Customizable Interface

jamsan
jamsan Posts: 73 Arc User
edited October 2008 in Suggestion Box
Going hand in hand with allowing us to configure our own bindings is allowing us to rearrange the interface to our liking. I found the interface in MY annoying and even obtrusive in some cases, just let us shift+click to move stuff around to personalize it to our own efficiency. In MY this was extremely limited. Maybe add a menu option that "unlocks" the interface, similar to guild wars, and then windows can be positioned as we wish. Customization helps a great deal with improving gameplay.

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  • ganja
    ganja Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    I'm sorry, you mean like moving my skill bar?
    I can't do that on PW? :eek::confused::confused:
  • jamsan
    jamsan Posts: 73 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    ganja wrote: »
    I'm sorry, you mean like moving my skill bar?
    I can't do that on PW? :eek::confused::confused:

    That you can do.
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  • kelo
    kelo Posts: 107 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    ganja wrote: »
    I'm sorry, you mean like moving my skill bar?
    I can't do that on PW? :eek::confused::confused:

    You can move most things: windows, skills, party, pet, quests...

    However, you can't move some things : character info (HP,MP,exp,portrait), chat window (you can resize it though), mini-map, and main menu (which is very small at bottom right). These are in the 4 corners of screen. You can move pretty much everything else.
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  • jamsan
    jamsan Posts: 73 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    The things you can't move are the ones that really need it. They are shunted into the corners, requiring the most movement to see. The minimap, incredibly useful in an open-world game, is the worst offender. I know in most games, I'm the picky sort, I'm constantly shifting things around to get the best possible layout and having half of the things being fixed on the screen makes it unwieldy and annoying.
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  • soukyuu
    soukyuu Posts: 809 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    There are small buttons on the character & minimap windows (green box with a cross) that allows you to hide them
    The main menu can be hidden by pressing the arrow on the right side.

    I don't think it's possible to change the way the UI works w/o major changes to the UI code and that's not likely to happen.
    Allowing to remap the keys is a good idea though.
    PW has been endless frustration for me #2
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  • deliverence
    deliverence Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I haven't been able to figure out if you can move the pet skills around. You can move your character skills and abilites around but for a Venos pet I don't seem to be able to re-arrange the skills. Does anyone know if this is possible at all? Thanks in advance.
  • Lady_alexis - Heavens Tear
    Lady_alexis - Heavens Tear Posts: 78 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Already been requested by many people in many threads
    Maybe if we keep shoving this in PWI's face they will get the point. (But I begin to doubt it)

    1.) Please make an option to fully remap the keys (almost every popular game has this ability, and the number one reason my friends are giving it a miss) Don't shove a certain setup down peoples throats, give the option for them to set it up how they want it

    2.) Define a 'run lock key' so you don't have to keep the 'W' key pressed. (or have to constantly click in front of you)
    "Clicking the horizon" works fine UNTIL you have to move.

    3.) Define a 'select next target' key.

    4.) Option Off/On for the 'click on ground and got to this spot') this annoys a lot of people. Give the option if you want it or not.

    5.) Optional on/off World Chat, Options for Whispers (On/Off, On/Off Block all but friends/clan)

    6.) Option On/Off for the display of stupid spamming smileys (some people like to totally **** chat with row after row of smileys)
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  • Funky - Heavens Tear
    Funky - Heavens Tear Posts: 157 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    I agree with this. I hate it that I can't extend the action bars or get more than 2. I know that you can get more by clicking on the button, but you can't move then after that. Almost every other game I've played allows you to customize the action bars.
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  • Deliverence - Heavens Tear
    Deliverence - Heavens Tear Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    I tottaly aggree with you Alexis, all of the things you pointed are are spot on. Would make the game a lot more enjoyable to play. Hopefully the programmers take note and do something about it.
  • keets1337
    keets1337 Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    I agree with all above. The uncustomizable-ness really bugs me, but the thing that annoys me most is the fact that you can't lock the camera behind your character and have to keep turning it every few minutes. It follows behind you in flight but you can't lock it in run. >.<
  • twilightzero
    twilightzero Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Yeah, I'm trying this out for the first time, and after extensive play in Guild Wars, I find the lack of button customization disturbing. Ditto the free camera system. Is there any workaround or anything for any of it? Or am I going to have to try to get used to a brand new way of moving around and attacking?
  • hargeva
    hargeva Posts: 28 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    I wish we could change our In Game Portraits to look like our playable charcter.

    I mean it gets confusing when I click on my friend who has blonde hair, and looks like the Harvey Dent guy from the Batman movie, and his potrait looks like a doped up Shimigami off Death Note b:laugh
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  • Zolaren - Sanctuary
    Zolaren - Sanctuary Posts: 35 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    keets1337 wrote: »
    the thing that annoys me most is the fact that you can't lock the camera behind your character and have to keep turning it every few minutes.

    System menu->System Settings->Game tab->A,D keys ... I believe that's what you're looking for ;)
  • Loopy - Heavens Tear
    Loopy - Heavens Tear Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    I would love to repostion my mini- map, etc on the fly.
    I seriously miss the functionality of WoW and the user mods that add in helpful wigits like a herb finder, the drops table and so on.
    M.

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