Friday, July 12, 2013

LCARS Interface [Windows 8] Release 24 is now Available!

With all the action the Windows Phone apps have seen lately, you didn't think we forgot about the Windows 8 app did you? We sure haven't...

This update brings another new entertainment module...the Tactical station!  This update took a while because I kept throwing out the design and starting over until I found something I was happy with. There was a lot of functionality to get on there while still trying to maintain a design similar to what the console looked like on the Enterprise D. I think it came out nice, and hope you think so too! As with many modules this one involved making a brand new control for the targeting scanner. Admittedly the design for that comes more from the Voyager console because the TNG one was never animated. I think the animations make these panels a lot more fun so I wanted to incorporate them where possible.



but that's not all...along with a couple visual fixes, the Media Player is also seeing a couple updates in this release. When playing audio files, the cover art will now attempt to retrieve a higher resolution image than it was getting previously (previous max was 200x200). Also added to the ability to play songs in a playlist randomly (shuffle) instead of playing them in order. This will work with audio or video. Toggle this functionality from the Playlist window!

See the Version History page for the list of major changes. Thanks for all of the great feedback and reviews we have seen lately! We are still working hard to make all of our apps even better!

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