Alienware Command Center User Guide January 2021 Rev.
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Introduction Alienware Command Center provides a single interface to customize and enhance the gaming experience. The dashboard displays most recently played or added games, and provides game-specific information, themes, profiles, and access to computer settings. You can quickly access settings such as game-specific profiles and themes, lighting, macros, audio, and overclocking that are critical to the gaming experience. Alienware Command Center also supports AlienFX 2.0.
Features The following table describes various features supported in Alienware Command Center. Table 1. Features Feature Description Home The home page of Alienware Command Center where you can manage your games and settings easily and enhance the gaming experience. Home also displays gaming information, settings, system themes, and recently played games. Library Find, consolidate, and manage games to provide the best gaming experience. FX Create and manage the AlienFX zones.
Alienware Command Center installation Before installing Alienware Command Center, ensure that you uninstall the previous version of Alienware Command Center. Installation requirements Alienware Command Center can be installed on computers that run on Windows 10 RS3 or later. Installing Alienware Command Center Alienware Command Center is installed at the factory. Follow these steps if you are reinstalling Alienware Command Center: 1.
Working with Alienware Command Center You can customize the user interface of Alienware Command Center to view it in different colors and effects.
5. Select the game from the displayed list, and click OK. 6. Click SAVE THEME. The Theme saved successfully! message is displayed. Apply system theme Follow these steps to apply and activate a system theme to a game: 1. From the SYSTEM section in the HOME window, select ACTIVE SYSTEM THEME from the drop-down list. You can click one of the following options: ● GO DARK: To temporarily turn off all external lighting of your computer.
The Open dialog box is displayed. b. Browse and select the required game in your computer. The newly added game is displayed under the ALL tab in the LIBRARY window. View recently played and installed games Open the HOME window. The most recently launched and installed games are displayed in the GAMES section. Creating a profile for a game or your computer Follow these steps to create a profile for a game or your computer: 1. In the HOME window, click a profile box. 2.
2. Click to use the MANUAL game scan if your game was not found automatically. A list of applications found in your computer is displayed. a. Select the check box next to the application name to add it into the library. b. Click ADD TO LIBRARY at the bottom-right corner of the window. The selected application is added to the library and displayed in the LIBRARY window. 3. If your desired application is still not found, you can manually add an application using the following steps: a.
● ● ● ● ● ● Assign theme to a game Create new macro Browse existing themes Edit existing theme Duplicate theme Delete existing theme Creating theme Follow these steps to create a theme for a game: 1. From the GAMES section on the right side of the HOME window, select the game for which you want to create a theme. 2. On the left side of the HOME window, click . The FX window is displayed. 3. In the CREATE NEW THEME text box at the top-left corner of the window, type the theme name. 4.
● KEYSTROKE: To assign a macro for a particular keystroke on the Alienware keyboard. ● MACRO: To create complex macros, record actions, and assign the keystrokes to the macro. Click REC and STOP to start and stop recording the macro, respectively. ● SHORTCUT: To enter a shortcut to a program, folder, or website. Click SAVE SHORTCUT to save the shortcut created. ● TEXT BLOCK: To enter some repetitive text when a keystroke is pressed. 5. Click SAVE MACRO to save the macro. 6.
1. In the THEMES section, click or to view the themes in the list view or grid view, respectively. 2. Select the theme that you want to delete and click . A pop-up menu is displayed. 3. Click Delete Theme. The Delete Theme dialog box appears prompting you to confirm the theme deletion. NOTE: The theme settings are all deleted when you delete a theme. 4. Click Yes to confirm the deletion. The selected theme is deleted from the theme list.
3. Click OK. The overclock profile is linked to your computer. Duplicating overclock profile Follow these steps to duplicate an overclock profile: 1. Right-click the profile that you to duplicate. A pop-up menu is displayed. 2. Click Duplicate. The DUPLICATE PROFILE dialog box is displayed. 3. Click SAVE. The duplicate overclock profile is displayed in the overclock profile list. Reverting overclock profile settings You can revert the overclock profile settings to previously saved profile settings.
Creating audio profiles Follow these steps to create an audio profile: 1. In the FUSION window, click . The Fusion module for audio is displayed. 2. In the AUDIO PROFILES section, click NEW PROFILE to create a new audio profile. 3. Enter the name of the power profile. 4. Set the following settings: ● Microphone volume ● Audio effects ● Custom EQ 5. Click SAVE. The newly created audio profile is displayed in the AUDIO PROFILES section.
Customizing user interface settings You can customize the user interface of Alienware Command Center to view it in different colors and effects. Follow these steps to customize the Alienware Command Center user interface: 1. Apply one of the following modes: ● Dark: To view the interface in Dark mode. ● Light: To view the interface in Dark mode. 2. Click at the top of the Alienware Command Center. A drop-down menu is displayed. 3. In the Interface Settings section, select the UI highlight color and effect.
Getting help and contacting Alienware Self-help resources You can get information and help on Alienware products and services using these online self-help resources: Table 2. Alienware products and online self-help resources Information about Alienware products and services www.alienware.com Dell Help & Support app Tips Contact Support In Windows search, type Help and Support, and press Enter. Online help for operating system www.dell.com/support/windows www.dell.
