discussion Every game should have transparent textbox option!

[kama77]

Why, as an artist/creator, would you want big box covering a quarter of your art? (And often the most *interesting* quarter.)

Just use white text with black outline and you can still read it over any background.

Transparent box should be built in to Renpy, but until it is, every renpy creator should add the option.

 

[Magician5513]

I agree completely... make it at least an option to completely remove it (best is you can change the opacity).

 

[Crpapjda]

Not only some Renpy games have no tranparency slider, some games also take out other slider/options. Why would they do that?
Its so good when you find a game with transparency, outline options, font size, etc. Just changes the way you perceive the game
You dont even have to write your own, just copy one of the thousands of mods out there

Transparency souldnt be and option, should be the norm.

 

[SamaSule]

How many times have I cursed this damn box?

 

[LewdSardin]

Perhaps more a matter of the creator not being that savvy with the technology and not knowing how to change the opacity (or thinking of it)?
I think I have seen a universal mod to make textboxes transparent

 

[KarlVonKarlz]

Does Renpy not have that built in? It feels like common sense.

 

[TittyCommittee]

Good thing Our game does as well!! (It's time for shameless promotion)

 

[Misuk09]

Or at least an option to hide it

 

[WigglyWorld84]

Or, that is is forced onto the bottom of the screen. Is that a renpy limitation? seems every renpy game has the text stuck to the bottom 1/4 of the screen.

Renpy at least as H/MMB for hotkeys to remove the box. other dont even have that.

 

[upbutte]

Best thread ever. It is always the first thing a look for in preferences.

 

[69Questions]

I prefer a slider; I've seen games where the text doesn't have a border and without the shaded textbox it can be hard to read on certain backgrounds.

 

[WigglyWorld84]

Sliders are great. Especially when a game's UI doesnt scale with whatever random resolution your screen might be running.

 

[Shawnchapp]

Why, as an artist/creator, would you want big box covering a quarter of your art? (And often the most *interesting* quarter.)

Just use white text with black outline and you can still read it over any background.

Transparent box should be built in to Renpy, but until it is, every renpy creator should add the option.

see im the opposite i hate not have a textbox it makes it impossible to read the text most of the time for me.

 

[Gorden]

I agree with you

 

[IFF01]

I agree that transparent box is the best

 

[cyanluminous]

I think every game should have a toggle or slider. Reading a wall of text over complex art can be a nightmare, but at the same time let me flip it off to appreciate the assets!

 

[zark]

Having a setting that make the box fade after some time that you pick would be a cool option too.

 

[ga32414]

A transparency slider is definitely a must, the amount of times I've had to rely on the hide UI button because the textbox is covering a body part is more than I would like it to be.

 

[Flame125]

I hate textbox that takes more than 15% of my screen. I'd rather have speech bubble on top of the character's head than a textbox in this case.

 

[Noci]

Why, as an artist/creator, would you want big box covering a quarter of your art? (And often the most *interesting* quarter.)

Just use white text with black outline and you can still read it over any background.

Transparent box should be built in to Renpy, but until it is, every renpy creator should add the option.

Counterpoint: have your art cover up the box instead

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