How to zoom Dialog subtitles with UIO (solved) Thread - Vanilla UI Plus mod for Fallout: New Vegas

Hello there,

Is there an option to change the color of dialogue subtitles to white while having the dialogue box remain in the HUD color (green)? Thanks a lot.

Okay, I've managed to change the subtitles color to white using

<systemcolor>0</systemcolor>
<red>255</red>
<green>255</green>
<blue>255</blue>
<alpha>255</alpha>

in dialog_menu.xml.

But I would also like to decrease the size of subtitles. How do I do that?

Glad to see you've managed to edit it your own. As for your question,

Open fonts.xml and change <_VUI+DialogFont> to a different font number. See the top of fonts.xml for an overview of the available fonts.

You can also use UIO's <zoom> property on <text> blocks. Eg, if you set <zoom> 120 </zoom> on a text block, the text will be 20% larger. VUI+ requires UIO, so there won't be a technical issue, but fonts are bitmaps and resizing may look blocky. Do try it though.

Thanks for the answer Axonis, I did try changing the <_VUI+DialogFont> paramater to different values, however non of that seems to work and subtitles stay the same size. Screenshot below shows subtitle size of 2.

Here's what my looks like in Vanilla_UI_Extension\Menus\Dialog\dialog_menu.xml:

<rect name="DM_SpeakerText">
			<include src="VUI+\outline_rect.xml"/>
			<include src="VUI+\orphancontrol.xml"/>
			<id> 2 </id>
			<x> <copy src="screen" trait="width"/> <div> 2 </div> </x>
			<y> <copy src="DM_TopicList" trait="y"/>  </y>
			<font> <copy src="globals" trait="_VUI+DialogFont" /> </font>
			<systemcolor>0</systemcolor>
			<red>255</red>
			<green>255</green>
			<blue>255</blue>
			<alpha>255</alpha>
			<justify> &center; </justify> <!--VUI+ center, just like normal subtitles outside of dialog -->
			<depth> 2 </depth>
			<visible>
				<copy src="io" trait="_ShowingText"/>
				<and src="io" trait="_DialogVisible"/>
				<and src="io" trait="_ShowSubtitles"/>
			</visible>
			<target> 1 </target>
			<_VUI+OutlineIntensity> 3 </_VUI+OutlineIntensity> <!-- try values between 0.7 and 2.0 -->
			<_VUI+ShadowOffset> 1 </_VUI+ShadowOffset>
		</rect>

That's strange because the following line as seen in your excerpt...

<font> <copy src="globals" trait="_VUI+DialogFont" /> </font>

...does take its value from the fonts.xml file.

Anyway, you can change the font value here, eg.

<font> 4 </font>

Will use the Classic font (if you have installed the classic font option).

Managed to do what I want with the <zoom>60<<!--Axonis!

Here's the full config (from dialog_menu.xml) in case anyone needs a reference in the future:

<rect name="DM_SpeakerText">
			<include src="VUI+\outline_rect.xml"/>
			<include src="VUI+\orphancontrol.xml"/>
			<id> 2 </id>
			<x> <copy src="screen" trait="width"/> <div> 2 </div> </x>
			<y> <copy src="DM_TopicList" trait="y"/>  </y>
			<font> <copy src="globals" trait="_VUI+DialogFont" /> </font>
			<systemcolor>0</systemcolor>
			<red>255</red>
			<green>255</green>
			<blue>255</blue>
			<alpha>255</alpha>
			<justify> &center; </justify> <!--VUI+ center, just like normal subtitles outside of dialog -->
			<depth> 2 </depth>
			<visible>
				<copy src="io" trait="_ShowingText"/>
				<and src="io" trait="_DialogVisible"/>
				<and src="io" trait="_ShowSubtitles"/>
			</visible>
			<zoom>60</zoom>
			<target> 1 </target>
			<_VUI+OutlineIntensity> 0.7 </_VUI+OutlineIntensity> <!-- try values between 0.7 and 2.0 -->
			<_VUI+ShadowOffset> 1 </_VUI+ShadowOffset>
		</rect>

And a screenshot: