Removes a few annoying things from the main menu: - No nebula > no CPU load. It's insane that the main menu takes up 50% CPU load on a 4 core cpu. - No Eula - No fade in, the menu is instant visible Note that "no nebula" is achieved in a way that makes the nebula script throw an error. I can't find a hook to get into the script using a plain UI mod sadly. However I don't think the error has any further consequence. The only thing that breaks is the CPU eating animation and that is intended. Use the mod manager to install "Static Menu" EDIT: Or download it here: https://github.com/pamods/pamods.github.io/blob/master/mods/staticmenu_v2.zip Currently this apparently does NOT work on steam. No idea why, I dont have steam. Let's wait until proeleert finds out what's wrong with it.:/
I haven't even installed this yet, but THANK YOU!!!! I've been feeling like every time I load the game, it's a race to copy/paste my password in and click over to settings or *anywhere but the main menu before my fans kick in to second gear. I'd resolved to just deal with it rather than poke Uber on the issue, and hadn't even considered that a mod could do it. Nice one.
Steam? uhhh yeah I remember that there was code that handles steam-something. I dont have steam. I could guess what might be wrong. :/ EDIT: No idea what might be wrong on Steam. I'd assume my solution to get rid of the EULA might be the cause. But not sure.
re: actually installing it I'm one of the probably very few folks that has been installing all my mods manually so far. I can likely either determine where it's hosted, or maybe it's finally time to try out Death by Denim's version of the Mod Manager (I'm on OS X). But I need to take off for most of the day soon. Mind linking or posting the mod here? No rush, and it's a soft ask, I can manage either way.
You could probably fix the nebula with a mod that shadows the starfield.js file with an empty one. That's assuming shadowing works. I haven't tried the newest incarnation.
I didnt want to try the shadow stuff right now. Search "static" in here: https://github.com/pamods/pamods.github.io/tree/master/mods
Thanks for the link. I've invested some time in that mechanism and understand it. Am using it for the mods I add now. I get the sense it's not on your priority list, and assume you wouldn't actually need my help, but if I could be of assistance, I'd like to! Edited bad quote metadata
It's indeed not on top of my priorities because I do UI mods that usually are fine as UI mods. A shadowing mod that fixes the nebula in a not red way would basically just remove all content from PA/media/ui/start/starfield.js pretty simple actually
Just tried it, and that works fine. Well, with one trivial-looking caveat in the log output: ERROR Coherent failed to allocate buffer of size 0 for file /ui/alpha/start/starfield.js
Works with my version of the game. I launch the game through the PAMM. Works if I launch the game through Steam also. Edit: Ok The problem is that if you launch it through Steam, it doesn't run Ubernet log-in.
if (model.mode() === 0) { if (model.useSteam()) { model.ubernetLoginIn(); } model.mode(1); } should work but it doesn't grrr It start's fine without eula . But New Game Join Game are disabled. If I run model.ubernetLoginIn(); in debugger console it does the login and all is fine.
For people using steam I made "NoStarField" mod that uses the shadowsystem to remove the starfield animiation only. Installable with Mod Manager.
An observation: Removing the starfield leaves the background of the Start page a plain black, which is somewhat bleak compared to other pages that use the default static background. The cause is that start.css overrides the body style with 'background: none;', in expectation of a live starfield. Change that in what ever way you please and the Start page will look right as rain.