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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
Seems every time I'm in the middle of a fight a popup appears coverring 3/4 of my screen... Really?

Make them always minimized (so we can open them should we need to [*cough* never]), we really don't need this constant mission spam 99.99999% of the time - our objective is written clearly on the top right of our screens anyway!


Unless the mission requires interaction or choices, why show anything??? It's just pointless screen clutter that covers the most important part of our screen always at just the WRONG times.

Don't need them. Don't want them.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    There should be an option to have ALL popups go to the low priority corner.

    But they also need to make sure that in the default settng messages dont pop up till combat is over. I hate getting pop ups in the middle of combat
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    There should be an option to have ALL popups go to the low priority corner.

    But they also need to make sure that in the default settng messages dont pop up till combat is over. I hate getting pop ups in the middle of combat

    Exactly. I just don't know what the devs were thinking when they added these constant unwanted popups.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    Exactly. I just don't know what the devs were thinking when they added these constant unwanted popups.

    They were thinking like this: "We are smart, customers are dumb... Better explain everything to them just a few extra times just to be sure"...

    I mean... This is the company that thought that cartoonish icons were needed to help people find their way around ESD, and only changed it after 2 weeks of flaming.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    Not awake yet had me thinking that cryptic was useing advertisments for silvers lol
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    One solution would be to introduce voice overs for officer reports... then no pop up would be necessary. if you need to read up on anything you can check in the ship log...

    Incidentally this would fixthe decloak bug at the same time...

    But, alas, they don't have the resources.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    I like how this has 5 complaint replies but no solution...

    Esc > options > Allow mission auto-popups > set to off

    searching a bit before complaining wouldn't hurt.
    you can facepalm now, I did.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    perji wrote:
    I like how this has 5 complaint replies but no solution...

    Esc > options > Allow mission auto-popups > set to off

    searching a bit before complaining wouldn't hurt.
    you can facepalm now, I did.

    I think you may be missing the point. Lots of theese popups are unnessacary.

    Cryptic just very recently did a major overhaul of the entire mission set, allowing them to level with the player, but ignored all theese popups.

    Yes, they were nessacary in the beginning, but now they aren't anymore. They have better tech now that makes the popups obsolete.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    perji wrote:
    I like how this has 5 complaint replies but no solution...

    Esc > options > Allow mission auto-popups > set to off

    searching a bit before complaining wouldn't hurt.
    you can facepalm now, I did.

    Yes, I am facepalming at you. You seem to have some reading comprehension issues. :p

    We arent talking about the auto mission hails. This is about BO pop ups in missions during combat or just any of the pop ups in general.

    We dont have an option to turn those off and we should, I offered that suggestion in the second post.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    Yes, I am facepalming at you. You seem to have some reading comprehension issues. :p

    We arent talking about the auto mission hails. This is about BO pop ups in missions during combat or just any of the pop ups in general.

    We dont have an option to turn those off and we should, I offered that suggestion in the second post.

    1. You are not the OP, so you cannot tell me what he meant. You can only tell me what you thought he meant. I thought he meant something else.
    2. I don't know how or why you get unwanted "popups". I don't get any unwanted popups. There are no popups in battle, they only appear when the red alert is over, which is 10 seconds or so after all combat ceased.
    3. Now that I think of it, I used to get TRIBBLE like that when playing single player episodes, but then, hitting the space bar to fire or using any skill in the tray made them go away fast. If you DO get them during combat, it's either one of the poorly designed missions (which actually makes them "mission auto hail") or some bug.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    perji wrote:
    1. You are not the OP, so you cannot tell me what he meant. You can only tell me what you thought he meant. I thought he meant something else.
    2. I don't know how or why you get unwanted "popups". I don't get any unwanted popups. There are no popups in battle, they only appear when the red alert is over, which is 10 seconds or so after all combat ceased.
    3. Now that I think of it, I used to get TRIBBLE like that when playing single player episodes, but then, hitting the space bar to fire or using any skill in the tray made them go away fast. If you DO get them during combat, it's either one of the poorly designed missions (which actually makes them "mission auto hail") or some bug.


    The OP said specifically pop ups in the middle of a fight. It is completely clear, not my interpretation. ;)
    Im sorry if english isnt your first language. I didnt mean to offend.

    Mission auto hail is a completely different thing. You would only ever get a mission auto hail after you have turned in a mission.

    We are talking about in mission pop ups, and they do happen in battle. Not always, but often enough to be annoying. Plus after replaying missions we dont need them so having an option to have them default to minimzed would be nice.

    Also there are other pop ups that I dislike, like the warp to sector pop ups.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    Seems every time I'm in the middle of a fight a popup appears coverring 3/4 of my screen... Really?

    Make them always minimized (so we can open them should we need to [*cough* never]), we really don't need this constant mission spam 99.99999% of the time - our objective is written clearly on the top right of our screens anyway!


    Unless the mission requires interaction or choices, why show anything??? It's just pointless screen clutter that covers the most important part of our screen always at just the WRONG times.

    Don't need them. Don't want them.

    QFT

    I've always hated the silent-BO/NPC face just doing idling movements ever since STO was conceived.

    Wish it would be a small low priority button that just blinks - as well as a flashy button when there is loot to decide on.
    Already moved the lootwindow aside, but it is indeed annoying now that we always have a Cardi Loot Box in just about every meaningless kill.
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