Using none AlienFX selectable colours

How to use non AlienFX colours with Alienware systems*
*I am only able to check this on an m17x R4 as such I cannot guarantee it will work for yourself/ mess something up as ever do this at your own risk
I will only be covering setting one constant colour

1. Take a screenshot of Alien FX showing the zones and their labels

2. Create a new basic theme using one colour for each zone (except power)

3. Close AlienFX

4. Navigate to: C:\Users\*InsertUserNameHere*\Documents\AlienFX\Themes

5. Right click on the theme & open with notepad

6. Press CTRL+F and search for: ZoneID

7. You should get to a section that looks something like this:

<Actions>​

<ZoneID>2</ZoneID>​

<ActionID>2</ActionID>​

<ActionTypeID>3</ActionTypeID>​

#FF5000F0

<Color2>#FF000000</Color2>

<Duration>0</Duration>​

8. Understanding the above.

2 this refers to the zone in are picture from step one

<ActionID>2</ActionID> not interested in this

<ActionTypeID>3</ActionTypeID> not interested in this

<Color1>#FF00F000</Color1> this is first colour in the circle/power light option

<Color2>#FF000000</Color2> this is the second colour in the circle/power light option

<Duration>0</Duration> not interested in this​

9. To set the colour you need to find its 6 digit hex code I use this site:

10. once you have the code for example #5000F0 you need to put in between the hash symbol & the start of the code, FF so are example would change from:

#5000F0 to #FF5000F0​

11. you then put his in the <Color1>#FFXXXXXX<Color1> section so are edited section from above would become:

<ZoneID>2</ZoneID>

<ActionID>2</ActionID>

<ActionTypeID>3</ActionTypeID>

<Color1>#FF5000F0</Color1>

<Color2>#FF000000</Color2>

<Duration>0</Duration>​

12. repeat this for all the zones used by the laptop (on my laptop there are only nine so I do zones 1-9)

13. Save & close the custom theme

14. reopen AlienFX and the custom theme should now be available

Also if you have issues with alien fx were you set a colour & it flashes on and of instantly you can fix this by clicking the loop box next to the zone name

Sorry if this is already somewhere on the forums here
If there is anything I've missed / can add to improve it please let me know

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Using none AlienFX selectable colours