Ability to overwrite Profiles about displaymagician

[terrymacdonald]

Hi @NightHammer1000 ,

Unfortunately the way that Profiles works prevents me from adding this functionality as you have described it. There is, however, a potential alternative.

I was thinking about adding a 'replace profile' functionality into the Game Shortcuts. This would mean that when you created a game shortcut with a previous display profile, if that display profile was deleted, then you would automatically be asked which other display profile you wanted to replace it with in all your game shortcuts. The idea would be to easily all your game shortcuts with a single click when you have to replace display profile.

With this functionality you wouldn't need to have the UUID stay the same, as the game shortcut would be updated, and you would only need to be able to run the game shortcut from the command line.

Thanks
Terry

[terrymacdonald]

@NightHammer1000 do you mind if I change the name of this issue to be 'Ability to replace Profiles in Game Shortcuts'? It's more accurately what I think I'll be able to do.

Thanks
Terry

[NightHammer1000]

To bad. That actually won't help me that much as I don't use Game Profiles at all.

Display Magician only works as a Display Profile Switcher with hotkeys for me.
I also use the Desktop Shortcuts for said Profiles in a Batch files to Switch to a HDMI Dummy Plug Display when I play with my Steam Deck Remotely over Moonlight and back to the Default Profile after I disconnect.

I just need a way to keep the UUID the same for those Shortcuts in some way. Maybe a ability to set custom UUIDs?

[terrymacdonald]

Hi, In the scenario I've described, you can use game shortcuts to act as a display profile. You can create a game shortcut that makes a permanent change, and that doesn't run a game. You can even add your dummy HDMI switching control to that game shortcut, and then save a desktop shortcut so that all you do is double click on the desktop shortcut to setup for playing remotely. Then you can create a second permanent game shortcut that changes everything back (including adding a start program that reverts the HDMI switching control). In this way, you get the functionality you want within DisplayMagician, and you will be able to easily replace the display profile in the future when I add this 'replace' feature. Hope this helps. Thanks Terry

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On Wed, 12 Apr 2023, 05:34 N1GHT, ***@***.***> wrote: To bad. That actually won't help me that much as I don't use Game Profiles at all. Display Magician only works as a Display Profile Switcher with hotkeys for me. I also use the Desktop Shortcuts for said Profiles in a Batch files to Switch to a HDMI Dummy Plug Display when I play with my Steam Deck Remotely over Moonlight and back to the Default Profile after I disconnect. I just need a way to keep the UUID the same for those Shortcuts in some way. Maybe a ability to set custom UUIDs? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#215 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABLU5LCCRVG5VE6RHK6WMXDXAWI4HANCNFSM6AAAAAAWYB3PAM> . You are receiving this because you were assigned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[NightHammer1000]

Okay. That sounds like it could work.
Great!
Thanks!

[terrymacdonald]

@NightHammer1000 I've nearly finished development of a way to update a display profile to the current display layout in use. This should enable people to simply recreate a display layout and update the Display Profile with the current settings, eliminating the need for making changes to any Game Shortcuts. I'm hoping this makes everyone's lives easier.

Expect something in the next 2 weeks.

Thanks
Terry

[terrymacdonald]

@NightHammer1000 The latest test version should be working properly, and it has an 'Update' button for Display Profiles.

Could you please test it for me so I know that it fixes your issue? If it does then I'll be able to close this issue as the fix will be part of the next full release.

DisplayMagicianSetup-V2.6.0.515-No-NvApi_SetDisplayConfig.zip

As I've not really had any feedback from you recently I'll give it a week and then close this issue if I have no further responses. We can always reopen this issue in the future if need be.

Thanks!

[NightHammer1000]

Hi.

This Version does not start on my System.
Flat out refuses to start up without writing out a log file.

[NightHammer1000]

[terrymacdonald]

Can you please create a ZIP file of your DisplayMagician folder in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\DisplayMagician? And then upload it to this issue? I might be able to see if there is a configuration issue somewhere. Was there any more text with that error message? Where did you get that error from? Lastly, can you please remind me what GPUs and CPUs you have, and how many displays you have and how they are connected? Are any connected through adapters like USB to display port adapters? Thanks Terry

[NightHammer1000]

Nope. There is no more Info. That screenshot is from the Event Viewer. And thats everything there is in there.

I also tried to delete the App data local folder to recreate it because I already suspected it might be something with the configs.

Did not help.

The Program crashed before it even recreated the folder.

[terrymacdonald]

Hmmmm. Can you please tell me what GPUs and CPUs you have, and how many displays you have and how they are connected? Are any connected through adapters like USB to display port adapters? It might be something in your set up causing DM to error. Did you have an old video card that you used and now you swapped to something else? For example did you use the have an NVIDIA card and now use AMD? Or do you use Intel Arc? Thanks Terry

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On Mon, 12 Feb 2024, 11:25 N1GHT, ***@***.***> wrote: Nope. There is no more Info. That screenshot is from the Event Viewer. And thats everything there is in there. I also tried to delete the App data local folder to recreate it because I already suspected it might be something with the configs. Did not help. The Program crashed before it even recreated the folder. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#215 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABLU5LB2E6X7YDOSPO5NRF3YTFAOLAVCNFSM6AAAAAAWYB3PAOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTSMZXHA4TIMBRHA> . You are receiving this because you were assigned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[NightHammer1000]

Always had NVIDIA in that Machine.
Its an AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D and a RTX 4080

4 Displays are connected. 3 on DisplayPort one on HDMI.

Nothing Fancy. The exact same setup I used with the current Version.

Old Version from the Releases Page works just fine.

[NightHammer1000]

Had time to fire up Visual Studio and run the debugger on the exe.
It throws pre-Init, while loading references.

DisplayMagician.Shared, Version=2.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null

Thats what it can not find.

[NightHammer1000]

It seems that file is Missing in the Installer.
If I install a old Version, the file is there in the root directory of the App.
In the newest version, its not.

Sooo. Dont think its my rig^^

[NightHammer1000]

If I copy the file over from the old to the new, it starts up.

[NightHammer1000]

But does not seem to handle DPI Scaling very well:

Also its unable to get the current Display Config.

[terrymacdonald]

Huh! That's weird. Ok that's an excellent find. It's a Setup building problem. Thank you so much for debugging! This is perfect! I'll have to test a new build to make sure it does copy things across properly. Thanks Terry

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On Tue, 13 Feb 2024, 01:46 N1GHT, ***@***.***> wrote: Had time to fire up Visual Studio and run the debugger on the exe. It throws pre-Init, while loading references. DisplayMagician.Shared, Version=2.6.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null Thats what it can not find. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#215 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABLU5LAGNR2INQJ3NFV5NALYTIFITAVCNFSM6AAAAAAWYB3PAOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTSMZYGYYTGOJVGE> . You are receiving this because you were assigned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[terrymacdonald]

I've not been testing DPI scaling on the look of DisplayMagician, only in recording the DPI settings and applying them properly when changing between display profiles. I should probably do some testing to make sure it looks ok when scaling. Can you please explain what settings you used to get it to look like that? I'll try replacing on the test machine here so I can fix it. Thanks Terry

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On Tue, 13 Feb 2024, 01:50 N1GHT, ***@***.***> wrote: But does not seem to handle DPI Scaling very well: image.png (view on web) <https://github.com/terrymacdonald/DisplayMagician/assets/1979250/31701c1f-4fa1-442b-a03b-190fbe1f1633> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#215 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABLU5LA4VHP6EBREDPC2MJ3YTIF3DAVCNFSM6AAAAAAWYB3PAOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTSMZYGYZDCNZZGY> . You are receiving this because you were assigned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[terrymacdonald]

@NightHammer1000 could you please test this version? Its got the corrected setup that should install everything (I've yet to fully test myself!) but it doesn't have any DPI scaling fixes. If you'd be able to get back to me with whether this works, and if it still has the DPI scaling issues then please reply with how you got it to look like the picture you provided earlier.

DisplayMagicianSetup-v2.6.0.522-corrected-setup.zip

Thanks
Terry

[NightHammer1000]

@terrymacdonald got to test it out.
Now it works as it should.

Updating Profiles works.

For the DPI Issue, I had to set DPI Scaling in Compatibility Settings to "System (Advanced)"
Now everything looks good again.
There should be a way to tell the System to handle DPI instad of DotNet. I think something in the Manifest.
My C# is a bit rusty.

Thanks!