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    Is this mod possible?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by mardon, Oct 18, 2010.

  1. mardon

    mardon Notebook Deity

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    I don’t have my m11x yet but just been looking at photo's etc and had an idea.

    Are the keys separately lit? If so it would be nice if you could for example have your keyboard backlight Blue but have the buttons such as W,A,S,D in a different colour e.g. Red so you can find them quickly in the dark.

    Could this work with some software?
     
  2. Bobtheflea

    Bobtheflea Notebook Consultant

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    I do think this mod is possible, but i really see no need for this since the keys are so clearly lit it is easy to find any key that you don't already know by muscle memory.
     
  3. dyriax

    dyriax Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think, no. You can only set different colors on the headlights.
     
  4. DboogieC

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    buy a asus.
     
  5. jeremyshaw

    jeremyshaw Big time Idiot

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    No, the keys are all lit as one, on the m11x.

    You *could* put a colored film filter in the WASD keys to they are always a different color (save the color you chose - that should appear as dark in that situation).
     
  6. Bushman87

    Bushman87 Notebook Guru

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    How about games getting access to the alienfx? What if your health is running low on say Diablo 2, the keyboard lights go red? Or your base is being attacked in starcraft 2, and then the keyboard flashes green? Just an interesting idea. :)
     
  7. Bobtheflea

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    Omg that is genius :D
    Someone make a mod for this XD
     
  8. jeremyshaw

    jeremyshaw Big time Idiot

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    has to be a hook into a program.

    PB will kick you

    Blizzard *shouldn't* notice, though just don't mess with blizzard, now.

    Diablo 2 should be fine.
     
  9. dyriax

    dyriax Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is already possible. The settings can be set AlienFX events for variety of applications. The example is Windows Mail in AlirnFX advenched settings. But join a game and AlienFX will be at least difficult.
     
  10. mardon

    mardon Notebook Deity

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    Show me one with spec and size like an m11x and I will.

    That is a smart idea, but I guess it doesn't work on many applications. Would be very cool though!!
     
  11. slickie88

    slickie88 Master of Puppets

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    There's a short list of games out there that have incorporated AlienFX lighting into the game.
     
  12. dyriax

    dyriax Notebook Enthusiast

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    Incidentally, when I play Cities XL 2011, my backlight just goes crazy.
     
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  14. DboogieC

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    ^

    hmmm im not actually saying buy one, im saying the ASUS have that feature. Alienware all the way mang.