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This game could use a game timer

April 17, 2012 5:21:49 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

What do you guys think. Maybe a little timer on the right side of the Bottom UI that gives us the game time. This could easily be used as a learning tool to help out newer players also.

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HitmanTheMad
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Reply #1 April 17, 2012 6:39:16 PM
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Agree. I'd love to see 'time elapsed' somewhere (as an optional setting maybe) on the UI. I know it keeps track of it since it shows the elapsed time at the end of the game.

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Reply #2 April 17, 2012 6:44:56 PM
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+1 i would love this

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Reply #3 April 17, 2012 7:50:43 PM
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Yes, would be useful. 

 

Right now I just time it off of autosave ticks - every 15 minutes....

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Reply #4 April 17, 2012 7:51:56 PM
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Rather not. I don't want to think too much about my level of Sins addiction...

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Reply #5 April 17, 2012 11:38:34 PM
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I want a game timer, as well, please.

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Reply #6 April 17, 2012 11:44:47 PM
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if it's optional?

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Reply #7 April 17, 2012 11:49:11 PM
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ya, i currently time stuff via autosaves. a timer might be nice, but i would perfer other features first. (even premade maps, player rating system...)

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Reply #8 April 18, 2012 12:07:42 AM
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Quoting Pbhead,
reply 7
ya, i currently time stuff via autosaves. a timer might be nice, but i would perfer other features first. (even premade maps, player rating system...)

^ This. Though if we get a timer it should be an optional feature that could be turned on or off.

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Reply #9 April 18, 2012 12:18:45 AM
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Well it is optional in SC2 I dont see why not on here.

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Reply #10 April 18, 2012 2:29:48 AM
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But then I would be forced to comes to terms with how much time I spend playing this game....

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Reply #11 April 18, 2012 3:07:48 AM
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It certainly couldn't hurt to add it. Civ games have it and they're comparable timesinks.

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Reply #12 April 19, 2012 1:47:56 PM
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Bump for Devs.

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Reply #13 April 19, 2012 1:56:19 PM
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I'm not sure... 

I kinda like turning on my 2nd screen to check the time and go "ohfuck.. it's 03:00 >.<"

Anyway, SIGNED! would be useful

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Reply #14 April 19, 2012 5:18:18 PM
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This has been asked for many times before.  It would be invaluable tool to figure out how you are doing.

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Reply #15 April 19, 2012 5:21:49 PM
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I came to this realization after analyzing an auqia replay heavily.

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Reply #16 April 19, 2012 7:45:06 PM
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Quoting SivCorp,
reply 3
Right now I just time it off of autosave ticks - every 15 minutes....

I've been using the autosaves as a timer too!  Especially now that mine autosaves every 1'40"!  (Mine used to be every 5 minutes)!   Are the more frequent autosaves a feature of Rebellion??  (To check the time after an autosave notice, hit menu, load game, switch to autosave list, and look at time on the top/last autosave, then just exit back out to the game). 

But I too would really like an on-screen timer.  Like the replay clock/timer.

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Reply #17 April 19, 2012 9:54:10 PM
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It would make a good benchmark, especially if we start to get some youtube tutorials up to help newer players we can give them a rough estimate about the times that they should use.

 

I don't know I am excited for this I hope we get a dev response that won't tell us this will be a DLC.

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