MagicAndre1981 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 yeah, the artifacts in StartIsBack are gone. Well done! :thumbup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRL Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Thanks. For both working on this and continuing to make the releases public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire39 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) @EditDone Edited May 10, 2013 by Fire39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMango Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 RC? Release Candidate? Awesome! Almost there!! Can't wait to see the final product. Even the v0.9 Beta 3 version that I'm using right now is really, really stable with a few hiccups here and there, but overall amazing! Exactly what I was looking for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) AERO GLASS for Win8 RC0What's new?* correctly adjust colorization settings to generate glass safety zone--> this should remove most of artifacts caused by not reducing occlusion rectangles by blur radiusExcellent! I no longer see any artifacts, which frankly weren't bad to begin with.Well done, BigMuscle. If you'd like to package the .png file I developed for use with your tool, which increases drop shadows and adds a faux rounded look, please feel free.-Noel Edited May 10, 2013 by NoelC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbird256 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) Tried it in VMWare, but it doesn't work at all. Tried several DeviceFeatureLevel values and no dice.[0x358] Hook (RegQueryValueExW) installed[0x358] Hook (CreateWindowExW) installed[0x358] Delayed hook (D3D11CreateDevice) installed[0x358] Hook (CreateRoundRectRgn) installed[0x358] DWM1 failed (0).[0x358] DWM2 failed (0).[0x358] DWM3 hooked successfuly[0x358] DWM4 hooked successfuly[0x358] DWM5 hooked successfuly[0x358] DWM6 hooked successfuly Edited May 10, 2013 by Blackbird256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Tried it in VMWare, but it doesn't work at all. Tried several DeviceFeatureLevel values and no dice.I'm using it in a VMware virtual machine quite successfully.Have you tried adjusting the various settings in the Personalization control panel?-Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbird256 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) Of course. I tried messing with color intensity and the like, but everything is still opaque even the taskbar. Maybe it is because the W8 is completely unupdated, but I can't update it. Edited May 10, 2013 by Blackbird256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Maybe it is because the W8 is completely unupdated, but I can't update it.That could well be true; BigMuscle's software does require certain things to be in certain places and of specific versions.If you read the prior 20 or 30 pages of this thread you'll see what versions of what DLLs he's looking for. You could check yours.I don't know what the deal is with your copy of Windows 8, but you can download a free evaluation version of Windows 8 Enterprise from Microsoft that activates and is fully functional for 90 days, and can be rearmed once via "slmgr -rearm" for another 90 days. This means that for virtual machine usage you could save a snapshot that's fully configured before the first 90 days is up, then just restore that snapshot and rearm it for each subsequent 3 month period. Not as convenient as never having to do it, but it doesn't cost anything, and you CAN update it freely.-Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmuscle Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Tried it in VMWare, but it doesn't work at all. Tried several DeviceFeatureLevel values and no dice.[0x358] Hook (RegQueryValueExW) installed[0x358] Hook (CreateWindowExW) installed[0x358] Delayed hook (D3D11CreateDevice) installed[0x358] Hook (CreateRoundRectRgn) installed[0x358] DWM1 failed (0).[0x358] DWM2 failed (0).[0x358] DWM3 hooked successfuly[0x358] DWM4 hooked successfuly[0x358] DWM5 hooked successfuly[0x358] DWM6 hooked successfulyThis can happen for one certain reason.... but, rather send me you c:\windows\system32\udwm.dll (via PM) so I can check the exact reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbird256 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) I ran Windows Update and it actually worked right now rather than getting stuck at 0% and glass works now. I'll try to revert to earlier snapshot to find the DLL though It doesn't even need DFL anymore. Nice! Edited May 10, 2013 by Blackbird256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindowsOS Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) Congrats BigMuscle. At least for me, you made it to Aero Perfection!!! Could I suggest adding a "Enable/Disable Transparency" checkbox so that we don't have to disable the dll to disable glass? Edited May 10, 2013 by WindowsOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmuscle Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 I ran Windows Update and it actually worked right now rather than getting stuck at 0% and glass works now. I'll try to revert to earlier snapshot to find the DLL though It doesn't even need DFL anymore. Nice!Your udwm.dll is compatible, it is even absolutely same as mine, so unless there is a bug (which would appear for other users too), then the real reason is ... hmm, weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmuscle Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) Could I suggest adding a "Enable/Disable Transparency" checkbox so that we don't have to disable the dll to disable glass?Yeah, I want to do this (+ add some automatization such disabling when on battery etc.). My algorithm is prepared for it, so it is just about adding checkbox somewhere into GUI. Currently, it can be done by setting ColorizationBlurBalance and ColroizationAfterglowBalance to 0x0 and restarting DWM (but I don't remember if it is the only needed change.) Edited May 10, 2013 by bigmuscle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbird256 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Well thats really odd. I swear it didn't work at all with the old one. I'll try something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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