Screen checks - Lailloken/Lailloken-UI GitHub Wiki
Preface: why screen-checks?
-
Path of Exile doesn't have official addon/mod support, which means 3rd-party tools generally do not have information on what's happening inside the client, for example:
-
whether the inventory or stash is open
-
whether the player is accessing a full-screen interface
-
whether the player is interacting with an NPC
-
-
screen-checks provide this kind of information and expand the feature-set a tool can offer, while also improving user-experience
-
the
gamescreen
pixel-check allows the tool to automatically toggle its overlays and UI elements by adapting to what's happening on screen, removing the need for manual toggling by the user -
the integrated image-checks make a context-sensitive hotkey possible, i.e. accessing a multitude of features with a single hotkey (see omni-key)
-
-
NOTE: users of Windows versions older than 10 have to read BOTH 'usage' sections further below
User Interface
- the
screen-check
configurator has its own section in the settings menu
Usage
-
this is where screen-checks have to be calibrated before using certain features
-
red highlighting indicates that setup by the user is required
-
this section will only show screen-checks of features that are actually enabled at the time
-
-
each screen-check has an
info
,cal
, andtest
button-
long-click
info
for instructions, and follow them closely -
then click the
cal
button to (re)calibrate the check -
when calibrating pixel-checks, clicking the button and making sure the required UI element is on screen is all that's needed (the script will do the rest)
-
when calibrating image-checks, the Windows snipping tool will open, and you need to screen-cap the required screen-area mentioned in
info
-
click the
test
button afterwards to see if the screen-capped image is valid -
it is important to follow the instructions closely and achieve repeatable positive tests
-
Negative results after game updates
-
game updates sometimes include changes in interfaces or textures, which makes calibration data outdated
-
if you notice the omni-key not working correctly anymore, recalibration is the first thing you should try
Usage: Windows-versions older than 10
-
older Windows versions don't have the snipping tool this feature is built around
-
instead, users will have to take a screenshot of the whole screen and crop out the required image manually
- only image-checks are affected, pixel-checks can be calibrated in the settings menu itself
-
click the 'img folder' button in the settings menu to open the destination folder, and save the cropped image as a bitmap-file
- the file has to be named after the image-check itself, e.g. bestiary.bmp, betrayal.bmp, gwennen.bmp, etc.
-
perform a test to see if the image-file is valid