How to see buffsdebuffsdiseases? : V

» Thu May 10, 2012 11:13 pm

I must be mentally challenged since I dont see how I am supposed to keep track of my buffs and debuffs I get (curses, diseases, poisons etc). Have I missed some way to get them visible in the ui/hud??? Do I really have to pause the game and go inte the magic menu and look every 30 sec? Kinda counter-productive for immersion...

» Thu May 10, 2012 10:34 pm

So far it seems you have to pause and check Active Effects, not sure why you would need to do it every 30 seconds though.

» Fri May 11, 2012 5:49 am

Annoyingly, you can only see them in the magic menu, under active effects.

» Fri May 11, 2012 5:39 am

I must be mentally challenged since I dont see how I am supposed to keep track of my buffs and debuffs I get (curses, diseases, poisons etc). Have I missed some way to get them visible in the ui/hud??? Do I really have to pause the game and go inte the magic menu and look every 30 sec? Kinda counter-productive for immersion...

Actually it's very good for immersion to not have blinking icons on the HUD at all times.

» Fri May 11, 2012 12:56 am

Go to magic menu, scroll down, select active effects.

» Fri May 11, 2012 3:54 am

Yup, active effects in the magic menu.

Until I read your post I hadn't realised that the effects weren't coming up in the top right with a count down timer thing. Guess they wanted to streamline the UI. I think there were a lot of complaints about it in Oblivion.

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:40 pm

I was wondering this too. Maybe they can patch it in as a video option in the future. Personnaly I like those blinking things in my screen that reflect my current status

» Fri May 11, 2012 12:20 am

I was wondering this too. Maybe they can patch it in as a video option in the future. Personnaly I like those blinking things in my screen that reflect my current status

Will for certain be added in a "DarkUI" -Skyrim version.

» Fri May 11, 2012 2:45 am

Will for certain be added in a "DarkUI" -Skyrim version.

I play the Xbox copy, unfortunately.

» Fri May 11, 2012 7:27 am

Quite stupid not to have debuffs at least show up on you healthbar.

» Thu May 10, 2012 6:08 pm

Annoyingly, you can only see them in the magic menu, under active effects.

Is that where you see diseases also? One alchemy clerk keeps saying I'm sick, when I know I'm not. I don't know if it's a bug or if it's the clerk trying to get me to buy more cure disease potions (if it's this then I'm actually kind of impressed).

» Thu May 10, 2012 8:30 pm

One of my only complaints- sure, I like having a streamlined UI, but how the heck am I supposed to know I have a disease? You're SUPPOSED to have a UI that tells you these things.

:brokencomputer:

» Thu May 10, 2012 11:58 pm

Is that where you see diseases also? One alchemy clerk keeps saying I'm sick, when I know I'm not. I don't know if it's a bug or if it's the clerk trying to get me to buy more cure disease potions (if it's this then I'm actually kind of impressed).

I experience the same thing. The vendor continues to specifically mention a disease I had when I first met her (Ataxia), though, so I assume bug...

edit: And yes, that's where you see the diseases also.

» Fri May 11, 2012 1:55 am

This is perhaps a nod to realism, i.e., IRL you don't get warning icons that you have a disease. But the Magic Effects section is there for guidance (like vital signs).

The references to sickness indicate you may be in the incubation period of a latent disease, which is entirely possible after fighting seevers (ataxia), vampires (vampirism sanguinis), etc. always visit a Talos shrine (Winterun, other major hubs) after getting that comment.

» Thu May 10, 2012 8:25 pm

I had the same problem...the only reason I knew I was sick was because someone said I looked sick. I searched in vain in all my menus and found nothing. Finally I gave up and just found a cure disease potion. This is a clear UI problem. If it's ok for the health meter to appear while you're regenerating health, then for chrissake at least let me know I'm sick before someone tells me I look sick.

» Thu May 10, 2012 11:04 pm

I experience the same thing. The vendor continues to specifically mention a disease I had when I first met her (Ataxia), though, so I assume bug...

edit: And yes, that's where you see the diseases also.

I think it's intentional. She tells you she looks pale, but she's working in a shop that sells cure disease potions. Wonder what her motivation could be?

» Fri May 11, 2012 12:12 am

Not a fan of the minimal HUD design myself. I prefer to have as much information on screen as possible (http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197988732882/screenshot/648745380513638877?tab=public http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197988732882/screenshot/648745380513621032/?tab=public).

It's a called a "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heads_up_display" for a reason :stare: