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GameDog [v5.0] - Chroma for CS:GO and DOTA2


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GameDog Chroma Game Integrations

Currently Supports:

  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • Dota 2

Current Version: 2.4
Download:
HERE

Old Beta Version: 3.7
Download: HERE

New Beta Version: 5.0
Download:
HERE

DOTA2 INFO: With a recent Update Valve disabled the gameintegration per default cause of performance issues for some users who didn't even know about it. This can be reenabled by adding "-gamestateintegration" to the launch settings.

https://i.gyazo.com/56961ea93f61a971ef59e77b12950b86.png


How to Install:

  • Download latest Version from the Razer Workshop or the GameDog Thread.
  • Install GameDog
  • Open Synapse and make sure Chroma Apps are enabled under the "Chroma Apps -> Settings" Tab
  • Start GameDog
  • Make sure your Chroma Devices play a Green Animation and then return back to your default Profile.
  • Make sure under Settings in GameDog the Directory to your Game is set correctly.
  • Minimize GameDog. It will stay open in the Tray Bar.
  • Start your Game and GameDog should receive Data and change the lighting accordingly.
  • After playing GameDog will revert the Keyboard back to your Synapse Profile

FAQ:
https://gitlab.com/Chromatin/GameDog#faq

If you feel like donating something I'd be very happy:
Either via Paypal
or via
Steam Tradeoffer
Thank you very much!





Changelog:

- 5.0

  • Full rewrite, New UI, improved performance
  • Fixed Bug causing "SDK not found" error on start
  • Fixed Bug with HttpRequestException


- 2.4

  • CS:GO: Fixed Crash


-
2.1

  • Workaround for slow updates caused by Valves broken API


- 2.0 (Just a minor Bugfix release to internal Version 5895)

  • Dota 2: Fix passive items lighting up as a Key


- 2.0

  • Allows staying in the Background
    That means GameDog does NOT turn yellow anymore. Once you start gamedog it plays a starting animation (Green light running along all Devices). After that GameDog returns to your default Synapse profile! This behaviour can be changed in Settings but is activated by default. Make sure to MINIMIZE the Window (it moves to the tray) and do NOT close the Window as that closes GameDog completly.


  • Start with Windows
    Makes the above actually useful. It makes GameDog start with Windows in the Background. You can now also start GameDog with the Parameter "/StartMinimized" which will Minimize gamedog right to the tray. It WON'T play any starting animation in that mode and won't initialize Chroma until you actually start a Game!


  • Import and Export of Assignments to share with Friends!
    With the Export and Import Buttons in the Assignments view you can get a JSON (Text) representation of your Assignments you can save as Textfile if you want to switch between profiles. Just click on Export and then click on "ok" to make GameDog copy everything into your clipboard. Now you can store this in your own Textfile for later use and just copy and paste it into the Box that appears when you click on "Import".

    But that not enough!

    You can also enter URLs to textfiles that are then downloaded so you can host your profile via any text file hosting service.


  • Single-time Key Flash for Game Values
    Allows you to let a Key flash for a moment if a Value changes (for example your HP drops or your Ammo drops)


  • Complete Dota Support
    Support for Ability Cooldowns, Item Cooldowns, Buyback (only if the money is enough...the cooldown isn't checked, sorry), Status Effects, Day- and Nightclock...if there is anything you want, please let me know.


  • New Devices added
    Keypads (tested with Orbweaver) and Headsets (Razer Kraken) are now supported!
    Keys for the Keypad are set similar to the Keyboard Keys and the Headset is a on/off switch as it can only show one state. The Headset is not very fast as it fades from one color to the other so some things might not work as expected!


  • CS:GO Changes
    Bombtimer moved to 40 Seconds. Added grenades as Game Value.


  • Better Game Lookup (Thanks njbmartin!)
    Games are now found even outside of the Steam Folder within a Steam Library.

- 1.2

  • Added better Error Handling for internal Server instead of swallowing Errors. If something doesn't work please send me the Logfile (GameDog.txt) available in: %AppData%\\GameDog\\logs
  • Fixed an issue that caused (caught) Exceptions when wearing a Knife. Preventing spam on the logfile.


-
1.1

  • Fixed an issue where Synapse won't recognize GameDog as a Chroma App if SDK is not enabled. Giving users the posibility to enable the SDK in Synapse if it's the only Chroma App ever.


- 1.0

  • Official Release


- 0.11

  • Fixed Version after SDK update


- 0.10

  • Support for Firefly and Mamba TE! (Thanks Razer for the support!)
  • Removed MANY of the plugins like Health and Armor and replaced it with a single "Two Color" Plugin where you can choose which Game Value to be used. One Plugin for Health, Armor etc.

  • Added a Countdown Plugin which works similar as the above but disables one key after theother (100% means all glowing, 0% means 1 key glowing). That's helpful as the requested Bombcountdown as an example. (See the Bomb Countdown default assignment)

  • Added an "Active Weapon Clip/Max" Game Value.

  • Changed the way Keymappings are done a bit to make it slightly more obvious which Keys are selected.

  • Added ChromaXML for Synapse support.

  • Minimizing to Tray. Even so Colore added support for Uninit the Razer SDK doesn't seem to support apps running in the background and just using the SDK when they need to yet. But it's being looked into.( https://github.com/CoraleStudios/Colore/pull/121 )
  • Added a text to make Doubleclick as well as rearranging Assigments more prominent
  • I probably forgot something...


- 0.5


  • Limited Dota support!
  • Effects are back
  • Stats screen removed for now
  • Assignments work like layers on top of each other and can be rearranged via Drag and Drop. Highest priority is at the bottom.
  • "Fill Color" makes the whole Keyboard light up
  • "Menu and Typing" makes the Keyboard light up completly in menu (Orange by default) and while typing in chat(white)
  • Added a "Flash below" property allowing to define a value below that point when they Key should flash
  • Assignments can be named
  • Colors can be choosen via a Color Picker
  • Bombtime is customizable
  • Better Description for Assignment Properties
  • Keys can be ordered
  • Performance improvments


- 0.4

  • Fixed Steam Search, Added Custom CS:GO Folder in Settings
  • Fixed Crashes
  • Detecting if no SDK is installed
  • Added Custom Colors and Changed how Assignments are made
  • Added new Function: "Kill Counter (Test)"
  • Temporarily Removed Effects Flashed, Smoked and Burning. They will be back again.
  • Introduced Crash and Application Logs


It's using the great Colore C# Chroma SDK Library!

What it is right now (besides Buggy and Ugly (not that much anymore) for now):

  • Using official CS:GO API to read out stats (same API GameSense uses)
  • Following effects can be displayed on the Keyboard


  • Flashed
  • Smoked
  • Burning


  • Keys can be assigned to the following "Functions":


  • Static Color (Displayed in one color all the time)
  • Two Colors (Displays a Game Value in a range from 0 to 100% (or true/false as 0 and 100%) and fades between two Colors. If the percent drops below the "Flash below percent" the Key or Mouse(pad) side will start flashing either in the Color defined via Flash Color or if that one is transparent in the Color defined via Color Start and Color End. Every Game Value that does not include "Percent" is displayed either as 0% or as 100% depending on the true/false state of the Value.)
  • Count Down Colors (Same as Two Colors but makes the Assigned Keys or Mouse(pad) sides light up in the defined order depending on the percentage)
  • Effect: x (Makes the whole Keyboard light up for an Effect, White for flash, Grey for smoke and red for Burning)
  • Kill Counter (Sets Keys one after another for each Kill the player did this round. This means if there are 5 Keys assigned and the player got 2 Headshots and one normal Kill, then 2 of the 5 Keys will light up in the HeadshotColor, one will light up in the KillColor one one will light up in the NoneColor
  • Bomb (Fades Keys from ColorStart to ColorEnd within 35 Seconds. Then switches to ColorDefusable (defusable with Def-Kit) for 5 Seconds before going to ColorNonDefusable)
  • Roundphase (Displays Freezetime (FreezetimeColor), Live (PlayingColor) or unknown (UndefinedColor) state of the current round on Keys)
  • Menu and Typing (Lights up the whole Keyboard depending if the user is Typing or in Menu)


  • If CS:GO or Dota is installed outside of the Steam Folder then go to settings and change the CS:GO Folder or Dota Folder Settings Key.

I really hope to get some feedback and hope people like that.

Is it useful and would you like to see more from this Project?


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WolfspiritM
Sorry for the late response again.


Can you please add me in Steam?
It's easier to debug via Chat and it would be great if you could test some debug builds for me.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/kiba


What Chroma Hardware do you have?

Razer Blackwidow Chroma
razer deathstalker csgo chroma settings didn t work
Userlevel 5
Black_Step_
razer deathstalker csgo chroma settings didn t work

Have you seen: https://insider.razerzone.com/index...go-chroma-integration.9707/page-6#post-278665

If yes: Does the Keyboard light up green when you start GameDog?
Dear @WolfspiritM ,

Excuse my english, it's pretty hard to write this language properly for me.

I love the work you are doing!

Me loves to play counter strike global offensive.
I wanted to ask u where I can find the same settings as in this video , to apply them to my GameDog app.
For the moment, GameDog is only changing the color of my keyboard (I guess it is the basic config).
Let me tell u that I don't get anything in the "settings window" because of my bad english.

Let me know if users have been sharing their own settings and if I can apply them easily to my app.

Best regards,
So sorry, I thought the url was supposed to stay as text.
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RSAThrasher
For the moment, GameDog is only changing the color of my keyboard (I guess it is the basic config).

What type of keyboard do you have? If you have a deathstalker, then sadly this isn't possible as it only has 6 different color zones instead of each single key. That's why you see only the whole keyboard change.
If you have the blackwidow it should change each key individually.
/chroma-workshop-cs-go-chroma-integration.9707/page-6#post-278665

Maybe @BlackStep @KingDemo or @RenzoPulsar can help you and export their profile for you. (Go to Games -> CS:GO -> Export then copy and paste the content of that to pastebin.com then post the link here for him 🙂 )
Then you can import their config.
RSAThrasher
Dear @WolfspiritM ,

Excuse my english, it's pretty hard to write this language properly for me.

I love the work you are doing!

Me loves to play counter strike global offensive.
I wanted to ask u where I can find the same settings as in this video , to apply them to my GameDog app.
For the moment, GameDog is only changing the color of my keyboard (I guess it is the basic config).
Let me tell u that I don't get anything in the "settings window" because of my bad english.

Let me know if users have been sharing their own settings and if I can apply them easily to my app.

Best regards,


Hey @RSAThrasher

I also have the Deathstalker and I've fiddled around with GameDog and this is my profile for CS:GO :)

In GameDog, Go to Games -> CS GO -> Import and paste the contents from this link into the import box http://pastebin.com/zpe7nLfM

This post by @WolfspiritM also helped me a lot in figuring out which keys affects which zones, in case you want to modify my profile. /gamedog-v2-1-chroma-for-cs-go-and-dota2.9221/page-8#post-180707

Enjoy! 🙂
Thanks guyz! @KingDemo @WolfspiritM
Very nice to gave me a feedback so fast. U are the best and I'm now enjoying CS:GO with ur settings.
Cool app, cool developper, cool users, thanks razer by the way ;)
Enjoy gaming!
See ya
Will Gamedog be available for League of Legends too ?
jenk10
Will Gamedog be available for League of Legends too ?

At the moment it's very unlikely, due to League of Legends policies. They don't allow to read data out of the games memory.

Also there is already a project that does that 🙂
Chroma Game Controller - League of Legends, Rust, Hero and generals and more ...
I think many people want this 😃
while in cs:go, while playing the lights freeze and i cant change no matter what, closing gamedog or razersynapse doesn't help either. The only way to fix it is to unplug the usb and replug it or close the pc. How can i solve this issue ?
Userlevel 7
WolfspiritM
What type of keyboard do you have? If you have a deathstalker, then sadly this isn't possible as it only has 6 different color zones instead of each single key. That's why you see only the whole keyboard change.
If you have the blackwidow it should change each key individually.
/chroma-workshop-cs-go-chroma-integration.9707/page-6#post-278665

Maybe @BlackStep @KingDemo or @RenzoPulsar can help you and export their profile for you. (Go to Games -> CS:GO -> Export then copy and paste the content of that to pastebin.com then post the link here for him 🙂 )
Then you can import their config.

Is the mamba TE supported for the bomb timer counter? I only see people using the side strips for health and ammo bars. Would love it if there was a way to get the timing lights displayed on the side strips.
Im glad that Razer Team is working on making it compatible with many more games and I cant wait to use them on different games 😃
Userlevel 5
hope355
closing gamedog or razersynapse doesn't help either

Hi. What hardware do you use? Do you use multiple devices and does it freeze on all of them at the same time?

0V3R_K1LL
Is the mamba TE supported for the bomb timer counter?

That's not possible yet sadly. I think I will get this working with GameDog 3 🙂
im new here, i recently got a new BW X Chroma, i try the gamedog for dota 2, some features not working, like razor ripple effect and item / ability cooldown, is anyone know how to fix this ?, or is just start happening on dota 2 patch 7.00 ?

Sorry if my english is bad :smile_:
dota 2 mamba 5g not working.
@WolfspiritM Hi, I like your program so much, but I want to see two new features for Dota 2:
1. Custom ability color on Invoker for example(Quas - blue, Wex - pink, Exort - yellow or orange)
and 2. Morphling can exchange his strength and agility, is it possible to create som sort of indicator of what he has now? (like in hud of new Dota 2 7.00)
If you don't want to do this or don't have time, let me code it, because I know how to program and I really want these features.
Hello @WolfspiritM ,
On my Naga Hex v2, the backlight (the thumb pad) works alright except it doesn't flash.
All its other lights flash on lasthit/deny, but not the backlight. The backlight is okay and so are the other keys, just this specific thing doesn't work which is very annoying given flashing wheel/logo aren't very useful when I have my hand on them.

Any ideas?
-Salt.
Who do I download it?? Can't find the download buttom!
nickmaster310
Who do I download it?? Can't find the download buttom!

Look at 8th line
Game mode is running but game mode LED is not on.

I use BlackWidow X Tournament Edition Chroma.
hey when ever i launch the .exe it says "Chroma SDK not available. Make sure the 'Razor Chroma SDK service is running'."
I open up gamedog and when I press games there is a divider on the left but nothing comes up. My keyboard is left blacked out as well.
Is it not compatible with the Ornata?
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Uberwatermelon
I open up gamedog and when I press games there is a divider on the left but nothing comes up. My keyboard is left blacked out as well.
Is it not compatible with the Ornata?

May not be compatible with the Ornata yet since it is quite a new keyboard. On the Razer Chroma workshop page it says it can be used with the Blackwidow, and thats it. You can try ChromaSync, Since that may work since it seems to support more devices. (I have the Deathstalker, So i do not know that much about those programs.)

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