[dev1135] Suggestions for additional UI changes

[Jigg]

A couple of things that I think would be beneficial:

Crafting - We don't really need to see the gear stats of the items we're trying to craft. This is really an unneeded window which slows down the process. Also, no need to select the item to craft if there is only 1 possible item. Just use the item select screen when there are 2 or more items that can be created with the same recipe.

Action Bar - Please give keyboard users an option to disable the cursor on the Action Bar. I use the left and right arrow keys for camera movement and targetting, but when I engage an enemy, if I don't remember to hit ESC then my arrow keys just move the Action Bar cursor around...which has gotten me in trouble several times. There's no need for it if using the 1 - 0 keys to execute the actions.

Thank you for all the hard work you all have put into this so far, and I'm excited about how the game is shaping up

[Jigg]

I posted this a long time ago, and it's still an issue after 1.20. Curious if anyone else finds this annoying/death inducing?

How it works now:
When you are locked on to an enemy while in Active mode, the Action Cursor lights up and takes over input from the left and right arrow keys.

Pressing Enter while the Action Cursor is over an Action, it executes that Action. If there is no action in the slot occupied by the cursor, it locks on to the enemy.

What would be nice if it could do:
Disable the Action Cursor so that the left and right arrows continue to cycle targets when not locked onto a target. This way you can disengage and use the arrow keys to move to another target. Currently you have to hit the ESC key twice before the Action Cursor gives focus back to targetting.

Pressing the Enter key toggles target lock instead of executing the command selected by the Action Cursor (If the cursor were disabled).


I currently try to leave the last slot on the action bar empty so I'm not accidentally performing actions I don't want to do. However, if in the heat of battle I forget to hit ESC twice to unlock my target and deactivate the Action Cursor, then I scroll to different actions while trying to change targets.