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Addons for Gamepad mode Interface?

IndianaJames7
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I have always used vanilla user interface with gamepad mode on PC, but the removal of scaling has now made this very uncomfortable. Sure gameplay is still 100% functional, but all of the menus I bring up are just waaay to big. Just scrolling through my inventory feels like I'm going to get a headache... I can't imagine the nightmare inventory management is going to be the next time I have to go through it all.

From what I have seen in other threads ZOS hasn't really given a good explanation as to why this was implemented and if/when they will fix it so that scaling works properly again. But given the history of ZOS just making decisions that no one asked for or wanted and just sticking with it, it is probably best I find a way to adapt to this as the new status quo.

That being said, are there any addons that will fix this issue if ZOS will not? I haven't used 3rd party UIs because honestly I like vanilla interface, but I would be open to using one if it means scaling is fixed. If I'm exhausted after a long day, the last thing I want to do is look into a screen where the font is hard to read and is going to give me a headache. This scaling issue 100% will reduce the amount of time I am willing to spend in game, seeing as most weekdays I'm tired and wanting to go to bed before I even log on...
  • TheFM
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    Bandits UI works really well on gamepad, so does AUI, dressing room works on gamepad too. Only ones i really use , i prefer bandits over aui tho.

    However with the update my addons are all broken, so im waiting to have them updated before using them again.
    Edited by TheFM on February 25, 2020 3:32AM
  • Alienoutlaw
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    Azurah let you re-scale everything on screen
  • virtus753
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    I have always used vanilla user interface with gamepad mode on PC, but the removal of scaling has now made this very uncomfortable. Sure gameplay is still 100% functional, but all of the menus I bring up are just waaay to big. Just scrolling through my inventory feels like I'm going to get a headache... I can't imagine the nightmare inventory management is going to be the next time I have to go through it all.

    From what I have seen in other threads ZOS hasn't really given a good explanation as to why this was implemented and if/when they will fix it so that scaling works properly again. But given the history of ZOS just making decisions that no one asked for or wanted and just sticking with it, it is probably best I find a way to adapt to this as the new status quo.

    That being said, are there any addons that will fix this issue if ZOS will not? I haven't used 3rd party UIs because honestly I like vanilla interface, but I would be open to using one if it means scaling is fixed. If I'm exhausted after a long day, the last thing I want to do is look into a screen where the font is hard to read and is going to give me a headache. This scaling issue 100% will reduce the amount of time I am willing to spend in game, seeing as most weekdays I'm tired and wanting to go to bed before I even log on...

    ZOS claims that there were "a myriad" of UI-related issues caused by scaling the gamepad UI, hence the change. There were numerous posts on the PTS forums asking to have this reverted, to no avail.

    I don't know if an add-on can access UI scaling in gamepad mode or if the API prevents it now. Either way, the US does have laws that require communications (including visual interfaces) to be made "accessible," and some of these laws (such as the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, or CVAA) apply to video games as well. The FCC is the US body that regulates accessibility in communications and provides support for mediating accessibility-related issues.

    If you want to get in touch with Zenimax' designated "accessibility customer care representative" to pursue a solution, since nothing on the forums has worked so far, here is the contact information provided by the company to the FCC for that purpose:

    ZeniMax Media Inc.
    1370 Piccard Drive
    Rockville, MD 20850

    Phone: 301-926-8300

    If a company is unresponsive or unwilling to work with you to address an accessibility issue, you have the option to have the FCC assist you. I don't know if this is limited to US-based customers, though, or open to everyone who is a customer of a US-based business.
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