[2020] New "UI-Only" toggle option now on Singularity

Hello all,

With the latest patch on Singularity, we have added a the ability to toggle the 3D view when in space, or in your hangar. The ability to toggle off the 3D scene will allow quick access to a high-performance, low-GPU-usage mode when viewing the 3D scene is not necessary. When toggled with a keystroke (Control+Shift+F9, and can be re-binded), it will eliminate the need to go through settings menus, and will allow nearly instant reactivation of the 3D view when desired.

This has been a feature requested a few times from the community, and has been developed with collaboration from the CSM.

We’re looking forward to hearing your feedback on this mode, or if there are any issues you encounter please create a bug report while on Singularity with the details of your issue.

Fly safe o7

@Eris_Kirke
Automatic input from a third party tool is not allowed. Please refer to the EVE-O Readme which covers your question (it must not be used to broadcast any user input).

That’s not a bad idea. I’ll pass it on to the appropriate people on the graphics team.

We’re hoping this will be useful both for players who want to lower GPU load on very low-end machines and for those who are engaged in fleet fights with thousands of players on grid that might be very taxing for their systems to render.

As you probably know, we used to have a setting that replaced the 3D view in hangars with a still image. It was removed as part of a pass to simplify the settings menu by taking out lesser-used settings.

Not sure if bringing that setting back would be on the table, but in the meantime I suggest binding this toggle to a convenient key and toggling when you dock or undock. It takes effect instantly and you will probably forget you’re doing it.

It’s possible these could be represented in tactical view in the future, but in the meantime, simply toggling on 3D graphics to see the bubbles will likely be your best bet.

Try setting your Interval to Interval One. Otherwise, Eve will crank out all the frames it can, to the limit of your CPU and GPU.

Can you set your settings back and submit an in-game bug report? Would be interested to see what your hardware/driver/settings situation looked like.

Unfortunately not. There was concern raised that players might enable this mode by mistake and would need help getting out.

We still construct and update the space scene with this mode enabled. This enables toggling the mode instantly, but means you don’t get any VRAM savings.