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StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.09 15:39:00 -
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Made in C# to solve my multi-client single-monitor situation. It shows miniature windows of all your open eve clients. Clicking these resizeable miniatures switches focus to that client!
Downloads Version 0.1 alpha evefiles
Installation and usage In any order: Fire up your eve clients. Extract and run the exe.
- it handles eve clients being closed and re-opened fine (but you need to position new windows manually)
See examples some different set ups.
Example 1 - Four clients in a "sidebar". Example 2 - Four clients, unique position of previews for each active. (hiding the active window) Example 3 - Two clients
Requirements Aero enabled!
It was built on x64 windows 7, using .NET 3.0. It should work on 32 bit Windows as well. It might work on Vista and Windows 8. (It should)
It does NOT work on XP (no aero!), nor any other OS (linux/mac).
Donations are welcome! |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.09 23:22:00 -
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I'd be delighted to whether it works on 32 bit Windows or not!
Note, you need 7zip to extract the archive |
Caerfinon
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
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Posted - 2013.06.10 22:50:00 -
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tested it out this evening. works like a charm. many thanks. Cheers @caerfinon Patron of the Interstellar Geographic Society-á
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Amenis Shem
Evoke. Ev0ke
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Posted - 2013.06.11 10:50:00 -
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I tested it yesterday and I really like it.
The only problem I've found is, that if you start another DirectX Game, not EVE, the Preview windows turn white. At least they did it for me. Edit. It "just" happens if I start another Game in Full Screen and tab back to the desktop.
Two things I would like to see changed are the removal of the Header bar of the Preview window. The part which says "Preview". So they use up a little bit less space and you can cluster them even tighter.
The other I would like are saved settings. Basically the Options "Always on Top" etc. and of course window positions should be stored but I'm sure you are woking on that one :)
btw. it works fine on Vista. |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.11 14:36:00 -
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Sweet, thanks for trying it out!
I'll see what I can do about the header bar... Maybe I can make it optional.
Quote: window positions should be stored well, that is actually non-trivial so I'd rather not go there right now. Once I figure out a good scheme with few corner cases, sure, but haven't yet!
Remembering settings checkboxes is something I have in the pipe for next version, though. |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.11 20:45:00 -
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v 1.2
changelog:
* persistent settings * option to hide the thumbnail frames * clicking thumbnail restores clients from minimized (but not maximized) * if unique layout option used, better handling of initial positioning * icon in setting window * link to this thread in setting window :)
- clicking and entry in the client list in setting window no longer brings that client up |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.11 23:29:00 -
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v 1.3
changelog:
* the size of thumbnails is also stored persistant (if option sync sizes is selected) * thumbnail titles work properly * overview list shows the client window titles |
Ottersmacker
Genos Occidere HYDRA RELOADED
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Posted - 2013.06.12 14:27:00 -
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tried 1.3, works well, thank you for this
bump! i just locked an open door.. strange, yet symbolically compelling. |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.12 23:18:00 -
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v 1.4
changelog: * flicking "show frames" should no longer resize the previews - removed the client list all together
NOTE: might have changed default values in config. using the ones from 1.3 should work. |
Douglas Whyte
WhyteKream
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Posted - 2013.06.13 22:47:00 -
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Hey thanks for the updates. Really fell in love with this tool. It's allowed me to play fullscreen with every client instead of cascading them. Really creative, and ingenious method too.
I really look forward to seeing this continued with, and expanded.
I do however have a request.
Customized border's. I loved the no border update, and immediately redneck'd one using a chat window to allow for this overlay to seem apart of the UI.
Honestly though bro. I think you figured out how CCP should handle single account, dual active character's. Of course both being plex'd. Have it so the second pilot is displayed as an active thumbnail, if plex'd of course, and allow the player to swap display between the two. |
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DejaPeaux
Faugh an Beallach
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Posted - 2013.06.14 10:14:00 -
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Just tried it this morning on a Windows 8 64Bit laptop it's seems to work well.
I will have a good test at it tonight.
Thanks for your hard work.
Deja's Ammo Store |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.14 16:49:00 -
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Thanks for the kind words guys! I'm glad you like it.
Douglas Whyte wrote:Customized border's. I loved the no border update, and immediately redneck'd one using a chat window to allow for this overlay to seem apart of the UI. You mean like skinning them to look live eve UI? I think that's outside my scope of know-how. I'll give it some thought tho.
As for future work/directions:
I want to do some internal housekeeping to solve some issues (that you might or might not have noticed).
I also want to toy around with having just one preview window, where all the clients are automatically tiled inside. (as an option)
Another direction I want to mess around with is having "layout styles", as in clicking a button would arrange all the previews and the clients as well for you. |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.14 21:18:00 -
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v 1.5
changelog:
* layouts are stored persistently * bugfixes |
Arnetta Xadi
Universal Resource Allocation
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Posted - 2013.06.15 02:59:00 -
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Real easy to use after I updated to the .net 4.5.
Only upgrade I see this needing is the eve UI skin mentioned. However, with borderless frames and a little bit of twiddling, the frames can be resized and aligned to fit into my existing UI's plethora of windows.
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lgceKKo
The Graduates RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2013.06.15 12:26:00 -
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Very nice. Thank you. |
Douglas Whyte
WhyteKream
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Posted - 2013.06.15 17:22:00 -
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Hey well I noticed that if you oversize beyond the window's size it displays a black background. If anything is there a way you can make it so the color of the background can be changed? after that all you would need to work is aligning the display so that it's center'd and you'd at least have a means to choose the color to allow for some flow into the ingame's UI.
Another suggestion after using it now for a bit.
Mouseover size increase. Sometime I don't need to switch focus, I merely need to read the information on the other display. As easy as it is to switch displays though I think it would great to simply mouse over and have the display scale to a size we can read off of. Allowing for us to maintain focus, while gathering information off side displays.
Also. Having it so we can display other window's outside of just eve. With this app and this idea, you would save countless miner's from dieing in space. No longer forced to abandon focus to satisfy their carnel desires. :D . Aside from that you could have it so eft, is at the ready when you need to work a fit, or a browser at the mouse's reach ( I know there's an ingame one, but honestly... it pales in functionality to even opera )
Anyways. Thanks and good work. |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.15 19:07:00 -
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Great ideas! Here I thought I was done and free to play eve! :D
It's fairly easy to make a customizable pattern or list to preview to add things like EFT to be included - this is something I had in mind allready. (or your favourite episode as a PIP?)
Mouse over, yeah! that'd be p cool! I'll see what I can do. On the same topic I thought about adding the actual name of the character as text overlay - I found this info lacking when I was playing in border less.
Colors etc, we'll see!
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There's a bug in 1.5 that you might have stumbled upon. Unique layout in combination with one account not logged in and a bunch who are -> exception fired (which can be ignored). Will fix. |
Douglas Whyte
WhyteKream
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Posted - 2013.06.15 20:40:00 -
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Well I haven't loaded the new update due to the issue of the fixed window problem.
I will say on 1.4 that I've noticed if you switch between 2 about 3 times any other display disappears until you alt tab it. Then the display shows again. |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.16 12:35:00 -
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v 1.6
changelog: * bugfix for using eve in fixed window mode * bugfix for exception mentioned ^^^ |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.16 15:29:00 -
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v 1.7
changelog: * new option: zoom on hover - will zoom the preview when hovering over it * new option: show overlay - will draw the title of the preview target as text overlay on the preview
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StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.16 21:08:00 -
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Douglas Whyte wrote:Having it so we can display other window's outside of just eve. Played around with this tonight. My method of storing window positions by their titles breaks badly when using a browser, which changes titles for every page you load. I'd have to work around that.
EFT worked fine tho.
Also, see if 1.6+ fixes your issues. It should. |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.16 22:30:00 -
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v 1.8
changelog: * non unique layout is also stored persistently * bugfix: zoom option when showing frames behaves correctly |
Nari Neya
Vhero' Multipurpose Corp
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Posted - 2013.06.16 22:52:00 -
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Do you store and reassign certain clients to certain monitors in multi-monitor configuration? Because if you restore client to a wrong monitor, not the one selected in it's settings, it start to eat CPU at a crazy rate. I.e. in my setup, an EVE client placed on monitor #1 generate 160 FPS, where on it's proper monitor #2, it only go with VSync and never break 60. |
Douglas Whyte
WhyteKream
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Posted - 2013.06.17 05:14:00 -
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download 1.8 now i'll give feedback in a day or two.
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Douglas Whyte
WhyteKream
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Posted - 2013.06.17 05:53:00 -
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Alright it appears I have feed back already :P
The zoom look's good, however, due to placement is un-useable. A suggestion would be to include which corner to anchor the expansion. Right now it by default goes from from top left, ideally for my placement i would need it to do so from the bottom right. I would imagine other's might want it from the top right, or even the bottom left. For the interface you could include 4 box's in the form of a square to choose the corner from which it expands from. |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.17 07:34:00 -
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Nari Neya wrote:Do you store and reassign certain clients to certain monitors in multi-monitor configuration? Because if you restore client to a wrong monitor, not the one selected in it's settings, it start to eat CPU at a crazy rate. I.e. in my setup, an EVE client placed on monitor #1 generate 160 FPS, where on it's proper monitor #2, it only go with VSync and never break 60.
interesting. i havent tried dual monitors so i cannot say what windows is doing in this situation and why you get a big drop in performance. it is not something i can control most likely. i'll see what i can do tho. EVE-O preview - multi-client preview / switcher |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.17 07:40:00 -
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Douglas Whyte wrote:Alright it appears I have feed back already :P
The zoom look's good, however, due to placement is un-useable. A suggestion would be to include which corner to anchor the expansion. Right now it by default goes from from top left, ideally for my placement i would need it to do so from the bottom right. I would imagine other's might want it from the top right, or even the bottom left. For the interface you could include 4 box's in the form of a square to choose the corner from which it expands from.
yes something like that id want to do soon. EVE-O preview - multi-client preview / switcher |
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels In Tea We Trust
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Posted - 2013.06.19 07:19:00 -
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Development halted for a bit while I play the game and work on other projects.
Once back into it I want to mess around with multi monitor solutions, better resizing on zoom, and a optional "container" for the previews with automatic tiling inside (so it's easier to move them around as a group). EVE-O preview - multi-client preview / switcher |
Kallie Rae
NorCorp Security Tribal Band
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Posted - 2013.06.22 13:14:00 -
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Interesting tool for sure, reminds me of the outdated EVE Windowed Mode Helper tool: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=8660
Would be possible to try to copy a feature from that tool? Really loved the possibility of copying a little part of the game window and be able to move it wherever i wanted, like just the local or overview for example. |
Douglas Whyte
WhyteKream
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Posted - 2013.06.23 04:48:00 -
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StinkRay wrote:Development halted for a bit while I play the game and work on other projects.
Once back into it I want to mess around with multi monitor solutions, better resizing on zoom, and a optional "container" for the previews with automatic tiling inside (so it's easier to move them around as a group).
Well thank you for the work you've done thus far. Enjoy your time playing. |
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