HWiNFO | Resizable Gauges 4.1 [Important Bug Fixes]

[matt83]

Hey, that video is quite old that's why it looks different. I'll update it once I finish the whole set of features. Opacity is not a setting you can change through HSLiders but you can change it by editing the colors on the code.

To do that right click on any gauge and then click on Open [Gauge Name] folder (first option)
Then go back from there to ResizableGauges folder, then navigate to @Resources/Theme and open Colors.inc
Then look for the BackgroundColor variable, you can add the opacity at the end from 0-255 after a comma.
So it should go from BackgroundColor=244,246,246 to BackgroundColor=244,246,246,200.
You can manually change any color there. Finally save the file and Right Click any gauge then click on Refresh All.

Things to have in mind:
The current version doesn't look good with transparency so I don't recommend it as of now, hence why I removed it.
The Colors.inc file only lists current colors being used, so if you switch from the dark theme to the light theme you'll have to change the opacity manually again since it will replace all variables with new colors each time you switch from one theme to the other.

Extra tip:
Above the variables there's a measure called [Themes]
That measure contains two "If True Actions", those actions contain two separate [!SetVariable Color ...] bangs. The color on the first bang is the Dark theme color and the one in the second is the Light one.
You can change these to any color, then click the Switch Theme button and the script will automatically create a Theme using the color you chose. This won't affect the color of the gauges as of yet though.

Thank you for trying the Resizable Gauges!

Thanks for your reply, I tried and yeah it doesn't look as good as the original one cause it changes even the temperature color in the gauges (in my case it became light grey so barely readable) and the top label (the one with ryzen 7 and zotac 4070 name) shows a different kind of opacity, probably cause it's like two backgrounds overlapping.
I attached a screenshot to show how it looks on a double monitor setup. Would look great if the text color didn't change and if there was no background label on top, I hope there will be a way to implement more customization settings like these in the future but I'll keep on using the original theme for now, thanks again for the great job I love it!

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[Ryanw91]

Sorry, but is there a trick to getting the Patch 4.1 to work when upgrading from 4.0? Download it and the install window shows the loading bar fully max out then nothing happens and the version remains at 4.0. Thanks! Posting here if someone else has this issue as well.

[RicardoTM]

Thanks for your reply, I tried and yeah it doesn't look as good as the original one cause it changes even the temperature color in the gauges (in my case it became light grey so barely readable) and the top label (the one with ryzen 7 and zotac 4070 name) shows a different kind of opacity, probably cause it's like two backgrounds overlapping.
I attached a screenshot to show how it looks on a double monitor setup. Would look great if the text color didn't change and if there was no background label on top, I hope there will be a way to implement more customization settings like these in the future but I'll keep on using the original theme for now, thanks again for the great job I love it!

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That's right. Those are 2 different shapes that overlap so to fix it i'll need to make it into a single shape. Also the font color depends on the Background Color variable to make sure it is always readable, that's why. You can tell for example that when you choose white as a gradient color while using the digital or tough designs (that have dynamic font colors), the text will never be white, to avoid it from being unreadable (on the light theme, black on the dark theme). The problem is that the gauges can't change color on the current released version, but "codwise" they'll use the same background color the list is using, this will change in the future.

My plan is updating HSLiders to give more control to the user. This will allow more customization, like changing the Gauge and list colors and selecting between dynamic and static font colors independently of the chosen design.

Sorry, but is there a trick to getting the Patch 4.1 to work when upgrading from 4.0? Download it and the install window shows the loading bar fully max out then nothing happens and the version remains at 4.0. Thanks! Posting here if someone else has this issue as well.

Hey Ryan, there's no trick. You only need to install it and that's it. To make sure you have the 4.1 version simply restart your pc, if the gauges update automatically (show the sensor values instead of staying at 0) then you have the latest version. The 4.1 version only fixes that issue and avoids the gauges from turning grey on sensors with low values.

Take into account that the patch only works if your previous version is the 4.0, if it isn't then you have to use the full install version (the first download).

Also if you're using Windows 11 make sure the rainmeter folder is on the documents folder in your hard drive and not in OneDrive, this causes a lot of install issues.

[Ryanw91]

Hey Ryan, there's no trick. You only need to install it and that's it. To make sure you have the 4.1 version simply restart your pc, if the gauges update automatically (show the sensor values instead of staying at 0) then you have the latest version. The 4.1 version only fixes that issue and avoids the gauges from turning grey on sensors with low values.

Take into account that the patch only works if your previous version is the 4.0, if it isn't then you have to use the full install version (the first download).

Also if you're using Windows 11 make sure the rainmeter folder is on the documents folder in your hard drive and not in OneDrive, this causes a lot of install issues.

I was able to get the sensors to start reading right away. Appears there was a setting within HWiNFO not toggled. I toggled the "Show sensors on startup" and "minimize sensors on startup" and in conjunction, they allow your gauges to start reading right at system startup. However, I could still not get the rainmeter to accurately display that I am on version 4.1.

[RicardoTM]

I was able to get the sensors to start reading right away. Appears there was a setting within HWiNFO not toggled. I toggled the "Show sensors on startup" and "minimize sensors on startup" and in conjunction, they allow your gauges to start reading right at system startup. However, I could still not get the rainmeter to accurately display that I am on version 4.1.

The patch only contains "include" files which don't allow me to change the individual skins metadata where the version is included, that's why they still display as 4.0 but as long as you install the patch correctly there's no problem. I might add a new file called version that I can update on every patch to avoid confusion in the future. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

Edit. I have added a new version line in both HSLiders and Settings skin which will always display the current version and will also link to this thread to check for updates when clicked on. Also added a .ini file to the \Extras folder that will also display the current version and removed the version line from all other files. This will be included on the next update. Hopefully this will avoid future confusion.