Changing in game clock????

Zplintz

Zplintz
Ian Phillips said:
Two astronauts take from Earth at the same moment, one from Engand, one from New Zealand. They both fly to the moon and, landing next to each other, meet up to shake hands.

What time is it when they shake hands?
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Dakron Nova said:
Lunar Standard Time: http://www.lunarclock.org/
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Two Commanders take off from different stations in different systems.Both land at Dilworth Station in Orang at around the same time and meet in the station bar to discuss the local conflicts (and how best to turn them to their own avantage).

What time do they down their first Lavian brandy? Galactic/ED Time surely?
 

th03bgt

th03bgt
hadberz said:
Sorry, I had a bit to drink last night. :) I am actually using Jyrkimx SweetFX profile. Download from here. The setting is in Global Settings.txt. When you open the text it will be under Global Settings at the top. Here is where the file is on my install.
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Just change the zero to one.
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Reshade will show the clock too. It is under Common.cfg file. I imagine the others Gem, SweetFX version 1 will do the same. Never tested those myself.

Hope this helps.

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Guess I should comment. I agree that Zulu time should be the default time for the game. After all, the game is played world wide.
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Thank you
 

lenna

lenna
Zplintz said:
Two Commanders take off from different stations in different systems.Both land at Dilworth Station in Orang at around the same time and meet in the station bar to discuss the local conflicts (and how best to turn them to their own avantage).

What time do they down their first Lavian brandy? Galactic/ED Time surely?
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Generally speaking, in game terms the actual time is irrelevant providing it is consistent across all computers playing the game.
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In the real world, where multiple or no earth based time zones may apply the nominal time reference typically used is UTC/Zulu time. In fiction, the terms ship time and earth time are sometimes used but normally only where time dilation is taken as a consideration. Star Trek is one notable case where a unified time reference (Star Date) is used.
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From a user's perspective I can see a certain degree of reason to have a facility to show player local time but personally I think it is moot to show it in-game as there are plenty of other ways to find out player local time in the real world.
 
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Flossy

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Flossy
Jaiotu said:
A better idea would be for the entire world to just drop using timezones altogether. Lets all standardize on GMT/UTC whichever. It really isn't important what time I go to bed/wake up as long as it is consistent. Would it really kill me if sunrise was at 11AM on my clock?
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I completely agree with this idea. I get really fed up of changing clocks twice a year for 'Daylight Savings' and have often thought that instead people could adjust their work-times in the summer, which is in effect what we are doing anyway, rather than changing the clocks.
 

Hellhawk666

Hellhawk666
ronin516 said:
Is there a way to change the time on the in game clock? In the menue right above the starport services button when docked. also hase the date next to it. It does not correspond to my system time or my real time. Please let me know how to change it if there is a way. I cannot find a setting in options anywhere. any help would be appreciated. thanks.
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First thing I did when the game started was put a secondary clock on my Windows taskbar to show UTC time.

Local time is what I have to live by from day to day, but GAME TIME is what I care about :D
 

lenna

lenna
Flossy said:
I completely agree with this idea. I get really fed up of changing clocks twice a year for 'Daylight Savings' and have often thought that instead people could adjust their work-times in the summer, which is in effect what we are doing anyway, rather than changing the clocks.
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There is a practical reason for planet based time zones to be used while on a planet - navigation by the sun/moon/stars (on Earth a standard 12hr analogue timepiece can be used as a make shift compass providing local time zone is taken into consideration). When in space though, time is a completely arbitrary measurement.
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In the real world, our bodies have natural rhythms that are notionally dependent on the local time of day (out of synch rhythms are notionally referred to as jet lag in at least certain instances of it). While the time measurement itself is pretty arbitrary from a day to day perspective, keeping in synch with local day light hours can be beneficial (or perhaps essential) to our health (our bodies have a kind of clock that is affected by levels of certain frequencies of light that are normally only available from day light and certain specially designed artificial light sources). DST adjustments are a legacy of agricultural history and human social convention rather than a direct consequence of time zones themselves and while it can be inconvenient I think it is still a necessary convention in at least some parts of the world (some countries do not use DST at all). When communicating with people in other parts of the world knowing their time zone and local culture can help to avoid contacting them at inappropriate hours and help to understand their state of mind (have they just woken up? are they about to go to bed? are they having lunch, at work, or engaging in religion related activities, etc). Time zones allow us to more easily map our daily routine on to those of others around the world and in that sense is a useful if not essential convention of current modern day society.
 
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Ripbudd

Banned
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Can we get at least 2 clocks? I don't need that useless clock that i don't need. I need to know time so i know when to go to sleep damn it!
 

Bobbydylan

Bobbydylan
rlsg said:
Not really....
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GMT = Greenwich Mean Time (originally the local mean solar time measured at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, UK but since 1959/1960 I believe this time is generated by a number of synchronised Atomic Clocks around the world including one at Greenwich)
UTC = Coordinated Universal Time (ITU standard time used and recognised internationally since 1960 - also recognised in some circles as Zulu time for notation reasons)
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Officially GMT = UTC+0 but in essence they are the same thing. I believe that in practice UTC is derived from GMT, rather than the other way round (GMT was a time standard established in 1884 and UTC was a term adopted in 1928 by astronomers to refer to GMT). Seehere on Wikipedia for details.
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In-game I would expect the Human Universe to run off UTC or a derivative there of for historic and cultural reasons.
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You must be a blast at parties.
 

Cmdr Esteban

Cmdr Esteban
Ripbudd said:
Can we get at least 2 clocks? I don't need that useless clock that i don't need. I need to know time so i know when to go to sleep damn it!
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Add or subtract the trifling difference from GMT depending on your timezone, which takes a couple of seconds to do at most.

I mean really, is that so tough?
 

Bran Tse Mallory

Bran Tse Mallory
Zplintz said:
Two Commanders take off from different stations in different systems.Both land at Dilworth Station in Orang at around the same time and meet in the station bar to discuss the local conflicts (and how best to turn them to their own avantage).

What time do they down their first Lavian brandy? Galactic/ED Time surely?
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I know this one! The correct answer is: Several hours later as the bar is closed when they arrive at 9am. :D
 

Kayweg

Kayweg
Ensign Ward said:
Add or subtract the trifling difference from GMT depending on your timezone, which takes a couple of seconds to do at most.

I mean really, is that so tough?
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You'd think people could figure out to just get something as simple as a cheap alarm clock and put it on their desk.
Or their mobiles.
This topic is beyond silly.
 
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fennster

fennster
Kayweg said:
You'd think people could figure out to just get something as simple as a cheap alarm clock and put it on their desk.
This topic is beyond silly.
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Mickey mouse clocks aren't cheap you know, maybe Santa will bring them one?

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