I'm experiencing a problem right now. I've made almost the entire graphic set or "skin" for my plug (sidebar, buttons, etc) but I have yet to find out how to change the color of the shield and fuel bars on top of the sidebar. Changing the two obvious greens in the "Override Intro + Greens" clut doesn't help. Is there any way to address this?

Also, a question to someone that was on the development team - do those extra buttons in Override Graphics serve any useful purpose, or was I wasting my time creating "Back Room" buttons?

Almost at Alpha!

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Originally posted by Gage_Stryker:
was I wasting my time creating "Back Room" buttons?

Perhaps. I think it's funny that they're in there, but they don't serve any real purpose. Other than to make me smile, though, so you should keep them in the plug.

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Originally posted by Gage_Stryker:
Also, a question to someone that was on the development team - do those extra buttons in Override Graphics serve any useful purpose, or was I wasting my time creating "Back Room" buttons?

Here's your answer:

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Originally posted by mburch:
**Since this has been asked so many times, I'll give a straight answer to clear it up once and for all...

In an early version of EV, there was a Back Room button in the bar that would lead you to what was basically just a copy of the existing Mission Computer window but filled with more "unique" missions. It was exceptionally lame, hence the thing you see now in which people come up and "talk" to you in the bar via pop-up dialogs.

The Demand More button may have been intended to have something to do with tribute or giving fuel to AI ships - I really don't remember, and I don't think any code was ever written that had anything to do with it.

Once those buttons crept their way into the EV data files, they stayed because we either didn't notice or didn't remember to take them out. Interestingly, during most of the development of Override, those buttons were gone - but sometime prior to the release they snuck back in somehow! Since the buttons are handled differently in Nova, I would hope that the phantom buttons will now be well and truly gone.

DLOG resource 4005 will probably stay, however, since I know David Dunham just loves answering email about it.

mcb**

So, your answer is no: those buttons are unnecessary.

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Damn, I didn't know those "Back Room" button no longer served any purposes, hmm maybe I wasted time making revamp graphics for it "Scheiz!"

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I found a use for the Buy a Drink button though...

This special button actually shows up in the Bar dialog DITL resource, so if you drag it into view, it shows up. I used it to create a little thing that says "Spaceport Bar." Not the most useful thing, but it's nice to have this little extra stuck in there.

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Originally posted by Firebird:
**I found a use for the Buy a Drink button though...:)

This special button actually shows up in the Bar dialog DITL resource, so if you drag it into view, it shows up. I used it to create a little thing that says "Spaceport Bar." Not the most useful thing, but it's nice to have this little extra stuck in there.

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what do you mean 'drag it into view'?

could you show me a screenshot or send a copy of the plug to me?

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Anyone have ANY idea how to change the colors of the fuel and shield bars? I managed to change the armour, as it's a ppat, but I have no idea which color resource controls the bars themselves. Help, PLEASE!

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Originally posted by Gage_Stryker:
Anyone have ANY idea how to change the colors of the fuel and shield bars? I managed to change the armour, as it's a ppat, but I have no idea which color resource controls the bars themselves.

I think they're hard-coded into the engine, except in EV Nova where they're controlled by the ďntf resource.

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