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Race for the Galaxy AI
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Woop When a New Server Game is Created #18

Open dsnvwlmnt opened 7 years ago

dsnvwlmnt commented 7 years ago

Whenever a new game is created on the server, send a subtle "woop" sound to clients who are idle in the lobby (i.e. who haven't joined an open lobby game already, and who aren't in the middle of playing a game).

As it stands, when i create a game, i can only sit there for so long waiting for someone to randomly notice a game is open to everyone. It's exceedingly unlikely to happen.

This suggestion is similar to something that rrenaud asked for a while back: a beep when someone types your name on the server. My suggestion would go a long way towards increasing activity on the server.

I don't think you need a setting to disable the sound, as people aren't idling in the lobby for very long, and if they are, they are probably afk anyway.

bnordli commented 7 years ago

Although a very handy feature, bringing sounds to this program is not anything I have time to add.

This issue is up for grabs!

piperjackson commented 7 years ago

How about a flashing window icon instead? https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms679347(v=vs.85).aspx