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[brian]

Summary:
Explosion effects with additive blending affect UI elements, making them unreadable.

How to reproduce:
A large unit is disabled - a large explosion flare is overlaid on top of the unit. Blending appears to be additive.

Hit escape to quit the mission - the flare of the explosion renders on top of the UI, making the text unreadable.

Status:
Acknowledged, and being looking into.

(PS: Can't seem to post an image...)

[Avan]

Ok, yeah, I was getting that as well, but I thought it was merely washing it out.

[Ivaylo]

We noticed this ourselves, has been flagged with the tiny army of gnomes Alex has whipped into fixing things right now.

[Alex]

Hmm. Feature

I recall trying it under the UI early on, and it looks a lot better on top. It's not very readable the other way due to the sudden change in contrast, anyway.

Plus, for me at least, it adds a bit of a "flying blind" excitement to bringing down a capital ship, for a few seconds. And it makes sense! Your sensors are overloaded, you see.

[brian]

It looks good on top of the standard UI, but I think you should put game menus (like quit) above it.

[Alex]

That's a good point. It's kind of a pain to fix, but duly noted (as a lower-priority item).

[Avan]

the victory/defeat & exit menus will render under explosions, making them impossible to see.