Larian Studios Forums Beyond Divinity (English) Suggestions Disappearing hit info

Hi all,

I tried a search for "combat text" and "hit info" and all I came up with was a mention of it in a thread about autosizing the text for all resolutions (good idea, btw, even at 1024 x 768 on my 19" my eyes get sore after a while from straining to see some of the game's text), so please forgive me if this has already been asked/suggested.

In Divine Divinity, when you landed a hit on an enemy, red text was displayed telling you how much damage you had done and if you hit the pause button with it on the screen, that text would freeze. This is not the case in Beyond, as the text disappears regardless of whether I pause the game or not. I know this is such a tiny little issue that it probably hasn't bothered a lot of people, but I would still like to see that text freeze when I pause. Is this possible? Is it a major hassle to implement? Maybe add an option to the configuration utility that allows the player to choose whether it sticks around or not?

Would anyone else like to see the disappearing hit info changed?

Yep, I'd like that freezing feature, too <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />
Kiya

Absolutly I miss that too <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for the responses, you two... now let's hope the three of us are enough for this to be implemented with the next patch... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Hmm, <founding a Freeze-Conspiracy-Triad> what about logging under a lot of fake nicks and thus increasing the need? And we can try to be very... loud, demanding etc - in the sense of...
Larians, we will buy the game if...
Kiya <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

You all have my support on this issue. I like to see it in order to determine if my stats are good or if a weapon is worth it.

Right on! I thought perhaps I was the only one picky enough to think this is a problem...heh...I would like to have the ability to see what damage I am doing, what crits are when I get them, etc. It is a bit strange that those tiny numbers continue to roll when the game is paused...

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Ype with so many different types of weapon and magic damage it would be really nice to actually be able to follow the damage numbers

Agreed, this would be a very good idea. The text is just too small and too fast for me to follow it most of the time--and expecially to read it with losing track of the actual fighting!

Same here, Tiffin - during a fight my eyes are glued to the health bars - so, I can't really track down. I dunno, HOW many screenshots I made (and died, muddling up my hands) to find out which XP are for killing and which might be quest XP. And the tiny writing strains my eyes as well <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />
I wouldn't mind the tiny values - if I could look at them in peace, instead of still squinting at health/Mana bars, by hitting the pause button.
Kiya

Good idea !
IMHO the best would have been a feature a la Baldur's Gate with a kind of text log reviewing all the fight, hits, xp etc...

Yep, i'll go along with this also. My eyesight isn't the best at the moment, I need a magnifying glass to read the contents on the back of a marmite jar. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> I also have the same problem as Kiya, my eyes are on the health bars most of the time, i barely get to see any of the action let alone the damage i'm inflicting by my chars.

Marie <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

I would like that too. And since we talk about blindnes, which is something I have in large amounts <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" /> the size of the fonts of the items descriptions really makes me suffer. Would it be possible to be enlarged a bit? Even with my glasses I have really difficult time reading them. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />