Convergence And Depth Preset Hotkeys Can be defined with Helix DLL
Convergence and Depth Preset Hotkeys
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I am posting this new thread for Convergence and Separation (Depth) preset hotkeys because it is confirmed working now for enough people that it is worth bringing to wider attention. The method uses the Helix dll, and it is entirely his work and creation so all credit goes to him :-)

Pre-Conditions
==============
- Works only for DirectX9 games.
- If you are already using Helix fixes for games, put the settings values shown below (and in the attached settings file) in your existing DX9Setting.ini file.

Setup
=====
It is very easy:
- download the attached dll and settings file. Both are zipped and need unzipping. OR Get the DLL from the Helix Wiki: http://helixmod.wikispot.org/How_To_Install
- put both of them in a game directory where the [color="#9932CC"]game executable[/color] is. Do this for every game you want to play.
- run game and create presets
- play game

Settings file
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Open the DX9Settings.ini file and it will look like this:

[General]
//Add upto 9 presets...
Preset1Key = 57
Preset2Key = 48
DefPreset = 1

[Preset1]
UseSepSettings = true

[Preset2]
UseSepSettings = true

- The numbers used above are the keycodes for the hotkeys (in this case 57="9" and 48="0"). Change these to what you want.
- You can create up to 9 of them, but 3 is usually enough.
- Save and close the file.

Start the Game and Create Presets
---------------------------------
Start the game, and the view default will be as follows:
- depth XX%, where XX is the value you set in Nvidia control panel
- convergence : probably way off ! But not to worry...

Then:
- press the first preset key ("9" in my example) then adjust convergence and depth until you like what you see, and press Ctrl-F7 to save it.
- press the second preset key ("0" in my example), change the game view to one which requires a different convergence/depth setting, then adjust convergence and depth until you like what you see, and press Ctrl-F7.
- repeat for all required presets

You should then be able to toggle between key "9" and key "0" to get the different presets!

On closing the game, looking in the DX9Settings.ini file shows that the separation and convergence have been saved to it for next time.

On re-starting the game, it this time defaults to the preset 1 (because of DefPreset=1).

Note
----
- Each time depth and convergence are changed and Ctrl-F7 is pressed, the Helix DLL remembers the 'current preset being used' and updates that, so you need to always press a preset key before making changes so you can keep track of which one gets updated.

Restrictions
============
- Only seems to work for keys "0-9", though it should technically work for character keys as well. I will post back if I get to the bottom of this.
- Cannot have separation > 100% (as defined by Nvidia), so no "depth of 125%" and so on.

If I have missed off any instructions let me know.
Convergence and Depth Preset Hotkeys

====================================

I am posting this new thread for Convergence and Separation (Depth) preset hotkeys because it is confirmed working now for enough people that it is worth bringing to wider attention. The method uses the Helix dll, and it is entirely his work and creation so all credit goes to him :-)



Pre-Conditions

==============

- Works only for DirectX9 games.

- If you are already using Helix fixes for games, put the settings values shown below (and in the attached settings file) in your existing DX9Setting.ini file.



Setup

=====

It is very easy:

- download the attached dll and settings file. Both are zipped and need unzipping. OR Get the DLL from the Helix Wiki: http://helixmod.wikispot.org/How_To_Install

- put both of them in a game directory where the game executable is. Do this for every game you want to play.

- run game and create presets

- play game



Settings file

-------------

Open the DX9Settings.ini file and it will look like this:



[General]

//Add upto 9 presets...

Preset1Key = 57

Preset2Key = 48

DefPreset = 1



[Preset1]

UseSepSettings = true



[Preset2]

UseSepSettings = true



- The numbers used above are the keycodes for the hotkeys (in this case 57="9" and 48="0"). Change these to what you want.

- You can create up to 9 of them, but 3 is usually enough.

- Save and close the file.



Start the Game and Create Presets

---------------------------------

Start the game, and the view default will be as follows:

- depth XX%, where XX is the value you set in Nvidia control panel

- convergence : probably way off ! But not to worry...



Then:

- press the first preset key ("9" in my example) then adjust convergence and depth until you like what you see, and press Ctrl-F7 to save it.

- press the second preset key ("0" in my example), change the game view to one which requires a different convergence/depth setting, then adjust convergence and depth until you like what you see, and press Ctrl-F7.

- repeat for all required presets



You should then be able to toggle between key "9" and key "0" to get the different presets!



On closing the game, looking in the DX9Settings.ini file shows that the separation and convergence have been saved to it for next time.



On re-starting the game, it this time defaults to the preset 1 (because of DefPreset=1).



Note

----

- Each time depth and convergence are changed and Ctrl-F7 is pressed, the Helix DLL remembers the 'current preset being used' and updates that, so you need to always press a preset key before making changes so you can keep track of which one gets updated.



Restrictions

============

- Only seems to work for keys "0-9", though it should technically work for character keys as well. I will post back if I get to the bottom of this.

- Cannot have separation > 100% (as defined by Nvidia), so no "depth of 125%" and so on.



If I have missed off any instructions let me know.
Attachments

HelixDLL&Settings.zip

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Posted 05/24/2012 06:42 PM   
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