Thanks for the tip.

Uly - I'll look at doing that for you.

Doommunky - First of all that filename you have is truncated. It should be No_Glare_Mini-map.zip

1. You extract the file contents using winzip or whatever unzip program you use.

2. Copy that NoGlareMinimap.exe and place it in your \\GalCiv2\ directory. Usually that's like C:\Program Files\ etc etc. My game directory is different because I install all my games to a second hard drive. So my path is D:\Games\GalCiv2

3. Once you've dropped/pasted the file there, just double click it. When it asks to over-write say "yes/ok". That's it!

Thanks, jpinard! I added at ".zip" to the "No" and got the files just fine!

EDIT 1:But...crap, it's not working still. Is this because I don't have DA? I'm a noob, and only have Dread Lords still. Can this work with DL?

EDIT 2: Hell yes it can! I just copied the MainWnd.dxpack file into the GalCivII/Screens directory, and all is well! Thanks so much for this. I like it!

Now if someone could get rid of ALL the glare...

You can e-mail me through the forum. Click my name and it will bring up the prompt. Just put GC2 in the subject header.

------------- join shodan

Thanks for the info about the hidden alpha channel Kyro. I use CarbonUI and wanted to get that glare off the minimap as well, but jp's version in the library overwrote the black/carbon'd main taskbar in the process.

I'd have never found it myself without the black layer trick.
Finally. A no-glared CarbonUI taskbar.

Thanks.