[Archive] Overlayke - Lailloken/Exile-UI-Legacy GitHub Wiki

General Info

  • shout-outs to u/surle on Reddit for suggesting the name and winning the popular vote

  • categories: QoL, planning, proof-of-concept

  • description: planner/previewer for the Lake of Kalandra league mechanic

  • general inputs:

    • user-defined toggle hotkey

    • arrow keys: resize overlay

    • scan (omni-key), reset (TAB), close (ESC) mirrored tablet

Requirements

  • none

Initial Setup

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  • this feature has a section in the settings menu with UI, hotkey, and calibration settings

    • hotkey: modifier-keys are enabled this time, but that means the hotkey is not changeable on-the-fly and the script has to be restarted

    • tile statistics: an optional list of the top-X tile difficulties on the chosen configuration, as well as average for the whole board

  • when accessing this section, the board will automatically show, and it's best to set it up with a tablet already on screen

    • click calibrate recognition to start screen-capping

    • the Windows snipping tool will open with which to screen-cap the larger part of a water tile (50~80%)

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      • IMPORTANT: there's currently no way to calibrate on Windows systems older than 10 (or at least versions that don't have that specific snipping tool), and I don't know how many users are affected (Steam survey suggests a 3% user-base). If you are affected, let me know and I'll implement an alternative.

    • move the board on top of the tablet by dragging it into the correct position, and press the omni-key (default: middle mouse-button)

    • if some water tiles aren't being recognized, do additional calibration with a different water tile

    • if the tool starts misrecognizing normal tiles as water tiles, there's too much recognition data, and you will have to reset it and start over

  • the board is resized by pressing the left/right arrow keys (to make it wider), and the up/down arrow keys (to make it taller)

General Usage

  • press the toggle-hotkey to access the overlay, and use the arrow-keys to set it to the current tablet's size

  • drag it into the correct position, then press the omni-key to scan the tablet

  • right-click tiles to place the entrance, left-click them to manually place water tiles

  • try out different layouts to maximize tile difficulties with minimal tile swaps

    Overlayke

Remarks

  • this is based on a user-request, and I pursued it out of curiosity and as proof of concept

  • to be honest, I expected the tablet-manipulations to be more impactful in the mechanic, so this turned out to be less useful than I had anticipated