Using the power save scheme

When you run Four Winds on a battery operated computer, you can turn on power saving scheme. When enabled, the program uses less processor intensive methods in animation and other timer related operations (but might result in slightly more unresponsive behavior e.g. when accessing menus during tile animation).

To turn on or off the power save scheme:

Choose Preferences on the File menu.
Choose General under the User Interface section in the category tree of the Preferences dialog box.
Click the User power save scheme box to enable or disable this feature

Related topics:
Choosing the language of the user interface
Enabling or disabling the splash screen
Enabling or disabling editing of hand names
Leaving Windows Taskbar visible
Using color management
Forcing MIDI to always play from the start
Bypassing DirectX sound
Configuring game controls
Specifying user file locations
Adjusting the speed of the animation
Keyboard shortcuts
Changing a theme
Using custom tiles
Customizing the sound effects and background music
Choosing the board size
Choosing a way to display discards