Dont think u can get rid of em completely.
When I used classic view I used the desaturated seat images I made. This made the empty seats, less obtrusive. I assume if you make the image a transparent 794x547 PNG - you wouldnt ever be able to join a table. I never tried to make them totally disappear. The client uses those same images if you are joining, or already seated and someone leaves. The only thing I tried was to desaturate those background seat images - see images above.
In RT view - The client used to have a seatrt_empty and a seatrt_join. I used to be able to make the seatrt_empty disappear completely. A recent update got rid of seatrt_join. Both states now use the same seatrt_empty - they just overlay the Join Seat text on that image to join.
I switched back to Racetrack view for a couple of reasons. The first reason was to make it easier to align my HUD stats around 6max.
The other reason - The seatrt_empty can be made 75% opaque black. With a black/gray background/table set up - they are barely noticeable. This also allows FTSC to maintain full functionality.
Download this latest of my Avatars-Library.ZIP -
Avatars-Library-ftsc.zip
These are the new images that were added to the library - the Folder FTSC:
