Afterburner Skin Format

[eva2000]

Just installed 1.41 for first time for hd5870 usage and have a question as the default skin takes up ALOT of desktop real estate even for 1600x1200 monitor. What's easiest way to reduce the entire gui size so it's more compact ?

[Unwinder]

Originally Posted by eva2000

Just installed 1.41 for first time for hd5870 usage and have a question as the default skin takes up ALOT of desktop real estate even for 1600x1200 monitor. What's easiest way to reduce the entire gui size so it's more compact ?

v1.5.0 will come with bundled compact skin versions:

http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.ph...5&postcount=41

And the easiest way to shrink the entire gui size yourself should definitively start from reading skin format description.

[crowTrobot]

Originally Posted by eva2000

Just installed 1.41 for first time for hd5870 usage and have a question as the default skin takes up ALOT of desktop real estate even for 1600x1200 monitor. What's easiest way to reduce the entire gui size so it's more compact ?

I'm making one.

Make a screenshot of your desktop (exact size, 1600x1200) then open MSpaint and draw a rectangular area you want the ideal size to be and which part of the desktop you want it docked or placed (left, right, top or bottom) and I'll make one to fit that size.

[eva2000]

Will do a screenshot soon... thanks

edit: uploaded screenshot - click thumbnail for larger 1600x1200 screen. The white box is the main info/gpu/shader/mem voltage window size I'd like (minus the monitoring window which detached would be sizeable to similar vertical length as the kompakter blue skin beside it



need to leave more desktop real estate for app screenshots such as these http://i4memory.com/123767-post3.html

Originally Posted by Unwinder

v1.5.0 will come with bundled compact skin versions:

http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.ph...5&postcount=41

And the easiest way to shrink the entire gui size yourself should definitively start from reading skin format description.

thanks i found kompakt/er skin about the right size maybe a bit smaller would be nice i.e. 80% of this size http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.ph...1&postcount=42

[crowTrobot]

Get a 2nd monitor for dual screen! lol

kk noted, stay tuned for the ultra compact skins next week.

After reading the changes on the upcoming 1.5.0 version looks like we can squeeze them a bit more to sidebar size. Great news.

[WarHammerEBDA]

Question, What are the 4 entries after the Text and what do they do?? (highlighted RED)
(2Eh 7Fh 2Fh 20h)

TEXT_CORE_VOLTAGE = 401,150,00000011h,2, ,BMP_FONT,BMP_FONT_ALPHA,,13,12,2Eh 7Fh 2Fh 20h
TEXT_CORE_CLK = 401,190,00000011h,2, ,BMP_FONT,BMP_FONT_ALPHA,,13,12,2Eh 7Fh 2Fh 20h
TEXT_SHADER_CLK = 401,230,00000011h,2, ,BMP_FONT,BMP_FONT_ALPHA,,13,12,2Eh 7Fh 2Fh 20h
TEXT_MEM_CLK = 401,270,00000011h,2, ,BMP_FONT,BMP_FONT_ALPHA,,13,12,2Eh 7Fh 2Fh 20h
TEXT_FAN_SPEED = 401,310,00000011h,2, ,BMP_FONT,BMP_FONT_ALPHA,,13,12,2Eh 7Fh 2Fh 20h

[Unwinder]

Originally Posted by WarHammerEBDA

Question, What are the 4 entries after the Text and what do they do?? (highlighted RED)
(2Eh 7Fh 2Fh 20h)

TEXT_CORE_VOLTAGE = 401,150,00000011h,2, ,BMP_FONT,BMP_FONT_ALPHA,,13,12,2Eh 7Fh 2Fh 20h

That is <font_remapping_table>, it is documented in the last version of USF format reference guide.

[WarHammerEBDA]

Originally Posted by Unwinder

That is <font_remapping_table>, it is documented in the last version of USF format reference guide.

Thanks Unwinder. I have looked everywhere and for the life of me, I can not find anything other than what's posted on page 1 of this thread.

Could you post a link to the latest USF Guide. The link to the EVGA forums at the start of this thread doesn't seem to work either.

Thanks.

[Unwinder]

Originally Posted by WarHammerEBDA

Could you post a link to the latest USF Guide.

??? The guide is bundled and installed with Afterburner.

[WarHammerEBDA]

Originally Posted by Unwinder

??? The guide is bundled and installed with Afterburner.

lol, sorry Unwinder. I didn't think of looking there. I told you I couldn't find it for the life of me.

What's that saying. 'Can't see the forest because of the trees'

[WarHammerEBDA]

What should the Flag Override be for a custom Indicator??

Is there a list of all the different Flag Overrides for buttons and indicators? or the only ones are the ones listed in the reference guide?

[crowTrobot]

Yeah I think its mostly for alignment. I mostly use them for disabling/enabling stuff. Outside of the sliders, I haven't found other overrides.

[WarHammerEBDA]

I wondering if anyone knows what the Flag Override is to be able to center Text.

I know if you leave it blank it will align to the left, if you use 00000010h it will align from the right edge. But is there a flag override to align to center.

Thanks in advance.

[Unwinder]

Originally Posted by WarHammerEBDA

I wondering if anyone knows what the Flag Override is to be able to center Text.

I know if you leave it blank it will align to the left, if you use 00000010h it will align from the right edge. But is there a flag override to align to center.

Thanks in advance.

Quote from USF skin format reference:


<flags_override> is optional bitmask item allowing the skin to redefine some control flags (e.g. toggle control visibility to hide some unwanted button or select horizontal or vertical slider alignment). Please take a note that the mask of flags which you’re allowed to override is defined by skinned application, so it can protect some flags from override. It is up to skinned application creator to decide which flags you’re allowed to override via the skin for each control. If this item is not specified, all flags are specified by skinned application. The following flags / bitmasks are common to all control types:

0x00000001 – control is visible
0x00000002 – control is enabled
0x00000010 – control is aligned by right edge
0x00000020 – control is aligned by bottom edge
0x00000040 – control is centered horizontally
0x00000080 – control is centered vertically

[WarHammerEBDA]

Thanks Unwinder.

Is that taken from version 1.0 of USF?

The reason I ask is that I have been using the USF skin format that is bundled with AB and everything is there as you have quoted except the centered horizontally and vertically.

Anyway, this will get me out of trouble Thanks.

[Unwinder]

Originally Posted by WarHammerEBDA

Is that taken from version 1.0 of USF?

That's a quote from the last public version of USF skin format reference included in MSI Afterburner distributive. You can find it in your .\SDK\Doc subfolder in the application folder.

[WarHammerEBDA]

Unwinder, does AB support push buttons to increase or decrease the slider control?
For example - Instead of clicking on the slider button and dragging the slider across to the left or right, you simply click an increase button and it increases the clock by one increment, click it again and it increases one increment again.
Something similar to the Spin Left and Spin Right buttons in the Rivatuner OSD.

[Unwinder]

Nope

[WarHammerEBDA]

No prob, thank you

[noobzed]

any plan to do an intuitive graphical and ergonomic skin editor ? :p

[Unwinder]

Originally Posted by noobzed

any plan to do an intuitive graphical and ergonomic skin editor ? :p

Definitively no. Complete visual skin editor development cost would be comparable to whole Afterburner development cost, neither MSI nor I need to invest that much into it. And honestly I don't think that if you cannot create the skins as it is now, the ergonomical editor will help you to create something looking good.

[TheHunter]

Originally Posted by WarHammerEBDA

No prob, thank you

you can use left and right arrow key to do something similar - just press it once with mouse and now you can adjust the slider with arrow keys



btw; unwinder when can we expect final? i see it will ran out on 26.6

[Unwinder]

Originally Posted by TheHunter

btw; unwinder when can we expect final? i see it will ran out on 26.6

http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.ph...&postcount=123

[TFL Replica]

Actually creating/modifying/compiling a skin is very simple it's creating new graphics that look good that is the hard part.