Give us HIDE UI (F10) for CONTROLLER!

[retsa2b]

It's nice that you guys added controller support (or, more accurately, allowed that PS5 users wanted to be able to use their control pad). But there are several things/features in the game which remain locked to kb/m play.

One of those, evidently, is the option to hide the UI.

This is accomplished with F10. So what does a controller user do? Hang around their keyboard and toggle F10 whenever the need arises? Bind F10 to one of their controller's buttons with a third party app?

Too bad: The moment you type ANYTHING, including of course F10, the game does its second-long pause and reconfigures the entire UI for KB/M use. So every time a controller user desires to quickly hide or bring back the UI, they have to endure seconds-long moments where the game basically freezes for the duration.

Why does hiding the UI matter? Easy answer: They put it in; clearly they understand. Longer answer: The game is 100+ hours, people are increasingly using OLED / QD-OLED displays, and the static UI elements in this game are bright and NEVER MOVE. If a person plays this game to the fullest and doesn't do anything at all to mitigate the issue, they WILL get some burn in.

[Lazlo]

I'm amazed I have to look at my player icon during every cutscene, very immersion breaking

[Athezia]

I wish I didn't see my player icon either during cutscenes. Really hope they add a setting to disable this during cutscenes if they can't add a button to hide the UI on controller without it switching to keyboard.

[Lazlo]

I recently learned: holding up on d pad is your torch, holding down is stealth whole party - maybe they can add it to the left or right side

[igeryu]

While in gamepad mode, F10 did work at one time, although the game stutters as the UI changes from gamepad to KB+M mode. However, I am now unable to get the UI to hide, while in gamepad mode. In fact, I am using a Steam Deck, and even holding the Steam button while moving the right trackpad around no longer results in the mouse being displayed, in BG3.

[shovel]

Originally posted by igeryu:

While in gamepad mode, F10 did work at one time, although the game stutters as the UI changes from gamepad to KB+M mode. However, I am now unable to get the UI to hide, while in gamepad mode. In fact, I am using a Steam Deck, and even holding the Steam button while moving the right trackpad around no longer results in the mouse being displayed, in BG3.

I just figured out you have to go into Options to change Input Mode to Automatic. Have F10 assigned to a button (I use one of the back grips, and assign another back grip to Quick Save btw). Then you'll have to push that button once to go into PC UI and again to Hide UI. After taking pretty screenshots, press it once more to go back to PC UI and then hit B to go back to controller UI. Probably any controller button works to go back but B works consistently for me.