Fix UI size!

[Raconteur]

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.

[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

[Nyalia]

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?

[Cutie_McSnuggles]

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

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

[Callinon]

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

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.

[Niwashi]

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

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.

[krazyrs]

wishing i could make the font smaller then size12

[Raconteur]

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!

[Altanas]

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,...

[knuckles4ndwich]

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...