7.5.0 (Gauge and Grid effect re-build)

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Important! If you are using tools for the first time, please read Beginner's guide and AlienFX-GUI readme to configure out it's concept and operation principle.

Changes into this release:

All light-control tools:

• More simple and fast APIv6 (Monitors) handling (but it still can have violet flash, i'm working on it).

AlienFX-GUI:

• New gadget processing method. As a result, application start and switch from "Devices" tab much faster (but first zone lights update slower a bit).
• Haptic effect consume significantly less CPU than active.
• Selected Ambient zones have better visibility on screen grid at Ambient tab.
• New color coding for Devices tab - now color reflect not only light ID, but device ID as well.
• Right-click (and drag) on grid at zone lights selection (any active tab except Devices) now remove lights from zone.
• "Radial" gauge calculation changed to provide clear borders.
• Grid effect rebuild with changed and new functionality:
  • Grid effect now use zone settings, not grid settings (this change it's behavior in case zone have unused rows/columns)
  • Grid effect now always use lights from zone, so "Zone lights only" setting removed from UI
  • Grid effect size now calculated automatically from zone size, effect, direction and start point. This setting removed from UI
  • Grid effect now support "Gradient" gauge setting (see manual for details)
  • Grid effect now support "Off" gauge direction (providing color morph across all zone - see manual for details)
  • "Wave" and "Gradient" effect types reworked, now works as designed
  • In case of Grid effect triggered by key press and key present in many zones, all of them will be triggered
  • Significant performance improvement
  • A lot of small bugs (especially with incorrect light updates) fixed
• Bug fixed: Key dialog incorrectly appears if you try to change light name at Devices tab.
• Bug fixed: Clicking outside grid zone then move mouse inside now correctly processed.

Things to-do:

• Grid effect: Multiply (from 1 to 9) colors for effect.
• Grid effect: More effect types and triggers.
• Better handling of the light using more, than one cell in grid (now only left-top position used).

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This discussion was created from the release 7.5.0 (Gauge and Grid effect re-build).