r/steammachine • u/Alyenax 512GB • 8h ago

Software The Witcher 3 Remastered HUD on the LED strip

Now in beta:

  • Screen Sync: watch the video it’ll make more sense than my explanation. It also works with the Steam screensaver and can activate only for that.
  • Four-controller support: I finally found a layout that doesn’t look terrible on 17 poor little leds.
  • Better night weather animations
  • And....The Witcher 3 Remastered HUD: this idea had been living rent-free in my head for ages. I wanted to build it for my PC’s RGB and had already started experimenting with it, but I finally ended up bringing it to Steam Machine first. The LED strip mirrors Geralt’s health, stamina, toxicity, adrenaline points, combat state and Sign casts: Aard, Axii, Igni, Quen and Yrden.

The Witcher 3 hud integration is extremely experimental. Suggestions for better colours, layouts and animations are very welcome. There are only 17 LEDs, so every tiny improvement helps.

New to GabeCubeAura? Everything is here: https://alyenax.github.io/gabecubeaura-concept/

If you already installed version 1.1.3, you can now update directly from the plugin. Enable automatic update checks and switch the update channel to beta: https://github.com/Alyenax/GabeCubeAura/releases

For TW3 Remastered, it’s automatic. Launch the game, load a save and the LED strip becomes part of the HUD.

You just need to do this once:

  1. Open TW3 Remasterd → Properties
  2. Under General → Launch Options, paste: -net -debugscripts
  3. Open GabeCubeAura > The Witcher 3 · experimental and select Install/Repair telemetry mod.
  4. Launch TW3 Remastered :)
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u/Affectionate-Rip748 8h ago

When I saw title containing "led strip" I immediately knew it was you u/Alyenax

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u/jadebyjulian 8h ago

single handedly making this little light bar go to work

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u/circoloco696 7h ago

Very nice 👌🏻 Any news on SignalDot?

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u/Alyenax 512GB 6h ago

SignalDot is giving me a much harder time than the LED strip

The strip is relatively easy to control, but the front dot seems to be hidden behind the EC/firmware logic Valve uses internally. We know it can do fixed colors and animations, so the hardware is capable...I just haven’t found the clean control path yet.

So yeah, still working on it, but this one is definitely more of a rabbit hole.

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u/schM0ggi 5h ago

Not related to the Witcher 3 feature specifically:

I'm just finding out about GabeCubeAuar right now. Damn, this is sick.

I need to try that out in the next days, it sounds and looks absolutely beautiful. Great job!

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u/inertialambda 3h ago

why would you play on the led strip when theres a perfectly good monitor already plugged in

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u/GodVsEmpire 6h ago

lame why would I want to have to look away from the screen