I always had this idea in mind while playing other games - no matter if they were sandbox games or shooters.
Sadly the games always were already finnished or so close to completion that this idea was never added to the games.
I am talking about a fully customizable GUI like it was recently introduced with the game "Life is Feudal: Your Own" where you can rearrange every element of the GUI.
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It is a good step in the right direction but I think the developers of Factorio can take this to a whole new level (since they are the most skilled indie devs I have ever seen - yes I am a fan ).
Let's say for example I prefer to have my tool belt in the bottom left corner and the minimap in the right - or even having the toolbelt vertically on the right side of the screen (like I have my taskbar on my computer).
You should be able to snap the elements in place (left, middle, right, next to another element, on top of another element) and place them completly free (move the inventory to the side so you can still see the char or let the minimap hover with a little offset in te right hand top corner).
Also the GUI elements should be scalable in my opinion - which would solve the problem of having a too small GUI when playing in higher resolutions than 1920x1080.
I have attached two exaples you can take a look at.
-Nic
Completly customizable GUI (with examples)
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Completly customizable GUI (with examples)
Last edited by Nic on Sat Dec 27, 2014 11:18 pm, edited 2 times in total.
I am Nic and I love to play games - the more unique the game concept is, the more I am up to buy a game and support the developers with my ideas.
If you want to watch my gameplay videos you do find them on YouTube: http://fwd.nicmd.de/ytng
If you want to watch my gameplay videos you do find them on YouTube: http://fwd.nicmd.de/ytng
Re: Completly customizable GUI (with examples)
I just encountered another problem some people have when playing the game in way smaller resolutions than 1920x1080 - for them some elements of the GUI just get too big (since the GUI does not resize automatically with the game).
Those players would benefit from this idea, too since they could also scale down all the elements (I am also talking about the inventory screen and the window you get when opening buildings and chests).
Another great addition would be that windows would remember their position, even if they are windows which are only there when you open something (you can move them around at the moment by clicking the top edge and dragging them).
If I prefer to have my inventory window slightly moved to the left it would be great if it would be there every time I open it.
Those players would benefit from this idea, too since they could also scale down all the elements (I am also talking about the inventory screen and the window you get when opening buildings and chests).
Another great addition would be that windows would remember their position, even if they are windows which are only there when you open something (you can move them around at the moment by clicking the top edge and dragging them).
If I prefer to have my inventory window slightly moved to the left it would be great if it would be there every time I open it.
I am Nic and I love to play games - the more unique the game concept is, the more I am up to buy a game and support the developers with my ideas.
If you want to watch my gameplay videos you do find them on YouTube: http://fwd.nicmd.de/ytng
If you want to watch my gameplay videos you do find them on YouTube: http://fwd.nicmd.de/ytng
Re: Completly customizable GUI (with examples)
I would agree with this, my screen is a fair bit small (right now I'm using two monitors) but here are some screenshots from my computer.
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Re: Completly customizable GUI (with examples)
You can not yet drag around GUI elements, but there is a scale option in the menu nowvzybilly wrote:I would agree with this, my screen is a fair bit small (right now I'm using two monitors) but here are some screenshots from my computer.Turret InfoLogistics Info
I am Nic and I love to play games - the more unique the game concept is, the more I am up to buy a game and support the developers with my ideas.
If you want to watch my gameplay videos you do find them on YouTube: http://fwd.nicmd.de/ytng
If you want to watch my gameplay videos you do find them on YouTube: http://fwd.nicmd.de/ytng
Re: Completly customizable GUI (with examples)
I turned it off for the screenshots but I run it around 75% but that started to make some stuff hard to see...
some times it even needs to be smaller >.>
some times it even needs to be smaller >.>
Will code for Food. I also have 11+ mods!