Transparency setting for background for systems

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Daybreak
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Transparency setting for background for systems

#1 Post by Daybreak »

Screen real estate in this game is tight.

I would like to ask/suggest a change to the graphics behind planets when looking at systems

Quite often we are only looking at 1 up to 4 planets/etc within any system, so there is so much wasted space underneath.

I would ask that the background transparency be very high so only a very slight shading is shown, allowing us to place window panes with information we don't need as much, but want to see. That way that information would only ever not be seen, when looking at system with 6 or more planets/etc, and that is easy to fix, by cliking on another smaller system so it can be seen.

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Re: Transparency setting for background for systems

#2 Post by Oberlus »

+1

Also, when you click on free space, to select no systems, the systems panel goes away and you can see everything under it.

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Re: Transparency setting for background for systems

#3 Post by Daybreak »

Oberlus wrote: Tue May 03, 2022 10:51 pm +1

Also, when you click on free space, to select no systems, the systems panel goes away and you can see everything under it.
Not sure if that has changed but does not work. I have to click on some fleet, then the system goes away. You can click nothing and the fleet will go away, leaving it all empty

You can click on the pane underneath, if some is showing, and it will come to the front.

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Daybreak wrote: Tue May 03, 2022 10:41 pmI would ask that the background transparency be very high so only a very slight shading is shown...
You can set it yourself in the options colours tab.

Options -> Colors -> Windows -> Fill -> lower the "A" slider -> OK


re: click to close, if a fleetwnd is open, it is closed first. If not, the system sidepanel will close when left-clicking on empty space.

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Geoff the Medio wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 2:03 am
Daybreak wrote: Tue May 03, 2022 10:41 pmI would ask that the background transparency be very high so only a very slight shading is shown...
You can set it yourself in the options colours tab.

Options -> Colors -> Windows -> Fill -> lower the "A" slider -> OK
Thank you - so good
Geoff the Medio wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 2:03 am re: click to close, if a fleetwnd is open, it is closed first. If not, the system sidepanel will close when left-clicking on empty space.
Yes but not after choosing production.

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Daybreak wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 12:07 am
Geoff the Medio wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 2:03 am re: click to close, if a fleetwnd is open, it is closed first. If not, the system sidepanel will close when left-clicking on empty space.
Yes but not after choosing production.
Press escape then.

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Re: Transparency setting for background for systems

#7 Post by Daybreak »

Escape - thank you

Also Transaparency is good - but a mixed bag. Still more screen real estate now.

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