), if someone wants to see one, let me know! Tbh "button bloat" and getting creative with optimal key assignments is one of my favorite things about this game due to its abundance of abilities (compared to most other MMO's).

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Originally Posted by Shurrikhan

Mine's pretty minimalistic.
https://i.imgur.com/KWw23yT.png

On an ultrawide now, but still the same setup. Enemy list on right of central bars.
Focus in line and left of Target.
My cast bar in line with Focus cast bar, above Target and Target cast bar.
My status bar above abilities and just below, item by item, Target status bar.
Unless I need to read the chat window, it, too, is usually off.

All job-swap and auxiliary bars are on a fly-out command via one of the less handy buttons on my MMO mouse. I click what I want, then close it again.

My other HUD puts the enemy list and party list nearer to each other on the left while shuffling abilities further to the right, with the most important to track being leftmost rather than topmost.

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The ultrawide gives more real estate huh? I am thinking of going ultra wide too
And i am actually really liking urs too. I kinda wanna know how u set up the mouse trick you mentioning here...i might be able to clean up more if i know how to do that..i have the razer naga..i use the buttons for my abilities...and they pretty full..so i probably wont be able to the the mouse trick u mentioned

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Originally Posted by Haprimac

https://i.imgur.com/P13LIa5.jpg
Healer HUD

https://i.imgur.com/9dz3ZJe.jpg
Non-healer HUD

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Wow being a healer seems complicated, idk whats going on on ur UI..havent played a healer yet

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Originally Posted by Makeda

So...
I use a razor orbweaver with my keys in a grid of 5 across and 4 down... everything keybound with 2 keys acting as modifers (shift and control)... so... I don't need the icons except for noting cooldowns I'm not mentally aware of the timing on...

As such:
https://kichwas.tumblr.com/post/612762220276924416
https://66.media.tumblr.com/1f75e730...b110b797f5.png

Keep the screen free of clutter...

Layout config:
https://66.media.tumblr.com/feb72622...76c1524d40.png

I seem to have a real lack of screenshots taken in combat, so here's one from a month ago (feb 2), taken by accidentally hitting the button most likely... You can see that my own buffs are too close the boss's debuffs blocking me from seeing the timer (because unlike in WoW, I can't move where the timer shows up...). I've since move them apart from each other a bit to fix that:

https://66.media.tumblr.com/74d4b0c4...64621dfb70.png

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I am really liking how urs is setup..are u using a widescreen monitor?

AST
https://i.imgur.com/7Cnz9Fw.png

Here's my UI:

https://i.imgur.com/uTbLsSX.png

https://i.imgur.com/PvgtcpW.jpg

The centre buttons are those around WASD (like E and Q) and the others are bound to my mouse, so that's why it's seemingly weird like Ctrl+X adn Ctrl+B. The ones in the middle are for those i need to keep an eye on, so basically my oGCD attacks and such.

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Originally Posted by RayddenPrime

The ultrawide gives more real estate huh? I am thinking of going ultra wide too
And i am actually really liking urs too. I kinda wanna know how u set up the mouse trick you mentioning here...i might be able to clean up more if i know how to do that..i have the razer naga..i use the buttons for my abilities...and they pretty full..so i probably wont be able to the the mouse trick u mentioned

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I actually have more trouble making frequent use of the side buttons for actions than using my keyboard and mod keys.

My MMO mouse tends to use only the first row of 3 for abilities (spammables and things I need especially responsive like Edge of Shadow, Flood of Shadows, and then a macroed form of TBN to co-tank; CnS, AD, macroed SE on Shift; Blood Weapon, Delirium, and Living Shadow on Alt; etc.), while the rest goes to shared functions (auto-run, flyout menu button, and party selection).

Movement is just QWSE, with A and D moved to Q and E respectively, so I have F1F2F3F4 (top-stretch), 12345 (top), RTYG (index) , ADFZXC (drop-down), and VB (thumb) all within easy reach. Caps has been turned into right alt, so I have easy access to that for my F and number keys. Order goes from modded to most comfortable mod key, then downward from there. (1-5 go Caps/Alt, Shift, Ctrl while ADF go Shift, Ctrl, Alt and ZXC.) I could make do just with just the keyboard and the first three buttons of my mouse if needed (and given how often my USB ports fail, causing the computer not to recognize any but the first three, that seems fairly necessary).

The mouse trick is to simply have a keybound macro among the normally hidden bars which will unhide them (bars 5-10 in my case). You can then hit the same key again or click the macro to hide them again.

Here's my layout:

https://i.imgur.com/9v4v71R.png

https://i.imgur.com/tptwX5e.png

Basically I have the following:

MP and MP bars enlarged and in the center, underneath my character.

Target HP bar just above my HP and MP bars, so my eyes don't have to jump to the top of the screen to see.

My buffs and debuffs are to the left of center, and right-justified.

Target buffs and debuffs are to the right of center, and left-justified.

Cast bars just above HP/MP bars. Target cast bar is enlarged.

Job-specific gauges to the right of my HP/MP bars.

Information I don't typically need in the heat of battle (As a non-healer) is on the edges and corners.

The cross hotbar is disabled, as I play with a mouse and keyboard.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...lustration.png
https://i.gyazo.com/bcc6b2e48788fb79...f9a16f0e92.jpg
It's a bit of a mess, but this combination has worked the best for me out of all the other configurations I've tried. Also my Hotbar 9 is that big so I can better see when my pots and Chain Strat are off cool down, as I was having issues seeing them when they were smaller. Can't see it here due to the sizing but the focus target bar is to the left of the faerie gauge and the action bar is next to the pet skills. Keeps everything in one compact place.

No offence, but I really dislike most of these...and I'm sure you would dislike mine, too! :D ...but...This thread is making me think I'm due for a layout redesign, it's been awhile since I changed mine up. There's been things that have really bothered me about mine ever since they added those job gauges that don't seem to fit anywhere I want them to be. There are certain ones that REALLY bother me, like Bard's, where there are actually two components/bars to it, but they're part of the same UI element and cannot be moved separately. :(

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Originally Posted by Macleod

No offence, but I really dislike most of these...and I'm sure you would dislike mine, too! :D

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I think it's a normal reaction lol, for some reason it feels disgusting seeing someone else's HUD when you're used to your own. Still nice to see them tho and perhaps get inspiration for some changes to your own.

I tend to make my UI the same in every game that allows for it.

Basically bottom left corner is for chat, bottom center is main action bar(s), bottom right is miscellaneous things that I don't need on the main action bar but like having easily at hand.

Top left is my hp/mp/level, top center is my target, top right is my minimap.

I like to keep the bulk of the center area clear to enjoy the visuals and make sure I can see important stuff like aoe indicators.

For FFXIV's job gauges I just shrunk it down and plopped it next to the minimap so I can see it at a glance but its not in the way.

I dunno how people play with their hotbars and HP meters in the middle of the screen. How do you people see the anything? :O

My OCD would go crazy.. so here's my stupid setup :c
https://i.imgur.com/R9gk6rv.jpg

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Originally Posted by Canada_bangs

I dunno how people play with their hotbars and HP meters in the middle of the screen. How do you people see the anything? :O

My OCD would go crazy.. so here's my stupid setup :c
https://i.imgur.com/R9gk6rv.jpg

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Haha i like yours , my OCD don’t let me have messy Ui too. Plus i dont am not play the game to just mainly see UI...i wanna see more of the world and my character. One of the major thing that bugs me in this game is ..i can’t move the notification when gathering “you obtain walnut log “ in the middle of my character . At least i can switch UI on and off.

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Originally Posted by Enla

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...lustration.png
https://i.gyazo.com/bcc6b2e48788fb79...f9a16f0e92.jpg
It's a bit of a mess, but this combination has worked the best for me out of all the other configurations I've tried. Also my Hotbar 9 is that big so I can better see when my pots and Chain Strat are off cool down, as I was having issues seeing them when they were smaller. Can't see it here due to the sizing but the focus target bar is to the left of the faerie gauge and the action bar is next to the pet skills. Keeps everything in one compact place.

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I am really liking yours too..it’s pretty clean. I need to get into using Macros too..might help, i wanna figure out if there is macros that let me hide and unhide some hotbars.

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Originally Posted by Rasikko

I will later(not at my PC) but im gonna point out that this thread will turn into 'Tips and Tricks on how to not have 80% of your screen cluttered with hotbars and other UI elements' as this is what we all try to achieve Im sure.

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Yeah definitly what i wanna try to achieve , while maintaining efficiency

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Originally Posted by Halivel

Something like this

http://i.imgur.com/f474GYS.png

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I don’t play on console so i have been wondering , do they let you move layout around and such? I feel its more work to play with a controller..like harder..idk not sure.

https://i.imgur.com/FXcgAsG.png

Keybinds are mirrored on either side: single button press on the left, shift+ on the right.

The little observe icon on the top right of my bars opens/closes all the other hotbars for mounts, minions, emotes and classes/jobs.

Planning to make some further little tweaks later, but I like the foundation I've got here :o

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Originally Posted by RayddenPrime

I don’t play on console so i have been wondering , do they let you move layout around and such? I feel its more work to play with a controller..like harder..idk not sure.

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I'm on PS4 so yeah. You have full control on where you want everything. And yes, I play on controller.

I would be curious to know what screen sizes you all are using those layouts on to know how well they would work on different size screens.

I have found that screen size can change how the hud looks. On my 55 in tv, my controller hud layout takes the bottom part of the screen and some of the top, leaving the middle free.

But on my 120 in projection screen, the same hud does not take up as much space and there is far more screen real estate to see the game.

Seeing the game on such a large screen is a totally different experience with everything so big and clear with the camera panned all the way out sitting 15 feet away. After doing it that way, I don't think I could play it on something like a laptop screen.

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Originally Posted by Wissp

I would be curious to know what screen sizes you all are using those layouts on to know how well they would work on different size screens.

I have found that screen size can change how the hud looks. On my 55 in tv, my controller hud layout takes the bottom part of the screen and some of the top, leaving the middle free.

But on my 120 in projection screen, the same hud does not take up as much space and there is far more screen real estate to see the game.

Seeing the game on such a large screen is a totally different experience with everything so big and clear with the camera panned all the way out sitting 15 feet away. After doing it that way, I don't think I could play it on something like a laptop screen.

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I wanna get a widescreen because i seen that those gives very good real estate

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Originally Posted by RayddenPrime

I wanna get a widescreen because i seen that those gives very good real estate

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The res you play at helps too. If you play on a 4k small screen the ui would still be small. I tested this on my 4k LED 72 inch samsung tv. When I go to just basic 1080P the ui changes and gets HUGE. So I keep it at a nice 4k on my TV and PS4 pro. so everything is nice and tiny.

After many, many hours of playing around with the settings I finally made something that didn't obstruct my vision too much but still keeps all the important information close to the center (so I don't tunnel vision so horribly). I like the slightly staggered skill hotbars more than straight columns, I'm not sure why but it makes it easier for me to check skill cooldowns at a glance. I have a couple pop up bars for class changes, emotes, macros, mounts etc. Top left corner is empty for reasons.

https://i.imgur.com/f75LEda.png

https://i.imgur.com/Ml2BIXU.png

https://i.imgur.com/2qOf7iA.png

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Originally Posted by RayddenPrime

I am really liking how urs is setup..are u using a widescreen monitor?

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Yes 2560x1440.
ASUS PG279Q, and nVidia 2080 GTX.

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Originally Posted by AnonymousBard

To spice things up, how many of you use keybinds for abilities vs mouse click? I pretty much exclusively click my abilities as i tend to lose track of my fingers with so many abilities to activate on Tanks/DPS.

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Back when I was in WoW, they'd kick people out if they discovered they were clickers. Harh... but... the time it takes to click is one thing, another is the lost of focus on the action as your eyes move, and a third that will sound silly but adds up over time to something major is eye strain from constantly darting your eyes around.
- you can likely be losing as much as a fourth or third of your performance potential by being a clicker... multiply your current DPS by 1.25 to 1.5 - that's what it could be if you managed to transition to keybinds.

Make a set of keybinds that let you memorize 'this key for that concept'.

For example my core rotation is always the same 3 fingers left-to-right in order on every job/class in every MMO, with a shift key for alternate versions of it, moving down one key row for it's AoE version, moving up one key row applies core buffs / debuffs.
One healers that's my core heals, and the row below is the DPS.

When I need more than 3 keys for the most common skills, I cycle in a few nearby keys - and I repeat which ones across all jobs/classes/MMOs... even in some FPS games I use a similar set of keys.

- make a repeated pattern, and use it in every game mapping 'purpose to purpose'.

You should only ever be looking at the icons to count cooldowns... some people make special bars that are just rows of cooldown icons or proc icons...

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Originally Posted by Wissp

I would be curious to know what screen sizes you all are using those layouts on to know how well they would work on different size screens.

I have found that screen size can change how the hud looks. On my 55 in tv, my controller hud layout takes the bottom part of the screen and some of the top, leaving the middle free.

But on my 120 in projection screen, the same hud does not take up as much space and there is far more screen real estate to see the game.

Seeing the game on such a large screen is a totally different experience with everything so big and clear with the camera panned all the way out sitting 15 feet away. After doing it that way, I don't think I could play it on something like a laptop screen.

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1980 x 1024

Here's mine
https://gyazo.com/b1b1a4e24a289ae9fd2e79dba7fafdb6
Had to make a gif to be able to show functionality.
https://i.gyazo.com/b9e4498cccfaa34c...fd0bb9deff.png