dropped Items blocking the view

Grim Dawn Ideas and Feedback
1

Theres a chance this was said before and im sorry if thats the case, but one of the few things that I really found annoying in this game was, that when a lot of items drop the text blocks out the sight on the battle and ive died multiple times just because everything i could see was items.

Maybe the items fading after a few seconds until you press the button to show them again or something like that would help out a LOT imho.

As a sidenote some spell effects really could profit from being tuned down a little bit, the elemental force proc from the ruby and sapphire of elemental balance is something id like to give as an example.
While it looks pretty cool, once i get a few proccs everything is white and theres quite a few spells like that.

2

Change the rarity of items shown (Epic/Legendary).

After the fight, change again and you can collect what you want. :slight_smile:

3

yeah well thats pretty inconvinient

4

Particle density can be changed in the options as well.

5

You change the rarity and then press Alt to show everything.
Anyway about 10 minutes into the games you won’t pick up any White. Won’t start back the debate about Yellow but I usually don’t even end ACT 1 before turning them off also.

6

Use the well hidden item filter button to the left of your characters health bar.

I usually turn all items off before doing corrupted shrines or killrooms in rouge likes.

It´s annoying, but it´s an okay workaround I think.

7

even if only legendary are shown often enough I cant see a single enemy because my whole screen is full of crafting mats and gold and potions.

It would be easy to fix if there was an option to make the text transparent or something like that.
I really love the game but Id kinda like to see the game im playing and not only the items.

well that works for spell effects but it doesnt for the item drops does it?

8

I think the devs should just implement a button which hides all drops on the ground until you press it again. Item filter is not a solution, at best a workaround. Most of the time I only have greens or better items for the filter, but in some situations you can get the screen swamped with stuff anyway. Changing the filter is a distraction to the combat and not a real solution…

9

You are misunderstanding the use of the filter. It has several settings:

  • Auto Show Loot (OFF) > Only shows loot when you hold alt or whatever your hotkey is to show loot.
  • Auto Show Loot (Common+) > Always shows Common and better.
  • Auto Show Loot (Magic+) > Always shows Magic and better.
  • Auto Show Loot (Rare+) > Always shows Rare and better.
  • Auto Show Loot (Epic+) > Always shows Epic and better.
  • Auto Show Loot (Legendary+) > Always shows Legendary and better.

This is not a workaround, it’s an improvement, it gives far more control than most games do…

10


Set these two options so that it acts exactly like /nopickup in Diablo II. Don’t forget to set all character filters to show no items.

Items are not revealed or able to be picked up until you press your key of choice. No accidentally picking up items during combat. No visual clutter.

11

And then when you press your key you see… YELLOW.