Overlay in game clock and timer.

STEAM GROUP

Steam Client Beta SteamBeta

Join Group

STEAM GROUP

Steam Client Beta SteamBeta

392,837
MEMBERS

17,991

IN-GAME

69,180

ONLINE

Founded

8 January, 2013

Overview Announcements Discussions Events Members Comments

All Discussions > General Discussions > Topic Details

This topic has been locked

Samson Fairfox 17 Aug, 2014 @ 8:51pm

Overlay in game clock and timer.

I would like a clock in game because I sometimes run games in fullscreen and going to the overlay menu everytime I want to see the time keeps getting me killed in games, the timer is a good idea because sometimes I need to do something like get my food out of the stove.

Last edited by Samson Fairfox; 17 Aug, 2014 @ 8:52pm

< >

Showing 1-15 of 39 comments

Samson Fairfox 19 Aug, 2014 @ 5:01am

Does anyone else think this should be added?

PlayaOfGames 19 Aug, 2014 @ 4:26pm

ElectroRobotic 19 Aug, 2014 @ 4:32pm

I would like an in game clock, too. So I don't have to Alt+Tab/Window Out/Ctrl+Alt+Del out the game to see the local time. A timer sounds nice, too.

Samson Fairfox 19 Aug, 2014 @ 7:58pm

They could make a key that moves the spot that the clock is in, and a key to toggle it on and off, because they are updating the ui anyway they should put this in the next update as well.

Last edited by Samson Fairfox; 19 Aug, 2014 @ 8:00pm

Trogdor0 20 Aug, 2014 @ 10:13am

I think this is too esoteric for most people. First you would have to know that this feature exists, then know the associated command to make it work. Most people have watches, phones, egg timers, and other clocks external to their PCs. It takes less than a second to get in and out of the Steam overlay if you have to check the time. Most games are not all action, all the time; they have lulls where you can take a second or two to open the overlay. It's a feature that probably wouldn't be used by 99% of Steam users.

Samson Fairfox 20 Aug, 2014 @ 12:08pm

Just Like Big Picture, I never use that thing because I have a desktop in my room and no TV.

Samson Fairfox 20 Aug, 2014 @ 12:08pm

your point is...

Dynamic Radio 21 Aug, 2014 @ 4:46pm

Originally posted by Trogdor0:
I think this is too esoteric for most people. First you would have to know that this feature exists, then know the associated command to make it work. Most people have watches, phones, egg timers, and other clocks external to their PCs. It takes less than a second to get in and out of the Steam overlay if you have to check the time. Most games are not all action, all the time; they have lulls where you can take a second or two to open the overlay. It's a feature that probably wouldn't be used by 99% of Steam users.

While this is true, an ingame clock would allow people to avoid having to leave the game experience. I made a post like this the other week as I think many would use the feature

Samson Fairfox 22 Nov, 2014 @ 5:14am

This Topic kind of died, posting about the idea some more. I would love this to be in the next big UI update, the family set time limt is a good idea as well but not that usefull to you and me as gamers. Because of the music player it might be a good idea to be able to pin the music time and track title on screen as well.

Last edited by Samson Fairfox; 22 Nov, 2014 @ 5:15am

DrVrej 4 Jan, 2015 @ 5:27pm

#10

[ScrN]PooSH 6 Jan, 2015 @ 3:36am

#11

Syrrani 6 Jan, 2015 @ 7:43am

#12

TheFroggynator 9 Jan, 2015 @ 1:47am

+1

Any piece og the overlay should be made so you can choose what remains "on top" when you close the overlay. They should just make it module-based so each user decides what remains visible when you close the overlay, and where to place it.

#13