Why oh why did they update FTL and make it look worse? Font, etc.

[mrjonny666]

There's a lot of good information around the web regarding font. What looks good and what looks bad. The change to the font from thick/bold to narrow and tall in the oxy and missile counters is awful. And its lacking symmetry to have jump labeled as such and ship icon replacing the ship label, and the wrench tool icon indicating settings/quitting the game is too close. I personally found the game design UI perfect as it was.

Guh. I wish I hadn't updated FTL. Did Into the breach get the same treatment? Was thinking of getting it.

[4n4rch1st]

You got used to the old style. Therefore, you do not like the new style.
Or something like that anyway.

[Jumbocarrot0]

I agree with 4n4rch1st. Also the update has done more good then bad like critical bug fixes and modding potential. The UI change isn't horrible and makes the game unplayable, and even still there are mods like the sM Polisk Kit that revert the changes back to pre 1.6.

[mrjonny666]

http://theweek.com/articles/463196/how- ... read-think

https://artversion.com/blog/importance- ... ce-design/

There's a reason people have studied the crap out of this kind of thing. It just doesn't look good. They bucked a uniform trend which worked for thousands of games over 30 years.

As far as style goes, the oxy and mis counters are a completely different style to any other part of the UI, therefore making it clash.

[4n4rch1st]

The change to the font from thick/bold to narrow and tall in the oxy and missile counters is awful.

The original numbers were fairly small. I'd consider the bigger text is better and more distinguishable.

And its lacking symmetry to have jump labeled as such and ship icon replacing the ship label, and the wrench tool icon indicating settings/quitting the game is too close.

That because the right hand of the screen is usually taken up by the enemy ship.

As far as style goes, the oxy and mis counters are a completely different style to any other part of the UI, therefore making it clash.

Yeah, and they definitely don't blend in with the new Shields indicator. Or the resources meters. Or the scrap meter.

They bucked a uniform trend which worked for thousands of games over 30 years.

What is this "uniform trend" I ask you? Those "thousands of games" don't really follow the same UI rules. What's specifically wrong with this particular game that is "bad" compared to say, another game?

[4n4]

Please tell me someone is working on a mod to restore the old UI.

[4n4rch1st]

Please tell me someone is working on a mod to restore the old UI.

and even still there are mods like the sM Polisk Kit that revert the changes back to pre 1.6.

[Arfy]

Please tell me someone is working on a mod to restore the old UI.

and even still there are mods like the sM Polisk Kit that revert the changes back to pre 1.6.

Yeah, but someone is still gonna need to rip it out of sMPK. (I actually haven't checked out sMPK in a while; so i'm not sure if they include a separate download for the Pre 1.6 UI)

Arguably it should be fairly easy.

[Jumbocarrot0]

Please tell me someone is working on a mod to restore the old UI.

Guh. I wish I hadn't updated FTL.

and even still there are mods like the sM Polisk Kit that revert the changes back to pre 1.6.

Yeah, but someone is still gonna need to rip it out of sMPK. Arguably it should be fairly easy.

Wait no more, I have extracted those graphics from the sM:PK and, well it was so easy I'm anxious that I missed something but here it is:
The sMPK Nostalgic UI changes

Credits goes to @slowriderxcorps for his excellent work on the mod.
Check it out, it is akin to CE and Arsenal+ in new features to the game:

[mrjonny666]

Wow thanks a bunch. I'm glad to have this.