I really like the Fade All Monitors Except Primary scripted function and i would like to modify it into 2 different functions. one function that only fades, and the other that only unfades. Is this possible?

Ill explain my use case so maybe someone can come up with a better idea.

I open game.exe and i want the other monitors to FADE.
while playing game.exe i want to tab out of it and i want the monitors to UNFADE when i do that.
after i tab out and then go back to game.exe i want the monitors to FADE again.
and in the end when im done playing game.exe i close down the game and i want the monitors to UNFADE.

The problem i could see is that the function will overlap each other so that maybe DF will try to fade/unfade several times in a row so there would have to be something in the script that checks whether the other script is running or not

i want them to run automatically

i have tried running the function through a trigger but it is very inconsistent, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt, sometimes it runs twice so it cancels itself out.

i'm not sure. I also do this with video players and browser windows so im not sure whats the best.

it feels like it would be easier to use the functions when split into 2 but i'm not sure if that would be annoying to implement.

We could try the easiest solution first and if that doesn't work we could try something else if that makes sense.

have you found anything yet or are you still testing?

That script seems to work pretty well the only problem i have is when it activatesand when it shuts off.

I want the script to activate when i open game.exe and dim the other monitors, if i then tab out from game.exe i want the other monitors to go back to full brightness, and then when i go back to the game.exe window i want the other monitors to dim again. When i then close game.exe i want the script to stop running.

im not sure if i can do this through triggers or if there is something in the script that has to be edited

I made 2 triggers for game.exe for when the window is created and for when it is destroyed. I have no problem with the destroy trigger but i do have a problem with the created trigger.

When the game.exe window is created and focused the script does run but it does not dim the other monitors even though the game.exe window is focused, i first have to focus a different window and then turn the focus back to game.exe for the other monitors to dim, a small problem perhaps but it is indeed a bit annoying.

I would also like to know where in the script the dim amount is stored so that i can change it if i want. and i would like to know if its possible to add a fade time to the dim so that it gradually dims to its full amount.

Any update on this problem?

The custom transparency and the fade time work perfectly.

I'm still having a problem with the Created window trigger though. The script will run for the window specified but i have to focus a different window and then refocus the intended window for the fade to take effect.

It doesn't work right away with the hotkey for the function either, pressing the hotkey to run the function will remove focus from the affected window and then i have to refocus the window for the fade to take effect.

the hotkey seems to always remove focus from the intended window and then i always have to refocus the window for the monitors to dim.
i tried several different windows (chrome, foobar, firefox, vlc, windows explorer) and they all work the same.

the trigger seems to keep the focus on the window but i have to remove the focus from the window and then refocus it for the monitors to dim.

any ideas what the problem might be?

any update on thomas's availibility?

the thing is, it doesnt matter what game or application it is, they all exhibit the same behaviour.

the new monitor fading feature has a lot of promise but could do with multiple additions, such as a fading transition so the fading doesnt flash on and off so extremely at high opacities, separate functions to tie the fading to specific applications as you did in the custom function you made.