Even when the game was released it was demanding of players machines, so this is plausible. The possible feature to change the HUD size is still in this version as can be seen, the HUD from the final game is shorter than in the Beta so maybe the option existed because it took up too much of the screen.Īnother thing I noticed is the font quality was best in the Beta screenshots, halved in the release screenshots and then changed to a solid color in the final game.Īll this stuff was probably cut to make it run smoother. There are two Player HUD's visible, maybe a final attempt at keeping some party elements in the game, but also justifies why some of the icons were still used. The Shield, Switch Player?, Dagger and Computer icons are still used It still retains the layout of the previous versions. This HUD was also extracted from the game and is closer to the final but not quite. The "Face" and "Speech Bubble" icons are gone The background for the player portrait is a different color The Health, Mana and Fatigue? bars actually have a gradient instead of the solid color see in the final version Two new icons have been added, the "Time Of Day and Location" and a "Dagger" icon with unknown functionality. "Crossed Swords Icon" is slightly different "Cast Spell Icon" is slightly different The Beta HUD extracted from the game, but with a few differences. I noticed that the HUD shown in the screenshots not only had more functionality previously but went through several changes before completion. The graphical quality was actually better in the earlier builds with graphics of a higher resolution and full use of the 256 color palette, mainly on the HUD and UI.
I've been doing a bit more research on this and comparing the shots to the final version, and It would seem that Here are the links to the original source and second set: That some of the screens have been modified by replacing the old HUD with the new one. I have alsoįound another slideshow of the game which is from the year of release. Preview of the game in a slideshow which predates the demo by almost a year. Ok, I found the source on the Beta screens.
It appears to be an unused auto-map feature or maybe for debugging. This was found accidentally by a user on the Elder Scrolls forums, in the CD version of Arena.
There are also graphics for gauntlets when using hand-to-hand combat, depending on which type of armor you were wearing.Īn intro graphic extracted from the game but unused, the background of the main character is different to the final release. Here is another graphic which is actually extracted from the full game but still unused, it was most likely used when casting There might be some more things I haven't yet found in the demo, such as beta textures and inventory elements.
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