Thread: 4.1 npc text scaling

That enlarges everything to enormous, and also something changed in sys config affects every character on the account, which is then unfair to my husband with perfectly fine vision. All other components of the UI can be resized individually, as did the chat bubble until this morning.

Originally Posted by Ametrine

What about the fix added in 4.01?

I believe this is just for PS4 players. I cannot say if this was removed for PS4 players or not. But what I can say as a PC player, and as the OP has stated, that we can no longer change the UI scaling for the NPC Dialogue Box. You used to be able to right-click the box, and while holding down right-click, left-click the options to scale to a difference percentage (and I believe this was the same for PS4 with the virtual mouse mode). Now when you right-click the box, nothing happens.

What I propose is that the devs add the dialogue box to the HUD layout menu to be tweaked in there, along with everything else HUD related, and call it a day

Ah, okay. I didn't realize it was an exclusive a PS4 thing as the process on consoles repaired the text size issues we were having.

The way OP describe it sounded like a dead ringer to what I saw before the fix as my personal solution before 4.1 was to enlarge other UI elements manually and do the single chat text trick, since the text chat remained seperate.

Since so many other UI elements have been broken up and the UI can be even larger, is it possible NPC text is just really buried now? Otherwise, the option may have been lost in the shuffle.

Originally Posted by Ametrine

Ah, okay. I didn't realize it was an exclusive a PS4 thing as the process on consoles repaired the text size issues we were having.

The way OP describe it sounded like a dead ringer to what I saw before the fix as my personal solution before 4.1 was to enlarge other UI elements manually and do the single chat text trick, since the text chat remained seperate.

Since so many other UI elements have been broken up and the UI can be even larger, is it possible NPC text is just really buried now? Otherwise, the option may have been lost in the shuffle.

Unfortunately, the dialogue boxes have never been in the UI settings, which is why they added the general system UI scaling for PS4. It just makes EVERYTHING look awful (and you have to completely redo all UI elements after), so it's not worth using. Scooting closer to the TV is a better solution.

I'm really hoping someone finds the option magically buried somewhere. Or the CMs/devs take note again and add back the option specifically for those boxes.

I don't agree since the repair fixed everything I was having issues with, but EVERYTHING was jacked up at SB's launch, so I was only able to return to how I wanted it to look pre-4.0 after the config let me do the mass fix. YMMV, but it's something to try.

This change is going to make me quit this game. It was passable before, the story dialog didn't have an entry in the UI config and didn't scale when you applied it to all UI settings. It really highlighted the fact that SE has a history of not employing competent coders, and this change only further proves the point. There was a post I saw saying the reset after logout was going to be looked at, but apparently they had zero understanding of the actual issue. The 200% scaling option doesn't do anything different than 150% scaling either. I cannot read the text at my resolution without getting a heavy dose of monitor radiation. It's unfathomable to me that 1080p+ resolutions are supported without story text scaling.

I have my PC hooked up to my 4K TV and I would have the monitor scaling set to 200%, then the default UI set to 120% of that, then I would change each UI element separately if I wanted it smaller/larger than the default I set. And the workaround for the dialogue box was to change it with right-click at the beginning of logging in. But now it's been completely removed, and there is no way to scale it to my knowledge . I am now playing at my friend's house because I literally cannot play the game on my TV as I can't read the text without being very close to the screen.

Same. Please just make these 3 "unique" UI elements customizable independantly!! (Player Name Tile/NPC Dialog Box/Ambiant Bubble Text)

Originally Posted by banonx

Same. Please just make these 3 "unique" UI elements customizable independantly!! (Player Name Tile/NPC Dialog Box/Ambiant Bubble Text)

This bug is in "Accepted" status over on JP forums. Hope?

This chat box has been a problem since 4.0 (or even before?). No idea how it is this difficult. On top of it, trying to find a different way to make it larger threw off my entire UI and I spent half the night fixing it.