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Benitosimies

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Where in the dang did my Idlers display go?
« on: July 15, 2008, 08:27:27 pm »

This information is vital to the fortress. Where is my handy little unemployment figures display in the corner?
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Re: Where in the dang did my Idlers display go?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2008, 08:31:08 pm »

Look to the top right of your DF window and you will find what you seek.
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Re: Where in the dang did my Idlers display go?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2008, 08:44:59 pm »

It's going to take me forever to decondition and learn how to look slightly up.
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Re: Where in the dang did my Idlers display go?
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2008, 09:30:02 pm »

There's an option in the init file to move it back to the bottom.
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Re: Where in the dang did my Idlers display go?
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2008, 12:38:23 am »

This is just my opinion but wouldn't it have mad emore sense for it to default to the 'old' down the bottom and give people the option of having it up the top?

I'm lucky I have the habit of always going into the init file first time I dl a new version and I changed mine.
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Re: Where in the dang did my Idlers display go?
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2008, 12:39:49 am »

I got confused and went to the init file. Found it there, wish it was defaulted at the bottom though.
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Re: Where in the dang did my Idlers display go?
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2008, 01:30:49 am »

Between the idler display and the FPS counter, I keep losing track of when I'm paused.  I was sitting there staring at a guy deconstructing a wall for several minutes, wondering what the hell was taking him so long.
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Re: Where in the dang did my Idlers display go?
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2008, 03:19:56 am »

whoa! it moved? :o i didnt even notice yet...
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Re: Where in the dang did my Idlers display go?
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2008, 06:04:30 am »

I believe this feature is an attempt to get rod of annoucements covering up the idlers count.
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Re: Where in the dang did my Idlers display go?
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2008, 07:07:45 am »

I believe this feature is an attempt to get rod of annoucements covering up the idlers count.

Exactly, before i always needed to go into a menu and back to get annoying overlapsing announcements away because i couldn't see the idlers count, now i don't anymore wich is great imo.
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Re: Where in the dang did my Idlers display go?
« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2008, 01:13:20 pm »

This is just my opinion but wouldn't it have mad emore sense for it to default to the 'old' down the bottom and give people the option of having it up the top?

Not really, what with the game being in alpha and all. :) Obviously Toady thought displaying them on the top was the better design choice, and if so that should really be the default. If all new features were opt-in, few would ever use them.
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