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Whirligig - Themes/backgrounds updated now over 60 to choose from.

Whirligig · published 3 years ago

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Another update with a couple of bug fixes but the main addition is an update to the backgrounds options.

So I found a very good equirectangular sky pack and I've include the options from there and in the process updated the background menu to accommodate them and updated the outer glow options to support screen transparency. Here is the new selection:

and a few screenshots of it in action:

If you were using any of the previous themes then this does replace them. However I feel these are much better then the old ones. If you really want one though I'll be happy to make them available.

All the best and happy watching

Phil

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