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for those having trouble with downloading you can also visit the site on my signature

a list with the games that support alienFX:

Games that Support AlienFX

Mod Note: Updated the link above that goes directly to the source (Dell). Here's a copy of what they officially list as supported:

Games and Applications that supports AlienFX

Article Summary: Games and Applications that supports AlienFX Note: Please bookmark this article as restarts of the computer are recommended during the process to help resolve issues. Table of Contents: 1. Applies for: 2. List of Games 3. List of Applications Applies for: All Alienware Desktops and Laptops that supports AlienFX. List of Games Supreme Commander 2 - Switches color depending on faction used. Blue for UEF, green for Illuminate, etc., keyboard flashes Red and Blue when Strategic missle is launched. Dark Void - Flashes keyboard lights based on different situations. Sacred 2 - Makes the lights flash excessively. Can someone elaborate more on this one please? World in Conflict - Flashes a yellow and red strobe when Nuke is launched. Fallen Earth - Flashes keyboard yellow when you gain AP or a level, then goes dark. The Witcher: Enhanced Edition The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition Cities XL City of Heroes: Going Rogue Blacklight: Tango Down Blacklight: Retribution Jumpgate Evolution Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West League of legends Fable III Dungeon Siege III Magic The Gathering 2012 World of Tanks Overlord 2 Payday the Heist APB Reloaded Serious Sam 3: BFE Battlefield 3 (with 27 April 2012 patch) Quantum Conundrum Nexuiz Orcs Must Die 2 Hotline Miami List of Applications Windows Media Player iTunes Outlook Mail Thank you for your inquiry, The Alienware Support Team

new version out.

-Fixed Haswell CPUs temperature monitoring

-Added windowed mode with floating resizable windows

we might have a solution for Haswell pretty soon...

can you send me that dll?

Just found this, so am asking; can this replace the original light controller completely?

yes. it's a complete replacement.

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I'd be willing to help.. within reason

you got a PM

EDIT : I forgot to mention I had to stop the audio effect on your controller app. I post it here because I don't know if it's more useful in this thread or in the other.

Yeah, since both apps do the same they are competing with each other if you run them at the same time. I'll see about implementing some code to stop the backlight controller while lightfx are running. In the mean time, just don't run them together

EDIT 2 : I tried Hotline Miami with the Alienware option switched on and the game has stopped working...

Have you looked inside the game folder if there's a lightfx.dll there somewhere?

What are the effects supposed to be in that?

yes it is!

still the result of the library is so good that the lack of colors goes unnoticed.

one request guys.

if you play a game with light fx, write here what it does so other people can read it

looking good!

I have no idea and I doubt if clevo has something available on the subject.

I came upon this post and if what he says it's true I doubt if there's anything we can do

Sager NP9150/9170 Backlit Keyboard - Can you add more colors? - Page 2

also, i'll need a volunteer with a Haswell to try out something

new version is out, check first post

i'm afraid not. It doesn't work that way.

Every key has 3 LEDs under it, red,green and blue. To produce a color the 3 LEDs receive a specific amount of voltage each.

Those ratios are fixed (at least for now).

it can't be incorporated into the other project, it is a different app as I said above

it should be compatible with every backlit keyboard that Clevos use.

We're progressing on the new version and it will include alot of your requests.

In the meantime, have a look at what i've been working on:

http://forum.techinferno.com/clevo-sager/4089-light-fx-dynamic-link-library.html

-What it is:

This is a custom dynamic link library (DLL) intended for Clevo models with backlit keyboards. It provides a compatibility layer between Clevo machines and the LightFX API for the games that support it

-Why not include it in the Backlight Controller thread?

While technically it appears to do the same job as the Backlight controller, in reality it’s a totally different piece of software. It helps me manage your reports and requests easier. Please post only Light FX related questions on this thread

-Project status:

A first public beta is available for download

-Issues/bugs:

Clevos have few keyboard colors so some effects might not be enjoyed to their full potential

-Prerequisites:

-Hotkey driver MUST be installed and working.

-.NET 4.5 is required. Windows 8 have it by default. Other systems need to install it by hand.

-Installation:

Run the setup and follow the instructions

-Disabling effect temporarily

You can do it via the Backlight controller app with the option to enable/disable the effects

Keep in mind that this is still a BETA.

It means that bugs are normal to be found. We will try to address them in turn but you’ll have to be patient.

I’d welcome any comments or bugs you may have to report but in order to make it easier I want you to always post your specs along with a detailed explanation of what you are reporting.

Also make sure that the problem is repeatable.

-Licenses

This is freeware. You may use it freely. I would appreciate distributors interested contacting one of us first .

-Download

You can download the app from here (look in the Backlight Controller thread for the new unified installer) or from out site: clevomods | home of the Custom light controller and LightFX library

I have only come to this site to download the file, I have obviously made and account but it says I do not have access to the file. Do I need a certain number of posts in order to download?

yeah you need 5 posts

Alright, I can test now, awesome!

First, specs: P150EM/NP9150, with AMD 7970M and Intel HD 4000 Graphics...

Now, thoughts...

Pros: I like the replacement of the old version, very nice... The graphical interface is easy to follow, after a slight learning curve... Much better than a dialog box. All of the basic, and sound, effects work out of the box...

Not Pros: Maybe it's the high resolution of the screen, but the screen, especially the bottom left, is very cramped. So much so, it overlaps some of the interface (pic included). This only happened once, but the on-screen keyboard colors didn't match the actual backlit keyboard ones. Not a big deal, but I'll try to reproduce and report more on that after some more time with it! Admin Privileges are still needed for a lot of the functions, which launching through the built in "start with windows" setting doesn't provide. Of course you can change the program itself to always run as admin through the control dialog, but that's slightly a pain/nuisance... I don't know if there is anything to do about that, though, I did find a workaround temporarily, which launches the program through Task Scheduler, instead of the built in screen... My 7970M information is loaded once initialized (started a game, etc), in GPU 1, but my Intel card doesn't show anything ever, in the GPU 2 option... Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know...

Personal Suggestions: Although I understand why the 'side' would be black when the 7970M isn't active, for utilization %, (aka it being '0'/the iGPU), but could there be a way to set it do be either blue, like 1-whatever percent, or one of our choosing?! That would be really awesome...

This is just my initial finds, I'll email/PM you guys other thoughts/impressions/bugs that I find as they come up! Thanks again for coming up with, and working on, this! We are all very appreciative...

thank you for your input. we are discussing the changes for the next version and your input is valuable.

Hello Nanias, nice to see you here too dude

first version released on the first post

Make sure you read everything

enjoy

You can expect the first public release later today

that's totally doable.

Right now we're focused on releasing a public beta. with a little luck we may release it in a few days

Yeah we're making progress

It runs along hotkey. it replaces the default keyboard app and overrides the stock clevo effects

have a look what else is new