'let n be the number of projects
'and i the palette color index (0 to n-1)
'and H the hue value array, elements indexed with i, values from 0 (red) to 255 (violet, almost red again)

for i = 0 to n-1
{
    H[i] = i * 256/n
}

let tri(x) = x mod 256 'triangle function

H[0] = 0 'start hue at red

for i = 1 to n-1
{
    H[i] = tri(H[i-1] + 256/n + user_defined) 'user_defined works as "spread tweaker", 0 leaves "colour spread" as it is.
}

H[0] = user_defined1 'start hue at specific color

for i = 1 to n-1
{
    H[i] = tri(H[i-1] + user_defined2)
}

'let R,G and B be color intensity arrays, elements indexed with i, values from 0 to 255, meaning black to full

for i = 0 to n-1
{
 R[i] = tri(i * user_definedR)
 G[i] = tri(i * user_definedG)
 B[i] = tri(i * user_definedB)
}

make a unique list of colors from the most different ones to the most similar ones.

That's 16 colours, including white and black before we repeat to similar style colours.

What to do when you have 50+ projects added?

'let n be the number of projects
'and i the palette color index (0 to n-1)
'and H the hue value array, elements indexed with i, values from 0 to 255, meaning red to violet

for i = 0 to n-1
{
     H[i] = i * 255/(n+1)
}

let tri(x) = x mod 256 'triangle function

H[0] = 0 'start hue at red

for i = 1 to n-1
{
    H[i+1] = tri(H[i] + 255/(n+1) + user_defined)
}

H[0] = user_defined1 'start hue at specific color

for i = 1 to n-1
{
    H[i+1] = tri(H[i] + user_defined2)
}

'let R,G and B be color intensity arrays, elements indexed with i, values from 0 to 255, meaning black to full

for i = 1 to n-1
{
 R[i] = tri(i * user_definedR)
 G[i] = tri(i * user_definedG)
 B[i] = tri(i * user_definedB)
}

And what he is saying is that we can de-select which projects are on the graph until he gets down to just the hand full that he wants to compare. When you do this those colors could be adjusted accordingly. Why should WCG stay Green shade number 189? If you only select 8 projects of the 100 you have attached, why can't the colors adjust to those core16 (or less)?

Thanks, Coleslaw.

Thanks for the suggestions, Crashguard303.

Yacob

; move mouse cursor 1 pixel up and down each 300 seconds (using i to count)

;boinc running?
If ProcessExist("boinc.exe") {

   ;initialize seconds counter
   i := 0

   ;store initial mouse position
   MouseGetPos, StartVarX, StartVarY

   loop {
         ;refresh tooltip
         Tooltip %i%

         ;wait 1 second
         sleep 1000
 
         ;check mouse position again
         MouseGetPos, CheckVarX, CheckVarY

         ;mouse position changed?
         If (StartVarX != CheckVarX) or (StartVarY != CheckVarY) {
           
            ;reset seconds counter
            i := 0

            ;store new (current) mouse position as initial position
            MouseGetPos, StartVarX, StartVarY
         }

         ;mouse position NOT changed?
         else {

            ;increase seconds counter
            i++
          
            ;time passed?  
            if (i = 300) {

               ;bump mouse
               MouseMove, 0, -1, 0, R
               MouseMove, 0, 1, 0, R

               ;reset seconds counter
               i := 0
            }

         }
        }
}

;function which is used above
ProcessExist(Name){
  Process,Exist,%Name%
  return Errorlevel
}

[...] 1. I would like Boinc to monitor the temp of my hardware and reduce work on any core that is going above a certain heat threshold that I specify. [...]

2. I would like to be able to assign an amount of threads / cores / GPUs per project. So I can put 3 threads on Seti, 3 threads on LHC, and 2 threads on Asteroids, and then set my GPU to alternate between each thing. [...]

3. I would like the ability to tell boinc to force start a project in the list. Even if it is set to run as preferences or suspended[...]

;bump mouse
MouseMove, 0, -1, 0, R

MouseMove, 0, 1, 0, R

; each 300 seconds (counted with i) move mouse 1 pixel up

;initialize second counter
i := 0
;initialize tooltip at mouse
Tooltip [%i%]

;boinc running?
If ProcessExist("boinc.exe") {
  loop {
        ;check mouse position
        MouseGetPos, StartVarX, StartVarY

        ;wait 1 second
        sleep 1000
 
        ;check mouse position again
        MouseGetPos, CheckVarX, CheckVarY

        ;mouse position changed?
        If (StartVarX != CheckVarX) or (StartVarY != CheckVarY) {
           
           ;reset seconds counter
           i := 0

           ;reset tooltip
           Tooltip [%i%]
        }

        ;mouse position NOT changed?
        else {

           ;increase seconds counter
           i++

           ;refresh tooltip
           Tooltip [%i%]
          
          ;300seconds = 5minutes passed?  
          if (i = 300) {

             ;bump mouse
             MouseMove, 0, -1, 0, R

             ;reset seconds counter
             i := 0

             ;reset tooltip
             Tooltip [%i%]
          }
         }
       }
}

;function which is used above
ProcessExist(Name){
  Process,Exist,%Name%
  return Errorlevel
}

; each x minutes mouse 1 pixel up
If ProcessExist("boinc.exe"){

  ;suspend same as in BOINC:
  sleep 60000

  ;repeat this:
  loop {
       ;after 5 minutes:
       sleep 300000

       ;"use PC":
       MouseMove, 0, -1, 0, R

       ;suspend same as in BOINC:
       sleep  60000
  }
}

;function which checks if BOINC is running (used above):
ProcessExist(Name){
  Process,Exist,%Name%
  return Errorlevel
}

You can achieve this by setting the "Switch between applications every ..." time to some large number, at least larger than the longest-lasting WU.

Peter