ALSO, not to mention the new craft menu is so huge and not sizable,

it would have been so COOL if you can toggle OLD/NEW crafting MENU ???

it literally takes up whole screen cant see if getting attacked by animals.

OK I reduced UI scale, its a bit workable now, IT looks great really, but would still be awesome if can toggle between the OLD /NEW

I can't reproduce any problem with the new crafting menu in combat mode. However, maybe you had the crafting panel open in combat mode and couldn't close the panel (because in combat mode you don't have the cursor)?

In combat mode you can now always press and hold E to get a cursor to close any open panel. You should also be able to press C again or Esc twice to get back to Interface Mode.

Can you reproduce the problem?

About having a toggle between the old and new, I've considered it but it was becoming a cumbersome task (with the old version I have keybinds for all the crafts, with the new version the keybinds are available for packs and pet commands).

In general I think the new crafting panel is more beneficial for players. I could set an option for the panel to be more transparent. Would that solve the issue for you?

Thanks!