diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index edbdf78..327dd18 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,19 +1,55 @@ Created to aid playing with multiple clients in CCP game EVE-Online. -It's essentially a nice task switcher, it does not relay any keyboard/mouse events and suchlike. +It's essentially a task switcher, it does not relay any keyboard/mouse events and suchlike. The program works with EVE, EVE through Steam, or any combination thereof. + +The program does NOT (and will NOT ever) do the following things: +* modify EVE Online interface +* display modified EVE Online interface +* broadcast any keyboard or mouse events +* anyhow interact with EVE Online except of bringing its main window to foreground or resizing it + +System Requirements: +* Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10 +* Windows Aero Enabled +* Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5+ + +How To Install & Use: +1. Download and extract the contents of the .zip archive to a location of your choice (ie: Desktop, CCP folder, etc). +Note: Please DO NOT install the program into the Program Files or Program files (x86) folders. These folders in general do not allow applications to write anything there while EVE-O Preview now stores its vonfiguration file next to its executable, thus requiring the write access to the folder it is installed into. +2. Start up both EVE-O Preview and your EVE Clients (the order does not matter) +3. Adjust settings as you see fit. Program options are described [here](https://github.com/Phrynohyas/eve-o-preview/wiki/EVE-O-Preview-Program-Options) + +*** + +This program is legal under the EULA/ToS: + +CCP FoxFour wrote: +> Please keep the discussion on topic. The legitimacy of this software has already been discussed +> and doesn't need to be again. Assuming the functionality of the software doesn't change, it is +> allowed in its current state. + +[CCP Grimmi wrote](https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=6362936#post6362936): +> Overlays which contain a full, unchanged, EVE Client instance in a view only mode, no matter +> how large or small they are scaled, like it is done by EVE-O Preview as of today, are fine +> with us. These overlays do not allow any direct interaction with the EVE Client and you have +> to bring the respective EVE Client to the front/put the window focus on it, in order to +> interact with it. -The code is a bit of a mess, my (ulph / StinkRay) apologies, but do make a pull request etc if you want to contribute! **Created by** -StinkRay +* StinkRay + **Maintained by** * StinkRay - + * Makari Aeron +* Phrynohyas Tig-Rah + + **With contributions from** * CCP FoxFour