# DDSC Navigator — tester package (host only)

English UI overlay host for Star Citizen. Product name: **DDSC Navigator**.

## Requirements

- Windows 10/11 x64
- [.NET 8 Desktop Runtime](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0) (not the SDK)

## How to run

1. Unzip this folder anywhere.
2. Double-click `Start DDSC Overlay.bat` or `DDSC.Overlay.Host.exe`.
3. Use the Control Panel and tray icon. Overlay HUD stays click-through; the menu is a separate window.

## Hotkeys

| Hotkey | Action |
|--------|--------|
| **Shift+F10** | Toggle Navigator menu (works while the game is focused if registration succeeds) |
| **Esc** | Close menu |
| **Ctrl+Shift+H** / **Ctrl+Shift+F10** | Force-reset overlay |
| **Ctrl+Shift+P** | Control panel |
| **Scroll Lock ×2** | Backup menu toggle |
| **Tray → Exit** | Quit |

If Shift+F10 is already owned by another app, use **Ctrl+Shift+P** for the panel and the tray menu.

## Addons

This zip is the **host only**. It does **not** include addon ZIPs. Install this Navigator pack **first**, then drop addon zips.

Opaque search fields (background `#2A3A58`, light text) and the color theme are implemented in **DDSC.Overlay.Host** (`AddonWindowEnhancer`), not inside most addon DLLs. Recipients who skip this zip will not get visible search bars from the addon packs alone.

- Gallery (SCOverlay) addons are usually **German** UI. English UI patches for the crew list are in the Omnia / RepTracker / Wingman / Workbench zips on the downloads page.
- Locally patched English copies (if you have them) belong in:

  `addons\packages\<AddonName>\<AddonName>.dll`

  next to the host install, **or** under the same layout beside this unzipped folder if you copy an `addons` tree yourself.

- **Addon English ZIPs later.** For now testers use this host. Local patched addons live in the developer tree `addons\packages` and are **not** in this zip unless noted.

Install extra addons from Control Panel → **Install ZIP…**, or drop a folder into `addons\packages\`.

Demo / sample HUD addons are disabled by default.

## Theme

MFD gold/amber on dark panels. Overlay must stay click-through so Star Citizen keeps mouse/keyboard.
