Hi everyone, I am new to this game and forum.
I am 65 years old, I started playing and doing a little coding back in the Commodore days. As I get older my eyesight is getting worse, I just got a new pair of glasses a few months ago and I have started using my 50 inch TV as my monitor, which is pretty nice but, I am having some issues in game at times when there is a lot of data and information on screen so much so that the font used is not tiny but it is small and pretty hard to see. I have looked in game in the options and haven't seen anywhere that the font size can be changed. I usually play at 1920 x 1080 resolution and any setting less just doesn't look very good to me. Is there any way to change the font size, that I'm just not seeing ? Thank You for your time and responses.
Making Fonts Bigger
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Re: Making Fonts Bigger
Ctrl + mouse wheel will zoom the specific page in your browser.
Ctrl + 0 (zero) to reset to default size.
Dunno if it's only in Firefox or universal to all browsers (might be different key combination).
Edit:
Sorry, I thought you ask about forum.
For ingame X4, you have setting called UI scaling, albeit it might be looking bad above some level if you don't have very high resolution - try something like 1.5 or 2.0 UI scalling.
Ctrl + 0 (zero) to reset to default size.
Dunno if it's only in Firefox or universal to all browsers (might be different key combination).
Edit:
Sorry, I thought you ask about forum.
For ingame X4, you have setting called UI scaling, albeit it might be looking bad above some level if you don't have very high resolution - try something like 1.5 or 2.0 UI scalling.
Re: Making Fonts Bigger
Thanks Mr. Who,
I use Firefox and ctrl and plus or minus is great to enlarge or to make things smaller in the browser. You went one further and gave me a place to go in game to try to make the font bigger, which I am about to try out in a little while after I take care of a few chores around the house. I will let you know if it helps or not, thanks again.
I use Firefox and ctrl and plus or minus is great to enlarge or to make things smaller in the browser. You went one further and gave me a place to go in game to try to make the font bigger, which I am about to try out in a little while after I take care of a few chores around the house. I will let you know if it helps or not, thanks again.
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Re: Making Fonts Bigger
Hello dougala.
Welcome to X4. It is a marvellous game. I'm sorry you are having these difficulties.
Please understand that Egosoft has done a terrible job with the UI including the font and colour schemes. This makes it absurdly difficult to read, and impossible for some with colour blindness. Your option as best as I can figure is to increase the scale (size) of the UI. Go to Settings > Game Settings > UI Scale.
Mods have always been the salvation when Egosoft drops the ball, and there are a few that may be of help to you. I find the Better Target, UI Functional Radar Texture, and MapColors extensions to be of visual help. Check the Steam Workshop (https://steamcommunity.com/app/392160/workshop/) and Nexus Mods (https://www.nexusmods.com/x4foundations/mods/).
Good speed on your journey in X4.
Welcome to X4. It is a marvellous game. I'm sorry you are having these difficulties.
Please understand that Egosoft has done a terrible job with the UI including the font and colour schemes. This makes it absurdly difficult to read, and impossible for some with colour blindness. Your option as best as I can figure is to increase the scale (size) of the UI. Go to Settings > Game Settings > UI Scale.
Mods have always been the salvation when Egosoft drops the ball, and there are a few that may be of help to you. I find the Better Target, UI Functional Radar Texture, and MapColors extensions to be of visual help. Check the Steam Workshop (https://steamcommunity.com/app/392160/workshop/) and Nexus Mods (https://www.nexusmods.com/x4foundations/mods/).
Good speed on your journey in X4.