Have you ever been out bounty hunting/exploring (whatever) for an extended period and then you look up at the time and it's like "HOLY CRAP!!! I've got work/school (etc) in a few hours. How did it get so late?" This can be a rather immersive game. Or maybe you're tired of converting the Galactic time they display in stations to your local time. If so, I have just written a new app (cause I'm one of the ones who has totally lost track of time). I figured I'd share it with those who would like it.
It is a persistent window that sits in the upper right corner of the display. It comes default displaying the hours and minutes in am/pm format with orange text on a black background (just like in the game). You can display the seconds if you want to. You can make it a 24 hour clock that goes from 00:00 to 23:59. You can change the background and text colors to whatever suits you. The program will write one little .ini file to your applications data folder so the settings you last used will be used the next time you call it up. Below are some screenshots.
Default setup
Default setup in 24 hour mode
And a shot full shot of the complete cockpit to give it perspective.
Click this link to download the program.
Feedback is invited and most heartily appreciated
Oh, and yes. When you make a change to the mode or add or get rid of the seconds display it does take one second to update. That's by design.
1.01 released to fix the hour value of 0 between 12 and 1 am. Also fixed the am/pm not displaying correctly. Link has been updated.
1.02 released to fix the 12/24 hour mode not changing when instructed. Link has been updated.
1.5 released. This uses the Eurostile font which is used in the game menus. Further fixes for the 12:00am to 1:00am problem of showing 0:xx. The clock should now update within 1 second when changing the system time. ED clock is now a single instance application. If it is executed while still running, a popup will inform the user it is already running. On the first run of the program, or if the configuration file has been deleted, the program will present a popup dialog noting this and asking if you would like to create a shortcut to the program on the desktop. The internal version is now 1.5 so any previous color combinations will be default which is the game default of Orange on Black. Link has been updated.
1.51 released. This fixes the time not displaying properly in certain scenarios. This should be the last update as all appears to be working correctly with extensive testing. Link has been updated.
It is a persistent window that sits in the upper right corner of the display. It comes default displaying the hours and minutes in am/pm format with orange text on a black background (just like in the game). You can display the seconds if you want to. You can make it a 24 hour clock that goes from 00:00 to 23:59. You can change the background and text colors to whatever suits you. The program will write one little .ini file to your applications data folder so the settings you last used will be used the next time you call it up. Below are some screenshots.
Default setup
Default setup in 24 hour mode
And a shot full shot of the complete cockpit to give it perspective.
Click this link to download the program.
Feedback is invited and most heartily appreciated
Oh, and yes. When you make a change to the mode or add or get rid of the seconds display it does take one second to update. That's by design.
1.01 released to fix the hour value of 0 between 12 and 1 am. Also fixed the am/pm not displaying correctly. Link has been updated.
1.02 released to fix the 12/24 hour mode not changing when instructed. Link has been updated.
1.5 released. This uses the Eurostile font which is used in the game menus. Further fixes for the 12:00am to 1:00am problem of showing 0:xx. The clock should now update within 1 second when changing the system time. ED clock is now a single instance application. If it is executed while still running, a popup will inform the user it is already running. On the first run of the program, or if the configuration file has been deleted, the program will present a popup dialog noting this and asking if you would like to create a shortcut to the program on the desktop. The internal version is now 1.5 so any previous color combinations will be default which is the game default of Orange on Black. Link has been updated.
1.51 released. This fixes the time not displaying properly in certain scenarios. This should be the last update as all appears to be working correctly with extensive testing. Link has been updated.
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