M17x Lighting fx themes!

woow here is a nice morph efects - thanks! +rep)) i like your work
this will be perfect with Dslade knowledges about morphing touchpad, alienhead, power button and media panel) for that moment i don't understand how he does it all - Dslade's secret

 

btw here are my favourite themes for this moment:
Alienmorphgreen (head&power button) fast&Keyboard Blue to Orange Slow and Alienmorphorange (head&power button) fast&Keyboard Blue to Green Slow
themes created by Dslade & Lord_Zath so credits go to them - i've just assemled they all together - Dslade's theme with alienhead and powerbutton with Lord_Zath's theme "Blue to Green Slow"

 

Wow it's cool Hazardic

And your THIS IS SPARTA: lol

 

yah it reminds me Ralphie Cifaretto from hbo Sopranos when he was fan of new gladiator

 

thanks hazardic

I think Dslade is manually modifying the files with an editor. can't tell for sure though

 

yep exactly

 

I got a new one fo reveryone: I call it, simple enough, FastMorph

Enjoy

 

Wow, crazy theme to show off the lights with!

 

I feel vomiting looking at your theme And it does not mean in the bad way.

 

After seeing the other DPC one I tried making my own. Nothing amazing, I'll probably try doing the speakers with it later.

 

hey guys if you give me a couple of hours i will make a video on how to edit the themes! i am in the mist of finding a good desktop recorder program.

 

it would be great!

 

Dslade, you can try Camtasia:

http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

I think free trial is more than enough.

 

Yeah, But the video has a low frame rate, in other words, its very choppy/laggy

 

Just curious can this be made to react to music??

 

Come on! I find it acceptable. All we need is a demonstratrion video to know-how, not to enjoy the quality right

 

I use Camtasia at work for video recording and if I remember correctly, the trial version works just as the full version, so you'd be able to manually set recorsing FPS to 30 FPS. that's what slows it down. I think it's by default to 5 or 12 FPS, can't remember now. it was a long time ago that I used the trial version.

but in the end, as it has already been mentioned, the quality doesn't matter.

looking forward for that video

 

i have a video being uploaded right now. it is going to be a direct link from send space. and the video is in 1920x1200! i will add more directions to it when i get some time tomorrow. for the mean time it is just my pointer showing what all the editor looks like and what to change to get the effect!

edit here it is! http://www.sendspace.com/file/09pe96 there is nothing attached to this file, only the video!

 

Thx for the vid dslade. Would love if you throw in how to change up the timing so can create themes like KITT

 

thanks for the video!

 

i have not figured out how to change the speed on the the themes. i just know when you bind the power, hdd and the alinehead it speeds up the timing. i am still investigating the theme speed at the moment. if you look under the THEME underneath the last LED it says theme tempo when i change to the fastest it still is just the basic fast and not faster

 

i think it depends of how many sequences you have in, for example keyboard led. i found optimal for my perception quantity of these sequences and thats why i like current speed of morphing hdd & alienhead=))
imo of course

 

Look At my posts for a modified KITT theme, its a few pages back

 

I (IN NOTEPAD) hit CTRL+F type in "Tempo" then keep hitting "find" until you see: < Tempo > 200 < / Tempo ><TEMPO></TEMPO> (Coding isnt spaced apart) then change to whatever number you want
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EDIT: Sorry for double post

 

in the xml editor i use i found the tempo. but when you change it, the speed still stays the fastest even if you set it to 1. the speed will not go any faster than the 200 even if you set it slower.

 

thanks for the video Dslade

 

I hope it works on the New M17x with the i7 chip

 

they should use the same command center!

 

Thanks dude just what I wanted to kno Too bad ya can't change timing of individual sections. Gonna have to see what my mind can create now when I get some time

 

It works for me in notepad.. Try using notepad
EDIT: It may say 200 in the coding, but do a visual test to see how fast it is.

It is possible yet I'm not sure how to do it.. I'll have a look

 

i used notepad and it is still the same speed as (fast) after i dropped it down to 10. did i do something wrong?

edit: R34xSkylinex280 i see what you did, now i get what you mean by you used DPC Latency for the start. on the speed tho, you get it by binding the power led and the alinehead together.

 

Ive done many of my own from scratch, and yet they worked

 

I should make a few of these, maybe practice from existing ones, and try some editing, it sounds like fun!

 

I'm Drawing a blank...
I have one of my themes configured so when I open programs like WinRar, etc.. they change colors. But, theyre not changing. Can anyone refresh my memory?

 

Does these M17x Lighting effect works for M15x too?

Also, HOW do I write my own? Is there a guide on how to do it?

 

No, they will not work with the M15x as the M15x and M17x have different zones.

You will have to either use the AlienFX GUI ---> Advanced Theme and create one or you can take one of the M15x themes and manually edit the .xml yourself.

I meant to do a guide some months back but just cant find the time to really sit down and type one out. DSlade is the best choice for this

 

Ive never known that M15x and M17x have different zones

Im happy because Dslade has a M17x, not a M15x then...

Cheers everybody...

 

lol SillyHoney. if you post a m15x theme ill see what i can do to try to replicate it for you.

 

sorry for the bump, but is anyone going to answer my question??
post # 284

 

Try closing the theme, open a new one - apply it, close it and then re-load your modded theme and hit apply.

 

I know its an old question but..

LED's will last a very long time no matter what you do with them. I can assure you the lighting in the keyboard will last longer than any other part of the system.

Edit: LED's can last up to 50000 hours. Which is roughly 2000 days.

 

Im missing my X-mas tree

 

Its not a modded theme. The advanced theme maker, it has a option where if a program is open and youre currently using it, it changes to the color you configured. I cant get it to work though

 

try to make a new theme with out editing it and see if it works. then if it works then try to edited it the way you and see if it works

 

i just got the M17x a few days ago, i am using the fastmorph file that was posted on here, but changed it around a little, i made my email notification use the fast morph, and default use just blue, and a few other apps use single colors as well.

problem i have is after 1 email notification the speed of the fast morph slows down to a crawl, and will not speed back up unless i reload the theme. the speed still shows as 600 in the file.

anyone know what would cause that? or how to fix it?

 

The way alienware configured alienFX, usually it reverts back to the maximum non modded speed after the lights changing for an app. I do not think it can be fixed..?

 

O noes!! This thread is dying!!!

 

when i get mine ill try and get all the help i can cuz this stuff looks awsome!

 

Cool!
Anyway.. I have a new theme for you all!

 

Hi all,

I am getting an m17x laptop very soon and was wondering if anyone would be able to make an AlienFx theme which looks like the colors used on the Tardis consol?

Reference Images

http://mattcbr.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/004.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3632/3314128722_b336177c0f.jpg

Thanks,

Sheppard