Text/Font size

[papajack99]

Has the developer increase the game font size ? Is it a very hard thing to do ? Why make the rext so small at the first place ? Hope to hear some good news as this is the only reason holding me from buying

[papajack99]

OMG !...Friend show his game and I am totally shocked by how small the font is ..I am expecting small...but this is tiny unreadable ...those who love details and love to read ...better stay away from this game at the moment ..totally shcoking ...

[Spud Dastardly]

I've seen people complaining about the font size for months. Is it just a resolution problem? Because for me the font in game is no smaller than the text on this forum at default zoom.

[Davor]

Sadly this isn't the only game that does it. I just can't wait when the devs get older and then they have a hard time reading the fonts. Always seems a non issue when you are in your younger days. :P

Please Please devs make the fonts bigger. At least comment on it, since the silence is defening over this topic.

[papajack99]

Yes ..at least a comment on the status of this issue..I am not sure how difficult it is to increase the font size or the Devs choose to ignore or just dont bother

[Davor]

Originally posted by papajack99:

Yes ..at least a comment on the status of this issue..I am not sure how difficult it is to increase the font size or the Devs choose to ignore or just dont bother

I think it is a hard job. Reading on the Distant Worlds forum about this matter, the Devs said they would try and make the fonts bigger but is a very hard job to do. I don't remember if they ever did it or not. Usually the devs are good at talking about stuff, so surprised that nothing here is mentioned, UNLESS they did comment on it and I didn't read it or forgot they said anything about this.

[Severian]

It has come up before (early in EA) and we have tried to get it done (I am old and wear reading glasses, so I am all for it, lol), but balance and feature priorities are always higher on the list, sadly, and it isn't as easy as it appears, as Davor mentioned. It's partly Unity issues and partly video driver issues. I am truly sorry and I hope we can get it into a patch soon. In the meantime, I am squinting too (on my laptop - not my regular PC, which shows the text fine!). FYI, my laptop also shows Steam UI text very tiny - much tinier than the MOO text!

[Davor]

Thank you for the comment. Greatly appreciated.

How about then iif you can't make the font bigger, you add in a magnifying glass of some sorts? Maybe holding a certian key say the K key or what ever is not being used and what shows up in the mouse pointer inlarges that area a bit so if we see something that is too small for us to read in my case the distances of a ship will move, we put the mouse over the number hit K and a small pop up shows with that area a bit bigger and we can the fonts bigger then.

Something that is like on iPad when reading articles or what not. It's not the perfect sollution but then I would believe you can bypass the driver and Unity issues since you are not trying to make the fonts bigger but we can select what to make bigger for our reading then.