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I am also disappointed in at least one change to the new map.

On the old map, I've long hoped that the problem (feature?) of jump route selection lines changing whenever you would mouse your cursor over a star would be fixed. I don't understand why the map had to behave this way. The switch for this says "SELECTION'S lines". My mouse passing over another star is not my 'selection', so why are the lines changing? My selection is the star (constellation or region) that I've clicked on and is centered in my screen.

I found it to be very annoying that these lines would be changing all over the place simply by moving my mouse cursor around the map, as it passes over other stars constellations or regions. In fact it aggravated the **** out of me.

In the last iteration of the new map this behavior had thankfully been changed, and the lines for your selected star (constellation or region) would remain in place regardless of your cursor happening over another star. I was elated that this was finally changed.

Sadly however, in this Proteus iteration of the new map you have reverted to the old behavior. Why?

Were players arguing to bring that behavior back? I can't imagine why.

If for some reason I'm in the minority and players were clamoring to actually HAVE that behavior, can you at least make it optional ? I do not want the jump route lines to change when my cursor touches a new star. I only want what I've selected to show the jump gate lines, and change only when I select (click on) something else.

You can however keep the other information (like region) that appears for a star when you hover over it.

Edit: Apparently there is a transparency slider under General settings which solves my issue described below. Fully opaque menus are here! :)

(Fully opaque menus/windows would maybe not save lives, but at least protect eyes and reduce headaches. If I have multiple windows on top of each other (like chat-windows - I normally have three sets of stacked chat windows(12-15 total chats)) the text overlaps each other making the text difficult to read. This applies to other windows too. Also if I open a menu on top of that mess, it is often pretty much unreadable due to transparent menus. I repeat: Option for fully opaque menus is a must.)

Yeah, I know that thread. I'm just never completely sure what's in the dev blogs and such prior to a change is actually being implemented exactly as presented - once in a while CCP does make some late changes to plans.

And even if that is not the case - things like that OUGHT to be in patch notes, I'd say

I would like to add:
The new visual effects in asteroid belts are great when considered globally. But when you watch them individually (the sprites), they really don't look right. They look really "cheap" and fake, as others have said. I think you should rework them entirely, mainly the textures, and add a lot more variations. And why not add rotation? This isn't good right now.

Honestly ... why the hell have you done that?? You removed a vital part of the map navigation and render it unsusable with this!!!

Personally - i used the new map on top of the system scanner to do roaming exploration. This works very well before Proteus, i was always able to see where i am and i could position the map to exactly determine where i have to go next.

Now ... i must click a system to get a pan?? What is that? This is extremely annoying, if i accidently hit the wrong system because the map is in abstract layout i run out of focus and dont know where i am on the map ... have to zoom out alot to find and double click me again. Thats just a mess. WHY ??? WHY have you done that? The new map was so cool before, now i have a pain in the ass doing my daily roaming explo

Please: Re-Integrate the Right Mouse Drag back into the new Map ASAP !!!!

Agreed this is another change for the worse with the newest map. I don't understand why they got rid of panning with the right mouse button. It doesn't appear that they re-purposed that button for anything.

Also I don't care for their adding the security rating next to each system name. I mean that information can be nice to have on occasion when you need it, but otherwise it adds too much clutter to the map display. I would prefer that to be an option.

By-the-way, I actually like what they've done with the windows. The semi-translucent effect. I don't seem to have the problem that some complain of.

One feature of the windows I would like to see though, is for the border of the window your cursor is over to light up (highlight) so that you know which window you are about to close for instance. Too often do I have windows whose upper right corners are very close to each other (or not even sometimes) and I can't quickly tell which window the 'x' belongs to and accidentally close the wrong window.

What don't you understand when they say this is temporarily disabled until they fix some issues tied to it?

Here:And here:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5393555#post5393555

CCP,

Thanks for releasing Proteus. Every tweak/enhancement...both small and large, helps to make EVE the awesome game that it is.

I greatly appreciate what you do for your player base. Thank you...and keep up the great work!