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    No Black....or am I missing something

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by ryujin, Nov 17, 2008.

  1. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    Ok,
    On the AW color scheme for the fusion (hope i got that right) program, it allows you to select colors for certain areas. (as we all know who owns one)

    Well, here is my question:
    Why can I only select 'black' on certain aspects? I want to make the Head (both on the case and above the keyboard) black, as well as the perimeter of the mouse pad, and the quick touches at times...
    (i.e. - I want the keyboard lit and nothing else.)
    Is this not something that can be done or may I have a bad install?
     
    ryujin, Nov 17, 2008
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  2. Mystik

    Mystik Notebook Deity

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    can't turn off those zones, afaik. you can go dark, but that isn't what you want.

    like I said, AFAIK, can't do *just* kb. has to be alienhead, touchcontrols + whatever else. (Logo, pipe, touchpad, kb)
     
    Mystik, Nov 17, 2008
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  3. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    i was worried that was the answer....pffft.

    well thx.

    would be nice of AW came out with an update to do this....Armando/James :D
     
    ryujin, Nov 17, 2008
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  4. findvikas

    findvikas Notebook Deity

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    You can use my AuroraLightsFX (aka ColorWheel) to do this except the Power Button. See my AlienFX Applications guide to get the standalone application and try it.
     
    findvikas, Nov 17, 2008
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  5. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    try it and let me know how it works out.
     
    steveninspokane, Nov 17, 2008
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  6. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    it will be a week or so as i can not DL anything from the network i am on right now.
    but i will let you know.
     
    ryujin, Nov 17, 2008
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  7. findvikas

    findvikas Notebook Deity

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    Though I knew it will work, but tried to confirm :)
    It really works..

    [​IMG]
     
    findvikas, Nov 18, 2008
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  8. Napbree

    Napbree Notebook Evangelist

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    It is possible, it's fairly easy. If you find where they store the theme files, and then open it up in any editor (its an xml file) then you just find which bit to edit, and then change the colour. Tried and tested.

    Alternatively, here use my theme file that I edited:

    Open the zip, copy the theme onto your hdd, and then use it. Enjoy :)
     

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  9. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    hey vikas, how does the thingy for matching your AlienfX colors to your wallpaper work?
     
    whizzo, Nov 18, 2008
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  10. findvikas

    findvikas Notebook Deity

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    Not perfect, but most of the times it gives you the average color of the Wallpaper or at least the color which will look OK with your wallpaper. I am not getting any time to work on anything apart from my work to fix it or enhance it.

    The problem is that Lights does not give your true colors, the dark the color is the better it looks. Light colors look more or less same, especially with keyboard.
     
    findvikas, Nov 18, 2008
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  11. Stone825

    Stone825 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Alienware should take some notes from you :)
     
    Stone825, Nov 18, 2008
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  12. Oceanus

    Oceanus Ambassador

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    They really should.
     
    Oceanus, Nov 18, 2008
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