Enigma 3.0
Update: This is released.
I’ve been trying to tie up some loose ends, so that I can start in on my summer project list with a clean slate. And as loose ends go, my Rainmeter suite, Enigma, is sort of a big one.
I originally planned to release this thing on January 1st, as a New Year’s present. And in the midst of an incredibly productive December, this seemed like an entirely reasonable goal. Then—long story short—2011 decided that it just wasn’t going to be my year. January kicked it off with a sort of breathtaking series of unanticipated events, and I’ve really spent the last four months trying to keep up. As a result, most of my hobby projects have fallen by the wayside. And there’s nothing I hate more than unfinished business (except disappointing people and being falsely accused, which, funnily enough, have also been involved).
Frankly, Enigma was overdue for an update in December. Now it’s way, way, way overdue. And for the first time in forever, I have a weekend without any other timestamped obligations. So I am planning a coding blitz, starting this afternoon and ending tomorrow at midnight. Whatever’s done by then will be released on Monday as Enigma 3.0.
Anything left (probably the media player APIs, among other things) will be released in periodic patch updates as I get to them. The new Rainmeter website and skin installer utilities make patching a whole lot easier than it used to be, so I won’t have to go through all the logistical grief involved in a version overhaul like I did in the past. In addition, 3.0 completely changes Enigma’s basic code structure, which, although a little shocking at first, will also contribute to making future updates smooth and relatively painless.
It’s incredible to still see people downloading, using and modding Enigma, nearly three years after it first appeared on Lifehacker. I really feel that I owe you guys the modern Rainmeter experience that you deserve. The wait is (finally) almost over.
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June 5th, 2011 at 3.51 am
Glad to have you back for a few days!
September 28th, 2011 at 4.27 am
Thanks for your great work
January 14th, 2012 at 1.33 pm
hello i download rainmeter and i install it on my laptop and i try to install enigma as skin but i failed. You can help me with this please? And your theme is compatible with win7 starter edition or is neccesary another edition of windows.
February 6th, 2012 at 4.55 pm
Awesome work. Keep going :3
February 10th, 2012 at 4.47 pm
this goes out to raul
i to how windows 7 starter and no another version is not necessary when you launch engima a black bar should appear on the top and right side of your desktop to launch the other click on the rainmeter icon open the engima folder in themes and you’ll see many folders with other d.lls to customize engima simply click on the preferred d.ll and click launch
hope this was helpful