Blinken

Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) plugin to control accessory lighting (Alienware AlienFX)

Licenses

See the LICENSE file for license for all files, except for files in the ThirdParty directory which are covered by other licenses:

• Alienwave AlienFX SDK covered by license at http://www.alienware.com/landings/alienfx/

Usage

1. Add the plugin to your project (by putting it into a Blinken directory inside your project's Plugins directory)
2. Enable the plugin in your project inside of UE4Editor
3. Use the Blueprint functions to control accessory lighting

Blueprint functions

Blinken BP Library

1. void UBlinkenBPLibrary::Enable(bool value)
   • Enable or disable Blinken lighting. Defaults to enabled.
2. bool UBlinkenBPLibrary::IsEnabled()
   • Returns if Blinken effects enabled or disabled
3. void UBlinkenBPLibrary::SetGlobalColor(FColor color)
   • Sets all accessory lighting to FColor color (RGB) and assigns the color as the global color
4. void UBlinkenBPLibrary::FlashColor(FColor color, float duration)
   • Flashes FColor color on all accessory lighting for duration seconds, and returns to the global color set via SetGlobalColor() afterward

TODO

1. Set colors on individual devices independently
2. Set individual key lighting on devices which support it, perhaps with layers where removing layer X lighting will return the keys to the previous layer's colors
3. Allow access to vendor SDK specific features - perhaps via interfaces obtainable that map directly to each SDK