Wow, already hearing lots of confusion on this one in the chatroom, so I'd better clarify.
Ok, the "Enable seven random fish - Ignore the settings below" box at the top does just that. It means the Aquarium will ignore any of the settings below and will set the Aquarium to 7 random slots. That means each of the 20 fish has a 1/20 chance of appearing in the Aquarium. Basically it defaults to the 99L behavior, which is having 7 fish slots each marked as <b>RANDOM</b>. That's the "old" way of doing things.
As soon as you start fiddling with the sliders below, the "Enable seven random fish" checkbox will turn off, and the new settings below take effect.
This new settings panel allows you to set randomness for all 20 fish. I can pick 12 fish as often, 4 fish as seldom, 2 fish as always, and 2 fish as never and I'll get a good mix that matches my taste.
I could always get a Wimplefish and Yellow Tang, never get a Royal Gramma or Forceps Butterfly, and then the remaining 5 slots are divvied up between the other 16 fish. In those 5 remaining slots, I'm likely to get 3 of my "often" fish and 2 of my "seldom" fish.
"I want lots of Wimplefishes, I always want 2 Percula Clowns, I rarely want the Flame Angel, and I NEVER want the Royal Gramma." I could do that with this Settings panel, if I make it so picking "Always" puts a little number box on the end where you can type 1-7.
If someone tries to add more than 7 fish, they get a dialog box telling them they can't.
The Invertebrates would be on a separate panel, with a tab at the top next to Fish. Just to reiterate, there will be 9-10 fish in the Aquarium (With the forthcoming 3D background) and then 3 or more Invertebrates. They are independant.
Also, you'll notice this Settings panel has been adjusted to fit on a 640x480 display. The current 99L settings panel is too big for 640x480.
A final summary:
You use the fish page to determine which fish you want in the Aquarium and with what frequency, and there is a "master randomize" button at the top.
The same thing with Inverts.
I have NO plans for an "at a glance" view of what's going to be in the tank because it would never be accurate. The randomness of the fish would mean that it would always change. The Aquarium randomly picks fish at startup.
I have absolutely no qualms, concerns, or guilt about having the Invertebrates on a separate panel from the Fish. The idea of having the Fish and Invertebrates settings on a single Settings panel squashed down to fit on 640x480 repulses me.
By the way, Michael (jav400) hates this.
