Can we get an option to not have the npc text box?? npc instanced conversations with subtitles plz!

MrDenimChicken

I play console, and that huge black screen with paragraphs of text that comes up every time i talk to npc's really breaks immersion imo, takes me out of the game world and forces me to stare at words on a black screen.

Can we get an option to just have the dialogue in subtitles at the bottom of the screen? This way, it doesn't seem as obvious that you are being taken out of the world for a second into an instanced conversation with an npc and reading from a giant black rectangle.

I understand that this is an mmo so you can't do the same dialogue system as skyrim's. But at least make the instanced dialogues a little more like a conversation and less like 50/50 split with a character on the left and a wall of text they are reading from on the right! Make it full screen with subtitles on the bottom to make it more organic!

Thevampirenight

MrDenimChicken wrote: »

I play console, and that huge black screen with paragraphs of text that comes up every time i talk to npc's really breaks immersion imo, takes me out of the game world and forces me to stare at words on a black screen.

Can we get an option to just have the dialogue in subtitles at the bottom of the screen? This way, it doesn't seem as obvious that you are being taken out of the world for a second into an instanced conversation with an npc and reading from a giant black rectangle.

I understand that this is an mmo so you can't do the same dialogue system as skyrim's. But at least make the instanced dialogues a little more like a conversation and less like 50/50 split with a character on the left and a wall of text they are reading from on the right! Make it full screen with subtitles on the bottom to make it more organic!

On pc your able to turn that off, you might be able to do so on consoles but they only gave part of the chat interface to consoles with the latest patch from what I understand. I only play on pc and you have the ability to turn it off in the chat options menu. You might also be able to shrink the size of the black screen or move it as well, not sure how well you are able to do it without the mouse but you might be able to do it.

Heres an example of what the chat interface looks like without addons changing it on pc
On the right side of the chat on top there is that cicle thing that would allow you to access the settings of the screen itself I am not sure how they did it for consoles but from what I am thinking they added part of the chat interface into the game thus you might be able to turn off the npc text.

llSRRll

[quote/] On pc your able to turn that off, you might be able to do so on consoles but they only gave part of the chat interface to consoles with the latest patch from what I understand. I only play on pc and you have the ability to turn it off in the chat options menu. You might also be able to shrink the size of the black screen or move it as well, not sure how well you are able to do it without the mouse but you might be able to do it. [/quote]



I was curious to this as well, I wish I could just turn the chat box off completely as I always just listen to the NPC anyways

Thevampirenight

llSRRll wrote: »

[quote/] On pc your able to turn that off, you might be able to do so on consoles but they only gave part of the chat interface to consoles with the latest patch from what I understand. I only play on pc and you have the ability to turn it off in the chat options menu. You might also be able to shrink the size of the black screen or move it as well, not sure how well you are able to do it without the mouse but you might be able to do it.

I was curious to this as well, I wish I could just turn the chat box off completely as I always just listen to the NPC anyways[/quote]

I just edited the post above with an image, showing what it looks like on pc.

NewBlacksmurf

On console...so you want the text box gone....but what is your suggestion to interact because within the text box is your response. What would the response look like and how would you select a response if not text boxes existed?

On PC, while you can turn on/off the NPC dialogue while they are just talking in general but not to you specifically, you still have to interact with NPC dialogue. We on console don't get to see the General NPC dialogue that appears in blue when I play on PC that can be turned on/off. I don't think even on PC, they can turn off NPC interaction dialogue when you're questing.

Thevampirenight

Also almost forgot on pc they have arrows in the far left corner that allows one to get rid of the black box, when you don't want to see chat box while your character is in the one of the interface menus like inventory or attributes screen. I do not think they have this for console version but they might if you want to get rid of the box all together.

MrDenimChicken

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

On console...so you want the text box gone....but what is your suggestion to interact because within the text box is your response. What would the response look like and how would you select a response if not text boxes existed?

On PC, while you can turn on/off the NPC dialogue while they are just talking in general but not to you specifically, you still have to interact with NPC dialogue. We on console don't get to see the General NPC dialogue that appears in blue when I play on PC that can be turned on/off. I don't think even on PC, they can turn off NPC interaction dialogue when you're questing.

Just have your response above or under the subtitles. I thought this would be pretty obvious.

Just copy the model of skyrim's. It's so much less in your face. Take a look at this link: http://guides.gamepressure.com/theelderscrollsvskyrim/gfx/word/962266953.jpg