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Beep when Tape Done Loading
Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 12:09 am
by Daniel H.
I think that it would be nice if the game had an option that would allow the game to make a beep or some other sound when a tape has finished loading.
This way, when you are loading a tape, you can switch (for example) to the R&D Forums and post a new topic about beeps and tape loading. Then, when you hear the beep, you switch out of the forum and
Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 12:48 am
by bojster
Sounds like a good idea! Personally I very rarely use the speakers and almost never for games, but very often when I was playing RnD I switched to some other window when the tape was being loaded and forgot about RnD for the next few hours... good thing there's a pause after the tape is loaded... so I can imagine that for those who use sound it could be very, very useful. At least until the game-state-snapshots are implemented. ;-)
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 12:12 pm
by Holger
Sounds like a very good idea that should be easy to implement! :-)
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 1:43 pm
by Martijn
Holger wrote:Sounds like a very good idea that should be easy to implement!

But could you make it with an option to turn it off and on (besides the general sound switch option). I can imagine that it could be irritating (not sure though).
Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 7:03 pm
by Holger
Would be easily possible, but I think it won't be irritating if we only use it for the "quick load tape" and "stop before death" modes! :)