When I first began to learn coding, I was not particularly fond of command-line programs. Although they can be useful tools for various applications, having a good GUI is always a plus. I personally love the Window's Acrylic look, and I was a bit frustrated to learn that Qt does not support this theme. Well, I had to work with what I had, and I made my own theme instead.
What is the point of this program?
I wanted to learn a popular GUI framework and practice using C++. I coded all the mouse tweaks and registry editing code myself.
Sources
Registry Editor | Mouse Tweaks | MarkC Fix
Matching Message Boxes
Error Handling
Important
After you apply the tweaks, make sure you restart your computer.
The Savitarax tweaks are designed to improve the performance of your mouse inputs.
- Change Mouse Buffer Size: This allows you to lower the mouse event buffer size to reduce input lag. By default, this value is set to 100. A value between 20 to 100 is recommended. If you have a high polling rate mouse, you can go under 20.
- Change CSRSS Priority: CSRSS stands for Client Server Runtime Process. It's responsible for the user interface of Windows, including mouse input. Giving CSRSS higher priority can improve mouse responsiveness by giving it more CPU time.
While I could explain what these tweaks do, I would recommend watching this video by Savitarax. He does and insane amount of research for each of his videos, so please check him out.
The MarkC mouse fix resolves mouse acceleration issues in Windows, by modifying the system's mouse settings for better control over mouse movements. It's particularly useful for gamers.
- Redefines the mouse curve when 'Enhance pointer precision' is applied, resulting in a 1-to-1 relationship between mouse and pointer movement.
- For the best mouse response, set the Control Panel pointer speed slider to the middle position (6th).
How do you know what value to use?
- Find the display DPI that you currently use:
- Click Start, click Control Panel, select Appearance and Personalization, select Display.
- See if you have
100%or125%or150%selected.
- See if you have
- Select the option in the drop down menu that matches the DPI%
Error Code: 2
Error code 2 usually signifies ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND. Pressing "Set Default" under the Savitarax Fix tab deletes the registry values associated with the tweak. If you press it more then once, it is trying to delete a file which doesn't exist.
Error Code: 5
Error code 5 typically signifies ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED. This means the program does not have sufficient permissions to edit the registry. Please ensure that you run the program as an administrator or check if an antivirus is blocking it.
Warning
These tweaks modify registry values. I ensured the implementation is safe, but if you modify the code, make sure you know what you're doing.
Reactive buttons! Yeah I know, this is just basic qss (Qt's version of css)
The default message box looked weird, so I had to make my own.
This was more challenging than I anticipated. Plus, making sure that the buttons didn't cause any glitches was even more difficult.
More spinning :)
No plans for now. I might come back to this project and make a full Window's Optimization program. I did this once before, but I want to make one that is actually good.
For questions, suggestions, or to report bugs, please contact me on Discord at DaddyJuanito or open an issue on the GitHub repository.