oh the mod looks fantastic! I wanted to know if it is compatible with (CP) Seasonal Vanilla UI? It's a mod that I've been using for so long that I don't know if I can play without it lol
Hi and thank you! Hope you don’t mind that I simply copy paste part of the FAQ section:
Is it compatible with… ... mods like Portrait Frame Variations that specifically change the portrait background?
I mean, they're not incompatible per se, but this mod specifically removes the portrait background, so... why would you use them at the same time?
What’ll happen is that Seasonal Vanilla UI’s changes will be applied to the usual portrait background, but this mod basically tells the game "Hey, don’t actually draw that background" if that makes sense.
Sorry for bothering! I've been using this interface for a while and I'm loving it - I only have one question, it's possible to scale (or remove) the gifts icon (just the little wrapped gift icon, not the check boxes near to it). I'd love to be able to make it smaller, but If I put a smaller scale value in the content file, it does nothing.
No need to apologize! You're not a bother at all. If anything, I appreciate the feedback!
First of all, I'm glad you still like it! I have to admit you've got a point – the gift box is pretty massive compared to the hearts. I did some tests and sure enough, you're right. The scale field doesn't seem to work for gifts at all. That's nothing I can fix, but I'll let DDFC's author know!
Ha, not a problem! Sorry for making you wait for so long. I wanted to get some testing in myself before I'd reply, but life got in the way. And thank you so much again! It's great to hear my little "I wonder how this'll look" creations make someone else happy. :)
No need to be sorry, you were really fast and in any case it's not a job, but something you're doing in your free time and that is indeed making people happy: we appreciate you all the way! Always take your time and hope you have a great day and a great life! ✨
Aww. I know this sounds cliché, but hearing that really means a lot. I had a great day, in no small part due to you, and I hope you've got similarly good ones ahead of you. On behalf of not just me but a couple other mod authors I shared your comment with, thank you and keep being great.
Oooh! I really like the aesthetics. I always felt something was off about having the portrait stick out the dialogue box, but now I'm pretty sure you solved it :) Will definitely use in future playthroughs.
Love the goal of this mod! Makes the portraits so much more seamless.
i know it’s brand new, but any chance of an option to make the main dialog box smaller? Unsure if the underlying framework would allow that. Because now that the portrait isn’t there it doesn’t need to be full size, and along with the hearts bar on steam deck it pushes the portrait past halfway up the screen.
Maaaaybe also an option to hide the hearts bar. I think I like it, but it is also a little distracting in every dialog? Haven’t decided yet 😅
Amazing work even if it never gets these options though!
I actually tried to reduce the size of the main box at some point during development, but that part of Dialogue Display Framework is kind of wonky and doesn't work the way you'd expect it to. While it's possible to reduce the area the actual dialogue appears in, you can't actally change the size of the wooden background at the moment. Its author said they'd look into it, though. If you want to make the whole thing smaller, would the UI Scale option in the base game's config section of the pause/inventory menu help? The downside is that it unsurprisingly makes everything else smaller, too.
Just so we're on the same page, when you say "hearts bar", do you mean only the heart indicator in the middle or everything above that divider? Making a config for hiding only the hearts would be pretty easy, but removing that entire section is a little more involved and I'd like to spend my Stardew modding time on another project at the moment. If it's only the hearts you want to get rid of and you're willing to do a little tinkering yourself, you can simply open up the content.json in a text editor and remove the following lines:
Thanks, I'm glad you like it! Since making the portraits smaller would mean making them smaller than vanilla ones, I don't really intend to do that – sorry. However, you can absolutely make a personal edit!
If you open up the content.json with a text editor, you'll see a section labeled "DynamicTokens" and in there, two entries each for PortraitX, PortraitY and Scale. The first of each corresponds to the Vanilla portrait size config, the second one to the larger one. Choose one set to edit and replace the 4 or 5 next to Scale with a 3. That'll make the portrait smaller. To edit its position, you'll have to play around with the X and Y coordinates, but I'll leave that up to you if you're up to it. Let me know if you need help!
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Is it compatible with…
... mods like Portrait Frame Variations that specifically change the portrait background?
What’ll happen is that Seasonal Vanilla UI’s changes will be applied to the usual portrait background, but this mod basically tells the game "Hey, don’t actually draw that background" if that makes sense.
I was a bit confused because I thought that the Seasonal Vanilla UI only changed the UI and didn't involved the background.
Thank you for your patience!
First of all, I'm glad you still like it! I have to admit you've got a point – the gift box is pretty massive compared to the hearts. I did some tests and sure enough, you're right. The scale field doesn't seem to work for gifts at all. That's nothing I can fix, but I'll let DDFC's author know!
i know it’s brand new, but any chance of an option to make the main dialog box smaller? Unsure if the underlying framework would allow that. Because now that the portrait isn’t there it doesn’t need to be full size, and along with the hearts bar on steam deck it pushes the portrait past halfway up the screen.
Maaaaybe also an option to hide the hearts bar. I think I like it, but it is also a little distracting in every dialog? Haven’t decided yet 😅
Amazing work even if it never gets these options though!
I actually tried to reduce the size of the main box at some point during development, but that part of Dialogue Display Framework is kind of wonky and doesn't work the way you'd expect it to. While it's possible to reduce the area the actual dialogue appears in, you can't actally change the size of the wooden background at the moment. Its author said they'd look into it, though. If you want to make the whole thing smaller, would the UI Scale option in the base game's config section of the pause/inventory menu help? The downside is that it unsurprisingly makes everything else smaller, too.
Just so we're on the same page, when you say "hearts bar", do you mean only the heart indicator in the middle or everything above that divider? Making a config for hiding only the hearts would be pretty easy, but removing that entire section is a little more involved and I'd like to spend my Stardew modding time on another project at the moment. If it's only the hearts you want to get rid of and you're willing to do a little tinkering yourself, you can simply open up the content.json in a text editor and remove the following lines:
"hearts":{
"xOffset": 600,
"yOffset": 16,
"scale": 4,
"centered": true
},
If you open up the content.json with a text editor, you'll see a section labeled "DynamicTokens" and in there, two entries each for PortraitX, PortraitY and Scale. The first of each corresponds to the Vanilla portrait size config, the second one to the larger one. Choose one set to edit and replace the 4 or 5 next to Scale with a 3. That'll make the portrait smaller. To edit its position, you'll have to play around with the X and Y coordinates, but I'll leave that up to you if you're up to it. Let me know if you need help!