Gadgets 5.5.1 - inspired by AddGadgets.com Sidebar Gadgets

[SilverAzide]

@SilverAzide
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Cheers from Ontario Canada !!!!

Glad you are enjoying the Gadgets! I created these for the all the AddGadgets fans, and for myself as well. If you have ideas or requests, feel free to post them here or as issues on the Gadgets GitHub repo. I generally have not been creating Gadgets that are outside the scope of the originals, or making modifications that deviate too much from the originals intent, but bug reports and suggestions for tweaks/improvements are always welcome.

But if you want even more Gadgets, check out Dudebaker's Gadgets Additions suite here https://github.com/Dudebaker/Gadgets-Additions/releases or here https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=26610. There's a ton of cool stuff for just about every purpose, including media/volume controls and very popular stock market gadgets.

[prisoner881]

Oh, awesome! I'll be sure to ping you when I'm ready. Thanks for the offer!!!

I'll happily offer up my 3800X as a tester as well if you need anyone else. It's on an MSI 570 motherboard if that makes any difference.

[digidog]

... If you have ideas or requests ...

If I wanted to not have the CPU fan speed tracked on the line graph in All CPU Meter, which file/line would I need to adjust ?

Thanks

[SilverAzide]

If I wanted to not have the CPU fan speed tracked on the line graph in All CPU Meter, which file/line would I need to adjust ?

Thanks

Edit the All CPU Meter skin by right-clicking the skin and selecting "Edit skin". Then, find the meter [MeterLineFanUsage] and change the line Hidden=#HideFan# to Hidden=1.

[digidog]

Edit the All CPU Meter skin by right-clicking the skin and selecting "Edit skin". Then, find the meter [MeterLineFanUsage] and change the line Hidden=#HideFan# to Hidden=1.

Thank You. Once you point it out it seems obvious lol. I scrolled through it last night and could not make sense of the syntax.

[qazserNOS]

First of all, thanks for the gadgets! I've been using your Rainmeter skins since 2016, I think. It's hard to remember as these are so similar to the original Gadgets and the Sidebar recreations. But also better, as there is a nice solid background option.

I just updated to an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X from an Intel Core i7-7700K and I noticed the CPU clock does not show correct values. Neither does anything other than Ryzen Master, so that's not surprising. I'd like to hide (and possibly not even measure) the CPU clock. Will you add hiding it as an option or can you tell me how to edit it?

The CPU name is also a bit wonky as for me it shows "Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Co..." I really don't need this information always visible, as I know what CPU I have and it doesn't change by itself. In it's current form it even looks aesthetically unpleasing.

I've noticed that having hardware acceleration on in Rainmeter causes serious stutter in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. The benchmark shows frametime spikes every second and some other times, as well. I've installed only the Gadget skins and the stutter happens even with only the clock Gadget skin enabled. With hardware acceleration off the consistent stutter is not there.

[SilverAzide]

First of all, thanks for the gadgets! I've been using your Rainmeter skins since 2016, I think. It's hard to remember as these are so similar to the original Gadgets and the Sidebar recreations. But also better, as there is a nice solid background option.

I just updated to an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X from an Intel Core i7-7700K and I noticed the CPU clock does not show correct values. Neither does anything other than Ryzen Master, so that's not surprising. I'd like to hide (and possibly not even measure) the CPU clock. Will you add hiding it as an option or can you tell me how to edit it?

The CPU name is also a bit wonky as for me it shows "Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Co..." I really don't need this information always visible, as I know what CPU I have and it doesn't change by itself. In it's current form it even looks aesthetically unpleasing.

I've noticed that having hardware acceleration on in Rainmeter causes serious stutter in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. The benchmark shows frametime spikes every second and some other times, as well. I've installed only the Gadget skins and the stutter happens even with only the clock Gadget skin enabled. With hardware acceleration off the consistent stutter is not there.

Hi! Glad you like the Gadgets, and sorry you are having issues! You didn't mention if you were using the latest version of the Gadgets or what was wrong with the clock speed. But in any case, recent AMD CPUs appear to have some sort of issue with Windows and many users report the CPU clock speed comes back as zero. One of the Rainmeter devs confirmed this is an issue in Windows itself, so there's not much that can be done. However, in the most recent version of the Gadgets, I changed the way the clock speed is calculated and it should be improved and at least show something. So try installing the latest if you have not already.

If you would like to hide the clock speed, it is pretty easy to do. Right-click the skin and select Edit skin, then search for the meter [MeterCPUClock]. Find the FontColor option and change it so it is transparent, like this: FontColor=#ColorFontSubtitle2#,0 (add the bit in red). Save the file and refresh the skin and you should be good.

Regarding the CPU description, I can give you the instructions for chopping off parts of the name so it's not so long, that way you won't get the ellipsis "..." junk at the end. But if you'd just like to hide it completely, you can do like the above and change the text so it is transparent. To do that, find the meter [MeterCPUDisplayName]. Change the FontColor option like so: FontColor=#ColorFontSubtitle#,0. (P.S.: I will fix the way the name appears for AMD CPUs in the next version.)

Regarding the stutter, this has been reported by Rainmeter users (it doesn't matter which skins they are using). But to confirm, just load something super simple like the Illustro skins that come with Rainmeter (and make sure you aren't using HWiNFO or other 3rd-party utils). If the stuttering stops, then it could be a Gadgets issue (let me know!). But it if continues, then it could be some issue with your video card driver or something. You can look around on the Forums to see what the recommendations are, otherwise you can turn off acceleration if that is acceptable to you.

[qazserNOS]

Hi! Glad you like the Gadgets, and sorry you are having issues! You didn't mention if you were using the latest version of the Gadgets or what was wrong with the clock speed. But in any case, recent AMD CPUs appear to have some sort of issue with Windows and many users report the CPU clock speed comes back as zero. One of the Rainmeter devs confirmed this is an issue in Windows itself, so there's not much that can be done. However, in the most recent version of the Gadgets, I changed the way the clock speed is calculated and it should be improved and at least show something. So try installing the latest if you have not already.

If you would like to hide the clock speed, it is pretty easy to do. Right-click the skin and select Edit skin, then search for the meter [MeterCPUClock]. Find the FontColor option and change it so it is transparent, like this: FontColor=#ColorFontSubtitle2#,0 (add the bit in red). Save the file and refresh the skin and you should be good.

Regarding the CPU description, I can give you the instructions for chopping off parts of the name so it's not so long, that way you won't get the ellipsis "..." junk at the end. But if you'd just like to hide it completely, you can do like the above and change the text so it is transparent. To do that, find the meter [MeterCPUDisplayName]. Change the FontColor option like so: FontColor=#ColorFontSubtitle#,0. (P.S.: I will fix the way the name appears for AMD CPUs in the next version.)

Regarding the stutter, this has been reported by Rainmeter users (it doesn't matter which skins they are using). But to confirm, just load something super simple like the Illustro skins that come with Rainmeter (and make sure you aren't using HWiNFO or other 3rd-party utils). If the stuttering stops, then it could be a Gadgets issue (let me know!). But it if continues, then it could be some issue with your video card driver or something. You can look around on the Forums to see what the recommendations are, otherwise you can turn off acceleration if that is acceptable to you.

Thanks for such a thorough answer! I'll do my best to respond in kind.

I am using Gadgets version 5.5.1. Basically even as I write this message the clock speed shows 4699-4700MHz. CPU-Z shows a bit over 4700MHz, slightly fluctuating, and Windows Task Manager shows 4.85GHz (this is my all core overclock set in BIOS). Ryzen Master shows the real values, peak speed being mostly around 700MHz and fluctuating a lot.

Hiding the clock speed with your instructions worked flawlessly, great! I think that is the optimal solution until something changes that allows 3rd party applications to show the clock speed correctly.

Hiding the CPU description obviously works just as well. However, I feel that breaks the layout as then there is a huge gap under the CPU Usage text and the memory stats due to the size of the AMD logo in the upper left corner.

I downloaded the Illustro skins and loaded the default layout. It behaved exactly the same: hardware acceleration on caused consistent stutter. I couldn't find any info on the matter but clearly it's not the fault of your skins! I see no problem using Rainmeter with hardware acceleration off for now. Maybe I'll try to resolve the matter sometime later.

[SilverAzide]

Thanks for such a thorough answer! I'll do my best to respond in kind.

I am using Gadgets version 5.5.1. Basically even as I write this message the clock speed shows 4699-4700MHz. CPU-Z shows a bit over 4700MHz, slightly fluctuating, and Windows Task Manager shows 4.85GHz (this is my all core overclock set in BIOS). Ryzen Master shows the real values, peak speed being mostly around 700MHz and fluctuating a lot.

Hiding the clock speed with your instructions worked flawlessly, great! I think that is the optimal solution until something changes that allows 3rd party applications to show the clock speed correctly.

Hiding the CPU description obviously works just as well. However, I feel that breaks the layout as then there is a huge gap under the CPU Usage text and the memory stats due to the size of the AMD logo in the upper left corner.

I downloaded the Illustro skins and loaded the default layout. It behaved exactly the same: hardware acceleration on caused consistent stutter. I couldn't find any info on the matter but clearly it's not the fault of your skins! I see no problem using Rainmeter with hardware acceleration off for now. Maybe I'll try to resolve the matter sometime later.

OK great! Sounds like you are set then. If you want to keep the CPU name but just clean it up a little, try the following. Edit the skin and look for a measure [MeasureCPUDisplayName]. Replace the "Substitute" line with this:

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Substitute="\(R\)":"","\(TM\)":"","\(tm\)":"","Intel ":"","AMD ":"","CPU ":"","@.*":""," \w+-Core.*":""," \d*-Core.*":"","\s\s":" ","\s$":""

If all works well, your CPU name should appear as "Ryzen 5 5600X" and none of the extra junk at the end. The next release of the CPU Meter includes this code.

In regard to Ryzen Master showing ~700MHz and the others showing 4700+, here's what is most likely happening. What you see in the CPU Meter is what Windows thinks your CPU speed is, which is a function of your base clock. It cannot see overclocking. Task Manager can, however. What Ryzen Master is showing is your "effective clock". If you want to see your true overclock speed and/or effective clock with Rainmeter, you'll need to use HWiNFO. That will show everything. The CPU Meter isn't really geared to show effective clock however, so it would require some significant editing to make it show that. I might add that in some future release (only in the last year or two did the HWiNFO support the effective clock).

[qazserNOS]

OK great! Sounds like you are set then. If you want to keep the CPU name but just clean it up a little, try the following. Edit the skin and look for a measure [MeasureCPUDisplayName]. Replace the "Substitute" line with this:

Code: Select all

Substitute="\(R\)":"","\(TM\)":"","\(tm\)":"","Intel ":"","AMD ":"","CPU ":"","@.*":""," \w+-Core.*":""," \d*-Core.*":"","\s\s":" ","\s$":""

If all works well, your CPU name should appear as "Ryzen 5 5600X" and none of the extra junk at the end. The next release of the CPU Meter includes this code.

In regard to Ryzen Master showing ~700MHz and the others showing 4700+, here's what is most likely happening. What you see in the CPU Meter is what Windows thinks your CPU speed is, which is a function of your base clock. It cannot see overclocking. Task Manager can, however. What Ryzen Master is showing is your "effective clock". If you want to see your true overclock speed and/or effective clock with Rainmeter, you'll need to use HWiNFO. That will show everything. The CPU Meter isn't really geared to show effective clock however, so it would require some significant editing to make it show that. I might add that in some future release (only in the last year or two did the HWiNFO support the effective clock).

Thanks, works as advertised!