Idea for Thoromation

[OhNoItsDoug]

I remember reading that some Thoromation users used to put tape or something on the monitor, so you could see where horses were at certain points in the race. I liked that idea, and thought an easy way to do that would be to have a spreadsheet open behind DosBox (since a spreadsheet is basically a grid), and I could line up the window edges of DosBox to the spreadsheet. I had to make the columns a little narrower for the window to fit.


After I made that, I thought this would also work for the bar graphs, using the rows of the spreadsheet. That took a little more work, considering the graphs are 3D, making the shaded portions add to number they line up with. Taking that into account, the size of the shaded area (at least for my spreadsheet with my screen resolution) about the size of one cell height. So, if I have 3 contenders (the leader on the graph is placed on the "back" of the graph), I would subtract 2 cells. Subtract 1 cell for the second horse on the graph.




-First image is the DosBox window not aligned


-Second image is the DosBox window aligned to the spreadsheet


-Third image is Thoromation. I paused for the screenshot, though you can also slow DosBox down and watch the race slowly.


-Fourth image is the bar graphs


I literally just started this project, so things may change as I continue it. And, any suggestions are definitely welcome.


-Doug