[Question] What is the new format for auto load a profile on boot?

[Rodrxx]

As the title says, default.json no longer auto loads my profiles into the program, so i got welcome'd by a black keyboard (no lightning effects), it used to work like a charm before, but once i upgraded to v19, i cant get a profile to autoload when my pc boots up

[4JX]

See the release notes

Users relying on the undocumented but often mentioned default.json file method should switch to this instead.

Instead of using a file, specify your profile via the command line and pass the --gui flag if you want to also start that on boot

[Rodrxx]

Understandable, still i managed to load it through command line, but there is something, if i want to launch the GUI im unable to do so, when i load the profile in CMD, the command window get stuck and i cannot input anything more, and there is no application showing in the tray for quick access or configure in the GUI, so i have to close the command line, therefore closing the rgb app from memory so i have to launch it again.

Im a little of a noob in terms of command line, now i have to create a .bat file with the correct lines of code so it can run my chosen profile, and put the .bat file in the startup folder, i think that is the way.

[4JX]

For the GUI part do ./programname set -e <effect> <other options> --gui with that --gui flag added as well

[Rodrxx]

I managed to do it, thanks, as for other question, how can i save 2 profiles in one .json file?, since i wont launch the GUI at boot, i want to change between 2 profiles i made in the GUI via Win+AltGr

[4JX]

You cannot save multiple profiles to an exported json file, but the entire list of profiles you create should still be stored in a settings.json file. You may need to use an unreleased version for Win+AltGr functionality for v19 (of note is that the format was changed yet again)

[Rodrxx]

stored in a settings.json file.

I dont have such settings.json file in the directory i run rgb, it should be generated automatically or i have to manually save into a "settings.json" file?

Also, im using the lastest dev version, the same you reference as the unreleased version

[4JX]

It gets generated on exit (pressing the exit button, not killing the app or just when shutting off your computer) as of now, should probably update it more often

[Rodrxx]

Thanks for the reply, now it is working as intended, set every profile in the GUI, then pressed "exit", a settings.json appeared, now everytime i open the rgb.exe it loads by default the settings.json file, with that in mind, now in the shortcut i created that is in the startup folder, i wrote on target (exe path) -g -w , now everytime my pc boots up, it loads up the settings.json file created earlier by default, and the GUI doesnt appear so this is the best state of the app for me, thanks for your effort.