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Occasionally we will clean up the comments as some of them are addressed in the apps.
Some of the features that have been requested here that have been added:
- "ViewScreen- avi loop of moving stars with sound effect.
Than add speed control/ warp 1 x1 warp 5 x1.5 increasing playback speed." (Added as part of the Conn module!) - Fire phases and photons regularly (Added as part of the Tactical module!)
- Everything is more squashed (especially the text) on non-widescreen monitors and in the Simulator, the map is messed up and the text event log overlaps the stats. (This was fixed in a recent release. All modules should now work properly with both wide and non-wide monitors.)
i would love to use the transporter and the helm on the fun side love the warp core interface how about sensors that can scan for certain web content like news or such im a very amture programer and a pro fan of star trek by far the best app ever just love it how about a password into the app like star fleet sceurity i dont know just a few suggestions thanks so much for what you do. jc
ReplyDeleteThe helm is there now! As for the others...we're working on getting more features added!
DeleteI have three its crying out for
Delete1.communications
2.science station
3.enemies
Is it possible to add the computer voice (Majel Barrett-Roddenberry) with more of the functions ?
DeleteHonestly, it would be awesome to have other ships to command
DeleteWill you be adding multi screen support.
ReplyDeleteWe would love to do that!
DeleteUnfortunately there are some technical limitations for Windows 8 Store apps preventing it. They only support 1 screen. I believe in the next Windows Update (8.1) that you will be able to run two Windows 8 Store apps at once (and not just having one in Snapped mode), but then LCARS Interface is only 1 app. If they were separate ones you would be able to run multiple then. If any options come up that will allow this, be sure we will support it!
mkv support for the media viewer would be great.
DeleteUsing Windows 8.
ReplyDeleteOption to add access code to logon screen would be more authentic. Could even throw in computer voice clips like "Please enter terminal access code," "This terminal has been locked," "Access code not accepted," or "Access granted."
I immediately changed my Home screen image to a Starfleet logo. Perhaps this would make a better default than the Milky Way. Could preload a bunch to choose from. There's a ton online and in various styles and types (engineering, security, medical, academy, federation, etc.). Maybe you'd run into usage rights issues? Could you just have a link to (or embed) an image search function with the term "Starfleet logo"?
Would be so cool if this could embed Skype, but probably not possible.... "You have an incoming transmission"!
I've thought about the access code thing. The only issue I see is if people lock themselves out there is currently no recovery method!
DeleteWe used the milky way image just as a starter. It's really meant for you to add your own (and most people probably use the Starfleet logo!). I can't include them by default for copyright reasons. Lots of LCARS apps do it but we want to keep it as legitimate as possible so we won't run into any issues later.
Skype integration is something we've wanted to add since the beginning, but there is currently no Skype API for Windows Store apps like there is for regular Windows apps. As soon as they add one we will work on getting it integrated!
well windows uses a pwl file if I am not mistake to store logon passwords. I think on the same note to that the recovery method would the same as that. By using a flash recovery option like windows vista did. Or a cd. The most common is the hint phrase they use too. And if they make one. It should in turn recover the password if they answer the hint correctly it similar to banks and there security questions they use when logging in. May be it can be adapted to the program in some fashion.
DeleteThe idea of using Skype is not good. They charge a fee if you try to do a meeting with more then 2 people. However by using Google Hangout you can add ( I think ) up to 10 people with no fee and it would be like a Starfleet communications connection. I have already connected with 5 people at the same time and it was great and lots of fun. I have also connected with my family when I was in Puerto Rico connecting with my Daughter in North Carolina, my other Daughter in Fort Worth Texas, and my Mother in Jupiter Florida. All of us have not seen each other for a long time till then.
DeleteWe use this method now when ever we can instead of the phone.
Skype has free group meetings http://www.skype.com/en/features/group-video-chat/
DeleteIf not Skype what about Google Chat?
DeleteHi,
ReplyDeletei'd like to change the stardate-startdate (like 13422 instead of 67422) and the accuracy of the clock (like 13:04:20 and 67422.4563). Is this possible?
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We will certainly consider adding those features! The biggest issue I see is that on lower resolutions, adding additional digits to the clock may cause things to get cut off. We will definitely do some experimenting with this to see if it is possible. Thanks for the request!
DeleteWould love to see an RSS feed - a ticker perhaps or just a list of the latest headlines (and teaser paragraph) from a user selectable source.
ReplyDeleteIf you could see news, weather and clock at the same time i'd probably leave that on screen all day!
Excellent software!
Cheers.
JP
An RSS reader is currently in the plans! There is currently no estimation on when it will be added though, unfortunately. It's been pushed back for some time now. It's almost to the point though that we will add it because of how many requests we've gotten for it.
DeleteMake notes while recording audio, as in OneNote
ReplyDeleteSync notes on skydrive
Open and search Wikipedia articles!!!! Make real the Lcars database
We are currently looking into adding SkyDrive support, and having the ability to read audio/video and text logs from there. This will open up the possibility of syncing between devices more easily.
DeleteWikipedia is an interesting idea. The current problem is the webview component for Windows Store apps is not up to par with even the one for Windows Phone. This leads to some unexpected behavior and we don't want to release something that doesn't work well. We are looking into some other options, as a web browser has been something that's been requested quite a bit.
stardate 20130623.1243 there is www site called memory alpha . I don't have the url but could probably search and find it.. thank you ocha
DeleteJust bought this app and I really love it! I would love to see integration of internet explorer into the app, so I can access IE from the app itself. It would really make the app feel authentic, as if you are working on the bridge.
ReplyDeleteA web browser is something we would love to get in there. Right now the WebView control Microsoft provides for Windows Store apps has not performed as well as we would like to provide a full browsing experience like it does for regular Windows programs or even Windows Phone. We are looking into other options as this functionality is requested a lot!
Deletehello.. on configure screen under sounds. the background sound is true or false able and disable. I don't like it on continuously. but add a feature to enable when navigating under conn control when trans versing the distance when you stop the background stops .. keep the warp drive engage sound at beginning just change the background while under movement.. 20130610.2230 ocha
ReplyDeleteInteresting idea...we will look into something like this!
DeleteI say expand the app and make it a windows 8 theme, log on screen, stat menu , desktop and all, make so windows 8 can be changed completely in to a Starfleet interface.
ReplyDeleteThat would be pretty awesome...unfortunately Microsoft doesn't give us that kind of access to the system from a Windows Store app! Store apps have to play in their own little sandbox and can't know much of anything about the computer it is running on.
DeleteGreat App (Windows 8)! How about adding an alarm-clock feature (like in the episode "Schisms" from TNG) for the clock and a black screen feature (so the app is still running) with maybe one or two of the typical LCARS graphics displayed in the corner. Similar to the Engineering station on the bridge before the Chief Engineer transfers the Engineering station to the bridge. Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteSomeone else already threw out Skype but web interaction/RSS would be great. I imagine Microsoft has it locked down but if the system allocation screen could actually have some of the real system allocation data on it... even better.
Awesome app. Obviously lots of possibilities for the future also.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that I have to agree with from a recent review, however; Everything looks authentic except those darn weather icons. I'm assuming this is pulled-in from an outside source, so maybe you can't do it, but it sure would be nice to have the weather icons re-created in a more trek-type feel.
You are correct...they are supplied by the service giving the weather data. It may be possible to change them and use a different set if we can find something more appropriate.
DeleteI like some of the ones here:
Deletehttp://www.fordesigner.com/pic/zip02/b_1319818958131.jpg
or here:
http://www.zezu.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Fine-weather-icon-vector-design-1.jpg
Even if there is just some way to "process" the existing icons to remove the blue background and set it to black. I think that would do the trick.
I will look into possibly using some different ones. There will be some work required to use something other than the supplied ones but it should be possible.
DeleteNew weather icons are now in the app as of a couple updates ago!
DeleteSomething you might consider for the future. I'm one of those hobbyists that installed a "Car PC" (aka "carputer"). (Some pictures at https://plus.google.com/109046344933102015650/posts/fbHonZAHipi). Your LCARS program already includes many of the parts of a Car PC front-end, such as weather and media browser. The parts that would still be needed would be:
ReplyDelete(1) Interfacing with an existing HD Radio box
(2) Interfacing with an existing PC Navigation program
(3) (optional) Providing a phone dialer via Bluetooth
Currently, I am using a front-end called "Centrafuse", but am in the process of switching to one called "FreeIce". I have to say, however, that an LCARS front-end would be the ultimate thing to have. It might not be a huge market, but there are plenty of us.
I actually built a Car PC as a senior design project...that was years ago with a lot less options than we have now though. What operating system does your computer run?
ReplyDeleteWindows 8. If you'd like, we could discuss further via email. I would think that looking through code for some of the existing front-ends would give some good insight into how they interface with HD Radio. My unit, which is a common one for CarPC makers, is the "Directed HD Radio", which uses a COM port for control. There is no actual in-the-car front panel for it. It's a hidden box inside behind the dash.
ReplyDeletehi this is great live tile would be great and being able to make tile on start screen bigger thank you
ReplyDeleteWe are looking for a graphic artist to help us improve our tile graphics. What kind of things would you like to see on the love tile?
DeleteIt would be neat to see integration with Mail and calender. I found this on a whim just looking for some fun productivity apps for WIN 8 and said I MUST HAVE. Now i want a touchscreen....
ReplyDeleteWhat a great app this is, I am thrilled to have it fully operational on my "console"! Fantastic job, thank you. Heres a small easy tweak in case you just run out of stuff to do...have the "self-destruct" audio alert count down the last 10 seconds(unless it would not be accurate to its legacy) until destruct, Destruct, DESTRUCT!! Thanks again for making this great tribute app available-its a beautiful thing.
ReplyDeleteCertainly a good idea! Some people may get annoyed by it but it's something we will try out and see if it feels better than how it currently is.
Deletewell you can add in a silent countdown feature similar to when janeway blew up the ship when the vidiens. Took over the ship when the ship went threw the rift and it split in to two. And add a feature to that you can choose which klaxon you use during the alarm. Like the tng or voyager or ds9 klaxon alarms. just a thought. I love the app so far and can not wait for new features
DeleteYou can already make the countdown silent by setting red alert to false and setting silent to true. The klaxon used for the destruct timer will be the same one selected in the options which right now is a choice between TNG or Voyager.
DeleteIs there a way to let it run instead of the screensaver? Meaning after x minutes without Input the app starts?
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know there is not...that is something you should suggest to Microsoft though!
Deletestardate 20130615.1455 how do you read this? i come up come up with this idea in dec 1966 while roleplaying and watching star trek..
ReplyDelete2013-0615 . 1455 if I spread it out you can see the currant date the dot then the time in gmt format for west coast time at about the time I started this post here.. let modify the lcars time for stardate using this method of time recognition. please consider adding this option to lcars instead of the currant one you have now for your choice of doing stardate.. you might add a second counter which would she 1355:000 or complete as now 20130616.1502:000
go? go for it.. ocha
Would love it if the media player could link to other media apps like Pandora or iheartradio
ReplyDeleteI have tagged my WMA files with a 500x500 jpg but the Cover Image that Shows up in LCARS (win8) has very poor Quality. Seems to refer to the xxxx_small.jpg File in the Folder. It allways Shows up With a Nice Picture Quality in Windows Media Center or Windows Media Player. Why does the LCARS Media Player use a different Cover?
ReplyDeleteI would also like a Volume Slider ;-)
Thanks for the great support
I will certainly look into this issue. I believe it is just pulling the cover image that the thumbnail for the file generates. I will see if there is a way to make it use the higher quality image or not.
DeleteA volume slider is discouraged by Microsoft as they want you to use keyboard media controls or hardware buttons on tablets. Plenty of media players, good and bad, in the store have them though so we might as well put it in there also. Shouldn't be too difficult. Thank you!
GREAT APP! I wish it was possible to skin this over the entire Windows 8 platform...I have however utilized WindowBlinds 8 to make the rest of my computer look LCARSy.... One problem with the app I have found is no support for JPEG. Is this something on the horizon?
ReplyDeleteAre you talking about an image viewer type thing or do you mean the home screen image does not support jpeg? It is possible that it only supports jpg. If that is the case we can add the other extension to the chooser pretty easily and it should be supported already.
DeleteThanks again, I appreciate your work!
ReplyDeleteMaybe I've missed it but is there the ability to play mp3's randomly? (Windows 8)
ReplyDeleteThis functionality has been added in a recent update!
Deleteman you have to add an irc (internet relay chat)built into it. I would love to chat with friends while the background noise is on like im on the ship in space chatting. i would still leave the lcars buttons there while chatting so it looks like your chatting in a Starfleet terminal not fullscreen.
ReplyDeleteHow about a Klingon Tactical Interface app? Same idea, just...you know, Red and Orange and triangles and stuff.
ReplyDeleteThen a Romulan one, green and glowy...
That would be pretty cool...but I don't know how practical it would be to make those interfaces readable.
DeleteThis if for the windows 8 version.
ReplyDeleteI would love if the Log feature could recognize Tex files as well as txt files. Just so one could write in Latex in the editor as well. If it compiles great but that might be to much of a hassle. Just having it recognize tex files so that you could open them in the log feature and treating them like txt files should be simple enough and would be nice.
Great App
We can certainly look into this for you! We should at least be able to make it open them as text files even if it doesn't make that much sense as a log. The log editor is still on the productivity side so making it useful is certainly something we want to do!
DeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteMaybe release as a library ? Widgets for own applications ?
Please send us an email and we can talk about this!
DeleteGreat work on update 25, but on my 4:3 1600 x 1200 screen, buttons are still squashed and text overlaps in the simulator with the map still being unreadable.
ReplyDeleteWe will look into this issue for you! Perhaps there is something we overlooked.
DeleteHi there��
ReplyDeleteTomtomraiders here
Only repeating what someone earlier in the tread asked for.
Would be really nice with an alarm feature so I can use my pad as
A alarm clock. Would be a lot easier to wake up in the morning seeing the Lcars interface when snoozing hehe
That is something we would like to do! However, currently Windows Store apps have restrictions that make this pretty difficult to accomplish. Currently the Clock module audio warnings and such are only possible if the app is currently in view. Waking up the device from sleep is an issue we haven't found a real solution to yet. We don't want to be responsible for someone's alarm not going off correctly, so we've held off on releasing an alarm clock until we make sure it's going to work!
DeleteGreetings!
ReplyDeleteTomtomraiders here again
Just got a vision when I was using my phone as a flashlight.
Lcars interface for WP8 as you can guess;)
Wouldn't it be kinda cool to have an flashlight option in the interface.
Mabye with audio when you turn it on like the scanning sound that you hear when they are using their tricorders. If possible mabye put it on loop so as long as you use the flashlight you hear the scanning sound.
oh....about alarm clock..It would be nice to have someone to blame if I don't wake up for work so if you don't mind, please add alarm to the clock. It would be highly appreciated;)
Just wondering if there is a future potential for interface buttons similar to the panels found in ST Nemesis, w/sound effects, etc...I'm almost 150% certain it would end up being a whole brand new version...but a dreamer has to dream.
ReplyDeleteLove the program folks...!
Best of luck with the future versions!!! :-)
There is currently the "Nemesis" theme which is modeled after most of the buttons in Nemesis. There are also some 3D looking ones from that movie though. It is possible we could incorporate that look also at some point...
DeleteIs it possible to add a feature to "lock" the terminal?
ReplyDeleteThanks!
It is possible...so far we have stayed away from that because we haven't thought of a good way to unlock it again if you forget the password! You could probably re-install the app since nothing but the settings is really stored in the Windows 8 app. We will look into this again.
DeleteI loved that it had everything you do give on the app, the idea of possibly more LCARS voice sounds was an idea, and maybe showing of the Master System Display of many types of starship, such as Galaxy, Sovereign, Nebula, Miranda, Akula, and Excelsior. The last two are my favorites. Lets keep up with the new, good updates.
ReplyDeleteI like the app.
ReplyDeletebut an simple Picture Viewer are missing
Interesting idea...we could probably let the media player module support this at some point.
DeleteLive tile? Maybe date/time on one, and weather for the other.
ReplyDeleteWarp engine interoperability perhaps..
ReplyDeleteAs in if in the "Warp Core" screen, you eject the warp core, in the "Conn" screen, you can only use impulse.. etc.
And if you include web browsing/rss, I would thoroughly recommend adding access to memoryalpha (the Star Trek wiki)
Finally, adding a "development" mode, which includes features undergoing testing and/or features which some users may find inconvenient or annoying..
We have been gradually adding the infrastructure to be able to link the ship systems together to some extent. There are still a lot of details to work out, but we will get there!
DeleteThe development mode is something that would cause the app to fail certification from Microsoft, as they don't allow incomplete features. The Windows Phone Store allows us to have beta versions of apps, and so the Windows Phone version of LCARS Interface does have a beta version where we test new features. If Windows Store apps ever support the same feature, we will certainly open it up to those who wish to test it out!
For the Windows 8 phone app: How about a functioning tri-corder?
ReplyDeleteTwitter feed would be nice (win 8 tablet)!
ReplyDeleteI second this!
DeleteWe are looking into adding this feature! It may not make it into the initial 3.0 release, but we should be able to work it in at some point...
DeleteExcellent stuff. I'd almost given up on LCARS stuff. Seen so many over the years that look decent but unless they actually DO something you soon lose interest. This is phenomenal work. Here's my little wishes:
DeleteLog editor search: enter a search term and find txt files in the current directory that contain it.
Atmosphere auto-update: every 30 mins maybe instead of having to press scan to refresh?
Night theme: can turn the brightness down of course, but would be nice - actually, Nemesis is nearly there apart from the bright text colour.
Sensor readings: these devices have loads of sensors - gps/location, accelerometer, axis, light sensors, magnetometers, audio levels etc - how about a screen displaying these values in real time? There's an app in the windows store called Sensors which gives an idea of what I mean...
And a slideshow from a chosen folder with shuffle and custom display times
ReplyDeleteMedical log so you can record your readings for things like blood sugar, blood pressure, weight and see a graph of your readings over the past month. Genuinely useful data to diabetics and others with health issues. For the healthy, perhaps throw in biorhythms so they at least have something to look at!
ReplyDeleteOh, and an epub reader. That'll do for now! Thanks.
ReplyDelete+1 on the epub reader. It would be a great companion to the PDF reader.
DeleteWe have something in the works for both Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 that you may like! :)
DeleteWhat a fun and amazing app, awesome job doesn't even come close to how good this app is. A lot of great suggestions, If I can make one (not sure if it's been said or not) adding an alarm on the clock would be great.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! An alarm is currently in the R&D phase and has been for a little while now. There have been issues getting it to work correctly since for an alarm to work it has to be able to wake the device from sleep mode and run even when the app is not open. There are ways to work within Microsoft's rules to accomplish this, they just haven't seemed to work correctly enough yet to where we'd be comfortable releasing the feature when people might end up late for work if it decides not to work! We will work this into the app as soon as we are confident that it will work as intended all the time!
DeleteCaluculator:
ReplyDelete-Can we have a programmers mode on the calculaor? (Hexadecimal, Binary, Octal, Decimal etc)
-And some registers/stores (Perhaps you could display the stored contents of multiple registers at the top where the animated figures are currently displayed at present? MIn/MR button next to each register. Perhaps later animate the numbers and LCARS borders as they push and swallow numbers between the accumulator and registers?)
A fantastic, well executed, lovely little details, but also very useful application. Please keep growing it. I love having it up to tell me the time while I am playing Star Trek Online; I especially love that I can label your LCARS with my game's ship name, haha! If I get the chance I will certainly give it a plug in that community.
Oh by the way sorry... I use the Windows 8(.1) version.
DeleteInteresting idea! We will add this to possible growth ideas for the calculator. That would make it more useful overall.
DeleteHey Davstar Apps, LCARS Interface...very cool. Is there a way we play live video from a web cam through the Media Player? I'm setting up a fun summer camp for my nephews and nieces this summer, with rocket launching....and it would be a hoot for them to man Mission Control with the LCARS Interface on PCs monitoring weather and with a live feed from a cam near the launch pad
ReplyDeleteIt might be possible to add that functionality! We will look into it while we work on other aspects of the Media Player module.
DeleteYou should put a lock code on the main screen to allow for a authentic locking experience
ReplyDeleteCould you update the atmosphere section to support metric as well as imperial ��
ReplyDeleteI think we can accommodate you! Watch for that in the next big update.
DeleteCan you please update the app so it can used as the w8 lock screen? This would be greatly useful since I want it to show when I'm away from my desk.
ReplyDeleteThat is not actually possible to do as far as I know...
DeleteAs there are currently 3rd party lock screen apps, I would have thought it may be possible... But what I want is to have this as the native WP8 UI
DeleteYou are actually correct, it is possible to make the app provide a background image for the phone's lock screen so I'm going to look into adding it! What were you thinking you would like to see there for it?
DeleteAn in-app picture viewer would be a great addition. (with zoom and fit to screen capabilities). Thanks for the outstanding interface!
ReplyDeleteA photo viewer is certainly on the list...no estimate on when it will be completed though, unfortunately.
DeleteOn the Conn its missing the appropriate sound when you press engage.
ReplyDeleteHey love the win8 app, it would be awesome to have some more transporter sound like from voyager. Also maybe having a science station, that would be awesome. Once again thanks for the great app
ReplyDeleteWhat a great app have both the PC version and Phone version, guys you should advertise this on a non Trekie version as I think lots of people would like an app like this and not just the Trekie fans.
ReplyDeleteAs a programmer myself this has so much potential and personally I would like to see a version that medical information could be stored in. Such as medical details and conditions, medications and various contacts such as emergancy contacts, doctors or health care workers. Also with the ability to log certain conditions and results such as blood glucose readings and blood pressure. A medical history option with notes so when say reading such as blood sugars are high you can enter a note. If possible with the phone version a lock screen with emergancy contact information and possibly the ability to send a text for help message to a selected contact and the text message also sends GPS location. Call it a medical triquater if that's how you spell it lol. Maybe it can be intregated into Microsoft HealthVault or at the basics into a folder on OneDrive under medical. A simple graph on it to show trends of the readings you put on it and so on. Its all just a thought but a lot of people use these types of programs these days and the ability to have this would be great. One thing though if you do ever do anything like this please allow for various selections of readings as for example in the UK we use slightly different measurement types to the US. I have so many simple yet great ideas for a medical version. Keep up the great work steve_clews@hotmail.co.uk
Some very good ideas! The medical area is a bit tricky, as storing medical information runs into a lot of legality issues so it has to be stored with a lot of special requirements. It might be possible to come up with a solution that only includes things which don't fall under those rules, though.
DeleteFor now you can make logs of whatever you want with the log editor...it just won't be formatted in the way you probably want. There are some possibilities though...I will look into this farther and see exactly what would have to be done.
Thank you for you reply and yes understand the problems with medical info and legalities I suppose that would fall under a user disclaimer in many ways. As you mention you can keep logs on anything which is what I am doing and I just transfer the info taken into OneNote for medical stuff.
DeleteGreat app and I am just loving it. steve_clews@hotmail.co.uk
i would like to request that you develop lcars interface for the login of windows 8.1.
ReplyDeletealso, when the self-destruct countdown in complete, the application should exit.
Currently it is not possible to actually replace the Windows 8.1 login screen. If this ever changes we will do it!
DeleteDue to limitations of the Windows Store and Windows Phone platforms, we are not able to manually force the application to exit. All app lifetime decisions are made by the operating system, or can be manually overridden by the user when you close apps from the switcher.
love this app set, I have both the lcars for w8 and wp8. only thing I would like to see is a section that has diagrams and info on various planets, cultures, ships etc.. even if the user had to input the information it would be awesome to have the ability to do so.
ReplyDeleteWe certainly want to get to this...there is just a LOT of data that would need to be input. We are looking into the possibility of using an external source for this information, but we don't have anything certain yet.
DeleteLCARS for Windows 8
ReplyDeleteWOW WOW WOW!!!
This was my first purchase as an 18 year old and I'm blown away!
Its an incredible app, and I'd really love to see either the password logon with sound effects (please please oh please!) or a news feed, this is a beautiful app that I am recommending to EVERYONE!
...what about an internal and external scanner?
Running diagnostic and crew checks on your ship and others with diagrams and custom damage/personnel loss results? :D
With different Enterprise models or Birds of Prey etc this could be so cool!!
Yes!
DeleteAnd maybe the ability to enable some glitch FX after Warp Core separation?
It would be very great to have a "working" transporter (or am I too dumb to beam? :D), shield status and a Screen where a ship overview is like on the "System47" Screensavers. also a Medical would be great! :)
ReplyDeleteBut thanks for such a great app!
Currently the transporter should give the appropriate sound effects when the "sliders" are pulled all the way up or down (depending on what mode it is in). We would like to add more interactivity to this screen in the future, though we are still working on the details of what exactly you will be able to change.
DeleteSome of the other things you mentioned are also in the works...our To-Do list for these apps is light years long right now!
s it possible to adjust battery power settings using the warp core panel? ...would be cool.
ReplyDeleteI believe that you should make it possible to "decorate" your start menu with LCARs looks, like how there is now the "Titles", it would make it look more complete.
ReplyDeleteWill there be a "Generations" LCARs skin for the app soon?
ReplyDeleteWe would like to eventually get skins for all of the different color combinations found throughout all the series and movies. We are looking into adding some additional ones and adding a bit more to the existing ones!
DeleteI would really like an option to run some simple executables in the the LCARS environment. Like ssh and sftp. I think it might be a fun novelty to do a little of my coding in the lab on my touchscreen ultrabook remotely. I can't compile SPARC assembly on my windows machine so I always have to ssh into ieng9 over here st UCSD and so on.
ReplyDeleteMaybe even just a command prompt terminal, I could probably figure out the rest.
This is a good idea, but it should be a all around programming environment. The tab could be "Holodeck", thus making it fit in better.
DeleteI came here to request this. I'd like a command prompt inside the LCARS Interface for Windows 8, so I could do things like have a ping going, etc.
DeleteSomething that I noticed is when I use the transport. With each Star Trek series, whenever someone from the crew used the transporter, each ship had its own transport visual and audio. Maybe you could update the transporter sounds to include all of the Star Trek series. I know its something minor but I really would like to make this app sound a little bit more like Voyager.
ReplyDeleteWe do have plans to modify the behavior of both console layout and sound effects based on the class of ship you have. Currently that is not something you can change, but we want to get to it eventually...in the short term it may be possible to let you select one similar to how the Red Alert works where you can pick the one you want to use. I will look into this.
Deletemaybe add an irc client.
ReplyDeleteIs there a feature for a voice command mode? If there isn't, please add that feature.
ReplyDeleteWe do have some voice command features that are being worked on for future releases of LCARS Interface for both Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1!
Deletemaybe adding something like a map application. maybe in transporter or helm.
ReplyDeleteHey there. I'm currently using the Windows 8 LCARS application, and I've found what a joy it has brought me in my life.
ReplyDeleteNow, as you do requests / suggestions, I've come up with a few of my own for possible usage.
1. Alert systems
I think it'd be pretty nifty if we could have more than just Red Alert, maybe Blue and Yellow alerts as well. It'd be nice if you could have, as I have set mine up to be, the Defiant and have it go to cloaking.
2. A responsive Tactical / Conn display
I think it'd benefit the crewmen that use it if they could 'see' the results of their efforts on the little display. Maybe a little setting with possible enemies, or just the animation of phasers / torpedos arcing into space, or planets that you reach upon going to warp.
3. Ship customization:
Now I realize that not all ships have had their LCARS information put up, but an idea I had was, in addition to name customization, the ability to have interactive displays of your vessel. Perhaps you're not always in a Galaxy-class, but an Intrepid or something similar. I feel it'd be pretty cool to be able to do 'damage control' on your ship, especially in Simulator mode.
4. Linking applications:
If two systems could 'interact' with one another via internet or Bluetooth, I feel that'd be a bit nifty for those who Roleplay with this, or just want to have some fun with a family / friend.
I've got a few more, but I'm rather curious as to how this will turn up as a whole before I get into more ideas. I'm not a programmer, so I really don't know what of what I said is actualy feasible or logical.
Many thanks,
Wedge Antilles
Some very good ideas in there! Many of them are actually on our list to do already. Multiple alert types will eventually be added. Enhancements to the tactical and navigation are planned, we just haven't figured out exactly how to do it since that type of stuff is typically external view or main view screen stuff and not done on the displays themselves. We are working on it though!
DeleteShip customization is also already being worked on. This one is going to take a while though, as we need to design brand new layouts for systems that already exist in another layout. And we have to do all of them at once! This will also likely impact the color themes which may not be desired. We still haven't worked out how exactly that will work yet.
Linking applications is also something we've looked into. With Windows 8 and Windows Phone there is the ability to have the apps connect to each other relatively easily. We are in the process of figuring out what exactly the capabilities will be, such as whether you can fire Phasers from a Phone device which don't make too much sense. But theoretically you could have 4 computers set up and each control a system, and have the others react to it. The design of this system and how it will work is much more difficult than the actual coding of it is! but we are working on it...
Sorry that we don't have any information on when all of this will happen, but development on this project will continue for a long time yet. We have huge plans and not enough time to do all of it!
Please keep your suggestions coming though. You never know when something will fit right into an update we do, and if so we will certainly do it.
Well, I'm glad to hear that some of my ideas are already in the works. As proud as I feel in my head to come up with these ideas, knowing they're in the works is much more important to me.
DeleteA few other suggestions, as you do wish to know, are:
A comm system
Different torpedoes
Attack patterns
Actual System Allocation responses
More Weather options
More functionality to the 'D-pad' system
Thanks for responding so quickly. I was honestly surprised to refresh and see that you replied.
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Wedge Antilles
Some more good ones, and several are in the plans. What type of additional Weather options are you looking for? As for the D pad, what else would you like to see that control do? Currently it's used in several places throughout the application.
DeleteWe do our best to reply to every comment and every e-mail we get quickly! The reason this page exists is to keep in touch with people using our apps so we can figure out what people like and don't like or additional things they would like to see it do!
Sorry about the delay, I had not realized I had not replied!
DeleteAn hourly and weekly setting for the weather, rather than solely a five-day outlook, I feel would be rather helpful. Also, maybe a rotating little globe there with a little navigational set up, 'triangulating' your location when you go to your location. Similar to the way Star Wars Battlefront would have its loading screen.
The D-pad can have many applicational purposes, as I noticed that it had little to no function on the transporter ( or so I felt ), and the responsiveness in Tactical was rather lacking.
Thanks again.
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Wedge Antilles
Currently the weather data we are provided is limited to what's currently being displayed. We will look into being able to acquire additional data.
DeleteI like your idea for the weather! Some additional animation there would be pretty neat. The transporter system is in need of some enhancements as well...as is the tactical system. Some big things in the plans for both of those.
In the Atmosphere section add more information such radar, where you can in put the name of the city or zip code of the area wanted. example is the MyRadar app from ACME - AREOMATIC and Microsoft.
ReplyDeleteA Computer Voice activation for the commands you already have.
A Video chat app to communicate with others or selected people or groups like you can with Google Hangout that lets you connect up to 10 people.
Also I have an LG Smartphone (similar to an Android). Do you have an LCARS app for these?
Thank you and Dif Tor Heh Smusma (“Live long and Prosper”)
Admiral Richard Bocanegra Giordano Acevedo
Starbase Tarrant Starfleet Planet Texas
PS. in the section called Comment as: Select profile could you add one that says all of the above?
Voice commands are currently being researched. Microsoft made some changes that may allow such things to be possible for Windows 8 apps now. We started initially working with some on Windows Phone, but at the time we were more focused on the Windows 8 app. Now that the two are coming closer together in terms of features and sharing a lot of code, we hope to eventually have them available on both platforms!
DeleteHi, just installed this app and its great, is there any chance of an android version?? I know but not all have a windows phone or surface....just a thought! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWe currently do not have any short term plans to support other platforms, mainly due to resources of not having enough people with enough experience to work on it! As for the future, anything is possible...
DeleteI just picked this up off the Microsoft store today for my Surface Pro 3, i7, and love playing around with it. A couple suggestions I have is if you can make it so the System Allocation gives information regarding your computers status; hard drive usage, RAM usage, etc. and have the Warp Core section set up to give information about the CPU of the computer.
ReplyDeleteGood suggestions...and quite commonly requested ones, actually! Unfortunately, Windows Store apps do not have access to any of that information at this time. If that changes, we would certainly love to do it!
Deleterequesting a way to password lock out file access. i would like to have lcars active without allowing the viewers to be able to traverse my entire hard drive. (for personal security in a office setting) like a guest mode and a user mode with passcode
ReplyDeleteCan you add some "Space Stuff"? I would like to see a shell for Astronomy-related material --
ReplyDeleteHubble images and those zoom-to-space movies.
Google Space.
Google Maps.
Can you "Make it so"?
Thanks,
Ronald Currell
Sweetwater, Texas
The addition of the eBook reader is great, but I see that it does not remember where it leaves off (if you close the app), nor is there an ability to mark a bookmark (to return to, if it doesn't remember last location). This seems to be an issue with the PDF reader as well. The eBook reader issue is on both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.1.
ReplyDeleteI would love for there to be along with the red alert, incorporate an attacking ship like in the simulator. Maybe an astrometrics part to search for life on other ships and scan planets. Maybe a database?
ReplyDeleteAlso, could we see the phasers and torpedos when we launch them. Also can we lock onto something like we do in phasers and torpedos when we transport something?
ReplyDeleteLove the app!
I'd really would like LCARS Interface (Windows 8) and LCARS Sim (Windows Phone 8) to be an universal app, so you wouldn't have to buy it twice!
ReplyDeleteLCARS Trek (formerly known as LCARS Simulator) actually is a Universal app now! You can use it on either platform without buying it twice. Actually, it is free to play now as well! But if you purchase it (which just removes the ads, everything else works fine in the trial) then you will own the paid version for both. Unfortunately there is no way to automatically give you the paid version of LCARS Trek on the phone if you own LCARS Interface for Windows 8, as they are different apps and can't be set up as universal in that way.
DeleteThe Windows 8 LCARS Interface contains LCARS Trek, but the phone version does not due to memory constraints and some other technical problems. We made a blog post recently outlining the roadmap for how we intend to handle the transition to using Universal apps going forward in order to offer the best value. This was not possible until recently, so we weren't able to plan for it when these apps were first made.
Maybe you could add the ability to chose ship class other than Galaxy class and maybe the red alert sound could be played continuously (as an option not enforced) and that more alerts could be available
ReplyDeleteWe have some plans in the works for just that!
DeleteAnother happy customer with my own list of suggestions (and maybe a bug).
ReplyDelete1. Using a win8.1 laptop, I've noticed that changes to sound settings are not picked up within the app. If I launch the app with sound muted, it will remain muted within the app. Is it possible to add a button to re-detect sound (or camera or mic) settings?
2. Feature Request: Programmable button(s) -- There are currently some unused buttons within the apps sections that have numbers but do nothing. Could these be linked to the user to other apps? Or to desktop apps?
3. Number one request: a locking option to access apps. It doesn't need to be all that secure / hacker proof. A short pin code?
3a. Voice entry of the access code?
First off, I am using LCARS Interface for Windows 8.1. I am suggesting edits to LCARS Interface for Windows 8.1 and for Windows Phone.
ReplyDeleteI Would love to see some more document creation apps added in. I would love to use this as my main app for everything from web browsing to document creation.
1. Slide presentation feature: it would be nice to be able to create powerpoint presentations from within a log editor type mini app.
2. Spreadsheet manager: this would function like excel does
3. 'Communications' panel: I often have to read emails and otherwise communicate with people and would like to be able to do that through LCARS. I have in mind a panel where you can combine a contact list (Federation Registry), emails (transmissions), and texts [for the phone version].
4. Color Scheme Customization feature: It would be wonderful if you could add in the ability to use custom colors for the interface. As someone who intends to use this app a lot, I would like to be able to set my own colors for the color scheme.
5: Web Browser: An incorporated web browser would be a welcome add-on considering how useful the app is otherwise. I just wish I could use it to surf the web as well.
6. Customize the Shield Blueprints: If I change the ship name and registry number and I decide I want to be a certain class of ship, I'd like to see that reflected in the depiction of the shields. It is slightly disappointing to see the same old ship schematic even if I want to be a dreadnaught class or something along those lines.
Hi there,
ReplyDeletePurchased both LCARS for windows 8.1 and windows phone 8 and loving it.
Just wondering if there's functionality to send command-line type commands to the Win8.1 interface to click the buttons? Or to even assign your own commands to customised buttons?
What I've been experimenting with is the integration of Voice Attack with your LCARs interface. I've currently written plugins to retrieve information from the web for text-to-speech, as well as plugins to control Wemo home plugs through voice command. Everyone's jaw dropped when I did a demonstration, with your LCARs interface displayed. :D
Can you guys allow it to go to the star trek 6 interface? Hell, I'd buy the app three times over. I'd also be cool if we could submit content (cheesy useless onscreen gfx) for inclusion.
ReplyDeleteThis is actually something we have done some preliminary tests with! We hope to flesh it out more some day, but it's not currently being worked on in detail yet.
DeleteBought the app 6 months ago and love it, some improvements would be
ReplyDelete1) Would love the alert sound to be continuous and for transporters to actually do something...
2) Also it would be cool to have an "intruder detection system" where you can sound intruder alert and lock down decks, sections and turbo shafts
3) being able to see the planets or systems when you arrive at it
4) an attacking ship to damage your systems, this could use the intruder alert area to lock down sections for repairs
regards
p.s using windows 8.1 app
DeleteLove this app! Always have a great time playing around with all its features, no matter how many times I've done it!
ReplyDeleteFeature Suggestions:
1) Possibility to upload own computer sound/voice files, instead of using the preprogrammed Microsoft computer voice (say, if, for example, I, or anyone, had a very well organized list of sound files featuring the REAL Star Trek computer voice ...)? That way you wouldn't be infringing on any copyright laws, whilst still allowing die-hard fans of Star Trek, and the oh so famous computer voice, the ability to get just that much closer to the real thing...
2) Integrate the option to allow random anomalies, physical and/or interstellar, to manifest/come into action, each of which has it's own unique and negative affect on the ship/ship's systems. Additionally, for all of these different types of anomalies, there should also be a way to find out what the cause was/where it came from, and thus resolve the problem, using the various different LCARS OPS screens (ie. communication, transporters, weaopons array, helm control, etc.);
Can a CBZ reader be added to the windows 8
ReplyDeleteI would to have LCARS Interface (windows 8), please. (not 8.1 if possible)
ReplyDeleteWe do currently have a version for Windows 8.0! We stopped development on it a while ago though because many of the new features are not able to be supported on 8.0 since they require 8.1
DeleteIs there any way to intruduce majet barrett as a computer voice to this to make it sound more realistic.
ReplyDeleteIs it possible to add a auto destruct feature which ive seen in LCARS X32, you can select the time then either self destruct, log off etc.
ReplyDeleteI would love to switch the Appearance of the Ship to some other Class, in the Shield section for example. While the Galaxy Class is a wonderful ship, i would like to switch to the Sovereign or Prometheus Class.
ReplyDeleteI love this LCARS Interface app, it works well on my Dell Vue tablet with Windows 10! However, since I have so much music, I have to keep my media and music stored on a micro SD card on the tablet. Is there an option in the works to add music/media from other locations into the LCARS media player instead of just the default Windows music folder?
ReplyDeleteWould love to use the LCARs Interface App on a table and use it as a "clipboard" to collect fan's email contacts at the upcoming movie release for our club!
ReplyDeleteI used VLC player with 3 Video of stars moving forward, in warp, and stars moving backward. In vlc, there is a live wallpaper feature. It plays what ever video you set up. I use voice command (view screen on) with a macros to activate it. and (View screen off) to deactivate. (Go to warp) switches video to Warp. Same with (rear view screen. Works beautifully!!!
ReplyDeleteWhen I walk in, I say (computer arch) and all the various LCARS programs activate on different monitors. (open hailing frequencies) activates Skype. I love it.
I also incorperated the jarvis program into it. I just changed its name to DeFiant so that it answers to that instead. It does quite well at simulating a ships A.I. unit.
ReplyDeleteThese are just some ideas that can be incorperated into the LCARS interface or that people can set up and use for them selves.
Hello, great job with the interface!
ReplyDeletefor LCARS on WIN10, I would suggest, if possible, to add the option to automatically load a location for the media player, WMP style, so to have the option to select music directly from the screen instead of opening manually!
But again, only if possible!
Keep on with this great work and thanks!
Hi, it would be great if we could browse the internet directly from the app? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm using this on my Windows 10 ASUS ROG in conjunction with a Lcars Rainmeter skin. It's so cool! I'd like to request a feature of being able to turn down the volume of the sounds. I like hearing them but I normally have my computer volume up and these sounds can be too loud. Also the ability to play .flv videos! Thanks-love it! :)
ReplyDeleteWow, what a article it is! Really pleasant quality post it is. Keep up the great work.
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Great app! There are only two suggestions for file types to open. .flv in media player, and .mobi in ebook reader. I love this program and am anxious to see the future upgrades.
ReplyDeleteI would like to have the system be completely configurable with my apps and systems. Where I can point the helm to what I want it to bring up in windows i.e. maybe system or the core to bring up an interface with device manager and so on.
ReplyDeleteWakingNews Alarm Clock app
ReplyDeleteWakingNews Alarm Clock is yet another beta app release with some potential. It functions primarily as an alarm clock. You set an alarm as usual and it goes off on time as usual. However, this one reads you the news from a variety of sources when it goes off. So it functions a little bit like old school radio alarm clocks. It has several good news sources, including Yahoo Finances, Yahoo Sports, Engadget, etc. However, there are some lesser sources of words there as well. Thankfully, you can choose the sources that play when the alarm goes off. It's in beta so there are definitely bugs. It is also free and has potential.
Is the game still in development? I'd suggest showing symbols in long range scan instead of "E:", "S:", "B:".
ReplyDeleteI wouls like to be able to set colors of the buttons to make my own theme - as it were. Say I wanted all shades of grey, I'd like to be able to do so. Other than that. I bought the product on Microsofts Store, it works good enough, just a minor crash. But all else seems good.
ReplyDeleteIs it possible to add more pages, possibly more functions to LCARS?
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