RK Launcher 0.4 Beta

[gaurav]

i have downloaded rk launcher 0.4 beta and downlaoded thegenie effect dll files also .i have pasted thegenie effect folder in plugins folder as told but still i'm not getting the genie effect as option in the behaviour tab .i can see oonly the scale effect option in that. i have windows xpsp2 direct x9c and nividia get force 2 mx 4000 card with 512 mb ram

what else i can do to get the effect .i was getting genie effect on the same configuration with object dock .5 version b whch was released long time back

DLL IS INDSIDE THE FOLDER ONLY RKLAUNCHER>PLUGINS>GENIEEFFECT>.DLL

[Martin_ki]

i have downloaded rk launcher 0.4 beta and downlaoded thegenie effect dll files also .i have pasted thegenie effect folder in plugins folder as told but still i'm not getting the genie effect as option in the behaviour tab .i can see oonly the scale effect option in that. i have windows xpsp2 direct x9c and nividia get force 2 mx 4000 card with 512 mb ram

what else i can do to get the effect .i was getting genie effect on the same configuration with object dock .5 version b whch was released long time back

did you paste the file, or the entire folder? the .dll has to be inside a folder

[gaurav]

Plz Help Anyone

[kjohnson]

hehehe, the thing is I will try to test the genie on my friend's nvidia and I will try to fix it.

I dunno how much it will take...

I even think of making the aladdin effect open-source... maybe some of the DirectX geeks will solve the problem faster than me

Thanks for looking into it. I'm using the genie effect, but sparingly. I'll probably just revert back to the standard until the timing issues get ironed out.

[tekNerd]

i have nvidia geforce pcx 5750 and alladin effect works quite nice!

[Oxtie]

See boys? I was right about him

I'm still being real man! Cauz... the prob is not from Raduking's side... its the stinking nVidia dudes.

[Jozer99]

I have a Pentium D 2.8, ATI Radeon x800xl, 2gb RAM, and XP MCE, the effect is slow as sin for me. I know only the minimize effect has been implimented, but when I click minimize, there is a 2-4 second lag, then an incredibly choppy but fast genie effect. I don't see how this is any better than some of the tech demos out years ago, especially since it won't run well on my machine.

[Kenta]

I don't see why people are having problems with the Alladin effect.

It runs smooth and fast for me.

The only problem is that the title bar on the window seems to have a short trail behind it.

[drudragon]

I don't see why people are having problems with the Alladin effect.

It runs smooth and fast for me.

The only problem is that the title bar on the window seems to have a short trail behind it.

Consider yourself lucky that it's running fine , most Nvidia users are currently having problems with this, whereas it's running fine for nearly all Ati users. Raduking is currently looking into this :Prays:

[Oxtie]

hmmm... hahaha... drudragon i don't think it will be solved if I were you, I would go to AveDesk post instead its the nVidia drivers (me never buying anything that has nVidia on it again)

[drudragon]

AveDesk post?? I can't afraik as i just built my rig recently and so can't afford to go to Ati cards, but if i had the choice i would choose Nvidia as im a gamer, and for me Nvidia kicks Ati's ass . But i won't start that debate! :Continues to pray:

[Kenta]

ARGH!!

I don't know what happened but now it's slow as piss.

This sucks! ;-;

[Oxtie]

LoooL welcome to nVidia world Kenta Btw Raduking Sire, I'm no programmer but can "OpenGL" help in anyway? I'm sure all of us nVidia freaks have kik-arse OpenGL built-in. Usually, in emulation world, I see DX8/9 and then OpenGL all the time...

[SparXCG]

OpenGL is fast on nVidia cards, but I'm not too sure whether it can handle such effects.

Would be great if it can. Then ATI users would be ripping hair off their heads

[Kenta]

Even more weirdness from here.

I'm also going to put this in the bugs thread, but this has a lot more posts so I'll have it here too.

Anyways, whenever I minimized a window such as Firefox or iTunes with the Alladin effect enabled, the side to the right window turns black and stays there even after the effect is done. The only way to get rid of it is by taking a window and dragging and dropping it on the area until it's done.

Also I've read that effect is extremely slow when that there is one window on the desktop, but mine works like it showed in the video without a problem. I start having problems with it being extremly slow when I have the minimizing window overlap another window while it's in the effect.

[Recall]

OpenGL is fast on nVidia cards, but I'm not too sure whether it can handle such effects.

Would be great if it can. Then ATI users would be ripping hair off their heads

OGL is just as capable as DX, also its open source. It may be better to try to code in OGL.

[AndreasV]

sometimes I wonder if you people actually know what you are talking about

[Kenta]

sometimes I wonder if you people actually know what you are talking about

I'm pretty sure most of the time, we don't.

[Recall]

sometimes I wonder if you people actually know what you are talking about

Yes I do, seeing as that is aimed at me. FYI OSX which uses this effect is built on OGL. So if your saying its not possible, then please explain

[ssuuddoo]

AWESOME

thnx a lot

(about the minimize function - I think you should make RKLauncher not to steal the minimized windows from a normal taskbar because they can be restored only from the RKLauncher and not from the taskbar )

thnx anyway

ssuuddoo

[Blade]

wow... a week released and I just notice about this now.

Thanks

And I hope that the config were like the previous version and not like the lastest AveDesk where the config looks "screwed"

[ssuuddoo]

xixi - I had a very nice coincidence - and got on the http://home.cogeco.ca/~raduking/ in the night from 16. to 17. october and downloaded it. :cool:

and about the config - looks pretty good 4 me.

bye

[SparXCG]

If you want me to explain why it works in OSX, I would say it's because OSX works much differently than Windows.

Whether it works or not on Windows, I don't know. I do know, however, that ATI cards are somewhat sloppy with OpenGL implementation.

[Kenta]

It's because OS X renders the entire GUI in OpenGL, which is why the windows have no tearing (because of it uses buffering), the effects are possible without taxing the system, and why it has all those pretty piece of eye candy (the stay in place scrollbar texture for example.)

At least that is my understanding.

[SparXCG]

You can also use the distorted windows during the genie effect if you kill the dock at the right moment using the terminal. Wow, Aqua is powerful.