System Temps

[Accredo]

Hi:

I posted this in the Requests section as well. Since I use your UI I also wanted to ask you in this section. With all the great UI's out there, I was wondering if it would be possible to incorporate a system temp(s) i.e. CPU, System, Video etc somewhere within EQ say on the Stat Bar? as an example. There are windows apps out there, Rainmeter http://rainmeter.net/RainCMS/ is just one of many that employ this via a little app called SpeedFan http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php. SpeedFan has a very tiny system foot print and being able to monitor your computer temperatures within EQ would be a nice little safety feature.

Below is just an example of all the code involved for using SpeedFan in Rainmeter:

[MeasureSpeedTemp1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\SpeedFanPlugin.dll
SpeedFanType=TEMPERATURE
SpeedFanNumber=0
MinValue=32
MaxValue=55

[MeasureSpeedTemp2]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\SpeedFanPlugin.dll
SpeedFanType=TEMPERATURE
SpeedFanNumber=1
MinValue=20
MaxValue=70

[MeasureSpeedFan1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\SpeedFanPlugin.dll
SpeedFanType=FAN
SpeedFanNumber=1


[MeterText1SW]
Meter=STRING
X=14
Y=1
MeasureName=MeasureSpeedTemp1
Text="MB: %1 °C"
FontColor=0, 0, 0, 80
FontSize=7
FontFace=Arial
AntiAlias=1

[MeterText1]
Meter=STRING
X=13
Y=0
MeasureName=MeasureSpeedTemp1
Text="MB: %1 °C"
FontColor=255,255,255
FontSize=7
FontFace=Arial
AntiAlias=1

[MeterText2SW]
Meter=STRING
X=8
Y=9
MeasureName=MeasureSpeedTemp2
Text="CPU: %1 °C"
FontColor=0, 0, 0, 80
FontSize=7
FontFace=Arial
AntiAlias=1

[MeterText2]
Meter=STRING
X=7
Y=8
MeasureName=MeasureSpeedTemp2
Text="CPU: %1 °C"
FontColor=255,255,255
FontSize=7
FontFace=Arial
AntiAlias=1

[MeterText3SW]
Meter=STRING
X=45
Y=19
MeasureName=MeasureSpeedFan1
Text="FAN: %1 Rpm"
FontColor=0, 0, 0, 150
FontSize=6
FontFace=Arial
AntiAlias=1

[MeterText3]
Meter=STRING
X=44
Y=18
MeasureName=MeasureSpeedFan1
Text="FAN: %1 Rpm"
FontColor=255,255,255
FontSize=6
FontFace=Arial
AntiAlias=1

[MeterMBbar]
Meter=BAR
MeasureName=MeasureSpeedTemp1
X=64
Y=3
BarImage=meter.png
BarOrientation=HORIZONTAL

[MeterCPUbar]
Meter=BAR
MeasureName=MeasureSpeedTemp2
X=64
Y=11
BarImage=meter.png
BarOrientation=HORIZONTAL


Just a thought

Accredo

[Drumstix42]

I don't think there is any easy to way to implement out of game data to in-game data "on the fly".

A program that has it's own window that you could set to "always on top" is probably the only real solution in this request, as far as I know.

[Accredo]

Originally Posted by Drumstix42

I don't think there is any easy to way to implement out of game data to in-game data "on the fly".

I suspected it wouldn't be an easy feat. As ACT and VocieOverLay could interact with EQ I began to think, perhaps SpeedFan's .DLL temperature info could be displayed.

A program that has it's own window that you could set to "always on top" is probably the only real solution in this request, as far as I know.

Yes that might be a possibility, but would be aesthetically iky looking (for the lack of a better term) Currently I have SpeedFan displaying the CPU, SYS, VID temps on the windows tool bar in 9 point Arial Font that I check periodically by switching to windowed mode.

[Drumstix42]

Using Win7, I utilized the application Everest, which comes with a built-in desktop widget that is very customizable.

I like Win7 because you can mouse over the "show desktop" button and it'll quickly make your windows fully opaque so you can see the desktop, and then quickly show your windows again when you move the mouse away. (I play in windowed mode, with the screens mostly stretched out)