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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC Lays off Staff

« on: November 30, 2008, 11:13:35 AM »

i seriously dont get this whole lay off thing, especially since the personalities of the said OCM's seem unaffected. i thought the rule of thumb to this whole aquisition thing was that TWC would be a seperate entity and they would basically run themselves. other than the random "green week" NBC's affiliation towards TWC seems minimal.
my 2 cents.

btw, dave seems to be almost everyone's favorite ocm, why would people dismiss him, hes good for raitings, my friend.

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Help and Support / Re: Official Keys

« on: November 30, 2008, 03:50:51 AM »

2A18-6EDA
User
0H2B32-6RDCTR-VGVVJ1-WQB46

Hi... the key seems to be missing a character in the end or something, the program refuses to activate. Can I get a new key?

Thanks in advance.

here, try this:
User
0H2BD2-6RDCTR-4BWR7M-1RVJVQ
drop a line in here if this works or doesnt.

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News and Updates / Re: Cfg'n Server Software Upgrade Announcement

« on: November 27, 2008, 09:29:33 AM »

Actually in reality, it had a special playlist. It would be for a severe weather warning and the playlist would go something like this:
Title Screen->Intro Screen->Local Bulletin->Local Doppler Radar
That would last as long as the scroller was running at the bottom.

Winter themes would be nice.. just need some backdrops from our respective users

I'm also supprised that someone didnt volenteer the thought to auto select a theme based off the current local conditions

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News and Updates / Cfg'n Server Software Upgrade Announcement

« on: November 27, 2008, 08:57:49 AM »

Attention Users:
In the next day, to accomodate the additon of new features into the emulator and to make the configuration setup more of a breeze, the configuration site: http://copper.yi.org:21863 will be temporarly inaccessible. The site is currently still available for the current version of the emulator, however once I begin working on the changes, the site will become inaccessible for user configuration changes until the next release of the emulator. This means, if you wish to change anything on your emulator experience, please do so now. When the site becomes available again for emulator changes, any updates built into an active configuration will require your current version of the emulator to be updated to the next release. The current copy will continue to run until the deadline of Dec 20th, at which point if you wish to continue using the emulator, you must upgrade.

Side Note: If anyone is graphically or creatively inclined, I would like your help in creating theme packs! Currently the only theme packs that exist are Neighborhood (from the original XL) and Halloween (which I created). I would like to have a theme pack available for Christmas atleast

If you have any questions, comments or last minute suggestions to add into the emulator, this would be the thread to do that.

Thanks!

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General Emulator Discussion / Re: Suggestions

« on: November 27, 2008, 01:18:50 AM »

in a hypathedical sense, if this version of the XL did animate the icons, then i would look towards animating them, however this version of the XL did not. also it works out to an advantage anyway because asking the emulator to animate them may be pushing my luck, HOWEVER its not impossible! i have had a good track record to this point of achiving what was necessary to make the emulator as realistic as possible. i may venture into animating them one day, the only problem is with that, theres no source to the animated icons.. i only have static .png images of the icons.

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News and Updates / Planned updates for December

« on: November 25, 2008, 07:21:48 PM »

Please know that I am still diligently working on this project.. I have on and off for the last 5 years, the latest and greatest updates are.....

-Extended Radar Loops
 -Local, Regional, Satellite/Radar
  .Initally downloads begining 6 frames from past half hour, will build up to play a total of 24 frames.
  .Instead of downloading every 15 minutes all 6 frames, 1 frame is downloaded every 5 minutes and added to the loop.
  .The loop is played 7 times before advancing to the next frame instead of using the traditional frame timer to advance the page. this is because the loop can be a different length at any given time.

-Improved "No Data" (Local Data Temporarly Unavailable) frame
 -The frame was originally made with the incorrect font and with a burnt in logo
  .The logo is now dynamically created for this frame.

-UpNext Package Selection
 -Frame was originally a Visual Basic frame (picture box) with text on it. This frame is now dynamically created.
  .Noted changes are drop shadow on text and your logo will appear.
  .Independent reordering of packages.
   .-Will allow for only packages used to be configured, instead of all.

-Package Elements Update on Time Schedule
 -Instead of re-downloading all components on the title screen every 15-20 minutes, The following will happen:
  -On Up Next Frame (choosen because of frequency):
   .-Every 5 minutes, Local, Regional, Satellite/Radar Map each downloads 1 frame and added to loop.
  -On Title Frame:
   .-Every 15 minutes, Traffic data and map frame are updated
   .-Every 30 minutes, NWS data update
   .-Every 60 minutes, every product with a graphical map is updated (not doppler).
   ..-Includes Satellite loop (because this is an hourly product).

A few internal restructuring methods were setup to shave off some start up time and also minimize the amount of time needed at title screen on an update.
There are other things planned that still need to be worked on and considered, the above is noted as completed.
There is not an announced date yet when this update will be available, however some changes are signficant to require the emulator to be reinstalled because of added compoents.
A deadline is Dec 20th, that is when all the current keys issued will expire. I hope to have a new method to distribute keys by then too.

View my online stream to see the above changes in action: http://copper.yi.org/wsl/stream.html

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Bug Reports / Re: Running emulator for extended periods of time

« on: November 14, 2008, 01:43:24 PM »

when the emulator stands at the title screen, that means it is updating the data for the program. once the download is complete the emulator will continue running like normal. depending how fast your connection is and how fast your computer is, that will determine how long your computer will stand at the title screen updating. i am working on a way to shorten the length of time the emulator will stand at the title screen, this goes along with the package selection project i am creating a plan for..

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General Emulator Discussion / Re: Mac version?

« on: November 12, 2008, 12:14:37 AM »

since mac's have alot of power, the best suggestion i could give is installing windows xp inside a virtual machine on your macintosh.. if you needed to use the emulator that much, the virtual machine should be sufficient.

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Help and Support / Re: Traffic Map Position Question

« on: November 11, 2008, 05:01:22 AM »

an override will become available shortly which will allow you to recenter the center position of all local maps. the map center is currently using your "current conditions" county to center the map. i will provide an easy guide to adjust this.

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General Emulator Discussion / Re: Post Logos Here

« on: November 11, 2008, 04:58:35 AM »

Tired of Comcast logo? Here I made some TRWN logo goodies.

do not modify the neighborhood theme.. if you need a SDK to create your own theme, ask and i will upload the SDK

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Latest Release Information / Re: Emulator Release- Get Your Copy Here!

« on: November 09, 2008, 02:31:32 AM »

I already had an account from before, but I forgot what it was. Also, I will be reusing it on the main computer. (Please PM me my account information.)

A ) All old accounts have been removed.
B ) Old emulator software will no longer function, must download new copy.
C ) Request from Martin a login to the configuration site.

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Help and Support / Re: Official Keys

« on: November 09, 2008, 02:29:07 AM »

fishy!

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Help and Support / Re: Setting Up The Configuration

« on: November 09, 2008, 02:25:02 AM »

Okay, I'm having a few problems.

First, when I scroll to the bottom of the Review Cfg'n page, there is no link.
Also, when I enter the STAR ID on the emulator, it says my star id does not exist.

A ) this is not the thread to address these problems.
B ) you must configure all elements to build the valid configuration used by the emulator
C ) the star id will not exist until you build a valid configuration.

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Help and Support / Re: Emulator Display

« on: November 08, 2008, 06:03:13 PM »

the program is set to display full screen at 640x480, this is achieved by right clicking on your desktop, settings tab, advanced button, adapter tab, 'list all modes' button, and selecting 640x480 in true color, 32-bit.

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Help and Support / Re: Official Keys

« on: November 08, 2008, 06:21:47 AM »

added more keys for the last 3 users except weatherstariii.. weatherstariii, do you have an id?