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Offline vonduus

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Settings question
« on: February 27, 2010, 03:13:08 pm »
What does the settings option "Show mini map box on top of of ship blips" actually do? I have played with it on and off, but I don't see any difference.
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Offline keith.lamothe

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Re: Settings question
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2010, 03:47:15 pm »
My guess is that the "box" showing the bounds of the main viewport would otherwise be drawn before the ship blots, and thus could be obscured by them.

But that's just my guess, I'm too lazy busy reading forum posts to check the code right now ;)
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Re: Settings question
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2010, 03:54:48 pm »
Yep, that is it.
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Re: Settings question
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2010, 04:04:26 pm »
Thanks for the answer, but I don't know what a main viewport is. I checked wikipedia and a few dictionaries and found out it had something to do with computer graphics. It is probably a waste of time to try to explain it to me, as I know next to nothing about computer gfx. I'll just leave the option off. :)
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Re: Settings question
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2010, 04:29:35 pm »
main viewport = your screen

notice how the box is really big on "R" zoom, smaller on "E" zoom, and super tiny on "Q" zoom?
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Re: Settings question
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2010, 04:37:38 pm »
Oh I see, thanks, even I can understand that.  :)

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Re: Settings question
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2010, 04:51:55 pm »
If you can play this game you're capable of understanding a fair bit ;)
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