Thank you, it's significantly less blinding as far as I can tell. How safe will it be for the eyes, however, can only be tested in-game, as zoom can be important, like when you attack a capital ship while piloting a frigate.
(Reading between the lines of what you've said before, I wonder if you're not playing in the dark or with the monitor brightness set very high. Starsector entirely aside, neither of those things would be good for your eyes long-term, so it seemed worth mentioning. Not that being able to turn the whiteout off is a bad thing regardless.)
Surprisingly enough, it's nether. The room is well-lit, my monitor has brightness that's just enough to see what's going on without having to strain my eyes too much (I just checked, and on my display itself the setting is lower than the standard, and so is the contrast). In fact, if it wasn't an IPS monitor with its deep black color, the contrast would be much weaker.
Thank you for caring, though.
