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What was the thought behind the new ui?

CLAUDETTEINABUSH
CLAUDETTEINABUSH Member Posts: 2,210
in General Discussions

I feel it's a nice idea to modernize the ui and make it have more info, but I personally am not a fan of it. First of all it's really difficult to get used to, the old ui had 4 icons that you needed to remember for each survivor and that's it. Now the glowing red makes it infinitely harder to get used to, cuz when I see the ui I don't pay attention to the colors, so it's something that I found unnecessary.

Putting it also to the top left seems a bit unnecessary, since the community is used to having it on the bottom, which I personally think it's better. I just wish the new ui is a choice, not a necessity. The idea is generally good, but why remake it and move it from its previous spot and change the icons?

Comments

  • The_Bootie_Gorgon
    The_Bootie_Gorgon Member Posts: 2,340

    The current UI could no longer support any new features being added to it. So they changed the UI to so that new features could be added to the UI. They have not said what new future features could be added

  • Aven_Fallen
    Aven_Fallen Member Posts: 16,478

    "Now the glowing red makes it infinitely harder to get used to, cuz when I see the ui I don't pay attention to the colors, so it's something that I found unnecessary."

    Exactly! When using the UI I NEVER saw when somebody is injured. At one point, I randomly noticed that all of my teammates were injured.

    "I just wish the new ui is a choice, not a necessity."

    Yes, I also wish that there would at least be an option to use the old UI. I dont have any issue with not having any of the new Features, I dont need them, its not that hard to remember which Survivor has which name or Character and I also dont need to have any Hook Counter.

  • Mister_xD
    Mister_xD Member Posts: 7,669

    pretty sure that DbD Mobile used a very similar UI and got a lot of praise for it, so they decided to make a similar one for the PC / Console version aswell.


    too bad they didnt seem to understand that just because something works fine on mobile, doesnt mean it would be a good idea to have that on the PC / Console version aswell.

    and now we're gonna be stuck with this UI that is, at least in my honest opinion, vastly inferior to the one we've had all this time.

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 5,229
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1877389#Comment_1877389

    ^ This basically.

  • Mistikus
    Mistikus Member Posts: 1,347

    simple they want to make pc/console version looks like mobile it would explain that ugly animations which looks like someone is trying for the first time make animatnion

  • illusion
    illusion Member Posts: 887

    They said that there were a lot of new additions coming that would only be possible with the new, modular UI. They said that they could not, yet, elaborate on what those changes/additions would be.

  • SheKIndaSucks
    SheKIndaSucks Member Posts: 46

    The dev's unexplained hate toward colour blind people matches on, bulldozing everything into messy shades of red. Nobody knows why. Nobody knows what trauma was inflicted upon them in the past. All we know is that they cannot be sated, and cannot be stopped.


    More seriously, you think thought went into it???

  • bkn
    bkn Member Posts: 228

    They just needed something easy and quick to do to present something "new" without creating 100 more bugs in the process...

  • EvilJoshy
    EvilJoshy Member Posts: 5,295
    edited January 2021

    They worked on the UI so they didn't have to balance the game.

  • DetailedDetriment
    DetailedDetriment Member Posts: 2,632

    They probably figured it's best to update the UI since the maps and animations are being updated.

  • savevatznick
    savevatznick Member Posts: 651

    To fix what isn't broken.

  • HellDescent
    HellDescent Member Posts: 4,883

    Probably a lot of drugs and alcohol was behind it

  • Afius
    Afius Member Posts: 563

    From what I saw from the screenshot the ui is all over the place seems kind of hectic.

  • SilentPill
    SilentPill Member Posts: 1,302

    The DBD mobile team got transferred over to the real game

  • Jacoby2041
    Jacoby2041 Member Posts: 843

    I hate having to look literally everywhere, I can't even focus on the game

    • Perks in the bottom right
    • Interaction buttons on the bottom
    • Item/Power/addons in the bottom left
    • Hook counter on the left
    • Status Icons in the top left
    • Objectives on the top
    • BP gain notifications in the top right

    Before, everything was compact in the bottom half of the screen and you could see everything at a glance while the rest was empty for you to see the game, now it looks all spread out for no reason