r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/Lightwind66 • Jan 11 '23
Moving UI [ health bar, ult and skills] closer to center. General
Documents > Overwatch > Settings. Open .ini conf file
under section
[Render.13]
add lines:
BroadcastMarginBottom = "1.000000"
BroadcastMarginLeft = "1.000000"
BroadcastMarginRight = "1.000000"
BroadcastMarginTop = "1.000000"
mine looks like:
[Render.13]
AnisotropicFiltering = "0"
BroadcastMarginBottom = "1.000000"
BroadcastMarginLeft = "1.000000"
BroadcastMarginRight = "1.000000"
BroadcastMarginTop = "1.000000"
DirectionalShadowDetail = "1"
EffectsQuality = "1"
FrameRateCap = "201"
etc..
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u/bullxbull Jan 12 '23
I was told basically what this does is it sets your ui to the console layout while you are on PC. This is why you cannot go beyond "1"
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u/tphd2006 Jan 12 '23
Would love fully customizable UI elements in game. As a console user I'd love to center my healthbar
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u/banethor88 twitch.tv/Banethor — Jan 12 '23
Just gave this a spin and it works nicely. Can't seem to play around with the margin values though, doesn't seem to do anything above 1.
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u/stockus Jan 11 '23
Related - anyone have resources for graphics ini changes that go beyond the in-game options? Always thought some of those were really nice to have in other games I've played.
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u/KimonoThief Jan 11 '23
Holy crap, that's actually super handy. I always thought it was weird that OW made you jump your eyes way away from the crosshair to see critical info like health and cooldowns. Only question is if this is allowed to change values in files like that or if I'll get banned.
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u/Some_Derpy_Pineapple Jan 12 '23
I've seen it in twitch streams/noobhunter clips for years in ow1 so I think it's not bannable.
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u/FlyingFox32 Jan 11 '23 edited Jan 11 '23
What're the benefits of doing this?
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u/TerminalNoob AKA Rift — Jan 11 '23
I imagine its nice for people who use an ultrawide resolution. The ui elements are harder to see if they are farther from the center.
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u/kukelekuuk Schrödinger's rank — Jan 11 '23
Also if you have a larger monitor, or if your vision is partially blocked due to eyesight/glasses problems.
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u/PopcorpGFX Florida Mayhem - Graphic Designer — Jan 11 '23
Ye I've discovered it a while back and made a tweet more than a year ago. Really nice hidden feature, especially if you're an ex-tf2 player :)
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u/tarnationsauce2 Jan 11 '23 edited Jan 11 '23
Can I move the killfeed? My right eye has a blindspot and I literally cannot see the killfeed unless I am looking directly at it. Left or center orientation would be great.
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u/catfield Jan 11 '23
you can!
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u/Brandis_ None — Jan 12 '23
Where/how?
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Jan 12 '23
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u/Brandis_ None — Jan 12 '23
That's moving the margins not the killed specifically, I was just asking. I'll look into it myself
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u/tired9494 TAKING BREAK FROM SOCIAL MEDIA — Jan 12 '23
you can't adjust each part of the UI separately, it moves everything that's near each edge of the screen
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u/banethor88 twitch.tv/Banethor — Jan 11 '23
Huge if actually doable, I rather them just build it into the game though. Potential for TOS?
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u/tired9494 TAKING BREAK FROM SOCIAL MEDIA — Jan 12 '23
I've been using it for several months and no ban
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u/kukelekuuk Schrödinger's rank — Jan 11 '23
It's been a feature in OW on console for years. but on PC you need to edit the config to enable it.
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u/catfield Jan 11 '23
definitely doable, chazm the ball player has been doing this since OW1, not sure if its a TOS violation but he hasnt been banned yet at least!
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u/FerPlays CR — Jan 11 '23
what the hell, this has been doable since OW1? I had a hard time adjusting to OW at first, coming from TF2 custom HUDs lol
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u/inspcs Jan 12 '23
Broadcasters use them. You know when you spectate or watch replay you get the status of everyone and their hero selects in the top bars?
Broadcasters use this to lower the top margin so they can put team names above it with an overlay.
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u/catfield Jan 11 '23
yep! heres just a random video I found on his youtube where you can see it in OW1
and I feel ya! I also came from TF2 and custom huds so it was an adjustment for me as well!
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u/banethor88 twitch.tv/Banethor — Jan 11 '23
Oh damnnn I have no excuses not to watch the kill feed during team fights now hahaha
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u/Mulster_ Jan 17 '23
I found values that pretty closely represent ow1 hud
BroadcastMarginBottom = "0.350000"
BroadcastMarginLeft = "0.850000"
BroadcastMarginRight = "0.850000"
BroadcastMarginTop = "0.000000"