0.60 Tooltip windows size flickers between appropriate and too small

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When the mouse is hovered over a tile benefit icon (such as the "haven" icon shown in this screen shot) the tooltip window is too small. I did get it to flicker to an appropriate size, but then it flipped back to the too small size after a couple of seconds. This happened on the first colonization of a planet, and when viewing the home planet (earth). The save file shows it well.

This screen shot is at https://www.dropbox.com/s/e0va4gg3trt0328/Screenshot Tooltip Text window too small.png?dl=0

This behavior is also happening when hovering the mouse over items in the Technology stage 1 window and the Tech Tree ("Research Technologies") window. It appears so identical to the behavior I saw in the planet window that I suppose the cause could be identical. The screen shots are at
https://www.dropbox.com/s/95cgje9ukemow4a/Screenshot Tooltip Text window flickers shot 1.png?dl=0
and
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6g5hr4mkrop3zw/Screenshot Tooltip Text window flickers shot 2.png?dl=0

This exact same behavior occurs on the Ideology window items "Mindfulness", "Affinity", "Radiant", "Pragmatism", "Greed", and "Terror". In short, most of the Ideology items that contain at least three lines of text plus some "unlocks" items.

I am unable to identify (as yet) any specific characteristics in the Planet View or the primary research window that seems to be tied to this behavior.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I'm seeing the same thing in the Yor tech tree for Collective Manufacturing.  I mouse over it, it starts out large enough that I can read everything, then it shrinks and cuts off the top and bottom of the 2 lines of text "Allows construction of improved colony buildings".  I tried mousing over it from different directions, and just repeating moving the mouse away and back, and found that it's inconsistent.  It happens more often than not, but sometimes it doesn't happen.  That might make it hard to debug.  I hope it's fixable though, it's really annoying.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I have submitted a ticket on what looks like the same thing... although you described it a bit better!  

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Stardock has responded to my ticket that they already have an internal ticket for this problem and that a fix will be coming soon. They were unsure if the fix will make the next patch, however.