The example .rmskin at ExamplesMeterShape.rmskin has been updated with a few new examples for these new shape types.
AllShapes.jpg
CubicCurve.jpg
Note:
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Will this eventually replace the stock Line meter?
Re: New shape types added to Shape Meter
Posted: November 13th, 2016, 9:33 pm
by jsmorley
iamanai wrote:Will this eventually replace the stock Line meter?
No. the Line meter is a whole different animal. So is Roundline and Histogram.
Re: New shape types added to Shape Meter
Posted: November 13th, 2016, 9:37 pm
by jsmorley
Not to say I can't envision a user cobbling together a pretty sweet custom Line graph based on measure values using this stuff with a little thought.
Re: New shape types added to Shape Meter
Posted: November 15th, 2016, 5:46 am
by raiguard
jsmorley wrote:No. the Line meter is a whole different animal. So is Roundline and Histogram.
Yeah, I didn't think about how different they really are. Making a line graph with the shape meter would be much more difficult than necessary.
Re: New shape types added to Shape Meter
Posted: November 16th, 2016, 9:41 am
by rbriddickk84
I just have two words:
PURE AWESOMENESS
Re: New shape types added to Shape Meter
Posted: November 18th, 2016, 8:19 pm
by PigAndante
Used the Ellipse eclipsed by a Rectangle to make a cool progress bar out of a circle! (Mine is wired up to the NowPlaying to show track progress, but simplified here to show the Shape loveliness.)
Note that since the Offset modifier only takes whole numbers, I used Scale (which takes real numbers) on the eclipsing Rectangle to get proper sub-pixel rendering for really smooth progress.
[Rainmeter]
Update=20
[Metadata]
Name=Progress bubble
Author=PigAndante
Information=Shows current progress by shading a hollow circle from side to side at various angles
Version=1.0
License=Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
[Variables]
CircleRadius=50
CircleWidth=13
ProgressColor=077d9bff
BackgroundColor=115161ff
[MeasureLoop]
Measure=Loop
StartValue=0
EndValue=100
Increment=1
InvertMeasure=1
IfCondition=MeasureLoop = 100
IfTrueAction=[!UpdateMeasure MeasureAngle]
[MeasureAngle]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Random
UpdateRandom=1
HighBound=360
UpdateDivider=-1
[ProgressCircleBackground]
Meter=Shape
Shape =Ellipse #CircleRadius#,#CircleRadius#,#CircleRadius#,#CircleRadius# | FillColor #BackgroundColor# | StrokeWidth 0
Shape2=Ellipse #CircleRadius#,#CircleRadius#,(#CircleRadius#-#CircleWidth#),(#CircleRadius#-#CircleWidth#)
Shape3=Combine Shape | Exclude Shape2
UpdateDivider=-1
[ProgressCircle]
Meter=Shape
Shape =Ellipse #CircleRadius#,#CircleRadius#,#CircleRadius#,#CircleRadius# | FillColor #ProgressColor# | StrokeWidth 0
Shape2=Ellipse #CircleRadius#,#CircleRadius#,(#CircleRadius#-#CircleWidth#),(#CircleRadius#-#CircleWidth#)
Shape3=Rectangle 0,0,(#CircleRadius#*2)+5,(#CircleRadius#*2) | Scale ([MeasureLoop]/100), 1, (#CircleRadius#*2), 0
Shape4=Combine Shape | Exclude Shape2 | Exclude Shape3 | Rotate [MeasureAngle], #CircleRadius#, #CircleRadius#
DynamicVariables=1
Re: New shape types added to Shape Meter
Posted: November 18th, 2016, 8:46 pm
by Brian
PigAndante wrote:Note that since the Offset modifier only takes whole numbers, I used Scale (which takes real numbers) on the eclipsing Rectangle to get proper sub-pixel rendering for really smooth progress.
There is a change coming in the next beta that allows for real numbers on all number related options for shapes.
D2D works with something called DIP (or device independent pixels)...basically allowing for floating-point coordinates. While we have converted the new shape meter to take advantage of DIP's, the meter itself will still be defined by whole numbers along with the rest of Rainmeter.
-Brian
Re: New shape types added to Shape Meter
Posted: November 20th, 2016, 9:31 pm
by raiguard
Another thought related to the Line meter... that meter is specifically meant to make a line graph, but its name may be misleading. Now that you can draw line segments with Shape, perhaps the Line meter should be renamed to "LineGraph" or maybe just "Graph"?
Just food for thought. I don't actually expect this to be implemented anytime soon, just wanted to voice my opinion.
Re: New shape types added to Shape Meter
Posted: November 20th, 2016, 10:00 pm
by jsmorley
iamanai wrote:Another thought related to the Line meter... that meter is specifically meant to make a line graph, but its name may be misleading. Now that you can draw line segments with Shape, perhaps the Line meter should be renamed to "LineGraph" or maybe just "Graph"?
Just food for thought. I don't actually expect this to be implemented anytime soon, just wanted to voice my opinion.
Understood, and I don't disagree. It will however be implemented never. Backwards compatibility with existing skins is our number one priority. Number one... We really are not interested in "depreciating" names of meters just for the sake of renaming them.
