Stock led meters - horizontal version; how?

[kortezzzz]

Hi,

As we all know, there are some stock Ruby based graphical DB meters (leds, image driven) that comes with FS for years, but they're all vertical for some reason. I would love to see them also in the horizontal form, but couldn't deal with the Ruby code to make that change, although the code seems quite short simple. Can anyone show how it could be done?
https://imgur.com/MGbmjrA

[pshannon]

Hi,

As we all know, there are some stock Ruby based graphical DB meters (leds, image driven) that comes with FS for years, but they're all vertical for some reason. I would love to see them also in the horizontal form, but couldn't deal with the Ruby code to make that change, although the code seems quite short simple. Can anyone show how it could be done?
https://imgur.com/MGbmjrA

I agree, but there are many shared kits out there in the blog for VU meters etc. I don't recall if there are many horizontal ones. I would like to see a more dynamic meter myself that can be changed within the properties. Rising vertical vs left or right horizontal. I thought about it myself on how I would approach it. I would also like to see the bmp overlay be changed with ease to fit the meter to give different effects all through properties.

[tulamide]

But this is Flowstone, right? A tool to program things? So why not using its power to create your own horizontal meters?

You don't even need to start from scratch, the functionality doesn't change, just the graphics. And it can be done in green just as well as in Ruby.

[kortezzzz]

But this is Flowstone, right? A tool to program things? So why not using its power to create your own horizontal meters?

You don't even need to start from scratch, the functionality doesn't change, just the graphics. And it can be done in green just as well as in Ruby.

Yes, it can be done with green, but the stock one are already programmed well. For instance, the ruby code in the led driven DB meter module calls exactly the same bmp images that are seeded in the regular "led" module. The only thing the code does in terms of drawing is organizing those bmp files on a given canvas, so what I actually need is just changing the organizing of those leds from vertical to horizontal form. Just couldn't perform the exact piece of code that should be changed for that.

I agree, but there are many shared kits out there in the blog for VU meters etc. I don't recall if there are many horizontal ones. I would like to see a more dynamic meter myself that can be changed within the properties. Rising vertical vs left or right horizontal. I thought about it myself on how I would approach it. I would also like to see the bmp overlay be changed with ease to fit the meter to give different effects all through properties.

Yep, would love to see that too. But we should start somewhere. I don't think it would be to hard to make properties for the existing code, but Ruby knowledge is a must for that. I've already changed some Ruby graphics properties for some modules, but with a huge pain and trial and error.

[pshannon]

@kortezzzz,

I was working on a flexible way for graph/meters. The one attached is a sample. You can display it up,down,left or right and change the patterns as displayed in the image. You can change the colors or size with ease to whatever you want as shown. Set the value percentage to change when the signal reaches it. There is even a peak level bar. It is a positive meter from 0-100%. However, you can set the value for min-max and the meter will convert it to the 0-100% based on your value. One more add on is the delay feature(borrowed) that will make the meter dance based on fast or slow to your taste using attack/release. Was this something you were looking for? I am not finished, I wanted to see if there is a flexible way to overlay a static image for effects or display numbers etc. I do want to add the ability to change the number of meters for things like a spectrum analyzer or just a plain 2 channel or 4 channel audio output meter. Let me know your thoughts.

[img]flexable%20audio%20meter.jpg[/img]

[kortezzzz]

Wow, that looks great!!! Thanks for your hard work. I wasn't even excepting for such an overkill meter. I think you better not add a lot of extra features and concentrate in solid functionality. Static images support will be awesome. For instance, using the led images we already have in the stock. I mean the ability to organize them vertically or horizontally. For numbers, you don't even have to seed it into the the same code to avoid the mess. Maybe using a separate numbers module would be better (which you can stretch and increase or decrease their size) so then we can just use them anywhere else for any porpuse and not just with the metters.

Awesome work! I'm definitely waiting for it

[pshannon]

Wow, that looks great!!! Thanks for your hard work. I wasn't even excepting for such an overkill meter. I think you better not add a lot of extra features and concentrate in solid functionality. Static images support will be awesome. For instance, using the led images we already have in the stock. I mean the ability to organize them vertically or horizontally. For numbers, you don't even have to seed it into the the same code to avoid the mess. Maybe using a separate numbers module would be better (which you can stretch and increase or decrease their size) so then we can just use them anywhere else for any porpuse and not just with the metters.

Awesome work! I'm definitely waiting for it

Thanks, those examples were the exact same meter. I just copied it for times with each one looking different in size, shape and style. You just adjust the size with your mouse to fit. The meter is not using bitmap images, vector works much faster and more flexible. I think overlaying bitmap images will give extra effects. I have wanted this for a long time and I kept going back and forward on bitmap vs vector. If you don't like the colors, change them with color selector. Make them all the same color for instance. But if bitmap is what you are hoping for, this is not it and I do not like the current ones today because they fail to often and cause lots of screen refreshes when using a lot them. I am not sure when I will release it, hopefully soon. This will hopefully be the one meter that rules them all. No reason to create a toolbox one for only vertical vs horizontal when it can be changed dynamically. Inside there is a drop down that lets you specify direction, style and percentages.

[kortezzzz]

Thanks, those examples were the exact same meter. I just copied it for times with each one looking different in size, shape and style. You just adjust the size with your mouse to fit. The meter is not using bitmap images, vector works much faster and more flexible. I think overlaying bitmap images will give extra effects. I have wanted this for a long time and I kept going back and forward on bitmap vs vector. If you don't like the colors, change them with color selector. Make them all the same color for instance. But if bitmap is what you are hoping for, this is not it and I do not like the current ones today because they fail to often and cause lots of screen refreshes when using a lot them. I am not sure when I will release it, hopefully soon. This will hopefully be the one meter that rules them all. No reason to create a toolbox one for only vertical vs horizontal when it can be changed dynamically. Inside there is a drop down that lets you specify direction, style and percentages.

Great. No words. A must have tool in any toolbox. Good luck. I really wanna see the final results