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Run Counters - How do you view them
I'm looking at making some improvements to my run counter but realized I might be doing a lot of work for a very small minority.
So, this is really a question of "How would you [highlight]prefer[/highlight] to view run counter stats"?
"I don't view them while playing" - Remember, this is what you [highlight]want/prefer[/highlight], please only choose this if you really don't want to see this info while playing or only when you alt tab out of D2
"Second Monitor" - You have dual monitors and do/would keep a run counter program on the second - nice and visible. [highlight]Please select this if you play in windowed mode and still have a good bit of screen area for a run counter.[/highlight]
"Overlayed over D2" - This is about the the only way if you have only one screen. Writing directly to the screen (over the top of D2, like fraps does) without interfering with d2 is entirely possible.
"Audio cues" - probably not full text to speech, but at lest some simple cues to indicate best, worst, and rough count of run times.
"Something else" - Any other ideas you have to get the run counter info from the computer to your brain, barring telepathy. Just let me know what you have in mind. I'm already looking into LCD devices like Logitech's G13/G15/G19.
Remember, this is [highlight]how you would like it to work[/highlight], not just how you use it currently.
While were at it, please feel free to toss out any other run counter ideas you may have, even the wild ones. I'm looking at fairly aggressive improvements so have at it.
I'm looking at making some improvements to my run counter but realized I might be doing a lot of work for a very small minority.
So, this is really a question of "How would you [highlight]prefer[/highlight] to view run counter stats"?
"I don't view them while playing" - Remember, this is what you [highlight]want/prefer[/highlight], please only choose this if you really don't want to see this info while playing or only when you alt tab out of D2
"Second Monitor" - You have dual monitors and do/would keep a run counter program on the second - nice and visible. [highlight]Please select this if you play in windowed mode and still have a good bit of screen area for a run counter.[/highlight]
"Overlayed over D2" - This is about the the only way if you have only one screen. Writing directly to the screen (over the top of D2, like fraps does) without interfering with d2 is entirely possible.
"Audio cues" - probably not full text to speech, but at lest some simple cues to indicate best, worst, and rough count of run times.
"Something else" - Any other ideas you have to get the run counter info from the computer to your brain, barring telepathy. Just let me know what you have in mind. I'm already looking into LCD devices like Logitech's G13/G15/G19.
Remember, this is [highlight]how you would like it to work[/highlight], not just how you use it currently.
While were at it, please feel free to toss out any other run counter ideas you may have, even the wild ones. I'm looking at fairly aggressive improvements so have at it.
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