8.2.4 ("Star field" effect, Device effect improvement)

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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
• In case you upgrade from 8.2.1.2 or early, you will lose all zone light settings in case of rollback, as well as global effect settings.

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 light-control tools:

• APIv8 (External keyboard) Device effect reworked:
  • It not depends on active device profile anymore, changing all profiles
  • In case you set some colors into profile, it lights will override global effect, but the rest will follow it
  • In case you define both effect and key press, key press effect background will be set into effect mode
  • Less probability to failed light set after global effect change, as well as rapid global effect change failed
  • I don't finish yet, more will come (different background for key effect, mixed effects, etc.).

All GUI tools:

• Update checking optimized for better stability (no caching now).

AlienFX-GUI:

• New Grid Effect - "Star Filed" (select it from Triggers). It's a kind of night sky simulation, with lights flicker into the selected zone.
  • Any star color selected randomly from color list and morph between selected color and background color
  • The morph length selected randomly
  • "Width/Length" slider define how many lights can be start at the moment - but it defines maximum amount, it can be a bit less active
  • Other settings, except global speed, ignored for now
• Profile auto switch logic changed, now it better handle unknown applications.
• Alienware m17R5 added into device database.
• Effects for APIv5 (Notebook RGB keyboard) do not reset (providing cyan color) at application start/profile change anymore. Just set some lights to stop it.
• Bug fixed: Rare crash at application start.
• Bug fixed: Crash if Ambient effect active with Grid effect in Ambient mode.
• Bug fixed: "Off on battery" and "Follow screen state" settings does not work correctly.

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This discussion was created from the release 8.2.4 ("Star field" effect, Device effect improvement).