diff --git a/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFile.cpp b/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFile.cpp
index 832317f50c8528251ea7cd4bcf6a774c5b71ad44..3a6e073eaafed0f19d4b4d485ff34075c633e11a 100644
--- a/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFile.cpp
+++ b/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFile.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ float ** markercolours;
 float animationspeed;
 float movementspeed;
 
+menubutton_t menubutton;
+
 std::vector<information> info;
 
 const char * loadConfigFileErrors[] =
@@ -233,6 +235,10 @@ void initState()
 	infolinecolour[1] = 1.0f;
 	infolinecolour[2] = 0.0f;
 	infolinecolour[3] = 1.0f;
+
+	menubutton = Record;
+
+	bondscaling = 0.7f;
 }
 
 int loadConfigFile(const char * f)
@@ -636,10 +642,25 @@ int loadConfigFile(const char * f)
 			r=fscanf (F, "%f %f %f", infolinecolour, infolinecolour+1, infolinecolour+2);
 			if (r<3)
 				eprintf ("Error reading atomtrajectorycolour value");
-		} else if (!strcmp (s, "animationspeed")) {
-			r=fscanf (F, "%f", &animationspeed);
+		}
+		else if (!strcmp(s, "animationspeed")) {
+			r = fscanf(F, "%f", &animationspeed);
+			if (r < 1)
+				eprintf("Error reading animationspeed");
+		}
+		else if (!strcmp(s, "")) {
+			r = fscanf(F, "%f", &bondscaling);
 			if (r<1)
-				eprintf ("Error reading animationspeed");
+				eprintf("Error reading bondscaling");
+			bondscaling = sqrt(bondscaling);
+		} else if (!strcmp(s, "menubutton")) {
+			r = fscanf(F, "%s", s);
+			if (!strcmp(s, "Record"))
+				menubutton = Record;
+			else if (!strcmp(s, "Infobox"))
+				menubutton = Infobox;
+			else if (!strcmp (s, "Nothing"))
+				menubutton = Nothing;
 		} else if (!strcmp (s, "movementspeed")) {
 			r=fscanf (F, "%f", &movementspeed);
 			if (r<1)
diff --git a/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFile.h b/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFile.h
index e6910f4a31f49d14f2a196b6f45def528f61d1fc..ec4ac4a7b782dacaedfe6c39ecdb86527752f21c 100644
--- a/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFile.h
+++ b/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFile.h
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ struct information {
 	GLuint tex;
 };
 
+typedef enum {
+	Record,
+	Infobox,
+	Nothing
+} menubutton_t;
+
+extern menubutton_t menubutton;
+
 extern std::vector<information> info;
 
+
 #endif //__CONFIGFILE_H
diff --git a/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFileAtoms.cpp b/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFileAtoms.cpp
index ccc27f5a4ef6659a81c9674864c0f66b633bc166..673bb121f7b45e3e63ac3fb82574d161e50f1c99 100644
--- a/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFileAtoms.cpp
+++ b/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFileAtoms.cpp
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ float cubetrans[3];
 
 float supercell[3];
 int voxelSize[3];
+
+float bondscaling;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFileAtoms.h b/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFileAtoms.h
index 199ae65ddfe8baf2ddc636a0f968ba1fc445ced4..a277cdd7b9d02ef305dae320258322b8a9b10dd5 100644
--- a/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFileAtoms.h
+++ b/NOMADVRLib/ConfigFileAtoms.h
@@ -29,4 +29,6 @@ extern int voxelSize[3];
 
 extern float supercell[3];
 
+extern float bondscaling;
+
 #endif //CONFIGFILEATOMS_H
diff --git a/NOMADVRLib/atomsGL.cpp b/NOMADVRLib/atomsGL.cpp
index e495b4725a541fb5cd89008748b7b61cb238a4e7..523d08cc090d73c2762bc90c1251eb21596fdb72 100644
--- a/NOMADVRLib/atomsGL.cpp
+++ b/NOMADVRLib/atomsGL.cpp
@@ -280,69 +280,76 @@ GLenum SetupAtoms(GLuint **AtomVAO /*[4]*/, GLuint **AtomVertBuffer /*[3]*/, GLu
 	float *current=tmp;
 	
 	const int atomlimit=30;
-	const float bondscaling=0.7f;
 
-	numBonds=new int[getAtomTimesteps() ];
 	for (int p=0;p<getAtomTimesteps() ;p++) {
+		for (int a = 0; a < numAtoms[p]; a++) {
+			for (int k = 0; k < 4; k++) {
+				*current++ = atoms[p][4 * a + k];
+			}
+		} //a
+	}
 
-			for (int a = 0; a < numAtoms[p]; a++) {
-				for (int k = 0; k < 4; k++) {
-					*current++ = atoms[p][4 * a + k];
-				}
-			} //a
-
-		if (numAtoms[0]<atomlimit) {
-		//eprintf ("searching bonds basic");
-		//bonds FIXME quadractic complexity	
-				for (int a1=0; a1 < numAtoms[p]; a1++) {
-					for (int a2=a1+1; a2 < numAtoms[p]; a2++) {
-						float d=0, r;
-						for (int k=0;k<3;k++) {
-							float dif=atoms[p][4 * a1 + k]-atoms[p][4 * a2 + k];
-							d+=dif*dif;
-						}
-						r=atomRadius(static_cast<int>(atoms[p][4 * a1 + 3]))+
-							atomRadius(static_cast<int>(atoms[p][4 * a2 + 3]));
-						if (d*bondscaling<r*r) {// bond
-							bonds.push_back(a1+(p==0?0:numAtoms[p-1]));
-							bonds.push_back(a2+(p==0?0:numAtoms[p-1]));
+	if (!displaybonds) {
+		numBonds=nullptr;
+		for (int p=1; p<getAtomTimesteps() ;p++) 
+				numAtoms[p]+=numAtoms[p-1];
+	} else {
+		numBonds=new int[getAtomTimesteps() ];
+		//can be slow, add loading screen here if Vive
+		for (int p=0;p<getAtomTimesteps() ;p++) {
+ 
+		if (numAtoms[p]<atomlimit) {
+			//eprintf ("searching bonds basic");
+			//bonds FIXME quadractic complexity	
+					for (int a1=0; a1 < numAtoms[p]; a1++) {
+						for (int a2=a1+1; a2 < numAtoms[p]; a2++){
+							float d=0, r;
+							for (int k=0;k<3;k++) {
+								float dif=atoms[p][4 * a1 + k]-atoms[p][4 * a2 + k];
+								d+=dif*dif;
+							}
+							r=atomRadius(static_cast<int>(atoms[p][4 * a1 + 3]))+
+								atomRadius(static_cast<int>(atoms[p][4 * a2 + 3]));
+							if (d*bondscaling<r*r) {// bond
+								bonds.push_back(a1+(p==0?0:numAtoms[p-1]));
+								bonds.push_back(a2+(p==0?0:numAtoms[p-1]));
+							}
 						}
 					}
-				}
-		} else { //more than 30 atoms, try grid optimization
-		//eprintf ("searching bonds grid");
+			} else { //more than 30 atoms, try grid optimization
+			//eprintf ("searching bonds grid");
 
-			float m[3];
-			float M[3];
-			for (int k=0; k<3;k++) {
-				m[k]=M[k]=atoms[p][k];
-			}
-			for (int a = 1; a < numAtoms[p]; a++) {
+				float m[3];
+				float M[3];
 				for (int k=0; k<3;k++) {
-					if (m[k]>atoms[p][4*a+k])
-						m[k]=atoms[p][4*a+k];
-					if (M[k]<atoms[p][4*a+k])
-						M[k]=atoms[p][4*a+k];
+					m[k]=M[k]=atoms[p][k];
 				}
-			}
-			grid g(m, M, pow(numAtoms[p], 1.0f/3.0f), bondscaling);
-			for (int a = 1; a < numAtoms[p]; a++) 
-				g.add(atoms[p]+4*a);
-			for (int a = 0; a < numAtoms[p]; a++) {
-				std::vector<float*> found=g.find(atoms[p]+4*a);
-				for (int b=0;b<found.size();b++) {
-					//if (found[b] < tmp+4*a) // already got this bound
-					//	continue;
-					bonds.push_back(a+(p==0?0:numAtoms[p-1]));
-					bonds.push_back(((found[b]-atoms[p])/4)+(p==0?0:numAtoms[p-1]));
+				for (int a = 1; a < numAtoms[p]; a++) {
+					for (int k=0; k<3;k++) {
+						if (m[k]>atoms[p][4*a+k])
+							m[k]=atoms[p][4*a+k];
+						if (M[k]<atoms[p][4*a+k])
+							M[k]=atoms[p][4*a+k];
+					}
+				}
+				grid g(m, M, pow(numAtoms[p], 1.0f/3.0f), bondscaling);
+				for (int a = 1; a < numAtoms[p]; a++) 
+					g.add(atoms[p]+4*a);
+				for (int a = 0; a < numAtoms[p]; a++) {
+					std::vector<float*> found=g.find(atoms[p]+4*a);
+					for (int b=0;b<found.size();b++) {
+						//if (found[b] < tmp+4*a) // already got this bound
+						//	continue;
+						bonds.push_back(a+(p==0?0:numAtoms[p-1]));
+						bonds.push_back(((found[b]-atoms[p])/4)+(p==0?0:numAtoms[p-1]));
+					}
 				}
 			}
-		}
-		numBonds[p]=bonds.size();
-		if (p!=0)
-			numAtoms[p]+=numAtoms[p-1];
-	} //p
-
+			numBonds[p]=bonds.size();
+			if (p!=0)
+				numAtoms[p]+=numAtoms[p-1];
+		} //p
+	} // showbonds
 	glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 4 * sizeof(float), (const void *)(0));
 	glVertexAttribPointer(1, 1, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 4 * sizeof(float), (const void *)(3 * sizeof(float)));
 	glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(float) * totalatoms * 4 , tmp,
@@ -354,7 +361,7 @@ GLenum SetupAtoms(GLuint **AtomVAO /*[4]*/, GLuint **AtomVertBuffer /*[3]*/, GLu
 
 	if ((e = glGetError()) != GL_NO_ERROR)
 		eprintf( "opengl error %d, end of SetupAtoms, l %d\n", e, __LINE__);
-
+	
 	if (showTrajectories) {
 			//fill the restart buffer
 		//use abc for measuring
@@ -405,18 +412,19 @@ GLenum SetupAtoms(GLuint **AtomVAO /*[4]*/, GLuint **AtomVertBuffer /*[3]*/, GLu
 	}
 	delete[] tmp;
 	//bonds
-	glBindVertexArray((*AtomVAO)[2]);
-	glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, (*AtomVertBuffer)[0]);
-	glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, *BondIndices);
-	glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(int)*bonds.size(), bonds.data(), GL_STATIC_DRAW);
-	glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 4 * sizeof(float), (const void *)(0));
-	glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
-	glBindVertexArray(0);
-
-	e=glGetError();
-	if ((e = glGetError()) != GL_NO_ERROR)
-		eprintf( "opengl error %d, creating chemical bonds, l %d\n", e, __LINE__);
-
+	if (displaybonds) {
+		glBindVertexArray((*AtomVAO)[2]);
+		glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, (*AtomVertBuffer)[0]);
+		glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, *BondIndices);
+		glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(int)*bonds.size(), bonds.data(), GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+		glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 4 * sizeof(float), (const void *)(0));
+		glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
+		glBindVertexArray(0);
+	
+		e=glGetError();
+		if ((e = glGetError()) != GL_NO_ERROR)
+			eprintf( "opengl error %d, creating chemical bonds, l %d\n", e, __LINE__);
+	}
 	//now clones
 	if (basisvectorreps ||!clonedAtoms) //do not replicate
 		return e;
diff --git a/OpenVR/TimestepData/hellovr_opengl_main.cpp b/OpenVR/TimestepData/hellovr_opengl_main.cpp
index 495c72fddad50f37e85ae3dbd04877be92576135..0f295ca6e993c0f8f4a7eb4527c435c21562fc7f 100644
--- a/OpenVR/TimestepData/hellovr_opengl_main.cpp
+++ b/OpenVR/TimestepData/hellovr_opengl_main.cpp
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ bool CMainApplication::BInit()
 	if( m_bDebugOpenGL )
 		SDL_GL_SetAttribute( SDL_GL_CONTEXT_FLAGS, SDL_GL_CONTEXT_DEBUG_FLAG );
 
-	m_pWindow = SDL_CreateWindow( "Geophysics OpenVR SDL", nWindowPosX, nWindowPosY, m_nWindowWidth, m_nWindowHeight, unWindowFlags );
+	m_pWindow = SDL_CreateWindow( "NOMAD OpenVR", nWindowPosX, nWindowPosY, m_nWindowWidth, m_nWindowHeight, unWindowFlags );
 	if (m_pWindow == NULL)
 	{
 		printf( "%s - Window could not be created! SDL Error: %s\n", __FUNCTION__, SDL_GetError() );
@@ -2129,7 +2129,7 @@ void CMainApplication::RenderStereoTargets()
 	char name[100];
 
 #ifndef NOSAVINGSCREENSHOTS
-	if (savetodisk) {
+	if (menubutton==Record && savetodisk) {
 		sprintf(name, "%sL%05d.bmp", SCREENSHOT, framecounter);
 		SaveScreenshot(name);
 	}
@@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ void CMainApplication::RenderStereoTargets()
  	RenderScene( vr::Eye_Right );
 
 #ifndef NOSAVINGSCREENSHOTS
-	if (savetodisk && saveStereo) {
+	if (menubutton == Record &&savetodisk && saveStereo) {
 		sprintf(name, "%sR%05d.bmp", SCREENSHOT, framecounter);
 		SaveScreenshot(name);
 	}
@@ -2175,7 +2175,7 @@ void CMainApplication::RenderStereoTargets()
  	glBindFramebuffer(GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER, 0);
     glBindFramebuffer(GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER, 0 );
 #ifndef NOSAVINGSCREENSHOTS
-	if (savetodisk) {
+	if (menubutton == Record && savetodisk) {
 		framecounter++;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -2492,11 +2492,20 @@ void CMainApplication::RenderScene(vr::Hmd_Eye nEye)
 	glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
 
 	if (ISOS==0) {
-		RenderInfo(nEye);
+		//simple transparency model for markers
+		if (showAtoms) {
+			glEnable(GL_BLEND);
+			glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+		}
+		if (menubutton==Infobox && savetodisk)
+			RenderInfo(nEye);
 		RenderAtoms(nEye);
 		RenderUnitCell(nEye);
 		if (showcontrollers)
 			RenderAllTrackedRenderModels(nEye);
+		if (showAtoms) {
+			glDisable(GL_BLEND);
+		}
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -2529,7 +2538,8 @@ void CMainApplication::RenderScene(vr::Hmd_Eye nEye)
 				if ((e = glGetError()) != GL_NO_ERROR)
 					dprintf("Gl error after paintgrid: %d, %s\n", e, gluErrorString(e));
 				if (numAtoms!=0) {
-					RenderInfo(nEye);
+					if (menubutton == Infobox && savetodisk)
+						RenderInfo(nEye);
 					RenderAtoms(nEye);
 					RenderUnitCell(nEye);
 				}
@@ -2629,7 +2639,8 @@ void CMainApplication::RenderScene(vr::Hmd_Eye nEye)
 			glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
 			glUseProgram(m_unSceneProgramID);
 			PaintGrid(nEye, currentiso);
-			RenderInfo(nEye);
+			if (menubutton == Infobox && savetodisk)
+				RenderInfo(nEye);
 			if (showcontrollers)
 				RenderAllTrackedRenderModels(nEye);
 		} //else currentiso =isos