Clean UI

One thing always holds me back to finishing PoE is the design choices of some elements of the UI. This mod tries to solve some of them (at least to me).

Combat and Party UI Elements

The default endurance indicators are a set of hexagon-like symbols. I don't know why on earth Obsidian came up with this, but i think it is awful and reduces the perception of the PC and NPC's current endurance. My mod tries to solve this by replacing the hexagons with a proper bar. The design of this new bar was inspired by the health bar from BGEE.

The character action timer bar was also changed, from the default golden to a cleaner flat violet.

The health bar on each portrait is now flatter.

Paper Background Image

The vanilla paper background image always seemed to me too noisy and too yellow. The vibrant colors frequently strained my eyes, and the noisy parchment background always made me skip text as much as possible. I changed that, by replacing the background to, what to me is a more pleasant alternative, with neutral colors and less noisy texture, for easier to read text. Now you can properly read all those books and immerse yourself on the lore.

Inventory item colors

I boosted the colors of the inventory items tier, so they are easier to identify.

Additional Tweakable Custom Settings

An optional download was added that allows you to tweak more settings. By editing the custom_settings.ini file provided, you will be able to change the following:

; the vertical spacing of the dialogue text. I found the default one to be pretty small, making the text harder to read

dialogue_font_vertical_spacing=4

; responses text color (blue text). As is, it reduces the brightness a little bit. The format is RGB, from 0 to 1

dialogue_font_response_color=0,627;0,746;0,884

; dialogue normal text color. As is, it reduces the brightness a little bit.

dialogue_font_speaker_text_color=0,70;0,70;0,70

; dialogue description text color. As is, it reduces the brightness a little bit.

dialogue_font_description_color=0,55;0,55;0,55

; dialogue number separator. because why not?

dialogue_response_number_separator=.

; changes the player level cap

player_level_cap=30

; changes the max camping supplies the player can have

max_camping_supplies=50

; enables "fast speed" when stealthing

double_speed_on_stealth=1

; allows resting without needing camping supplies

allow_rest_without_camping_supplies=1

; skips inn mini-movie when resting

no_inn_rest_movie=1

; skips camp mini-movie when resting outdoors

no_camp_rest_movie=1

; skips watcher mini-movie (disabled by default)

no_watcher_rest_movie=0

; potions can be consumed outside combat

can_use_potions_outside_combat=1

; scrolls can be used outside combat

can_use_scrolls_outside_combat=1

; all companions can now have a pet (pet slot enabled)

inventory_enable_companion_pet_slot=1

; godlike can now wear head gear

inventory_enable_godlike_head_slot=1

Any of those settings can be changed to your liking or removed from the ini file if you want to keep the defaults.

Check changelogs section above.

Fixed black bar on the dialogue window.

Additional improvements on the parchment textures

Works with the recently released turn based version of PoE (tested on GOG v3. 9. 3. 88783)

Slightly wider font for better readability

Alternative (even) wider font as a optional download

cleaner trade window item list background

cleaner save/load screen saves list

wider UI coverage for the new parchment textures

slightly improved inventory item filter icons and alignment fix for the "misc" items filter

more detailed world map

improved stones background on the loading screens/chapter screens

* selected character on the inventory screen is now highlighted in green.

The frame color of the selected party member is now green and without ornaments (reminiscent of BGEE).

Final Remarks

I have no knowledge on how to provide a patch to the original asset files that is future proof compatible, so i provided the mod as full asset files. Sorry about that.

The mod was created using the GOG PoE version 3. 9. 3. 88783. It should work with the Steam version too.