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Ah cool, gotcha. A quick look at the speed auction tv website on web archive also confirms this so I'll add that to the list of changes to make. I have a feeling it's going to be very tricky getting the leaderboard order to be different from the outbid order for speed auction tv, but I'll give it a bash
Hey, with the little knowledge I have, I'd probably try creating a display order tag for each price, and reversing the display order for the speed auction graphics. The rising price bid graphics shouldn't be *too* difficult to do, though, with the display order matching the bidding order. I've no idea why speed auction's graphics were the wrong way round.
Talking of wrong way round, for a few months after speed auction tv's launch, the auction arrow would sometimes swap to the other side of the screen - I don't have any footage of it, and I doubt I have any still images, but that is the only graphical element missing (as far as I can tell, anyway).
I did think about this at the very start of the project, but when narrowing down which graphics sets I was going to include, the era the game is 'set' in ends just before they started using clocks to end auctions. I think the clocks came in after they changed the graphics to have the small pounds sign instead of the large pound sign on the bid and drop graphics. I could be wrong though.
Maybe in future updates I could look at including a time-out clock. Or could even have the 'close' button active in falling price options so they can be closed manually?
Before price-drop/bid changed their graphics to reduce the size of the pound sign, they did have a timer for a very brief period. The timer was more like the Countdown clock, and was very crudely cut out from a display on the back of the screen. I'll try and find some archived images of it from my old site.
I think having a time-out timer would be a good idea all-round. I'm not sure how you've written the logic, but I'd assume there'd be some sort of pressure factor that could be added when there's a timer on screen.
I'm guessing you've got a massive laundry list of things people want now - if there's anything I can help with, let me know.
Hey, I think the display order was changed on speed auction, but the bidding system was still the same - a first in, last out kind of situation. Back in the day, the auctioneers would always push the fact that the first person to bid a price would be the final person to be outbid, so I'd assume it's the same.
Ah cool, gotcha. A quick look at the speed auction tv website on web archive also confirms this so I'll add that to the list of changes to make. I have a feeling it's going to be very tricky getting the leaderboard order to be different from the outbid order for speed auction tv, but I'll give it a bash
Hey, with the little knowledge I have, I'd probably try creating a display order tag for each price, and reversing the display order for the speed auction graphics. The rising price bid graphics shouldn't be *too* difficult to do, though, with the display order matching the bidding order. I've no idea why speed auction's graphics were the wrong way round.
Talking of wrong way round, for a few months after speed auction tv's launch, the auction arrow would sometimes swap to the other side of the screen - I don't have any footage of it, and I doubt I have any still images, but that is the only graphical element missing (as far as I can tell, anyway).
Just one more suggestion - and I'm not sure if it's been brought up before - have you considered adding the ability to time-out any auction (rising or falling)?
I did think about this at the very start of the project, but when narrowing down which graphics sets I was going to include, the era the game is 'set' in ends just before they started using clocks to end auctions. I think the clocks came in after they changed the graphics to have the small pounds sign instead of the large pound sign on the bid and drop graphics. I could be wrong though.
Maybe in future updates I could look at including a time-out clock. Or could even have the 'close' button active in falling price options so they can be closed manually?
Before price-drop/bid changed their graphics to reduce the size of the pound sign, they did have a timer for a very brief period. The timer was more like the Countdown clock, and was very crudely cut out from a display on the back of the screen. I'll try and find some archived images of it from my old site.
I think having a time-out timer would be a good idea all-round. I'm not sure how you've written the logic, but I'd assume there'd be some sort of pressure factor that could be added when there's a timer on screen.
I'm guessing you've got a massive laundry list of things people want now - if there's anything I can help with, let me know.
Would we be able to use clocks on non four minute rising price auctions?