since 2008

Nimi Visuals 20260211 released

Nimi Visuals is back after a decade! Nimi Visuals, a windows effects engine, has been refurbished and once again is operational!

 

After a decade of being unavail­able Nimi Visuals project gets a new release 20260211! It has been refurbished ​and now supports modern operating systems ​and high DPI environments.

Previous version of Nimi Visuals project had been released over a decade ago. As there were issues with the project requiring complex fixes, but there was lack of resources to work ​on those, soon project download had been dis­abled. Finally, it has led to project being automatic­ally marked as "no longer developed".

Making project operational aga­in was challenging (even if changelog length does not indicate that), especi­ally along with Nimi Places project develop­ment ​and other projects. A lot of code had been port­ed from Nimi Places project, but also a lot of has been port­ed to it ​in the process. Notably, whole event detec­tion has been thoroughly revised. Important change is that now, there is only single execut­able ​and dis­tribu­tion package ​for both 32-bit ​and 64-bit architectur­es.

We would like to emphasize, that lat­est release is by no means perfect. It is as it is. During develop­ment, it was codenamed Orb-95, as ​in early develop­ment stages its behaviour had been highly unpr­edict­able. We encourage project Users to keep ​in mind that it is kind of artifact of its time (project start­ed ​in 2008).

Nonetheless, we hope that Nimi Visuals will once aga­in bring smile to its Users around the World.

Nimi Visuals 20260211

  • Added caching pixi dust effect particles during anima­tion.
  • Added checking ​for minimum window size ​for shuffle effect.
  • Added custom DPI support.
  • Added digital signatur­es to project executables ​and libraries.
  • Added multi-display support ​for warp ​on edges effect.
  • Added multi-display support to window focus effect.
  • Added multi-window support ​for keep momentum effect.
  • Added multi-window support ​for warp ​on edges effect.
  • Added multi­plexing project windows ​and dialogs.
  • Added randomizing pixi dust effect particles rota­tion direc­tion.
  • Added support ​for saving RECT type ​in database.
  • Added tray icon genera­tion.
  • Changed core code to port­ed from Nimi Places project.
  • Changed system toolstrip progr­ess bar size to match size of themed toolstrip progr­ess bar ​in settings.
  • Changed to dis­able Start menu settings sec­tion, instead of hiding it, when Start menu is not avail­able.
  • Changed to use single execut­able ​for all architectur­es.
  • Changed window bounce effect to ignore parti­ally maximized windows.
  • Port­ed compile toolcha­in changes from Nimi Places project.
  • Revised ​and unified window opa­city ​and visibi­lity handling.
  • Revised to use timers instead of threading.
  • Revised window posi­tion handling to support newer operating systems API changes.
  • Fixed ​and optimized stopwatch implementa­tion.
  • Fixed ​and revised anima­tion curv­es calcula­tions.
  • Fixed ​and revised clos­ing architecture bridge.
  • Fixed ​and revised recon­necting to architecture bridge.
  • Fixed architecture bridge not having con­fig file.
  • Fixed attempting to toggle window system anima­tions ​on older operating systems under certa­in condi­tions.
  • Fixed event detec­tion could fail due to hard-cod­ed con­stants.
  • Fixed internal message system us­ing invalid message ranges.
  • Fixed opa­city muxer could stop adjusting opa­city ​on certa­in condi­tion.
  • Fixed pixi dust angle ​and opa­city not animat­ed separately.
  • Fixed redundant Place type con­tainer con­text menu initial­ization check.
  • Fixed reordering window below others.
  • Fixed settings window title cas­ing.
  • Fixed try­ing to resolve system anima­tions use per window ​on newer operating systems.
  • Fixed updating transforms to bend­able thumbnails ​on certa­in condi­tions.
  • Remov­ed unused type format from database used by Nimi Places project.
  • Optimized window warp effect anima­tion.
  • Revised ​and simplified keep momentum effect.
  • Revised corral collec­tions.
  • Revised post-size ​and move window moving to muxer.
  • Revised push other windows effect.
  • Revised resources manage­ment.
  • Revised settings adjusting effect combina­tions availabi­lity.
  • Revised Start menu detec­tion to be univ­ersal.
  • Revised supportive libraries.
  • Revised themed toolstrip progr­ess bar con­trol.
  • Revised themed toolstrip renderer.
  • Revised window capturing.
  • Revised x86 architecture bridge.
  • Updat­ed license agree­ment.
  • Updat­ed local­ization.
  • Updat­ed system color­ization handling.
  • Move supportive libraries ​and executables to package.
  • Other changes, fixes ​and updat­es.
  • Port core code from Nimi Places project.
  • Port­ed dynamic code genera­tion from Nimi Places project.
  • Port­ed icon generating code from Nimi Places project.
  • Port­ed license agree­ment code from Nimi Places project.
  • Port­ed local­ization code from Nimi Places project.
  • Port­ed local­ization system from Nimi Places project.
  • Port­ed network request code from Nimi Places project.
  • Port­ed opening URLs code from Nimi Places project.
  • Port­ed operating system resolving code from Nimi Places.
  • Port­ed path resolver code from Nimi Places project.
  • Port­ed registry access code from Nimi Places project.
  • Port­ed update code from Nimi Places project.
  • Revised single-instance code.

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Nimi Visuals
Adds eye-candy effects to windows like deforma­tions, physics ​and other SFX.

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