[Very Beta] ZClock

MarcusMaximus · 05-08-2008, 06:01 PM

Hey all, I took a game I found somewhere on here called collapse and turned it into a clock complete with the current date. Since the time zone the zune is on isn't always your timezone you can change the current hour by pressing up on the zune pad(should work for 30s too but can't test it) to increase it or down to decrease. Unfortunately I haven't looked into saving files onto the zune from within a game so I can't make the change permenant, you'll have to change it every time you launch it which I realize makes it almost worthless except as a proof-of-concept which is exactly what it's supposed to be. Enjoy!

Download here: www.csc.calpoly.edu/~mwazny/Clock.rar
Version 1.0

Robert13 · 05-08-2008, 06:08 PM

Messed up link or my pc is being weird with it.

Techy Dude · 05-08-2008, 06:09 PM

THANK YOU

charmed61 · 05-08-2008, 06:09 PM

EDIT: nevermind it works with internet explorer, didnt work with my mozilla firefox

Bman22 · 05-08-2008, 06:10 PM

ive been looking at how to save data on the zune and so far this is all i have found

Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage

Not quite sure how to use it all by itself

phathippo · 05-08-2008, 06:14 PM

works fine for me! thanks!

Cloud Strife · 05-08-2008, 06:14 PM

Hmm... if this does work, when you exit the clock it would be handy to go back to the menu instead of restarting the Zune device...

charmed61 · 05-08-2008, 06:16 PM

yea i think in final release they'll go back to main menu but i'm sure they'll ban all the clock... so download it and back up the file!!!!!!!

Gregory · 05-08-2008, 06:17 PM

Sweet! Mind uploading it as a .zip also?

Why would they ban clocks?

Quote:

Originally Posted by charmed61

yea i think in final release they'll go back to main menu but i'm sure they'll ban all the clock... so download it and back up the file!!!!!!!

charmed61 · 05-08-2008, 06:17 PM

yea it's considered as a game.

Robert13 · 05-08-2008, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charmed61

EDIT: nevermind it works with internet explorer, didnt work with my mozilla firefox

Oh, ill try it in IE(grr) ima ff user.

Bman22 · 05-08-2008, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charmed61

yea i think in final release they'll go back to main menu but i'm sure they'll ban all the clock... so download it and back up the file!!!!!!!

im sorry but WTF! why would they ban the clock. Just because the didn't put one on the zune themselves doesn't mean they don't want one on their, it just means they don't want to copy the ipod in any way, and have a clock. It is a music device after all.

Hopefully by the time that XNA 3.0 Release version rolls around, you can get an alarm in their. Play our music for the alarm when playing of music is allowed. Need to make sure that zune is plugged in though, otherwise it will just fall asleep.

Also, you wouldn't mind posting a link to this collapse, as i cant find it anywhere

Cloud Strife · 05-08-2008, 06:33 PM

Is there a way to fix it so it is the right time (it is an hour behind for me, I live on the Pacific coast)

charmed61 · 05-08-2008, 06:38 PM

i know lol same here, everytime i have to push "up" one time to check the correct time xD

EDIT: one more thing i think the clock is slightly faster... it was 1 minute faster when i downloaded it now it's 2 minutes faster

Bman22 · 05-08-2008, 06:43 PM

at the moment there is no way to save the hour difference in this program, as he has not figured out how to implement the save feature. If you had read his whole post, you would have see that

Jurai · 05-08-2008, 07:00 PM

You can probably just use the File class and a FileStream to read/write the data you need to save. StorageContainer.TitleLocation will give you the directory your game resides in for passing to the File call

MarcusMaximus · 05-08-2008, 07:07 PM

alright thanks jurai, I'll look into that

Lucifer · 05-08-2008, 07:12 PM

consider editing the source code to involve simple maths to modify it to your own time zone so you don't have to worry. Other than that, I find it to be quite pleasing to know that the clock is working.

MarcusMaximus · 05-08-2008, 07:34 PM

hmm I tried just opening a file for writing and it crashes... maybe we don't have permission to write to the harddrive? That seems strange to me but I don't know why else it would do that...

Alright, after some more poking around I got an Exception saying just "UnauthorizedAccessException" so it looks like we don't have permission to write to the hard drive? That seems really weird but ya.

Bman22 · 05-08-2008, 07:49 PM

the XNA fAQ said we would though. are you writing XML data, because that is what is specified in terms of save data. May not be possible on the CTP

05-08-2008, 06:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
MarcusMaximus Experienced Zuner Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 112 Reputation: 38	[Very Beta] ZClock Hey all, I took a game I found somewhere on here called collapse and turned it into a clock complete with the current date. Since the time zone the zune is on isn't always your timezone you can change the current hour by pressing up on the zune pad(should work for 30s too but can't test it) to increase it or down to decrease. Unfortunately I haven't looked into saving files onto the zune from within a game so I can't make the change permenant, you'll have to change it every time you launch it which I realize makes it almost worthless except as a proof-of-concept which is exactly what it's supposed to be. Enjoy! Download here: www.csc.calpoly.edu/~mwazny/Clock.rar Version 1.0

05-08-2008, 06:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
charmed61 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Gold Rush State! Posts: 657 Reputation: 4	EDIT: nevermind it works with internet explorer, didnt work with my mozilla firefox __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by charmed61 : 05-08-2008 at 06:11 PM.

05-08-2008, 06:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bman22 Professional Apple Basher Support Team Jr. Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 264 Reputation: 42	ive been looking at how to save data on the zune and so far this is all i have found Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage Not quite sure how to use it all by itself __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. thanks to To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. for the sig To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

05-08-2008, 06:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
Cloud Strife Windows 7 Tech Support Team GFX Crew Section Staff Elite Zuner Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 2,403 Reputation: 631	Hmm... if this does work, when you exit the clock it would be handy to go back to the menu instead of restarting the Zune device... __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

05-08-2008, 06:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
charmed61 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Gold Rush State! Posts: 657 Reputation: 4	yea i think in final release they'll go back to main menu but i'm sure they'll ban all the clock... so download it and back up the file!!!!!!! __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

05-08-2008, 06:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Robert13 Experienced Zuner Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 126 Reputation: 10	Messed up link or my pc is being weird with it.

05-08-2008, 06:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
Techy Dude Jr. Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 308 Reputation: 8	THANK YOU

05-08-2008, 06:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
phathippo Zewbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4 Reputation: 10	works fine for me! thanks!

05-08-2008, 06:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
charmed61 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Gold Rush State! Posts: 657 Reputation: 4	yea it's considered as a game. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

05-08-2008, 06:33 PM	#13 (permalink)
Cloud Strife Windows 7 Tech Support Team GFX Crew Section Staff Elite Zuner Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 2,403 Reputation: 631	Is there a way to fix it so it is the right time (it is an hour behind for me, I live on the Pacific coast) __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

05-08-2008, 06:38 PM	#14 (permalink)
charmed61 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Gold Rush State! Posts: 657 Reputation: 4	i know lol same here, everytime i have to push "up" one time to check the correct time xD EDIT: one more thing i think the clock is slightly faster... it was 1 minute faster when i downloaded it now it's 2 minutes faster __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

05-08-2008, 06:43 PM	#15 (permalink)
Bman22 Professional Apple Basher Support Team Jr. Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 264 Reputation: 42	at the moment there is no way to save the hour difference in this program, as he has not figured out how to implement the save feature. If you had read his whole post, you would have see that __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. thanks to To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. for the sig To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

05-08-2008, 07:00 PM	#16 (permalink)
Jurai Jr. Zuner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 30 Reputation: 20	You can probably just use the File class and a FileStream to read/write the data you need to save. StorageContainer.TitleLocation will give you the directory your game resides in for passing to the File call

05-08-2008, 07:07 PM	#17 (permalink)
MarcusMaximus Experienced Zuner Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 112 Reputation: 38	alright thanks jurai, I'll look into that

05-08-2008, 07:12 PM	#18 (permalink)
Lucifer Support Team zB Programmer Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 611 Reputation: 488	consider editing the source code to involve simple maths to modify it to your own time zone so you don't have to worry. Other than that, I find it to be quite pleasing to know that the clock is working.

05-08-2008, 07:34 PM	#19 (permalink)
MarcusMaximus Experienced Zuner Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 112 Reputation: 38	hmm I tried just opening a file for writing and it crashes... maybe we don't have permission to write to the harddrive? That seems strange to me but I don't know why else it would do that... Alright, after some more poking around I got an Exception saying just "UnauthorizedAccessException" so it looks like we don't have permission to write to the hard drive? That seems really weird but ya. Last edited by Chiups : 05-08-2008 at 08:43 PM.

05-08-2008, 07:49 PM	#20 (permalink)
Bman22 Professional Apple Basher Support Team Jr. Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 264 Reputation: 42	the XNA fAQ said we would though. are you writing XML data, because that is what is specified in terms of save data. May not be possible on the CTP __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. thanks to To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. for the sig To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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