How do I get the old UI back?

ospray315 · June 2

I cannot see a setting for it

And the new one looks flat and lifeless (if not a bit cheap too)

colossalvoids · June 2

There was a link to a github with the old UI packed as an addon, was like 1gig+ archive. Probably on this or the next forum page

colossalvoids · June 2

Dack_Janiels wrote: »

For people that don’t like the new UI look that are on PC, I have uploaded a addon to GitHub to revert the changes. Due to the size it will not be published to esoui; that is also probably a reason the devs did not have an option to revert in the game since the goal was to trim file sizes. Unzipped folder size is roughly 1.2gigs.

https://github.com/DakJaniels/Pre101046UI/releases/tag/v2

ospray315 · June 2

Thank you

Will give that a try

No idea what they where thinking with this change, or just looking to save money I guess

Pixiepumpkin · June 2

ospray315 wrote: »

Thank you

Will give that a try

No idea what they where thinking with this change, or just looking to save money I guess

Agreed. Makes me wonder if they have an intern now working on their UI stuff/promotional material (someone not as versed in photoshop or illustrator).

SolidBeast · June 2

Prob stupid question. Are we allowed to overwrite these files with this patch? I need the old UI back, this new one does not fit ESO at all.

meekmiko · June 2

We told them that the new modernized UI was bad VERY early on in the PTS cycle, that if people wanted something like this they could easily use one of the many UI add-ons, but they didn't listen nor seem to fix anything about how bad it was, lawl. 🤷‍♀️

Vedova · June 2

The new UI is terrible, seems to be so dull, watered all my colours down changed all my settings and well it should have never been changed was nothing wrong with the old one.

I will download that dudes file above if restores the old UI back, but need to know where to install it etc so as i can get the game back to looking good again.

DenverRalphy · June 2

Dunno that I'd be quick to replace files via github.

Can already see banwave triggered by bot/hack countermeasures.

Danikat · June 2

DenverRalphy wrote: »

Dunno that I'd be quick to replace files via github.

Can already see banwave triggered by bot/hack countermeasures.

Well I won't be playing much/at all with the new UI, so I'll take my chances.

Xarc · June 2

colossalvoids wrote: »

There was a link to a github with the old UI packed as an addon, was like 1gig+ archive. Probably on this or the next forum page

really sad that ZOS didnt listen to us when we asked for an ingame option to choose old or new ui.

Soarora · June 2

DenverRalphy wrote: »

Dunno that I'd be quick to replace files via github.

Can already see banwave triggered by bot/hack countermeasures.

It's a UI addon like any other UI addon, it's just too big to be uploaded on minion.

Danikat · June 2

Edit: This turned out to have a very simple fix: I removed -v2 from the folder name, so it's just Pre101046UI and now it's working.

I'm not sure why but the addon isn't working for me. The first time I downloaded it I only got the Art folder, so it didn't show up in-game at all. Now I've got the .addon file, the LUA file and the TextureRedirect file, but the new (old) art isn't loading, so I've got no art at all:

(I actually wouldn't mind the transparent backgrounds, but missing all the icons makes menus somewhat difficult to use.)

Syldras · June 2

DenverRalphy wrote: »

Can already see banwave triggered by bot/hack countermeasures.

Considering most people seem to truly hate the changes, and even some players I know who never used any add ons before downloaded this one,... They can't ban everyone, can they?

Syldras · June 2

Danikat wrote: »

I'm not sure why but the addon isn't working for me. The first time I downloaded it I only got the Art folder, so it didn't show up in-game at all. Now I've got the .addon file, the LUA file and the TextureRedirect file, but the new (old) art isn't loading, so I've got no art at all:

(I actually wouldn't mind the transparent backgrounds, but missing all the icons makes menus somewhat difficult to use.)

@Danikat

Did you delete "ShaderCache.cooked" inside \Elder Scrolls Online\live\ ? After restarting the game a fresh one should be created.

heaven13 · June 2

This new UI is atrocious. Thank you for the link to the old one; will definitely need to give that a shot.

MasterSpatula · June 2

Wow, this is... dreadful.

tsaescishoeshiner · June 2

The new boss healthbars in particular are harder to see and read for me.

The new UI is unwarm and without character. I see why it's "modern"--it does look like the UI in polished console games, and it does resemble the UI that people usually use addons for. We've been getting a lot of basegame updates that resemble popular addons, which is good, and I think this is another one of those changes. However, I think it's way too cold and lifeless.

The style of the old UI resembled the worldspace a bit better while still being readable to me.

The new UI is like if you had a nicely bound leather book, and someone put a black book jacket over it. Or if you lived in a cozy brick house and someone painted over it gray. Maybe I'll get used to it, these changes are always most noticeable at first.

Mrtoobyy · June 2

It seems that nowadays when things get "modernized" it gets simplified too much.
Maybe it's just me but alot of changes seems so similiar to cell phone games. The same goes for soundtracks, it sounds great but you can clearly hear that alot of the cinematic soundtracks is done by plugins.

Many things in ESO in the last couple of years seems to go this direction including soundtrack, UI, design.
Not all things thank god. Alot of the things have been done really good by ZOS but I feel the modernization takes away the "weight and feel" of the game. Things seem to thin, plastic and hollow

shadyjane62 · June 2

Time travel.

NeoniKa · June 3

I absolutely cannot understand the motivation behind destroying the game this much. What is the point in making the UI look worse and more intrusive? I would understand if it were optional for those who prefer a bad-looking UI, but forcing this UI downgrade and completely eliminating the UI that was good and that everyone liked is unthinkable.

SpiritKitten · June 3

addon to fix UI here: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/8321877#Comment_8321877

Soarora · June 3

NeoniKa wrote: »

I absolutely cannot understand the motivation behind destroying the game this much. What is the point in making the UI look worse and more intrusive? I would understand if it were optional for those who prefer a bad-looking UI, but forcing this UI downgrade and completely eliminating the UI that was good and that everyone liked is unthinkable.

What's crazy is that it was already optional! There's several UI addons that give a similar effect.

sleepy_worm · June 3

Not to yum anyone's yuck, but I think it looks better now. You are allowed to be annoyed about it, of course, but don't pretend there is universal agreement that it is a downgrade.

Soarora · June 3

sleepy_worm wrote: »

Not to yum anyone's yuck, but I think it looks better now. You are allowed to be annoyed about it, of course, but don't pretend there is universal agreement that it is a downgrade.

Of course there are people who like the new UI, there wouldn't be so many similar UI addons if it weren't the case. But for the more rustic fantasy UI lovers, there's no such addon options to personalize. So, with the loss of the base game UI, we lost our only option.

ADarklore · June 3

The new UI looks exactly like the console UI... which probably means it was a console to PC UI port.

Xarc · June 3

OK I guess ZOS's goal has been to simplify the weight of the game in terms of bytes since it is starting to be heavy.

The former UI is available in addon (thank you to the author), but weighs more than 1GB apparently.
This is surely the reason why Zos has not implemented the option of choosing the new/old IU ...

Once again, the lack of communication on this subject is problematic. We are imposed on us without explaining to us and then we are surprised that people are not happy.
11 years of communication problems, it is really a trademark at Zenimax.

ZOS_Icy · June 3

Greetings,

With there already being a thread opened on this subject here, we're going to go ahead and close this one down.

Thank you for understanding.