Can you stop the chat scroll?

[Bsrking5]

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You can add sounds to notify you. Dunno if that helps you or anyone at all.


I don't have an issue reading back chat but i will also full screen it from time to time if RPing or just chatting in a busy area. I usually don't miss in instance talking. Is it harder for PC players to full screen the chat? Pretty sure its called extend(ed).

[Deceptus]

There's no need to put yourself in danger of getting banned using third party tools.
Scroll up past the current displayed messages and the chat box stops scrolling.

And then something pops up in your log and it automatically goes to the bottom.

It sucks and I also wish when you scrolled up the chat would stay stationary.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

It's not the best solution, but usually I just keep a notepad document open on the side. Click and drag through an RP response, crtl+c, then crtl+v into the notepad so I can freely look back to it as needed.

Fighting with the chat scroll in crowded areas is too much of a nightmare otherwise, and it helps me keep everything organized and saved for archival purposes. Also lets me freely type out and see the entirety of my post before I post it, which can help me a lot personally since I lose track otherwise, or if I want to rewrite something before posting it, I don't have to fight with the text box.

[GeminiReed]

That only happens if you receive something while you're scrolling past that first message.
Once it's out of view it stops scrolling.

Cool, what ToS violating add-on are you using to fix that? Asking for a friend BTW.

Or would if most of them didn't bounce off this game due to the horrendous chat implementation. I came here with the remnants of the Wildstar RP community when that game folded. Very few of the new to XIV people stuck around because chat here sucks for both direct and indirect reasons. Since chat is so awful much of the XIV RP community has become extremely insular just to make things manageable. Gotta be in the right FC or Linkshell.

Wildstar was another game with addons and there were a couple specifically made to smooth chat. They normalized emote and speech so that each had a consistent color. You could set up keywords to give you an audible clue when somebody mentioned them. Here? Good luck waiting for Square to build that QoL.

[Canadane]

And then something pops up in your log and it automatically goes to the bottom.

It sucks and I also wish when you scrolled up the chat would stay stationary.

It does not do this if you scroll past the most current message, which may be multiple lines up if someone had something long to say.

[Avidria]

Yeah it's super annoying having to fight the chat scroll when I'm trying to read stuff in an active chat. Especially if it's a VERY active chat and I have to basically stop what I'm doing and make the chat window cover my whole screen just to follow a conversation.

Yes this has been a problem for me more than once. It's irritating.

If there's an option somewhere to shut it off entirely I'd love to hear it, but I don't think there is.

[Canadane]

Cool, what ToS violating add-on are you using to fix that? Asking for a friend BTW.

None at all, I'm staunchly anti-addon.
I even made this video showing what I am talking about since it's built right into the game. All I did was get someone to start counting to simulate chat activity, and scroll up to stop it.
Hyperion Novice Network unknowingly helped out too I guess.

https://youtu.be/a1HkC7eXg3M
Excuse my low production value, it was a rather quickly made thing here.

[Sove92]

Cool, what ToS violating add-on are you using to fix that? Asking for a friend BTW.

Can't give any links to such things here. Googling "Dalamud chat" should lead you to answers, but you'll need to figure out the remaining steps on your own.

https://youtu.be/a1HkC7eXg3M

This only works when single-line messages are coming through. If you start scrolling up as a multi-line message is posted, you only end up fighting against the autoscroll, which is really annoying. It's just not a consistent method to stop it.

[Canadane]

This only works when single-line messages are coming through. If you start scrolling up as a multi-line message is posted, you only end up fighting against the autoscroll, which is really annoying. It's just not a consistent method to stop it.

Indeed your right though I did mention that in the video description.
You may need to "fight" the message but other than some obnoxious long spam or something you only have to go from a small flick of the mouse wheel to a scroll of the mouse wheel.
It's never really been troublesome I've found.

[Shurrikhan]

Yes, there is a way, but only through illegal QoL mods. Such basic luxurious features should be restricted to those willing to risk their accounts, after all.