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Yeah, currently only gameplay UI elements are adjustable. I don't think there's an option to make the story chatboxes big even on PC.
If you're on beta server 5, I made a NeoGAF linkshell. Whisper my character (Ishamaru Isorath) if you want an invite. Much easier to help people if I'm in the game rather then having to switch back and fourth between the PC and PS4. >.<;
Tapping the pad refers to the touch-pad itself, where as clicking it refers to actually pressing the button on the pad in.
jacksepticeye
Member
Yeah, clicking pushes it in like L3 and R3. Tapping it is just like when you tap your smartphone or tablet touchscreens, you don't push it all the way in
IAmRandom31
Banned
This is BETA. You do what BETA is meant for and complain about the issue in the forums.
With enough complaining, Square will likely patch in either a " change font size " option in the options menu or just increase the font overall before the Beta is even finished. Wouldn't take much.
Can't wait to get home and play more! Took an hour last night just to get my initial character Neo Meteo into the game world, thanks to being dumb and backing out of character creation initially which caused a 40 minute delay in creating my 2nd character lol. Ended up passing out at 3:20am, woke up for work at 5:40am. Good times!
The Praiseworthy
Member
Logged in with excitement... logged out 15 minutes later because of the text size :\
I felt like I was going blind.
I felt like I was going blind.
ethomaz
Banned
There are any place to report this issues... I mean official place?
BTW the PC is like that yet and people complained a lot... so this BETA like that shows they are not so open to change and it is terrible (I have good eyes).
Yeah, it appears to add a second service account if you have a Windows service account already active. Just select whatever is your primary account (Probably 1)
The developers respond at the official forums: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forum.php
Best place to make yourself heard, as long as you're polite.
Uh, it's been out for 6 months and has 1.5 million players.
giancarlo123x
Banned
This is the first mmo I've played in years. I can say I'm enjoying it very much. Maybe sometime the road if I see it on sale I'll pick it up.
hidepsyence
Member
Man this duty finder queue is kinda slow
Dre_G_Writer
Member
OOOHHH, so THATS how I was able to select something with the tracpad.
Didn't know the tracpad was able to tap, i thought it was a click only option.
But the CLICKING of the tracpad toggles between elements thats visible on your UI screen. For example, clicking the tracpad can switch between the mini map and chat window and using the d-pad to select individual items on the element itself.
On the PS3, the select button did this option, but since the PS4 doesn't have a select button, and its now a share button, they had to use the tracpad to do that action.
But now that I know that tapping works, thats how I was able to "grab" the right corner of the chat window and drag it out to make the chat window bigger, by double tapping(not clicking) the tracpad.
At first I kept "clicking" it and it was switching between the UI elements, and I tried hit the X button, but that was selection people.
but the tracpad does need some tweaking though.
To go one step further, here is the thread that someone has made on this very topic. I would recommend everyone go there and complain now:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/147906-PS4-UI-Scaling
You must be a dps class. Enjoy those wait times.
They've given official subscriber numbers?
I played late last night for a couple hours.
First, it took me 1.5hrs to setup and get into a server. The SE initial setup interface is horrible. Looks ripped straight from PC. The resolution is a nightmare. By the way, I'd downloaded the game a few days ago, so taking that long despite not having the initial, large download is bad. It's a beta though. They can easily fix this.
Getting into a server was troublesome with all the full servers, but again, just beta teething. I made 2 characters to try on 2 different servers. One of them got in after about 5 minutes and I got to play a couple hours.
I enjoyed the time, much to my surprise. I'm just lvl3, but the visuals and actual game experience was fun. I enjoy grinding in RPGs, so looks like fun. As long as the combat system expands and offers new challenges, I can really dig it.
I don't much lik e the map system in the city I'm in, Ul'dah. The quests span multiple parts of the city, but the map can only show small parts of the city. So it's confusing figuring out what part of town a waypoint is located in. Maybe put a waypoint indicator on screen as part of the HUD. It would make navigation so much easier and make the poorly sized HUD less of an issue. I'm just glad I have great eyesite. The tiny icons littered around the HUD are really yard to read, even on my 55 inch TV.
Cool game. Will play more today. Will this game be f2p when released? I really hope so. PEACE.
First, it took me 1.5hrs to setup and get into a server. The SE initial setup interface is horrible. Looks ripped straight from PC. The resolution is a nightmare. By the way, I'd downloaded the game a few days ago, so taking that long despite not having the initial, large download is bad. It's a beta though. They can easily fix this.
Getting into a server was troublesome with all the full servers, but again, just beta teething. I made 2 characters to try on 2 different servers. One of them got in after about 5 minutes and I got to play a couple hours.
I enjoyed the time, much to my surprise. I'm just lvl3, but the visuals and actual game experience was fun. I enjoy grinding in RPGs, so looks like fun. As long as the combat system expands and offers new challenges, I can really dig it.
I don't much lik e the map system in the city I'm in, Ul'dah. The quests span multiple parts of the city, but the map can only show small parts of the city. So it's confusing figuring out what part of town a waypoint is located in. Maybe put a waypoint indicator on screen as part of the HUD. It would make navigation so much easier and make the poorly sized HUD less of an issue. I'm just glad I have great eyesite. The tiny icons littered around the HUD are really yard to read, even on my 55 inch TV.
Cool game. Will play more today. Will this game be f2p when released? I really hope so. PEACE.
The problem now is that every single PS4 owner will be playing on a tv, most likely with 1080p, so this will in fact affect all of them, unless they have big-ass tvs. I was playing on a 47" tv which was doable, but the text size was still noticeably small, and if I were to actually sit at my couch I'd still have to squint to see it.
Yankee Ruin X
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Ok I want to move and make the chat box bigger, how do I do that? I use the trackpad to drag the cursor over to the top right of the chat box and the cursor changes into a 4 arrow shape one so I assume that means you can drag it around but I can't figure out how to actually grab hold of it. Any ideas?
Anyway, as for my playtime, I went in for another hour or so, and did some quests and beat up some monsters. This game is fun, and I can see myself getting addicted. I met someone and we added each other to in-game friends list. I can tell that once we all get the hang of the game it will be really fun to play with others. I can't wait to go deeper, and I'm really considering doing the subscription for the game when it comes out, at least for a few months.
A FF-ish story buried under tons of fetch quest.
I SURE HOPE YOU ENJOY MAKING DINNER.
devious.one
Member
No, subscription service. And If the recent information about FFXIV being one of SE's highest providers is right, I doubt you will be seeing f2p anytime soon for this game.
Every single PS3 owner is playing on a TV and they still give no fucks. lol
Ah so theres no way to have everything under account 1 right? My primary account already had ps3 and pc registered.
Also wheres the GAF FC or LS?
Is the PS3 version 1080p? I haven't seen it running on a tv but it seems it affects the higher resolution mostly.
MidgarBlowedUp
Member
that makes sense, it's exactly what I do for pc when playing on my TV. I think I do gpu scaling from 1080p to 720p.
you can always r3 when your selling items or looking at your inventory but it gets old.
Pankratous
Member
For those on the fence, the game gets significantly better at level 20 and above.
Yes. They're actually over 1.8 million.
PS3 version runs at 720p, and all the UI elements are much bigger.
Heh... this first beta test only goes up to level 20. But you're right, the early levels are basically a tutorial.
I don't know but it's been an issue for PS3 gamers from the get. Make some noise though. They might start to care but all indications tell me they won't.
Its runs fine, just seems to glitch up when your zoomed into multiple light sources and there a tens of other players around.
Nuts, but thanks for the reply. I'll have to think hard about that sub. Hmm... PEACE.
Link?
MidgarBlowedUp
Member
I keep pressing the share button instead of the track pad. PC with xbox360 controller for me screwed up.
I'm noticing much better frame rates outside of towns. I just did a fate with a ton of people and it ran great, better than my PC.
I'm noticing much better frame rates outside of towns. I just did a fate with a ton of people and it ran great, better than my PC.
I'd have to find it again. Gimme a few.
Performance is better for me than on my PC, plus I have the ability to stream which is really awesome. Mind you, my CPU is kind of crap. XD
Perhaps more then that, it seems to handle a ton of players on screen better then the PC version does. No 60 FPS or anything, but it's actually playable.
The PS3 UI is too small for some people? I feel like the UI buries the game, really looking forward to PS4 launch.
MidgarBlowedUp
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yeah ps3 was awful. what are your PC stats? I'm just curious, because overall the game runs a little better on ps4 than my PC, but I'm sporting and old and 965be stock with a gtx760. I'm guessing it runs better than mine due to the old CPU I have
Eh, not even close for me (I don't ever go below 30 FPS in Revenant's Toll on my PC), but it's fine. I was just wondering what was up with the people who were complaining about the game being 15 FPS, and I'm going to assume they were in town.
i5 3570k @ 4.2 GHz, GTX 670.
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