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user adjustable ships display ???

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:37 pm
by larryfulkerson
Is there some reason why the ship display can't be user adjusted so as to be able to put it down in the lower left for instance? I'm finding
it a major time waster to have to scroll with the display open just to see the path of the ship on the map. Just a thought.

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RE: user adjustable ships display ???

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:54 pm
by DuckofTindalos
Remember that the ship/TF/all other windows are not "windows" in the sense of MS Windows. I doubt there's any easy way to make this work.

RE: user adjustable ships display ???

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:09 am
by PaxMondo
Yeah, the base code is really quite old.  Amazing what Michael has been able to do with it.
 
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RE: user adjustable ships display ???

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:53 am
by larryfulkerson
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Remember that the ship/TF/all other windows are not "windows" in the sense of MS Windows. I doubt there's any easy way to make this work.
I was a computer programmer way back when I was still working ( retired now ) and I'm pretty sure it can be done. But you're correct that this program looks and acts like a DOS program sometimes. Still, I do like to tinker with code and I'd give my left arm to have the code to this game. It's the best wargame ever produced and it's really not a game it's a simulation and a pretty good one. I'm just saying.....

RE: user adjustable ships display ???

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:55 pm
by DuckofTindalos
And you're quite correct that it'd be convenient. No debate.