Please Increase text font size in game or provide option for players to increase

venumbur

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12 years ago

Sep 25, 2012, 5:47:57 PM

Lets hope people will support it

Dropfish

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Dropfish

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12 years ago

Sep 25, 2012, 5:51:59 PM

5 votes in the first 15 minutes, I see absolutely no problems!!

Wouldn't be a bad idea if we advertise our poll a little bit though...

venumbur

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venumbur

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12 years ago

Sep 25, 2012, 5:53:53 PM

I hope it's not only people from this thread voting. lol

BlueTemplar

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BlueTemplar

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12 years ago

Sep 25, 2012, 7:19:38 PM

Dropfish wrote:
Who says that? There's only one guy in this thread who doesn't support the OPs suggestion!

Who's that? I think we all agree here that would be a nice feature to have! (I just don't see it happening soon, but maybe I'm wrong...)

I mean, I'm playing on an average 22" monitor with an average resolution of 1680x1050 and the characters are less than 2mm high, so it's certainly not only the problem of a minority!

Really? I'm going to vote "I would appreciate that" then (I thought to abstain), because I will soon have a computer with exactly the same screen size and resolution...

Dropfish

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Dropfish

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12 years ago

Sep 25, 2012, 7:24:02 PM

Thanx man!

venumbur

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venumbur

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12 years ago

Sep 25, 2012, 7:24:07 PM

BlueTemplar wrote:
Who's that? I think we all agree here that would be a nice feature to have! (I just don't see it happening soon, but maybe I'm wrong...)

Really? I'm going to vote "I would appreciate that" then (I thought to abstain), because I will soon have a computer with exactly the same screen size and resolution...

Hehehe, thank you BlueTemplar

GorGorSmash

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GorGorSmash

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8 years ago

Feb 25, 2017, 5:14:31 PM

I use a 50inch 4k TV as my computer monitor and the font size is way too small. I can barely read what's on the screen from about 8-10ft away. If there is an option to increase the font size, it would be greatly appreciated.

rafael_zaw

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rafael_zaw

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12 years ago

Sep 25, 2012, 12:38:36 PM

RonaldUS wrote:
Yes, it is THAT bad. I play at 1920 x 1200 (smaller than your res) and have to move closer to the screen to make text just readable, but it's still headache material - very much agree with the OP and all others posting here on this - please Amplitude make the UI size option bigger given how text heavy this game is with all the layered menus.

I have over 200 hundred other games in my Steam collection - only remember this problem once or twice before and I ended up not playing those because of eye strain it caused with text that is too small for a relaxed viewing.

You better wait and see if Amplitude will change this problem.

I agree, I had just a few games that had problems with bad interface scaling (remember two Paradox games I quit playing) and most of my games (even indie games) scale nicely on modern monitors. Well, it's a shame that ES doesn't support high resolution displays but I will be checking this thread and if the developers fix this I will gladly buy the game. Good luck guys!

Jonathon

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Jonathon

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12 years ago

Jul 10, 2012, 4:52:58 AM

I started playing this game today and I am finding the text very uncomfortable to read when the game is at the native resolution for my monitor (2560x1440). I can't be the only person who feels this is a problem, and so my suggestion is that either the text size be increased, or an option be implemented for players to alter the size of text in game (even a simple 'larger text' checkbox would be fine, it doesn't need the ability to select a specific size.)

Xervitus

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Xervitus

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12 years ago

Jul 10, 2012, 3:46:15 PM

I agree...a larger GUI in general (or customizable sizing) would be nice, even at 1900x1200 some things are smaller than they need to be.

raccoon_tof

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raccoon_tof

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12 years ago

Sep 14, 2012, 7:51:03 PM

If so, I'd definitely want this to be optional/scalable by choice. Personally, one of the reasons I play at a higher resolution is to allow more information to be displayed, not just to make what is displayed already "prettier". Forcing the text to scale inversely with resolution like this would prevent that from being able to be done

venumbur

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venumbur

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12 years ago

Sep 22, 2012, 3:22:35 PM

I also think the GUI should be scalable. My screens native resolution is 2560x1440 (Dell U2711) and I get headache when I stare too long at the small text on the screen.

BlueTemplar

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BlueTemplar

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12 years ago

Sep 22, 2012, 6:22:05 PM

You should just halve the resolution to 1280x720 (manually change the value in the xml). You can't expect the UI to work well in such a huge resolution as 2560x1440 when it must also work well at 1024x768.

venumbur

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venumbur

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12 years ago

Sep 23, 2012, 8:11:07 PM

When I change the resolution the game-text is blurry due to interpolation. I know that the GUI must work well even at 1024x768, but it would be nice with a possibility to scale the GUI so even users with high resolution can enjoy and play ES comfortably.

BlueTemplar

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BlueTemplar

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12 years ago

Sep 23, 2012, 8:17:00 PM

It would be nice of course, but if even Blizzard cannot do it right with Diablo 3 with all the manpower and money they have, do you really expect Amplitude Studios to be able to fix it?

If you halve the resolution it won't be blurry, since one pixel of the game will exactly fit into 4 pixels of your screen.

venumbur

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venumbur

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12 years ago

Sep 23, 2012, 8:45:51 PM

I don't know if Amplitude Studios can do it, but I know that some developers are good at scaling their GUI and I have no problems running those games on high resolution. I'm sorry but I don't see Blizzard and their priorities being a norm for the entire gaming industry despite them being a big developer. Well, I've just added my opinion and now it's up to SE devs to decide what to do with it.

Wr12Teg

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Wr12Teg

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12 years ago

Sep 24, 2012, 3:36:02 PM

I agree, please Amplitude, make the UI scalable! The font size is so small and I don't even run the game at hiper-high resolution.

RonaldUS

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RonaldUS

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12 years ago

Sep 24, 2012, 4:02:13 PM

Please Amplitude Studios, show that you are better then Blizzard and remember those with high resolution displays and bad sight.

BlueTemplar

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BlueTemplar

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12 years ago

Sep 24, 2012, 7:10:43 PM

Scaling to multiples of 1/3 ( 1/(1+1/3) or 1/(1+2/3) ) might work too, since screens are often composed of subpixels for each of the 3 basic colors, and graphic drivers generally know how to exploit that effect for smoother text for instance...

venumbur

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venumbur

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12 years ago

Sep 24, 2012, 7:13:54 PM

Yeah but when I try scaling the game looks awfully blurry. Everything looks so nice and crisp in 2560x1440 and the only problem is the text size.