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Can anyone read the ui text in The Witcher 3?
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the_batman
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have people not heard of eyeglasses or contacts? i'm as blind as you can get but i've had no issues with stuff like this.
I've heard of them, but they won't make me see any better. Blind as you can get my ass...
You are a real badass, aren't you?
FreezerGeezer
Member
Game on both a 27inch and 50Inch and I don't have a problem on either.
Dirtyshubb
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I must admit that even when using my 50inch TV the ps4 text can be a real pain to read since I have to put extra effort since its so small. I also had my eyes tested a couple of weeks ago and have perfect vision so my eyes aren't the problem.
Glad someone brought this up. I play on a 55 inch TV about 7 feet away. The text is tiny, especially for ingredients.
I turned the HUD scale all the way up and it made a lot of the text a lot easier to read, but it's still a little small for things like the character skills page and ingredients/descriptions, but not as bad as the default setting.
This is probably my only complaint with the game haha!
I turned the HUD scale all the way up and it made a lot of the text a lot easier to read, but it's still a little small for things like the character skills page and ingredients/descriptions, but not as bad as the default setting.
This is probably my only complaint with the game haha!
I'm a few hours into the game and I think this is my only problem with the game. UI elements and the text are goddamn small. My eye sight is not that good and I think I'm very close in front of 32" tv and its really difficult to make out the text and some items. Really wish the bigger HUD affect the other UIs as well.
0ptimusPayne
Member
Already beaten to the punch, but the text size reminds me of playing the original dead rising on my tube tv back in the day...I really hope they can patch it somehow
hobblygobbly
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Well in my case contacts or glasses do not fix my eye sight 100%, I just barely pass the test to drive a car legally with contacts/glasses on (I have a degenerative eye disease, had 4 surgeries to reduce the rate).
For me the game is fine since I'm playing it on PC and have the UI scale on large, but if this was on PS4 on TV it would be impossible for me to play.
Games have always had accessibility issues when it comes to sight including colour blindness.
The small UI text is awful. Wish developers would stop getting this wrong. Scalable UI text needs to be mandatory for all games. Love the game but this issue comes close to ruining the experience for me.
If you are playing on a TV UI scale to large isn't good enough for most of the UI text. Unless you are sitting really close or have amazing eyesight.
If you are playing on a TV UI scale to large isn't good enough for most of the UI text. Unless you are sitting really close or have amazing eyesight.
I would wager this is because you sitting fairly close to your monitor. Game text isn't scaled for TV sitting where you can be 7 to 10 feet away from the screen.
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JoJo UK
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After reading how a lot of people were having problems in the OT I was a bit worried that I would have an issue with text size (I wear glasses for reading/using a computer/etc.) in saying that I don't have an issue with any text and have the HUD set to small.
I'm playing on a 40" LCD 1080p TV BTW.
I'm playing on a 40" LCD 1080p TV BTW.
I agree with this however, if people are having an issue there should be some sort of slider.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
I thought the subtitle text was a little too big for me! But again, I'm playing on a 27inch monitor
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There was a fontui mod for Witcher 2. Maybe someone makes a mod for 3.
sciencerob
Member
I feel my couch might be 6-8 feet from my 42 inch tv and i have to try hard to make out the items I'm looting. Definitely takes away from the experience in my case.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
This is the only big issue I'm having with the game so far. It's readable, but some of the text, especially the text in loot boxes, is very hard to read, and I still sit kind of close to my TV and have very good vision in general.
Witcher 2 has an option that made all the text much larger. I never had any issues with text size in that game.
Witcher 2 has an option that made all the text much larger. I never had any issues with text size in that game.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Will setting PS4 to 720p help?
LegalEagleMike
Member
This game has made me consider for the first time in my life that I might finally need glasses.
I hate small text in games...
most of the time I lay in my bed and play my games. I use a 42" 1080p LCD TV, and I´m about 2,5 or 3 metres away from the screen.. The text on the mobile phone in GTA V is VERY hard to read..
ohhh and my vision sucks.. I´m 40 years old, and I have -6,5 on my right eye and -7,0 on my left eye. BUT I use contactlenses that makes me see stuff VERY good.
most of the time I lay in my bed and play my games. I use a 42" 1080p LCD TV, and I´m about 2,5 or 3 metres away from the screen.. The text on the mobile phone in GTA V is VERY hard to read..
ohhh and my vision sucks.. I´m 40 years old, and I have -6,5 on my right eye and -7,0 on my left eye. BUT I use contactlenses that makes me see stuff VERY good.
RageWaffles
Member
The text looks fine to me
because I've been playing FF XIV on PS4 for the past week. All other games' HUDs and text look large and overwhelming now.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Unbelievable that after 10 years of HD gaming and small fonts, Devs still don't get it and making fonts sizes way too small.
The subtitles are small enough but item font descriptions are even smaller. I've actually had to take up sitting right up to the TV because my usually comfortable spot away and sitting back from the TV, I'm having difficulty reading anything and it's a strain.
It's actually hampering my enjoyment of the game. It's just ridiculous and uncalled for.
The subtitles are small enough but item font descriptions are even smaller. I've actually had to take up sitting right up to the TV because my usually comfortable spot away and sitting back from the TV, I'm having difficulty reading anything and it's a strain.
It's actually hampering my enjoyment of the game. It's just ridiculous and uncalled for.
Dandare4444
Member
The irony....I bought my first hdtv just after buying dead rising 1 to save my eyes from SD death...fast forward to 2015 and I still have text issues at 1080p, the damm NPC text in FF XIV is so small...
Lightning Count
Member
Surely it can't be any worse than playing HD games on a sub HD display, I remember back in 2006 playing my 360 on my CRT TV, could barely read a word in most UI's.
That and improved picture quality was the reasoning behind my first HDTV purchase.
That and improved picture quality was the reasoning behind my first HDTV purchase.
fran.fernandez
Member
32 inch, playing like 3 meters from tv. Text are really small for me.
CDPR did this with The Witcher 2 as well. It's a little ridiculous.
The size is small, but I can deal with it. What I loathe is the font used, it's beyond ugly, they probably found it in a 5.25" floppy laying around the office.