WBN to have Spending sound cue

July 31, 2002 2:53 PM from

WBN (would be nice) to have a sound cue when a new turn begins indicating the spending status mirroring the colors.
positive income: beep-BEEP
negitive income: beep

no color differentiation yet WBN though.

deficit positive income: BEEP-beep
deficit negitive income: OOOO-GAAAH

or something similar.
They have to be optional (programmable WBN) as that kind of repetion can get obnoxious.
Maybe only when a transition is made so when you go from positive income to negative income or when you go into or out of deficit spending.

similarly a sound cue when a ship's hit points are low when it gets selected.

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Reply #1 July 31, 2002 4:04 PM from

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If a game has too many sound cues it can start sounding like a pin ball machine, which can turn out to be more confusing than useful.

Cheers,
Jack

Reply #2 July 31, 2002 6:52 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

The suggestion was to make them optional and the design discussed (i.e. flag the transitions) should make them happen on a less then frequent basis. Besides I LIKE pinball, have a nice 40 year old, all mechanical, game in the back room. Only 5 digits across the counters and you have to be GOOD to hit 99,999 and roll them in a 3 ball game.

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