LSPDFR Chroma - Bringing LSPDFR to your Keyboard
What is LSPDFR Chroma?

LSPDFR Chroma is an ordinary LSPDFR API and RPH plugin, much like one of your favourite callout packs. It aims to link the Chroma SDK and LSPDFR together to bring visual indicators to your keyboard for in game stats and features.

This is currently WIP but several features have already been made. I also recognise this may not be massively popular, nothing like the various mods available on the forums currently. But I am making this entirely for my own entertainment and sharing it for the benefit of anyone else who might enjoy it.

Current Features

• F1 - F4 keys indicate the player's current health. Each key represents 1 quarter of the health bar and will switch from green to red if health is lost. In addition to this, when the player's health dips below critical (i.e the last 10%) the four keys will flash red!
• F5 - F8 keys are your lightbar! That's right, when you switch on your emergency vehicle sirens these keys will flash red and blue in an alternating pattern to indicate your lights are on. Yes this isn't useful, but hey. Flashy colours are fun.
• D1 - D9 (row of number keys, top of keyboard) are the in game default keys for fast switching to select weapon slots. Each number represents a different slot. With LSPDFR Chroma, the currently active weapon slot key will be highlighted
• Custom Highlight Keys allow you to set any key on the keyboard to a highlight colour. Making certain keys like the WASD cluster, or specific menu keys like B and N, stand out from the rest of the keyboard. Helping you to remember what keybinds are set!
• Customisable Colours! It wouldn't be true chroma without letting you set your own colours. Choose a background colour and highlight colour from any combination of RGB values!

Planned Features

As this is a WIP modification, there are several planned features to improve the functionality, including:

• Flashing Alert Key Got a callout coming through? The Y key will flash to let you know there is a callout to accept!
• Player Armour Indicator Health is great, but what about your armour levels? They should be visible too so you know if you're protected or not
• Vehicle Lights headlights on full beam? Indicators running? For those times when you can't quite tell in game, your keyboard will have you covered.
• As much customisation as you want! Why stop with just 2 customisable colours? This plugin will let you change everything. Enable or disable features. And even specify where you want those features to show on the keyboard.
• Developer API will allow plugin developers to integrate lighting features in their plugins.
• Don't use LSPDFR? An RPH standalone version may be created as well, at current none of the working features use LSPDFR.

 

Screenshots...Well...Pictures

Spoiler

Well there's only one for now...so...picture.

 

Release Date

Released! Early access now available!

 

Compatible Products
Accurate as of the time of writing this

Razer Blackwidow Chroma
Razer Blackwidow X Chroma
Razer Blackwidow Tournament Edition Chroma
Razer Blackwidow X Tournament Edition Chroma
Razer Deathstalker Chroma*
 Any non-chroma Razer keyboard
Any non-Razer Keyboard
Any other peripheral device (chroma or not) this is for keyboard effects only.

* Deathstalker cannot have individual keys lit in the chroma configurator, this plugin may potentially not work as intended. (unconfirmed at this time)

Notice on other RGB Keyboards
In order for this plugin to work you must have a keyboard that is capable of using the razer chroma sdk. Keyboards that use CUE for example (Corsair Utility Engine) will NOT work. However if that SDK is simple enough to acquire and use I may attempt making this plugin compatible, just know that I will be unable to test it.

 

Anyway, thanks for viewing. Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated 🙂

 

Awesome, I was tempted to do this when I got my Corsair K70 RGB last year, but I found the appeal of the RGB keys slowly dissipate after a while. Still, I'm sure a lot of people will appreciate this -- good work!

Now I have to buy a Razer Chroma keyboard 

2 minutes ago, SerekgPL said:

Now I have to buy a Razer Chroma keyboard 

That's what I thought

Glad I updated my keyboard when I did. I have the blackwidow chroma too!

Edited July 6, 20169 yr by Him1250

somebody buy me a chroma keyboard plz

This is gonna be awesome! This'll definitely spice up everyone's (well, whoever has the keyboard at least) patrols!

Might be worth noting that this'll only work correctly on the Razer BlackWidow Chroma AFAIK. I have the Deathstalker Chroma, and it does not have per-key lighting, rather the lighting is done in 6 "zones" on the keyboard that the SDK can control. 

 

EDIT: This plugin might be the reason I upgrade to a BlackWidow...

Edited July 6, 20169 yr by drsn0w

10 hours ago, drsn0w said:

Might be worth noting that this'll only work correctly on the Razer BlackWidow Chroma AFAIK. I have the Deathstalker Chroma, and it does not have per-key lighting, rather the lighting is done in 6 "zones" on the keyboard that the SDK can control. 

 

EDIT: This plugin might be the reason I upgrade to a BlackWidow...

Thanks for the heads up, wasn't aware of this.

11 minutes ago, LukeD said:

Thanks for the heads up, wasn't aware of this.

No problem :D great idea, btw, this plugin legitimately might make me go out and buy me a Blackwidow

1 minute ago, drsn0w said:

No problem :D great idea, btw, this plugin legitimately might make me go out and buy me a Blackwidow

It seems from the razer website that it should have per key backlighting. It has 3 zones, 1 for the qwerty section, 1 for the arrow keys page up/dwn etc and 1 for the number pad. But the rest seem to have per key backlighting for the full 16.9 million colours.

Further research required :) But hey if you have the money to blow get a blackwidow anyway, mechanical is nicer than the chiclet caps. I upgraded from an ordinary deathstalker to the blackwidow chroma.

1 minute ago, LukeD said:

It seems from the razer website that it should have per key backlighting. It has 3 zones, 1 for the qwerty section, 1 for the arrow keys page up/dwn etc and 1 for the number pad. But the rest seem to have per key backlighting for the full 16.9 million colours.

Further research required :) But hey if you have the money to blow get a blackwidow anyway, mechanical is nicer than the chiclet caps. I upgraded from an ordinary deathstalker to the blackwidow chroma.

Razer's website was misleading. I think it's software-gimped. Each key probably has its own individual light but as far as I know, the SDK can only light up the designated zones. I'm not sure if they changed that since I tried messing with it, though.

It seems like a very Razer-ish ploy...make their chroma keyboards look so nice, and then people buy the cheaper option, realize it's not what they expected, and then go and buy the Blackwidow too! Ok ok enough conspiracy theories. 

Good luck in your quest for lighting, good sir. 

1 minute ago, drsn0w said:

Razer's website was misleading. I think it's software-gimped. Each key probably has its own individual light but as far as I know, the SDK can only light up the designated zones. I'm not sure if they changed that since I tried messing with it, though.

It seems like a very Razer-ish ploy...make their chroma keyboards look so nice, and then people buy the cheaper option, realize it's not what they expected, and then go and buy the Blackwidow too! Ok ok enough conspiracy theories. 

Good luck in your quest for lighting, good sir. 

A youtube review shows it running the exact same wave colours as the blackwidow can do. We'll find out either way. Hold onto your old keyboard, you might be useful....

9 minutes ago, LukeD said:

A youtube review shows it running the exact same wave colours as the blackwidow can do. We'll find out either way. Hold onto your old keyboard, you might be useful....

Hehe, will do. 

You're right, I just made it do the fancy rainbow wave in Chroma Configurator... Can't set individual keys though. Razer pls

9 minutes ago, LukeD said:

A youtube review shows it running the exact same wave colours as the blackwidow can do. We'll find out either way. Hold onto your old keyboard, you might be useful....

Here's my source: https://www.reddit.com/r/razer/comments/3rji0g/question_about_deathstalker_chroma_lighting/cwp4wbm

I suppose that you could still do some effects with the zones on the Deathstalker, like the siren indicator and such. 

Edited July 7, 20169 yr by drsn0w

Sounds good, I have the Mamba flash blue and red when I play LSPDFR. Just wish Razer would update the firefly to support multiple colors for other patterns. Its either 1 color, 2 color breath pattern which i dont like when it fades to black instead of moving to the next color or you get the rainbow wave. Would love a blue/red wave pattern or alternating. 

Edited July 12, 20169 yr by crazychris4124

If only this was for the Corsair keyboards i would be happy. If you decide to try and make it using CUE then i would be more than happy to test it because i really want that and i have a Corsair K70 RGB so i would be able to test it. 

Can someone post a quick video of this? Would love to see it in action! 

When this plugin gets released, im going to buy a Black Widow

 

I NEED THIS NAAAAW 

when is the release date, any rough estimates  

will it do anything to mice

Edited July 22, 20169 yr by ayassin

1 hour ago, ayassin said:

will it do anything to mice

No.

Edited July 22, 20169 yr by AlexJ123