8.1.4 (New fan monitoring and ambient effect)

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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.

Warning! Some older configuration formats not supported anymore! Backup your configuration using alienfx-config!

• In case you upgrade from 7.7.2.1 or early, first install and run 7.8.1
• In case you upgrade from 7.10.5 or early, first install and run 7.10.6.2

Fan-SDK_V1.zip have binaries built against older fan control version, use it only in case you know what you're doing (or have Aurora R7), check readme file inside archive first to configure out how to make it works!

Changes into this release:

All fan-control tools:

• Fan monitoring and boost set reworked:
  • Smaller and faster code (CPU and RAM usage decreased)
  • Boost now can be decreased below 100 immediately, even if system in overboost spin-up lock state.
  • UI boost/temperature points now shows proposed/set boosts even if down spin leverage active (so point can be higher, then curve for some time)
  • UI status string now shows real boost set, not levered percent
  • Some bugs fixed, providing incorrect/instable boost set in some cases

All light-control tools:

• Light SDK initialization altered, now it doesn't mess with device brightness, so it should be set separately. All tools will set maximal brightness at start.

AlienFX-GUI:

• New: Ambient effect now have calculation algorithm choice at "Ambient" tab:
  • Medium - Like before. Average color across screen block calculated. Can be not precise if many different colors mixed into the block
  • Prevailing - New algorithm, calculating most used color into the block. Faster, precise, but can provide incorrect result in case of no prevailing color
  • Other calculation methods can follow
• Serious code and structure optimization. The application is 3% smaller and use about 5% less RAM.
• Bug fixed: A bunch of small bugs providing incorrect lights brightness/state in some cases.

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This discussion was created from the release 8.1.4 (New fan monitoring and ambient effect).