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Offline Lynx

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Howdy. I'm currently doing work on the interface(it's hard enough to turn into something worthwile with that configuration) and the problems are the seemingly hardcoded written description sitting near nearly every button. They annoy me, they give me nightmares. I want them dead.

So, is there a way to turn them off without code changes? I thougth editing tstrings.tbl would do the job, but it had no effect.
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Offline Lynx

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yes/no/afraid to answer?
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Offline Goober5000

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So, is there a way to turn them off without code changes?
No.

 

Offline Lynx

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Damned.
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Offline Goober5000

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Actually, I take that back; that may not be entirely true.  Try editing strings.tbl instead.  Search for "new stuff 1/28/99".

 

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er, why do you WANT to disable the descriptions? those 'annoying descriptions' tell you what they lead to. :wtf:
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Offline gevatter Lars

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er, why do you WANT to disable the descriptions? those 'annoying descriptions' tell you what they lead to. :wtf:


If you have a button that shows you what inside you don't need a text.
In some cases it would be nice to get ride of them.
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Offline Lynx

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Thanks Goober, this actually seems to have an effect. I have to try out if it works for other screens to, but that makes the job a fair bit easier.

@Cobra: It has a lots of reasons. For example I can integrate the descriptions into the interface graphic and thuse make it looks different, use other fonts, use effects on them to make them look better; in many cases they are redundant since the buttons icon makes it clear what said button does, and eliminating them also means also more freedom with working on a new menue style.
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