Topic

Opt out of low power mode or un-dim it

Hi - I often follow chats in glitch while doing things in another window so for me it would be great to be able to have a way to not have chat go all dark and hard to read.

Posted 6 months ago by diaveborn ♥ Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • +1 I use a program called "power menu" that allows me to make glitch always on top, and occasionally while I'm doing something else but still paying attention to glitch it will go dark and i have to click in the window to make it go bright again. I like the feature sometimes, but other times I'd definitely like to turn it off.
    Posted 6 months ago by Grupletruge Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like the power save! Now...can it be made to save and let us type!!! There are many times I am in the game chatting and stuff and the game can go into powersave all it wants!!!
    Posted 6 months ago by phelps.mike Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 to phelps.mike's idea, If that's possible.
    Posted 6 months ago by Grupletruge Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have a feeling what I typed is about the same thing   diaveborn ♥ was saying lol
    Posted 6 months ago by phelps.mike Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It isn't possible to chat while in power saving mode; you would only see updates while typing once per second. Once per second is often enough to read what other people are typing in their chats though.

    Most people don't have a second monitor that they can leave the game on to read chats; and it's not worth the slowdown of your computer when you are trying to do other things if you're not actively playing.
    Posted 6 months ago by Jono Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Not clear: am I supposed to go into powersaving mode while crafting? 'Cause it happens a lot.
    Posted 6 months ago by Pascale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pascale: No, not if you are actively playing the game with the browser window open as the main window on the computer. If you are doing anything else on your computer while it goes into power saving, then yes.

    www.glitch.com/forum/ideas/...
    Posted 6 months ago by Jono Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Jono... is the darker screen the way it powersaves? I'm assuming so...

    Hm, I don't understand why it can't be opt-out.  Could we decide if it's worth the slowdown?
    Posted 6 months ago by diaveborn ♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Not at this time.
    Posted 6 months ago by Jono Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Okey! Thanks very much for the response :)
    Posted 6 months ago by diaveborn ♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm with those who would like either an opt-out or an ability to change the delay on powersaving.  I'm in the two monitor crowd, and I've noticed that one minute is roughly the amount of time I tend to go idle while looking at the other screen.  It's a minor annoyance to have to click out of power save when it's only been on for 3 seconds, but a minor annoyance is still an annoyance.  

    Also, the ability to change which chat you're reading without leaving power-save mode would be pretty nifty too!  (Also, these are really long-term wishes -- if 10 is top priority changes on a 1-10 scale, I can't see these going over 3 for me, maybe 4 if the game were in release and there weren't any major releases imminent.)
    Posted 6 months ago by Magic Monkey Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The very nature of power save would make chatting extremely unpleasant, also I would not know for 100% certain that you were not actively in the game if you were able to chat. It's 100% not possible to do this in the current form of the game.
    Posted 6 months ago by Jono Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, it's not the ability to chat, just the ability to click the chat tab(s) and bring up a different one.  But I can see where it would be difficult to add that sort of functionality.
    Posted 6 months ago by Magic Monkey Subscriber! | Permalink