New to Homecoming, looking for better in game UI

[ajchvy]

Hi there, I've been playing with some friends for about 3 weeks now and I forgot how small and non-modern the in game UI is and feels. Having looked around here, I see there are various mods but its hard to tell what some of them do. Is there a better in game UI mod?

 

Thanks

[Captain Fabulous]

What kind of changes are you looking to make? The UI is very customizable in terms of size, placement, colors, transparency, etc.

[ajchvy]

3 minutes ago, Captain Fabulous said:

What kind of changes are you looking to make? The UI is very customizable in terms of size, placement, colors, transparency, etc.

Size of the map and general quality of life. Its frustrating to me to have to zoom in on the tiny map to find things. I'm not sure if its even possible but an easier way to move and sort Enhancements without having to drag them from each page, and an overall improvement on how the UI looks.

I know I can change the size of the windows and positions, but they are clunky.

[Captain Fabulous]

You can resize the map, just pull on a corner. You can also detach it to make it a floating window. There are a few mods that alter the fonts and appearance of enhancements and power icons, but nothing that's going to change functionality.

Check out CIty Mod Installer, most of the game's mods can be found there.

[biostem]

2 hours ago, ajchvy said:

Size of the map and general quality of life. Its frustrating to me to have to zoom in on the tiny map to find things. I'm not sure if its even possible but an easier way to move and sort Enhancements without having to drag them from each page, and an overall improvement on how the UI looks.

I know I can change the size of the windows and positions, but they are clunky.

So, obviously, CoH is a 20+ year old game, so that's going to be reflected in its UI.  You talked about issues with the map, but I'm trying to understand how you'd envision it working better.  You can zoom and move it around pretty much like you would google maps.  Could you give me a better idea of how it should work, or how it could be improved?  

[ajchvy]

Just now, biostem said:

So, obviously, CoH is a 20+ year old game, so that's going to be reflected in its UI.  You talked about issues with the map, but I'm trying to understand how you'd envision it working better.  You can zoom and move it around pretty much like you would google maps.  Could you give me a better idea of how it should work, or how it could be improved?  

I guess I'd like an overall bigger map, one that essentially fills the whole screen. The zoom is somewhat annoying as it resets, and sticking to my current location means I can't move around it when I want to search for something specific. It likely won't be as big of an issue once I get accustomed to the zones again, but as of right now it is hard to navigate.

[biostem]

1 minute ago, ajchvy said:

I guess I'd like an overall bigger map, one that essentially fills the whole screen. The zoom is somewhat annoying as it resets, and sticking to my current location means I can't move around it when I want to search for something specific. It likely won't be as big of an issue once I get accustomed to the zones again, but as of right now it is hard to navigate.

I mean, I get that you want information to be readily available, but you can already expand the size of the map, and since the game doesn't pause, it's not really a good idea to have it blocking much of the play area, but still, it can get pretty big.  There are some mods that replace the map texture with ones that are more details or contain POIs, but still, it's hard for me to grasp how it isn't sufficient to allow you to get to where you need to go.  The biggest issue, IMHO, is that the maps don't clearly reflect elevation, like how there's that under-section in Brickstwon...

[BlackSpectre]

Maybe something in this thread will help?