Real-Time Clock

Sol Solus

Sol Solus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

W/R

I doubt I'm alone here, but I often lose track of time playing GW. Sometimes there isn't a physical clock in sight and I don't want to leave my seat, and sometimes it's not feasible to minimize the game to check the desktop clock. Anet certainly seems to care about healthy gaming habits, what with the hourly notice. A toggleable clock would really not hurt. A little HH:MM you can stick in a corner.

It just needs the following settings:
- Timezone
- 12h/24h

genofreek

genofreek

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

USA

Jenova's Apocolyptic Remains [JAR]

D/

[edit]

Actually, this is so minor that I'm gonna just go neutral on it. :P Personally, I won't use it if it's implemented, but as long as a lame unmovable blinky clock isn't taking up even more of my screen's real estate, I'm not fussed.

Cimoa

Cimoa

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

UK

WIMP

Mo/

Would wearing a watch or placing a small clock on your desk not be a simpler solution to this than asking for a game update that affects everyone?

Alex The Noble

Alex The Noble

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Red Lightning Brigade [RLB]

A/Mo

Why not have a clock which is set to your time zone when you first load the game or go into the options. If im in New Zealand (woho) and its 10:00pm, the game around me should go darker. This is a cosmetic feature which justs makes your screen dark and light depending on what time of day it is.

Also if i had a friend in England it would be 10:00am for him and it would be day time in the game

So what im saying is:
The clock determines what the type of day it is and it only you would have your current time set to your game preferences.

foo

foo

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Scars Meadows [SMS]

N/

/signed, for the sake of having a time stamp on screen shots.

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

Day/Night cycles don't really appeal to me however a weather system would

But to answer this thread i believe wearing a watch or placing a clock on your desk is easier than having the team code a clock into the game

Willow O Whisper

Willow O Whisper

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2007

Denmark

Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]

Me/A

/signed i'm all in for a clock, could be a small one with digit number at the top right of the screen

Keneth

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

/signed

I don't know what you're all fussing about, coding a clock is as simple as checking the ticks on your OS and displaying it in proper format, even with timezone settings it shouldn't take much longer. And for those who don't like it, you can turn any part of the UI off in the settings anyway. I for one would very much like to see this feature as I don't have any clocks or wrist watches and even if I did, it's too dark in this room to check it and sometimes you just don't have the time to minimize.

Coran Ironclaw

Coran Ironclaw

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Guardianes Del Honor

R/Mo

/signed.

Just put an option in f11 to disable it, so all the "my screen is already full!!" cant complain.

Dougal Kronik

Dougal Kronik

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ontario, Canada

Glengarry Fencibles

R/

Put a little icon on the edge of the Radar that when you mouse over a small window pops up with the local time.

MrFuzzles

MrFuzzles

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

Norway

D/

I don't see why not. Do people really hate options that much these days?

Alex The Noble

Alex The Noble

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Red Lightning Brigade [RLB]

A/Mo

Just like WoW u scroll over the moon or sun icon and the time appears.

Healers Wisper

Healers Wisper

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

Anaheim, CA

BoMB

N/

/signed

Dont see why not, if you can toggle on/off if you wish.

Patrick Stealthwind

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

HOT

W/N

/signed

i hate not playing in fullscreen mode, i have to keep it in window mode just so i can see the clock. an ingame clock would rock

Bmc1990

Bmc1990

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2007

E/Me

I dont know about you all, but all i would use a clock for is GW events and Guild events like GvG...."We will be having a GvG @ 16:00" Yes, have it military time...and have the same for ALL servers, Japan, Europe, US, etc. I know what time it is where i live. The clock just needs to be for GW stuff....

darkknightkain

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

P/W

/signed

IMO doesn't even need the timezone.
Just put the client's local time as part of the -perf display or as part of the popup from the green/yellow/red dot will do.

Likelytodie

Likelytodie

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

New York

Fat People Lag [IRL]

Mo/

/signed

I've always wanted it, or even a /time command

whnemesis

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2007

Clan of Kisma

W/

/signed

I have a LED clock beside my computer due to playing later then expected. Some time clock or an alarm option would be advantageous.

pumpkin pie

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

if you must have it, I'll signed only if i can turn it off, beside i am playing in full screen and still can see my clock, DUH! adjust the window yourself lol its so easy and if you are playing in windows instead of full screen the resolutions is better, (for me at least).

explodemyheart

explodemyheart

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Indiana

Gui1d War스 P01ic트 [Pr으]

Mo/

/notsigned

Have people honestly gotten so lazy that they can't, heaven forbid, get out of a chair for a minute to find a clock elsewhere to look at the time?

Likelytodie

Likelytodie

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

New York

Fat People Lag [IRL]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by explodemyheart
/notsigned

Have people honestly gotten so lazy that they can't, heaven forbid, get out of a chair for a minute to find a clock elsewhere to look at the time?
If I said yes, would it make a difference? Its nice to have - If I don't have to get up and walk over to the clock, I honestly, don't want to.

explodemyheart

explodemyheart

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Indiana

Gui1d War스 P01ic트 [Pr으]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Likelytodie
If I said yes, would it make a difference? Its nice to have - If I don't have to get up and walk over to the clock, I honestly, don't want to.
That's why they made clocks in these little bands that go around your wrist. Or battery powered clocks that you can even move around at your own discretion!

Likelytodie

Likelytodie

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

New York

Fat People Lag [IRL]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by explodemyheart
That's why they made clocks in these little bands that go around your wrist. Or battery powered clocks that you can even move around at your own discretion!
Point taken. Just saying it would be nice.

MMSDome

MMSDome

Raged Out

Join Date: Sep 2005

/signed

love the idea.

MirkoTeran

MirkoTeran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Slovenia

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/

/signed

Could be also place in one of the existing options windows as long as its there.

KlutzySpy

KlutzySpy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Denmark

Venatus Una

N/Rt

/signed

sounds like a nice idea

Yawgmoth

Yawgmoth

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

/signed, but

*It shouldn't show the time from your time zone but some Universal Tyrian Time (UTT) - 1 time zone for all GW over the world, I don't care if it's GMT or PST or something else, I want 1 standardized time available. For international trades, all events (so you don't have to make sure every time if you have to add 8 or 9 hours to know when Emperor comes), parties, tournaments (the ATS should remain as they are now though, or be able to show both times), all kinds of arrangements between players, and many more...

*It should be possible to turn it's display on and off and it should be pretty small, the best option for me would be putting it in the same line

*or just add a /time command to show current standard gw time.

MrFuzzles

MrFuzzles

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

Norway

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by explodemyheart
That's why they made clocks in these little bands that go around your wrist. Or battery powered clocks that you can even move around at your own discretion!
"Optional" being the operative term. Just because you won't benefit much from it, doesn't mean it couldn't hurt for the rest of us.

I have a clock on my desk, a wristwatch, and my mobile phone shows the time when it's idle which usually lays on my desk. I still wouldn't mind the option for an ingame clock. I wouldn't use it, but it's a minor convenience that wouldn't be much work to implement. I doubt they'd have to pull the GW2 graphic artists and gw:en quest writers in order to make a toggle'able clock.

Star Gazer

Star Gazer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Zerohour Enterprises [ZHE]

W/

/signed
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Sol Solus

Sol Solus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

W/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by darkknightkain
part of the popup from the green/yellow/red dot will do.
I agree that adding it to the ping dot popup is best. It's the best place to check multiple tidbits of info at once.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

It could be timed by the first login, and then by the consecutive 'you have been playing 1 hour' messages. Then the rest would be done by your PC clock.

v0od0o

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2008

SoD

W/Mo

/signed

Guild Wars is a addictive game...
Just add a box in the F11/Interface option.. so if you just */unsigned* you can just uncheck the clock option. Everyone will be happy

Omnidragon42

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Pantheon of Shadows [dei]

W/A

/signed

I've played other games where you could /time and it said something like "system time is 6:52", and that'd be fine.

Personally I play Guildwars on a very small desk suspended by cables from a black hawk helicopter, and since I have no wrists, there is no place for me to put a clock/watch. I would find this feature very helpful.

Rushin Roulette

Rushin Roulette

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2007

Right here

Ende

Woa... the threadnecros are around again....

/signed in this topic.... and signed in the other, newer topic

legion_rat

legion_rat

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

668 the neighbor of the beast

TFK

A/

Ok i am neutral on this overall cause I wear a watch. But instead of being stuck with an annoying clock on my screen how about

/time

12:34pm You have been playing for 13 hours, please take a break.

>

~the rat~

quickmonty

quickmonty

Ancient Windbreaker

Join Date: May 2005

I want this, and a button to push that will serve me a cold beverage, and another for a snack. That way I'll never have to get up and move away from my computer.

/sarcasm off

Run the game in windowed mode and use the computer clock in the lower right. Hang a battery operated clock on the wall nearby. Wear a wristwatch. Get mommy to tell you the time every half hour.

Seriously ..... not needed!

stiffler

stiffler

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

South Australia

[ToR]

R/

What I would like to see is an in-game clock that's on Guild Wars time, that way all time zones in the world share the same in game time, it would make organising guild runs easier for guildies that live in different countries.

CHannum

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2007

W/E

/signed and signed some more. Why this wasn't in at launch I'll never know. Games with the ability to suck up your time like this have had this feature going back at least a decade.

Covah

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Ontario, Canada

Catching Jellyfish With [소N트T ]

Me/Rt

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex The Noble
Why not have a clock which is set to your time zone when you first load the game or go into the options. If im in New Zealand (woho) and its 10:00pm, the game around me should go darker. This is a cosmetic feature which justs makes your screen dark and light depending on what time of day it is.

Also if i had a friend in England it would be 10:00am for him and it would be day time in the game
And what if both of you were in a party outside?

Rushin Roulette

Rushin Roulette

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2007

Right here

Ende

Quote:
Originally Posted by CHannum
/signed and signed some more. Why this wasn't in at launch I'll never know. Games with the ability to suck up your time like this have had this feature going back at least a decade.
Name me one game from 1998 or older which has this feature please