My first Gui Pack and CPU issues...

infuzion · 13 Jun 2008

Welcome to SM Throsten.

For the CPU issue, you have a few parts that are triggered that don't do anything, like the triggered Bool that feeds the Float Max that feeds the Float Switch. All of those can be removed & bypassed. I'd also Trigger Divide the Tick25 by 2, to reduce the FramesPerSecond, cutting CPU by halfish also. & I think n/1 = n, but eats lots of CPU to get that n.

BTW, you can do as you wish, but it seems to be better to post betas of files here on the forum first to get testers, then upload to the WIKI as the "finished" version. I had used the WIKI for beta-file storage in the past, but that was before the forum had internal file-hosting & I knew about SHUP. cheers 🙂

sunsynth · 14 Jun 2008

Hi Thorsten,

welcome on Board!

Very cool looking Led's in the right size 4 me! 🙂 Thanks 4 sharing and... keep on going!

SUNsynth

Thorsten · 14 Jun 2008

Thanks for your comments, in bit of a hurry, so just wanted to let you know there's an update on the wiki...

Will reply later 🙂

Thorsten · 14 Jun 2008

Thanks!

infuzion wrote: For the CPU issue, you have a few parts that are triggered that don't do anything, like the triggered Bool that feeds the Float Max that feeds the Float Switch. All of those can be removed & bypassed. I'd also Trigger Divide the Tick25 by 2, to reduce the FramesPerSecond, cutting CPU by halfish also. & I think n/1 = n, but eats lots of CPU to get that n.

Hmm, yeah, not sure what I was thinking, most of the unnecessary parts where leftovers from earlier experiments or features I decided to do without. The one thing that seems to help though was to reduce the ticks sent. It just looks so much better at 25 fps I think 🙂 - so I made that optional.

infuzion wrote: BTW, you can do as you wish, but it seems to be better to post betas of files here on the forum first to get testers, then upload to the WIKI as the "finished" version. I had used the WIKI for beta-file storage in the past, but that was before the forum had internal file-hosting & I knew about SHUP. cheers 🙂

Ok, I'll do that for my larger projects, I figure the gui pack will never really be "done" though. Also, I personally dislike having to trawl through forum posts for files. In fact, I was wondering why there wasn't more stuff posted on the wiki 🙂

SHUP? What's that?

Thorsten · 14 Jun 2008

sunsynth wrote: Hi Thorsten,

welcome on Board!

Very cool looking Led's in the right size 4 me! 🙂 Thanks 4 sharing and... keep on going!

SUNsynth

Thanks 🙂

The leds should look better now, the glow spilled over the canvas in the first version, fixed that now, also I reduced the image data from 25 frames to two.

There should be more to come, I've decided to build me a toolbox of gui widgets before I take on any serious projects, to avoid having to go through the schematics and replace too much stuff. Sharing my work is a great way for me to show my gratitude to Outsim for offering the Personal Edition, which is in range of what I can afford atm 🙂

Also, I'm a fscking hippie :P

Thorsten · 14 Jun 2008

Update: Added a knob and some switches.

Now I think it's time for some beers. Cheers.

Acrobat · 15 Jun 2008

Thorsten wrote: Update: Added a knob and some switches.

Now I think it's time for some beers. Cheers.

Salute (cheers)! What I like most is the switches, they're the classic 2-pos plastic switches you can find in '80s '90s devices, Novation BassStation has exactly that kind, but you can find even in AM/FM Radio receivers.. I love them!

A.

aliasant · 15 Jun 2008

Acrobat wrote: Thorsten wrote: Update: Added a knob and some switches.

Now I think it's time for some beers. Cheers.

Salute (cheers)! What I like most is the switches, they're the classic 2-pos plastic switches you can find in '80s '90s devices, Novation BassStation has exactly that kind, but you can find even in AM/FM Radio receivers.. I love them!

A.

I totally agree. God job.

Spirited Machine · 13 Sept 2008

Thorsten, how did you create these? 2D, or did you use a 3d modeling program?

nix · 16 Sept 2008

Hey, These are nice Thorsten, much appreciated. Do you know about knobman Spirited Machine? I think the leds could be done in it, but you'd need PS,Gimp or Xara as well to make the knobs(among others). Cheers

philter5 · 16 Sept 2008

i agree, very nice collection 😍

Spirited Machine · 17 Sept 2008

Yeah, I know about knobman, but using a 3d modeling program is easier for me to get what i want without having to think about what layer's I'd need to get a certain look. However he did it, these sure are nice looking. 🙂

electrogear · 17 Sept 2008

You can do that. Use the 3D modelling program to make the knob, then export it as png file and load it into a layer in knobman. You could then add a layer or two to get the correct lighting.