I recently built a new PC and am installing a small screen on the case so I can see stats (cpu/gpu/water temps, fan speeds, etc). I downloaded a few skins to try to get a feel for creating skins but it is really confusing. Can you guys point me to a guide to help get quickly started? or if someone is board, create the framework for the layout I am aiming for?
I basically want to make a skin with 6 meters, 3 rows of 2 with the below. I will be using the hw info plugin for data. I have found the correct offsets/sensors for pulling in the data but I cannot get the concept of the overall design/layout for the skins. Hoping to get it to look something like the CAM software (see below)
CPU_Temp CPU_Load
GPU_Temp GPU_Load
Water_Temp Fan_Speed (all radiator fans are on 1 hub so I only need 1 display)
I was originally thinking of making a skin with all meters but after finding the below I will make a separate skin for each piece of data I want. I can them freely move them around as needed.
I have what I was looking for, almost. I attached a screen shot of my rainmeters for my mini PC stat screen. I'd like both pump and fan to show as percentages.
Below is my rainmeter ini for the pump skin, how do I add a formula to make it display as percentage?
You already have the Min/Max values set in the measure, so In your display meter add the line Percentual=1 and Rainmeter will calculate the percentage for you.
I do not have your pump hardware so your measure will not work here. However, if I replace the portions of your [MeasurePump] related to HWiNFO with a simple random number between 800 and 4800, the [MeasureMain] string displays the percentage values.
Thank you eclectic tech! I really want to learn rainmeter but it seems like there are many moving parts. I have 20 years of experience with programming (C, vb/vba) but I'm not fully grasping the different components that make up a meter/ui/data portion of a skin. Do any hello world examples exist for a meter/graph?
Regarding your comment, hwinfo is giving me the rpm of the pump. In bios the pump is set by pwm as a percentage so I'm trying to get my meter to display it that way. Min rpm is 800 max is 4800 so im hoping to do the math to make it as a percent.
And with what you posted with the items commented out, would i just uncomment them for it to work with hwinfo or do i have to do anything else?
Rainmeter is entirely not like any programming language like C or Visual Basic you have experience with, and I caution against having a mindset that it should be treated like a procedural programming language. Having said that though, the basic idea of Rainmeter is really pretty simple, and it is possible to start with something useful but easy, and layer on complexity as you get the hang of it. The documentation should always be kept at hand, and we are always happy here on the forums to answer any questions you have. We were all new at this at some point.
What worked for me was to find a skin or two either here on the fourms or on deviantART that at least "sort of" does what you have in mind. Then tear that skin apart and see if you can't "tweak" it to do something visually or functionally different. In a fairly short period of time, you will find that the "light comes on", and from then on it's more or less just using the detailed documentation as needed, and asking for help here when you get stuck. You are not alone.
