Better battle UI Ideal for PC

[TerriblyGrimm]

Okay so I noticed these options when I first started playing but didnt think to try them because usually it's best to start with the devs default settings.
(Except when it's Square Enix it would seem)

-In the In-game menu scroll down to "Config"
-From Config menu find "battle window"
-Change this setting to "Tab (left)

This will give you a really nice UI in battle, hope this helps everyone~

[HardAppleCider]

I did that for a while, but I switched it back to the mobile one.

Yeah, it doesn't look as good as the tabs one, but you can switch between characters faster (actually faster than you can in any other versoin to date) and it's only distracting for the first few min while you learn the interface.

[TerriblyGrimm]

Yeah, I can picture that, as I recall it was just a left and right to swap characters.

I would use that UI if the icons were smaller with less blue space, the scroll bars for that kind of menu is quite bothersome and unnecessary.

Hopefully someone figures out a way to apply that kind of UI change to the party menu UI because with all the blue space, there really is no need for a scroll bar.

[HardAppleCider]

Agree! The yellow bars at the top like in the tabs version would be perfect, imo. There's no reason to have them rise like that.

[TerriblyGrimm]

Yes definitely, I actually really like the idea of that transient yellow bar to display ATB,
it's not intrusive takes minimal space and is clear with it's information.
It really is an innovative design feature.

I would have to agree if they replaced the rising menu with those tabs and changed the size of the UI menu items it would make for one of the best battle UI designs in menu-based Final Fantasies thus far.

[John325]

I tried switching to "tabs" mode but couldn't figure out what button switched characters when you had more than one ready to go. Does anyone know which button does that on a 360 controller?

[TerriblyGrimm]

Tested, the icon on the UI that has two "chess pawn" shaped figures toggles between characters.

[HardAppleCider]

Originally posted by John325:

I tried switching to "tabs" mode but couldn't figure out what button switched characters when you had more than one ready to go. Does anyone know which button does that on a 360 controller?

That's one of the reasons I switched back. It used to be 'Y' on the SNES (left face button) but that's used for autobattle now.

They made a "switch character" button on the tabs configuration that looks like two arrows circling around and pointing towards each-other. AFAI could tell there's no hotkey, when there really should be.

[ArtificialRaven]

I could see the tab menu being great for touch screens but it's horrible switching characters w/out one. Default ftw.