Jtmorris Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 I play on xbox on a 37" 1080p TV and with the old UI we actually pulled our couch up to the TV because it was impossible to read from a regular viewing distance. Truth be told it was still difficult even after we pulled the couch forward. With this new UI, not only is the font smaller, but the letters are closer together. It's impossible to read. The only saving grace is that I think each letter is more crisp which is nice, but it is completely negated. So out of curiosity, can someone help me understand why they would choose to make it smaller? What type of TV setup do most of you play on? Are you a regular viewing distance from your TV? Is there some part of their reasoning that I am not realizing? Do others have a problem reading it or am I just getting too old (entirely possible)? I just don't see how someone went *click* *click* *shrink, shrink* "Yep, that's good. People will like the super tiny writing." Help me understand? Do I just need a new TV to play this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger1 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 I like a nice concise post, but this is ridiculous. You want me to hide this one Jt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtmorris Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 1 minute ago, ranger1presents said: I like a nice concise post, but this is ridiculous. You want me to hide this one Jt? Sorry, my phone lagged and posted too early - should be fixed now thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crows Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 There should be a text size option for consoles with this new UI, but I guess that would be too big of a task. The text isn't just small and close together, it's also oddly colored so that it blends in with the background and it doesn't look great. Ascendant items now look meh too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger1 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 I didn't see it myself but I thought I saw someone posting that Jat had posted saying they were already working for a fix on issues like that. Actually I thought it had already been put out earlier, so maybe I am in error on that one. Perhaps in the console section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger1 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Hey, can somebody else post please? I don't want my name to be the one that shows up (because it's the last post) next to a thread entitled "Why is it so tiny?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigskybear Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 28 minutes ago, ranger1presents said: Hey, can somebody else post please? I don't want my name to be the one that shows up (because it's the last post) next to a thread entitled "Why is it so tiny?" *Sigh* Okay... As long as the devs give us an option to make it bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quirky Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Primary development for ark is done for PC. Updates are released there first, then on consoles. So updates for things like UI will have these sort of issues on release to console, but will be adjusted fairly quickly. They already made tweaks, and will almost certainly make some more in the following weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stupiditykills Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 2 hours ago, ranger1presents said: I didn't see it myself but I thought I saw someone posting that Jat had posted saying they were already working for a fix on issues like that. Actually I thought it had already been put out earlier, so maybe I am in error on that one. Perhaps in the console section? There was a 4gb patch to change some functionality issues but it did absolutely nothing to address the colour and size issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crows Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 12 hours ago, ranger1presents said: Hey, can somebody else post please? I don't want my name to be the one that shows up (because it's the last post) next to a thread entitled "Why is it so tiny?" There's nothing to be ashamed of.* LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedogowl Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 46 minutes ago, Crows said: There's nothing to be ashamed about. LOL Hahaha omgz I'll bite, I navigated here exclusively because the snap shot of "why is it so tiny" "There's nothing to be ashamed of" was just too funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtmorris Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 Glad to hear that I'm not the only one who has an issue with it. Just can't figure out who looked at it and said "Yep. That's good." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyB Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 All I can think is that it was a colour blind guy with big bi focal glasses that magnified things x10000 sitting with his nose infant of a pc monitor, no thought was given to console players with this new UI, I hate it, it hurts my eyes and things are not clear to see, the options are hard to find. Have you tried really doing your engrams? you have to select the engram and then select learn engram at the bottom of the screen it's so much longer, the whole update just seems like it was to make things take longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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