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Just knowing it's something you guys are/have been discussing is already nice really. Often people feel like these kinds of things are just ignored by the studio, so just having a comment like this already goes a long way! Thanks for taking the time to reply to such an old thread (in reddit terms that is)
Sure thing! Yeah, each dev has a mental list of the things they'd want to be updated or added to the game. Often that stuff gets discussed as a group, triaged, and backlogged for future analysis. We (as individual devs) don't comment publicly on things like this as a rule because we want to be careful about setting proper expectations. Very often, the things players might ask for on reddit or the official forums are things we've wanted or talked about for a long time but that haven't aligned with our goals, directives, or plans for various reasons. Thanks for the chat and for the kind words. Means a lot.
What resolution display are you connected to? 1080p? 1440p? 4k?
Gonna try it this weekend. Thanks for the heads up.
Do you have a controller layout that you recommend? I've been trying to make one that feels good, but it gets complicated quickly
I've been using SamCW's soulslike layout for about 2 years, with minor edits to it. I like it because it keeps my fingers on the shoulder buttons and triggers for combat so I can use my right thumb to move the camera around in action cam mode. But it relies on the extra buttons and touch pads as well for shifting on the skill bar and accessing menus so it wouldn't work docked (unless Valve were to come out with a separate Steam Deck controller, which would be rad).
Good luck finding one you like.
Yeah that sounds about right. Honestly just having a way to read the books later fixes most issues, but it'd be best to have a way to properly store them too cause otherwise it can get out of hand with storing all the different books in your inventory (I still got a character with a few dozen books in its inventory)
I'm glad to see you're reading the feedback on this at least, it's been a thing I've seen talked about a lot over the years
Thanks for confirming. Yeah, it's actually been something we've kicked around internally for years. No promises, of course. I can't say either way if this is something that we'd ever do. But it's good to know that folks might be interested in an update that could make the quality of life better should we have the opportunity. Understanding pain points and collecting data is always the first step.
I'm going to paraphrase the OP to make sure I'm understanding the feedback:
* The existence and quality of in-game books and lore pages is fine
* The implementation of finding books and pages in the middle of a combat zone or scattered in and between open world events creates unneeded time pressure which prevents someone from actually reading it during gameplay
* OP is suggesting/recommending a way to "unlock" or "bank" books and pages for reading later
Is this an accurate assessment of the feedback? Or am I missing something?
Actually perfect