This release focuses on usability, automation, and polish with 14 new features!
Never lose track of Argus Overview!
- Orange "V" icon in system tray
- Minimize to tray instead of closing
- Quick access menu (Show/Hide, Profiles, Settings)
- Double-click to show/hide main window
- Notifications for new characters
Import all EVE windows instantly!
- Scan and import ALL EVE windows with one button
- Automatically detects character names from window titles
- Skip duplicates automatically
- Shows count of imported characters
Characters appear automatically!
- Background process scans every 5 seconds (configurable)
- Automatically adds new EVE windows when they launch
- Shows notification for each new character
- No more manual adding required!
Direct access to any character!
- Bind Ctrl+1 to "Main Character", Ctrl+2 to "Scout Alt"
- Global hotkeys work even when EVE has focus
- Configure in settings.json
Prevent accidental moves!
- Lock thumbnail positions
- Lock button in toolbar + Ctrl+Shift+L hotkey
- Visual lock icon on thumbnails when locked
Identify by role, not name!
- Right-click thumbnail → "Set Label..."
- Display "Scout", "Logi", "DPS" instead of character names
- Persists across sessions
See through thumbnails!
- Opacity fade on hover (30% default, configurable)
- See through thumbnails to underlying windows
- Smooth transitions
Know what's happening at a glance!
- Small colored dot on each thumbnail
- Green = focused, Yellow = recent activity, Gray = idle
- Quickly identify active windows
Track your play time!
- Optional "2h 15m" display on thumbnails
- Shows how long each character has been logged in
- Enable in settings
Choose your look!
- Dark (default), Light, EVE (orange accents)
- Configure in settings.json
- Affects all UI elements
Manage all windows at once!
- Ctrl+Shift+M: Minimize all EVE windows
- Ctrl+Shift+R: Restore all EVE windows
- Tray notifications show count
No restart needed!
- Edit settings.json while running
- Click "Reload Config" in tray menu
- Changes apply without restart
More control per thumbnail!
- Focus Window, Minimize, Close (with confirmation)
- Set Label, Zoom Level
- Remove from Preview
New thumbnails go where they should!
- New thumbnails position relative to existing ones
- Fills right-to-left, then starts new row
- Respects screen boundaries
- Grid snapping (10px)
Never arrange windows again!
- Create named layouts for different activities
- Save complete window arrangements with one click
- Restore entire setups instantly
- Per-layout performance settings
Example Use Cases:
- "Mining Layout": Tight 2x2 grid, all previews small
- "PvP Layout": Scouts on sides, main DPS center, enlarged
- "Market Layout": One large trader, others minimized
- "AFK Ratting": Single main window, minimal monitoring
One-click window organization!
Available Patterns:
- 2x2 Grid - Perfect for 4 clients
- 3x1 Row - Horizontal lineup
- 1x3 Column - Vertical stack
- 4x1 Wide - Ultra-wide monitor setup
- Main + Sides - One large + 3 small
- Cascade - Overlapping style
- Custom NxM - Define your own
Features:
- Configurable spacing between windows
- Fill entire screen or specific monitor
- Snap-to-grid option
- Auto-arrange on window add
- Different patterns per monitor
Manage your entire EVE roster - even offline characters!
Character Database:
- Add ALL your characters (logged in or not!)
- Group by account (3 chars per account)
- Assign roles: Miner, Scout, DPS, Logi, Hauler, Trader
- Add notes for each character
- Track last seen/active
Team System:
- Create activity-based teams
- Drag-and-drop team builder
- Pre-configure for different operations
- Auto-assign windows when chars log in
- Link teams to layout presets
Get notified of important events!
Alert Types:
- Red Flash (High Priority) - Damage detected! Combat!
- Screen Change (Medium Priority) - Significant activity
- Custom Patterns - Define your own alerts
Alert Actions:
- Visual border flashing on preview
- Sound alerts (optional)
- Auto-focus affected window
- Log alert events
Professional multi-monitor management!
- Auto-detect all connected monitors
- Per-monitor layout presets
- "Send to Monitor X" commands
- Spread windows across monitors
- Remember monitor assignments
- Different grid patterns per monitor
Copy all EVE settings between characters in seconds!
What It Syncs:
- Keybindings and shortcuts
- UI layouts and window positions
- Overview settings and columns
- Chat settings and channels
- All in-game preferences
- Custom filters
Time Savings:
Manual Method: 6 HOURS for 12 characters
Argus Overview: 30 minutes 16 seconds!
- Low-latency multi-window previews
- Draggable, resizable preview frames
- Global hotkeys (Ctrl+Alt+1-9)
- Profile management
- Adjustable refresh rates (1-60 FPS)
- Always-on-top mode
- Click-to-activate windows
- Minimize inactive (50-80% GPU savings!)
- Threaded capture (no UI lag!)
- Smart caching
- Threaded window capture system
- Smart frame caching
- Adaptive refresh rates
- Minimal CPU overhead
- GPU-friendly operation
- Better error handling
- Automatic recovery
- Backup systems
- Data validation
- Crash protection
- Professional tabbed interface
- Intuitive workflows
- Comprehensive documentation
- Clear visual feedback
- Keyboard shortcuts everywhere
Enjoy Argus Overview!
Fly safe, capsuleers! o7