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No Fear posted 03-25-99 11:56 AM ET
Wouldn't it be nice to have a realtime clock down in the corner or somwhere. Since everytime you start to play a session you're glued to the monitor for hours. Just a thougt that i had.
Signing off ******
quizara tafwid posted 03-25-99 12:47 PM ET
Actually, I'd like to have a programmable pop-up that will remind you of important things to do (like eating and sleeping). Can we get this in the next patch (if there is one)?
weregamer posted 03-25-99 04:19 PM ET
You don't need a special feature in SMAC. You are running Windows, which is a real multitasking system.
If you don't want to use Outlook, or one of the zillion shareware alarm clocks, I could stick the thing I wrote myself on an ftp site. It has the custom feature (for gamers) of trying to play a sound when the alarm time is reached, and then if the sound device is busy (like, in use by a game), it pops its window up to the front.
Corwin posted 03-25-99 10:47 PM ET
Why not use the clock included in windows tray? If your keyboard has the windows button, use it, otherwise press ctrl+esc and the start menu pops up revealing the taskbar. All you have to do is turn on the clock in corner of taskbar and you have your time.
Radegast2 posted 03-26-99 06:30 AM ET
Hey, I've got a clock on the wall right next to my computer, and I STILL forget to look at the time. 3.30am this morning (fortunately, slow day at work, else I wouldn't be here right)
MikeH II posted 03-26-99 06:31 AM ET
Yeah but how do you remember to look at the clock if you don't have a pop up reminder?
tOFfGI posted 03-26-99 06:45 AM ET
The "window switching" works fine if you run SMAC and windows in the same resolution, but not if SMAC is bigger. It really messes up your desktop...
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Author	Topic: clock
No Fear	posted 03-25-99 11:56 AM ET Wouldn't it be nice to have a realtime clock down in the corner or somwhere. Since everytime you start to play a session you're glued to the monitor for hours. Just a thougt that i had. Signing off ******
quizara tafwid	posted 03-25-99 12:47 PM ET Actually, I'd like to have a programmable pop-up that will remind you of important things to do (like eating and sleeping). Can we get this in the next patch (if there is one)?
weregamer	posted 03-25-99 04:19 PM ET You don't need a special feature in SMAC. You are running Windows, which is a real multitasking system. If you don't want to use Outlook, or one of the zillion shareware alarm clocks, I could stick the thing I wrote myself on an ftp site. It has the custom feature (for gamers) of trying to play a sound when the alarm time is reached, and then if the sound device is busy (like, in use by a game), it pops its window up to the front.
Corwin	posted 03-25-99 10:47 PM ET Why not use the clock included in windows tray? If your keyboard has the windows button, use it, otherwise press ctrl+esc and the start menu pops up revealing the taskbar. All you have to do is turn on the clock in corner of taskbar and you have your time.
Radegast2	posted 03-26-99 06:30 AM ET Hey, I've got a clock on the wall right next to my computer, and I STILL forget to look at the time. 3.30am this morning (fortunately, slow day at work, else I wouldn't be here right)
MikeH II	posted 03-26-99 06:31 AM ET Yeah but how do you remember to look at the clock if you don't have a pop up reminder?
tOFfGI	posted 03-26-99 06:45 AM ET The "window switching" works fine if you run SMAC and windows in the same resolution, but not if SMAC is bigger. It really messes up your desktop...