SteelSeries 1.4 ...

It's done...the next version of the steelseries lib is ready to go...
Well it's not a big shot but there's one new feature that will give you all the flexibility that you need to create funny things...

But have a look first...

 I added a custom layer to the gauges which is in principle a buffered image that will be displayed between the background and the tickmarks. With this feature you will be able to add a logo, icons etc. to your gauges.
For the gauges in the above image i created three custom images in a drawing program where i placed the icons at the right positions. To get the best result your custom layer image should be of the same size as the gauge, otherwise you will get a scaled instance of your image which could contain scaling artifacts.

The gauge in the middle with the custom frame was fun, because i set the frameDesign property to "NO_FRAME" and added a custom layer that contains only the frame...


Here's the piece of code that i used to create the gauges above:

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BufferedImage customLayerLogo = ImageIO.read(new java.io.File("logo.png"));
BufferedImage customLayerFrame = ImageIO.read(new java.io.File("frame.png"));
BufferedImage customLayerGas = ImageIO.read(new java.io.File("gas.png"));
 
radial1.setCustomLayer(customLayerLogo);
radial1.setCustomLayerVisible(true);
 
radial2.setCustomLayer(customLayerFrame);
radial2.setCustomLayerVisible(true);
 
radial3.setCustomLayer(customLayerGas);
radial3.setCustomLayerVisible(true);

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The next feature i added is a new type of pointer for all radial gauges. It will also come in all the available colors except it always has a black center. So the "old" version is still the default but you can set the pointer to the type that i used in the right gauge using 

gauge.setPointerType(eu.hansolo.steelseries.tools.PointerType.TYPE2);

I hope this two features will give you everything you need to unleash your creativity...