Releases: ltrudu/MouseEffects
MouseEffects v2.3.1
Full Changelog: v2.3.0...v2.3.1
MouseEffects v2.3.0
Full Changelog: v2.2.0...v2.3.0
MouseEffects v2.2.0
MouseEffects v2.2.0 - Firework Spectacular 🎆
Transform your cursor into a professional pyrotechnics display!
This release brings a complete overhaul of the Firework effect with 18 authentic firework styles inspired by real-world pyrotechnics, plus intelligent wave mode and new customization options.
✨ New Firework Styles
| Classic | Artistic | Dynamic |
|---|---|---|
| Classic Burst - Traditional radial explosion | Chrysanthemum - Dense star pattern with trailing sparks | Spinner - Mesmerizing rotating spirals |
| Peony - Dense spherical burst | Willow - Graceful drooping branches | Green Bees - Erratic buzzing particles |
| Palm - Majestic palm tree shape | Brocade - Golden crown with long tails | Crossette - Splits into 4 sub-explosions |
| Comet - Bright trail with spark shower | Pistil - Core burst with contrasting center | Fish - Swimming particle patterns |
| Tail - Rising particles with long trails | Stars - Multi-pointed star shapes | Strobe - Dramatic flashing effect |
| Pearls - String of glowing orbs | Glitter - Sparkling shimmer | Crackling - Popping sparks |
- Random Mode - Let the show surprise you with randomly selected styles!
🌊 Wave Mode
Enable Random Wave Mode for an ever-changing firework show that smoothly transitions between styles. The new intelligent transition system waits for particles to naturally fade before switching, eliminating visual artifacts.
🎛️ New Controls
- Random Explosion Size - Add variety with randomized explosion radius (configurable min/max range)
- Display Style Overlay - Show current style name with animated rainbow text
- Style-Specific Parameters - Fine-tune each style's unique characteristics
📦 Installation
Download MouseEffects-2.2.0-win-x64.exe and run the installer.
Click, move, and watch the magic happen!
MouseEffects v2.2.0 - Spectacle Pyrotechnique 🎆
Transformez votre curseur en un véritable feu d'artifice professionnel !
Cette version apporte une refonte complète de l'effet Feu d'Artifice avec 18 styles authentiques inspirés de la pyrotechnie réelle, ainsi qu'un mode vague intelligent et de nouvelles options de personnalisation.
Mode Aléatoire - Laissez le spectacle vous surprendre avec des styles sélectionnés au hasard !
🌊 Mode Vague
Activez le Mode Vague Aléatoire pour un spectacle pyrotechnique en constante évolution qui transite harmonieusement entre les styles. Le nouveau système de transition intelligent attend que les particules s'estompent naturellement avant de changer, éliminant ainsi les artefacts visuels.
🎛️ Nouvelles Options
- Taille d'Explosion Aléatoire - Ajoutez de la variété avec un rayon d'explosion aléatoire (plage min/max configurable)
- Affichage du Style - Affichez le nom du style actuel avec un texte arc-en-ciel animé
- Paramètres Spécifiques - Ajustez finement les caractéristiques uniques de chaque style
📦 Installation
Téléchargez MouseEffects-2.2.0-win-x64.exe et lancez l'installateur.
Cliquez, bougez, et admirez la magie !
Full Changelog: v2.1.1...v2.2.0
MouseEffects v2.1.1
Full Changelog: v2.1.0...v2.1.1
🎉 v2.1.0: 3 RetroCommand, RetroPede and Procedural Sigil
✨ What's New
🆕 New Effects
🔮 Procedural Sigil
A stunning magical arcane portal effect with fully procedural SDF-based rendering.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| 🎭 5 Layers | Center geometry, Inner lattice, Middle rings, Rune band, Outer glow |
| 📍 4 Position Modes | Follow cursor, Screen center, Click to summon, Click at cursor |
| 🎨 6 Color Presets | Shield of Fire, Arcane Blue, Dark Magic, Holy Light, Void, Nature |
| 💫 Animations | Counter-rotating layers, pulse effects, pattern morphing, scrolling runes |
| 🧩 Reusable Library | Procedural SDF library for future effect development |
🚀 Retro Command
Classic Missile Command-style defense game as a mouse effect!
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| 🏙️ Defend Cities | Protect cities from incoming missiles with counter-missiles |
| 🎮 Game Modes | Multiple difficulty settings and visual styles |
| 📈 Progression | Wave-based gameplay with increasing challenge |
| 🏆 High Scores | Track your best performances |
🐛 Retropede
Classic arcade centipede-style game effect.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| 🎯 Shoot & Destroy | Eliminate the segmented retropede winding down the screen |
| 🕷️ Avoid Enemies | Watch out for the spider! |
| 💣 DDT Bombs | Strategic power-ups for tactical gameplay |
| 👾 Retro Style | Authentic arcade aesthetics |
⚡ Improvements
🖱️ Enhanced Input System
- Middle-click consumption — When middle-click toggle is enabled, clicks are now properly consumed and not passed to the desktop
- Improved click handling — Better tracking of button down/up pairs prevents stuck mouse button states
- Extended IClickConsumer — Effects can now consume left, right, and middle mouse clicks
🐛 Bug Fixes
- 🔧 Fixed settings control initialization crash (
NullReferenceException) - 🔧 Fixed explosion rendering in RetroCommand (proper filled circles instead of inverted rings)
- 🔧 Fixed click pass-through when effects are globally paused
📦 Installation
| Method | Instructions |
|---|---|
| ⭐ Recommended | Download MouseEffects-win-Setup.exe — no admin rights, auto-updates included |
| 📁 Portable | Download MouseEffects-2.1.0-win-full.nupkg, rename to .zip, extract |
📊 Stats
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| 🎨 Total Effects | 46 |
| 🆕 New in v2.1.0 | 3 (Procedural Sigil, Retro Command, Retropede) |
Full Changelog: v2.0.0...v2.1.0
v2.0.0 : 44 GPU-Accelerated Visual Effects
🎉 MouseEffects v2.0.0
A GPU-accelerated visual effects overlay for Windows with DirectX 11 featuring 44 stunning visual effects.
🌟 Particle Effects
| Effect | Description |
|---|---|
| 🫧 Bubbles | Floating soap bubbles with rainbow iridescence and screen refraction |
| 🌸 Cherry Blossoms | Sakura petals floating with realistic tumbling motion |
| 🎊 Confetti | Colorful confetti particles bursting from clicks or trailing cursor |
| 🌾 Dandelion Seeds | Delicate seeds floating on the breeze with wispy filaments |
| 🍂 Falling Leaves | Autumn leaves drifting with natural tumbling and color variations |
| ✨ Fireflies | Magical glowing fireflies that pulse and drift around cursor |
| 🎆 Firework | Stunning explosions with rockets, trails, and secondary bursts |
| 💕 Hearts | Floating heart particles for romantic themes |
| 🔮 Particle Trail | Colorful particles following cursor with physics simulation |
| 💫 Pixie Dust | Sparkling magical dust particles with glitter trail |
| 💨 Smoke | Realistic smoke wisps rising and dissipating |
| ❄️ Snowfall | Gentle snowflakes drifting with wind effects |
🔥 Fire & Energy
| Effect | Description |
|---|---|
| 🌌 Aurora | Northern lights with flowing colorful ribbons |
| 🔥 Fire Trail | Realistic fire and flames with smoke and embers |
| 💥 Laser Work | Directional lasers with collision explosions |
| ⚡ Lightning Storm | Electric lightning bolts crackling around cursor |
| 💡 Neon Glow | Vibrant neon glow following cursor movement |
| 🌊 Shockwave | Expanding shockwave rings from clicks |
| ⚡ Tesla | Electric arcs and tesla coil effects |
🌌 Space & Cosmic
| Effect | Description |
|---|---|
| 🕳️ Black Hole | Gravitational distortion pulling in particles |
| 🌀 Gravity Well | Particles orbiting and attracted to cursor |
| 🌠 Nebula | Cosmic nebula clouds with swirling colors and stars |
| 🌀 Portal | Swirling interdimensional portal effect |
| 🚀 Starfield Warp | Hyperspace starfield warping toward/away from cursor |
🎨 Visual Filters (Screen Capture)
| Effect | Description |
|---|---|
| 📟 ASCIIZer | Screen as ASCII art with 6 modes including Matrix Rain and CRT effects |
| 👁️ Color Blindness | CVD simulation & correction with 17 filter types |
| 👁️🗨️ Color Blindness NG | Next-gen CVD with LUT correction and custom presets |
| 📺 Glitch | Digital glitch and distortion effects |
| 🔷 Hologram | Holographic display with scan lines and chromatic aberration |
| 🔳 Kaleidoscope | Kaleidoscopic mirror effect centered on cursor |
| 🎛️ Radial Dithering | Bayer-pattern dithering radiating from cursor |
| 🕹️ Retro | Retro gaming filters: CRT, LCD, VHS, Gameboy, and more |
| 🌊 Screen Distortion | Real-time lens, ripple, and wave distortion |
| 🧩 Tile Vibration | Vibrating tiles capturing and displaying screen content |
| 💧 Water Ripple | Expanding water ripples with realistic wave physics |
| 🔍 Zoom | Magnifying lens with circle or rectangle shape |
✨ Artistic & Geometric
| Effect | Description |
|---|---|
| 🔌 Circuit | Electronic circuit board patterns growing from cursor |
| 💎 Crystal Growth | Crystalline structures growing and branching outward |
| 🧬 DNA Helix | Rotating DNA double helix following cursor |
| 🌺 Flower Bloom | Flowers blooming and petals unfurling |
| 🖌️ Ink Blot | Ink splatter and watercolor bleeding effects |
| 🎨 Paint Splatter | Colorful paint splashes and drips |
| 👾 Pixel Explosion | Retro pixel-style explosions from clicks |
| 🔮 Runes | Ancient mystical runes appearing and fading |
| ⬡ Sacred Geometries | Flower of Life, Metatron's Cube, Sri Yantra |
| 🌀 Spirograph | Mathematical spirograph patterns drawn by cursor |
| 🔦 Spotlight | Dramatic spotlight illuminating area around cursor |
🎮 Interactive Games
| Effect | Description |
|---|---|
| 🐛 Retropede | Classic arcade game with segmented snake, spider enemy, DDT bombs, welcome screen, high scores, and configurable settings |
| 👾 Space Invaders | Defend against neon invaders with rockets, scoring and leaderboard |
📦 Installation
Installer (Recommended)
Download MouseEffects-win-Setup.exe - No admin rights required, auto-updates enabled.
Portable
Download MouseEffects-2.0.0-win-full.nupkg, rename to .zip and extract.
💻 System Requirements
- OS: Windows 10 (1803+) or Windows 11
- Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible GPU
- Runtime: .NET 8.0 (included)
Full Changelog: v1.0.39...v2.0.0
v1.0.39: SacredGeometries plugin, lazy loading and HDR improvements
MouseEffects v1.0.39
✨ New Features
SacredGeometries Effect Plugin
A brand new visual effect plugin featuring mystical sacred geometry patterns around the mouse cursor.
Mandala Effect
- 10 sacred geometry patterns: Seed of Life, Flower of Life, Vesica Piscis, Merkaba, Sri Yantra, Metatron's Cube, Tree of Life, Torus, Tetrahedron Grid, and Platonic Solids
- Pattern morphing with configurable speed and intensity
- Animated radius oscillation
Shapes Effect
- 20 procedural shapes including all Platonic solids (Tetrahedron, Cube, Octahedron, Dodecahedron, Icosahedron)
- Additional shapes: Borromean Rings, Torus, Hexagram, Pentagram, Yin Yang, and more
- Independent spawn rate control
Shared Features
- Rainbow color mode with per-shape independent colors
- Rotation with configurable speed and direction (clockwise/counter-clockwise/random)
- Glow and twinkle animation effects
- Multiple triggers: mouse move (with distance threshold), left click, right click
- Appearance modes: Fade, Scale, or Both
⚡ Performance Improvements
Lazy Loading System
- Effects now load on-demand instead of all at startup
- Plugin settings cached separately from effect instances
- Effects are unloaded when disabled to free GPU resources
- Faster application startup time
- Lower memory footprint
🎨 HDR Support
Added HDR multiplier support to existing plugins:
- Firework
- ParticleTrail
- Invaders
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Single-plugin mode enforcement: Fixed issue where multiple effects could be enabled simultaneously at startup
- FPS overlay: Fixed topmost state enforcement
- Screen capture: Fixed effects requiring continuous screen capture
- Shape rendering: Fixed coordinate mapping causing shape clipping
- Golden Spiral: Replaced with Yin Yang symbol (better visual quality)
📚 Documentation
- Added GitHub Actions release workflow guide (English & French)
- Added git workflow documentation
Full Changelog: v1.0.38...v1.0.39
v1.0.38: Electrical Follow Effect Improvements
🎉 MouseEffects v1.0.38
⚡ Electrical Follow Effect Improvements
- Fixed dark halo effect - Removed the unwanted dark shadow/glow that appeared around electrical bursts
- Optimized default settings - Cleaner, smoother electrical trails out of the box
- Rainbow mode with faster color cycling for more vibrant effects
🖥️ Display & Compatibility
- Hybrid GPU support - Fixed swap chain issues on laptops with AMD integrated + NVIDIA discrete GPUs
- HDR/SDR auto-detection - Automatically uses the best rendering mode for your display
- Improved compatibility across different Windows configurations
📌 Overlay Stability
- Better topmost enforcement - Overlay now reliably stays on top of aggressive applications (VLC, Explorer, etc.)
- Fixed input passthrough - Mouse clicks and keyboard events now properly pass through to underlying windows
- Smoother window management with reduced CPU overhead
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed overlay occasionally blocking mouse events
- Fixed swap chain creation failures on certain GPU configurations
- Improved error handling with automatic fallback mechanisms
Full Changelog: v1.0.37...v1.0.38
MouseEffects v1.0.37
What's New
✨ HDR Support
Take your visual effects to the next level on HDR displays!
- Added HDR rendering mode for significantly brighter lightning effects
- HDR swap chain with
R16G16B16A16_Floatformat and scRGB color space - Configurable peak brightness multiplier (1-10x) in settings
- HDR settings automatically hidden on non-HDR displays
⚡ Electrical Follow Effect Redesign
- Completely redesigned as a jagged lightning bolt trail with dynamic branches
- More realistic and visually striking lightning appearance
- Optimized default settings for best visual impact
🎨 UI Improvements
- Fixed fold icon consistency across all plugins (▼/▶)
- Plugin settings list now sorted alphabetically for easier navigation
System Requirements
- Windows 10/11
- DirectX 11 compatible GPU
- For HDR: HDR-capable display with Windows HDR enabled
Notes
- HDR changes require application restart to take effect
- HDR mode will only appear in settings if your display supports it
Full Changelog: v1.0.36...v1.0.37
MouseEffects v1.0.36
⚡ New Features
⚡Tesla Plugin - Lightning Effects
A brand new plugin featuring two stunning lightning effects:
Lightning Bolt Effect
- GPU-accelerated lightning bolt rendering
- Configurable triggers: mouse move, left click, right click
- Direction modes: 360°, configurable spread, velocity-based
- Core glow with customizable radius and color
- Random/fixed bolt count with min/max settings
- Branch probability control
- Rainbow mode and random color variations
Electrical Follow Effect
- Continuous electrical arcs following the cursor
- Branch bolts for realistic lightning appearance
- Sparkle effects at bolt endpoints
- Independent trigger configuration
Settings Management
- Renamed "Settings Backup" to "Manage Settings"
- Added Save Settings button for manual settings persistence
- Added Reload Settings button to restore settings from disk without restarting
- Export/Import functionality preserved
CPU-Side Rate Limiting
Performance controls in the Lightning Bolt settings:
- Max Active Bolts: Limit concurrent bolts (default: 64, range: 16-256)
- Max Bolts Per Second: Throttle spawn rate (default: 30, range: 10-100)
Async Plugin Loading
- Plugin assemblies now load in parallel
- Reduced application startup time
- Progress reporting during initialization
📥 Installation
Download MouseEffects.Setup.exe and run the installer. Existing settings will be preserved.
Full Changelog: v1.0.35...v1.0.36