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replay speed buttons to control replay speed with buttons

Posted: 06 Jun 2013, 15:17
by knorke
Watching replays is not easy.
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Hold down two buttons for 3 seconds to make it play a bit faster - what is this, a nuke silo?
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Also I saw a Mac that does not have an ALT key. (wat)

And then there was this
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http://zero-k.info/Forum/Thread/3257
but your favorite mod does not have enought chili.

But now and new, the same functionality in slick rectangle style:
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It sticks to the left side of the screen, where normal you have the buildmenu. When a unit is selected it hides so one can look at buildqueues or whatever.
Click the numbers and replay plays at that speed.
The thing at bottom is play/pause toggle.
If playback has not started yet, you can click "skip" to skip the pregame phase where everybody is doodling on the map.

Re: replay speed buttons to control replay speed with button

Posted: 20 Jun 2013, 12:51
by Jools
knorke wrote: but your favorite mod does not have enought chili.

But now and new, the same functionality in slick rectangle style:
Old fashioned skeuomorphic design should be avoided.

Re: replay speed buttons to control replay speed with button

Posted: 25 Jun 2013, 17:27
by Google_Frog
Sometimes if I press "Skip Pregame Chatter" very early in the replay the \skip 0 fails to do anything.

Re: replay speed buttons to control replay speed with button

Posted: 25 Jun 2013, 17:33
by knorke
google: i noticed that too. It is rare though and I can not reliable reproduce it...