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White cloud obscuring text.

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Yossarian Toralen
M and M Enterpises
#1 - 2015-02-14 16:40:13 UTC
I've noticed in Amarr and surrounding areas there is a white cloud looking thing in the background in one direction, this makes it impossible to see the white text and if a module is active etc etc.

I haven't seen any threads on this so it could be something in my settings, does anyone know how to remove or darken the background without adjusting the screen settings?

I have searched in here and in esc menu but can't find anything that helps with this problem.
Uriel Paradisi Anteovnuecci
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#2 - 2015-02-14 16:52:00 UTC
Yossarian Toralen wrote:
I've noticed in Amarr and surrounding areas there is a white cloud looking thing in the background in one direction, this makes it impossible to see the white text and if a module is active etc etc.

I haven't seen any threads on this so it could be something in my settings, does anyone know how to remove or darken the background without adjusting the screen settings?

I have searched in here and in esc menu but can't find anything that helps with this problem.

Its a combination of your theme and your transparency settings on your UI- you can change those up under options to make it interfere less and keep your UI visible.

"A City made of Dreams is built in heaven"
Yossarian Toralen
M and M Enterpises
#3 - 2015-02-14 17:26:23 UTC
I have set it to zero transparancy so I can always read the text in widows, it's module activation white thing that circles the module icon, locked target text, the white text you get for damage that is obscured.

I'll link a screenshot when I get the chance.
Serene Repose
#4 - 2015-02-14 20:15:25 UTC
Swing your camera view around so it's dark. All you need to know is in your overview.
Thousands of pilots have been uselessly lost 'cause they looked out the windshield
not at their instruments.

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
Demetri Dentrov
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#5 - 2015-02-14 21:23:11 UTC
That's the way Amarr is. Pitch black to where you can't even see your ship in one direction, and jarring hyper-bright cloud / Nebulae to the point where you can't see your UI in the other.

I think you're supposed to just turn off / minimize all actual game elements and just look at the pretty pictures as you go through Amarr space.
Brad314
Perkone
Caldari State
#6 - 2015-02-14 22:48:22 UTC
Probably would post this in F&I not GD.
Sniper Smith
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2015-02-15 03:47:42 UTC
Some of the effects/nebula's are imho, too bright. There's also several missions where parts of it are just a whiteout :/
Unezka Turigahl
Det Som Engang Var
#8 - 2015-02-15 04:49:30 UTC
I have the same problem in Caldari hisec. I am constantly having to pan my camera away from the action so that I can see what my modules are doing. I guess CCP wasn't content with how inconsequential graphics already were in this game, and wanted to make things even more abstract.

INB4 "move out of hisec" brigade.
BaByTemP
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#9 - 2015-02-15 05:18:33 UTC
Don't look directly at the sun, it can hurt your eyes Cool
Another Posting Alt
Zerious Fricken Biziness
#10 - 2015-02-15 10:13:28 UTC
This has been brought up a few times before.
Unfortunately CCP is incapable of putting a black circle as a background for the indicator so it stands out against bright light sources.
Yossarian Toralen
M and M Enterpises
#11 - 2015-02-15 10:40:23 UTC
It must be a ploy to get people to move out of Amarr space. Surely can't be an oversight.

It's a pity you can't disable background, all these things in the background only add a few "ooooh pretty" moments before you realise that it acually hinders game play and detracts from the game as a whole.
Pak Narhoo
Splinter Foundation
#12 - 2015-02-15 11:08:15 UTC
Yeah, can be really annoying.

Was a Dev a few weeks ago who said he would look into this.
Hope he did with his sunglasses on.
BeBopAReBop RhubarbPie
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2015-02-15 11:55:48 UTC
Serene Repose wrote:
Swing your camera view around so it's dark. All you need to know is in your overview.
Thousands of pilots have been uselessly lost 'cause they looked out the windshield
not at their instruments.

Uh, what? I really hope you don't believe that's the case. It would suck for someone to listen to that before attempting to pilot a nano ship.

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#14 - 2015-02-15 19:56:42 UTC
Some people just can't handle the glory of the empire.

This is why the minmatar get free sunglasses.

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ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#15 - 2015-02-15 19:58:44 UTC
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