New betas of v25.12 are out:

Winstep Xtreme beta:
https://www.winstep.net/xtreme-beta.zip

Nexus Ultimate beta:
https://www.winstep.net/ultimate-beta.zip


This is a beta and MUST be installed ON TOP of a full v25.9 OR LATER installation. Do NOT uninstall anything first, just exit all running Winstep applications and run the beta setup file.

There is no need to backup your settings first, but it does not hurt if you do either.

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Ok, so this one features the destkop version of the new disk meter module.

BassdudeNZ, I know you want it, but you will have to wait a little bit more before being able to skin the desktop version of the new module. Still working on the settings that will be exposed.

If you are curious about the new Show Disk Meter Status in the Troubleshooting Options dialog, the first date/time shows when an attempt to get SMART data was made, the second the time it succeeded (if it did get data) and at the end you have a diag code.

I think the multiple posts I left here already describe what you can do with the module, so have fun playing with it and let me know if you run into any issues please.

Colorization of the desktop module is via the colorization options in the Modules tab of Preferences (click the down arrow below the desktop module preview). Since the light and dark versions of the module are basically grayscale, most colorization options will work well with it (there is a lot of work behind ensuring that is so, too).

I also added the old baby blue ring charts to the \Winstep\Icons\Samples\ folder. You can use those to test or play with the "Change Icon" feature, for instance.

Ah, also, the desktop module can already be attached to the NextSTART taskbar.

This thing has been optimized to hell... for instance, rather than updating the whole desktop module every refresh (which would normally be once per second - or 10 times per second if led activity is enabled), the module is only refreshed if there have been changes, and then only the sections holding the drives that actually need updating (and if we are only dealing with a change in the activity led, only the icon area is updated).

Likewise for a ton of functions under the hood, so please let me know how this handles in terms of performance.

Right now WorkShelf is using less than 0.3% of CPU here, and most of the time doesn't even appear in my CPU meter - and I am showing all 10 of my drives plus all the other modules, etc. This proves performance is more than ok, but from time to time WorkShelf will start using 1.4% or more of CPU for no apparent or valid reason and will stay that way for a prolonged amount of time - still haven't been able to figure out why other than a suspicion that this happens because the WorkShelf process is handed over to an Efficient core in my 12900K rather than remaining in a Performance core.

Jorge, perhaps you missed my previous comment? I am patient. As I mentioned earlier, leave until the next update. You have done a lot of work !! That's more than enough. Rome wasn't built in a day as the saying goes...

Thanks for all the hard work Jorge.

The new Disk Meter Module is great. No change in system performance with four drives.

I would love to see someone create an Xtreme Theme to match the module, both dark and light versions. BassdudeNZ or Picco14 are you busy?

I am up for it. I'll wait for the official release though if that is ok with you?
Keep in mind it will be only for Nexus / Ultimate in the interim though which won't be much and not what I think you are looking for at all.
The desktop modules are at least one beta away I think? something like that, maybe two?

This means for skinning that is - For Picco14 or me to do a theme/module in Winstep Xtreme, Jorge will need to send us an *.ini type file and a name for the disk module with some base instructions. He mentioned above that is a little way yet. e.g. The calendar is a *.wsi file. I'll need to know what the extension of the Disk file is and what it contains as in what I can display, or change, or not change, or if I can position it differently, or not, how it lays out, sizing and a pile of other things. I believe this is why it is a little time to come yet

I could very easily turn the background to match the theme below which I recently uploaded, but the other thing is the color settings you see in this with the circular disks do not save when I change themes, so anything we do at this stage would be wasted until color settings per theme can be saved, which may well be something we need to do in the file for the module. We'll also need a file name for the PNG file too e.g. wsDD.png so we know what to save as.




@Jorge, actually the disk meter would be a good thing to exclude from the free version of Nexus in my opinion. It means it is another reason for people to buy it.

No more new modules have been added to the free version of Nexus since Wanda (in fact very little has been added in terms of new features). Battery, Calendar, Moon and now the Disk Meter module are all exclusive to the paid versions.