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    AlienFX changing colour in game randomly!

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Jedispooner, Jan 13, 2012.

  1. Jedispooner

    Jedispooner Notebook Geek

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    Hey, just want to see if anyone else has experienced this on the R3.

    I installed World of Tanks last night and when the game is in the menus everything is fine. However when I click battle and the games goes full 3D in game, the AlienFX lights (Keyboard, grill and Alienware lamp) all change to a different colour!

    Is this in the game, like 3rd party use of changing the lights or is it a conflicting / bug in the AlienFX running process? any thoughts appreciated :D
     
    Jedispooner, Jan 13, 2012
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  2. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    That game supports AlienFX.
    See here for more games with AlienFX feedback:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware/465100-games-support-alienfx.html

    If you want to turn this feature off, look in your system traym you should have a icon Alienware AlienFX: Alienware.ath. Right click it and it should have the option ' Enable 3rd party AlienFX Access'. You need to untick this option.

    Go Dark won't prevent the game from accessing AlienFX.
     
    katalin_2003, Jan 13, 2012
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  3. squeak83uk2

    squeak83uk2 Notebook Consultant

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    i noticed it too... when you get killed it flashes red, i think the only " conflict" i have seen in one of the grill lights went pink.,
     
    squeak83uk2, Jan 13, 2012
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