Keeping Labels Permanently VIsible Plus Macros

John Tiller's Campaign Series exemplifies tactical war-gaming at its finest by bringing you the entire collection of TalonSoft's award-winning campaign series. Containing TalonSoft's West Front, East Front, and Rising Sun platoon-level combat series, as well as all of the official add-ons and expansion packs, the Matrix Edition allows players to dictate the events of World War II from the tumultuous beginning to its climatic conclusion. We are working together with original programmer John Tiller to bring you this updated edition.

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1) Macros -- fyi it is possible to assign new hotkeys via the program "macro express". I find this very convenient for setting up my standard display options etc etc each time I startup. Anything you can do with a mouse or menu can be macroed. Friendly tip :-)
2) Labels always on -- I know "shift" gets them visible while shift is down but I would like them always visible. this happened to me once so must be possible .please advise :-)

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2) Labels always on -- I know "shift" gets them visible while shift is down but I would like them always visible. this happened to me once so must be possible .please advise :-)


Press and hold Shift, press Alt and your labels should stay on.

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just tried that and no impact. hold down shift then alt. nope. similarly shift THEN alt. what am I missing? they just disappear again
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just tried that and no impact. hold down shift then alt. nope. similarly shift THEN alt. what am I missing? they just disappear again

Hmm, that's weird. That should work. I will test it at home tonight.

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Jason, is there any chance to implement something like the Panzer Campaigns "alternate labels" for the text (instead of the white box that obscures the terrain behind it)?
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Jason, is there any chance to implement something like the Panzer Campaigns "alternate labels" for the text (instead of the white box that obscures the terrain behind it)?

No idea actually. I noticed this request before but am unsure how to go about making it work.

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I don't think you can, they are at the bottom of the .map file, if you open with word, not sure if you can assign a transparent color to the background, it currently is white, and probably in an exe somewhere but never dug around that deep.

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