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EVE-O preview - multi-client preview / switcher - v 1.13

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StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
HYDRA RELOADED
#81 - 2014-09-02 17:59:50 UTC  |  Edited by: StinkRay
I've reactivated my account for a month or two, so let's see what I'll have time to do.

Created a reddit post to link here, feel free to post stuff there as well.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/2fa1jd/eveo_preview_multiclient_preview_switcher/

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Arcturus Gallow
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#82 - 2014-09-02 21:20:39 UTC
I am on a phone now so I cant check if your zip contains the sourcecode. But if it does not, could you disclose it?
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
HYDRA RELOADED
#83 - 2014-09-02 21:25:09 UTC
Arcturus Gallow wrote:
I am on a phone now so I cant check if your zip contains the sourcecode. But if it does not, could you disclose it?


http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/2fa1jd/eveo_preview_multiclient_preview_switcher/ --> https://bitbucket.org/ulph/eve-o-preview

So ya, this thing is now officially open source I suppose! ;)

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Marneous Calgar
State War Academy
Caldari State
#84 - 2014-09-03 01:14:09 UTC
Is there an updated version of the installer file from the 1st post? I'd like to try this out tonight on my Windows 8.1 install.
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
HYDRA RELOADED
#85 - 2014-09-03 06:05:52 UTC
1.13 is the latest. It should work on 8.1, but I have not tried this myself.

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Marneous Calgar
State War Academy
Caldari State
#86 - 2014-09-03 08:17:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Marneous Calgar
Doesnt seem to be working or doing anything at all, if I run the application and then run Eve via the exe or launcher with online preview already running there are no preview windows available for me to use or move around.

Dotnet 4.5 is already installed, the tick boxes have no effect on anything that I have been able to see.
l0rd carlos
the king asked me to guard the mountain
#87 - 2014-09-03 08:37:57 UTC
Do you have Vista / 7 / 8 with aero enabled? Aero is important. classic look does not work.

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Marneous Calgar
State War Academy
Caldari State
#88 - 2014-09-03 10:11:56 UTC
l0rd carlos wrote:
Do you have Vista / 7 / 8 with aero enabled? Aero is important. classic look does not work.



Turns out that Windows 8 and 8.1 have Aero disabled, using a third party app I was able to get it going. Apparently it was turned off to save battery life on tablets.
l0rd carlos
the king asked me to guard the mountain
#89 - 2014-09-03 10:15:38 UTC
You multibox eve on a tablet?
Of course an eve player does this .. why was I even surprised.

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StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
HYDRA RELOADED
#90 - 2014-09-03 11:23:17 UTC
My windows 8.1 machine had Aero on by default, eventho it's a "tablet" Lenovo Yoga thingy. So your mileage may vary. Great to hear it works tho, but a shame you need a 3rd party thing.

Todo list:
* Investigate aero on/off toggle in the preview thing itself (as a button). If it's a massive hack needed I won't do it.
* Click-drag using alt as modifier on previews.

Anything else? It needs to be fairly small - so not stuff like partial previews or keystroke propagation ala isboxer.

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Marneous Calgar
State War Academy
Caldari State
#91 - 2014-09-03 23:17:00 UTC
l0rd carlos wrote:
You multibox eve on a tablet?
Of course an eve player does this .. why was I even surprised.


No, I have Windows 8.1 running on a desktop. Aero was disabled across all Windows 8 OS's regardless of if it was installed on a tablet, laptop or a desktop. The feature was going to be made available in 8.1 but Microsoft changed their minds and disabled it - they however left the code in and some people who wanted it back on developed some registry hack's and other third party options to get it working again.

Some of them are pretty unstable and I havent got Eve-O Preview working properly yet so I will have to look into whats available as far as the registry and everything goes to see if I can get this working properly. I'm not sure how you had it by default StinkRay but there are 0 options by default for most installations - I didnt even have the registry folder needed for the basic code to run Aero.
Tam Althor
Commonwealth Industries
#92 - 2014-09-03 23:56:28 UTC
This is perfect for me, makes running multiple clients while mining much better, and without having to bother with isboxer. For some reason it also seems to cause eve to use fewer system resources.
Nelly Uanos
Stimulus
Rote Kapelle
#93 - 2014-09-05 05:35:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Nelly Uanos
Tried it, don't know what i'm doing wrong... but the preview only show black screen...

I see them when I load the program up... then when I switch to eve client..... i don't even see them anymore.... need to go back to window to see them popping up again...

Help?! Cry

Playing from the Steam client maybe that's the cause?

*Edit: finally made it work, but it only work in windowed mode... i'm losing the preview when I go into full-screen...
l0rd carlos
the king asked me to guard the mountain
#94 - 2014-09-05 06:16:23 UTC
Nelly Uanos wrote:

*Edit: finally made it work, but it only work in windowed mode... i'm losing the preview when I go into full-screen...

Never not play in "Fixed Window" mode. "Fullscreen" is a pain is the ass if you want to alt + tab into another client or Program. Don't play windowed mode, choose "Fixed Window" mode.

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StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
HYDRA RELOADED
#95 - 2014-09-05 06:58:18 UTC
Right, it won't work in full screen. I suppose your OS doesn't render the other clients in that case, in which case the previews are blank.

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StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
HYDRA RELOADED
#96 - 2014-09-05 07:00:23 UTC
Nadarob Skillane
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#97 - 2014-09-13 09:54:48 UTC  |  Edited by: Nadarob Skillane
For some reason, the overlay text is permanent on my screen. Even after closing down the clients. The only way to remove it is to also close eve online previewer
Running 4 accounts on 2 monitors.
All set to Fixed screen.

Also, sometimes one (random) of the previews stops working. The image disappears and only the overview text remains.
The text is (just about) clickable, which then brings me to desktop where I can see and click the image.

Radeon HD 7970
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.8GHz


**Edit**
Just had another issue.
I was able to set up multiple monitors for a few days, but now I am back to a single monitor.
Now, the 2 clients that were on the second monitor no longer have a preview. Its like the program is placing the previews on the non-existant second monitor.
Could you add a 'reset positions' option to overcome this? or a check to see of there actually IS a second (or third or 4th) monitor?
StinkRay
The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
HYDRA RELOADED
#98 - 2014-09-18 17:52:40 UTC
Next to the exe is a bunch of xml, try wiping those.

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Systerane Saissore
Absolute Order II
Absolute Honor
#99 - 2014-10-18 12:40:18 UTC
Good Work !
Thk
Altrue
Exploration Frontier inc
Tactical-Retreat
#100 - 2014-11-11 11:14:51 UTC
Hi!

Awesome work of course, very helpful :)

I do have an issue though. I have two monitors, one 1920x1080 and another 1280x1024. Windows 7 x64.

I run three eve clients, one in the main screen, two on the small screen.
I keep small previews of both (placed over the small screen eve client) when my focus is on the main client. The main client never has a preview, its disabled as I don't need it.
When my focus is on one of the eve clients on the small screen, it obviously hides the preview for the client that I'm already controlling.
Previews have their border disabled.

My issue is, I've noticed that when I switch between my two small screen clients using left clic on the previewer, the preview for the now inactive client doesn't always shows up. It only shows "Eve client - [name of the character]" as a window title, but no actual preview below it.
I believe it may only happen when I'm switching faster than usual between clients.

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