DeskScapes 1.02 Released

New Power Saving Feature

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Stardock released DeskScapes 1.02 today.  It is available as a free download from dream.wincustomize.com and users of Object Desktop can now download the update application through Stardock Central.

Stardock DeskScapes allows users of Windows Vista Ultimate to have dynamic, animated wallpaper. It works as an extension to the Windows DreamScene Ultimate Extra that is available to all users of Windows Vista Ultimate.

Deskscapes now has a power saving feature that automatically turns off the animations when running on battery power. If you’re ever working on a laptop, this feature will especially come in handy as it will extend battery life, without having to remember to shut off the Dream animation manually. This feature is set as a default but can also be turned off manually by the user.

DeskScapes 1.02 also comes with a new Copper dream that creates a copper pool of ripples on your desktop. To find more dreams visit http://dream.wincustomize.com.

If you don’t have DeskScapes, click here for more information and a free download.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Is it my imagination or are dreams actually working better now? I've updated with all the performance patches for Vista as well as the newest v163+ nvidia drivers and this new version of Dreamscene, and for the first time ever, I've been able to leave my Blissful Sunset premium dream playing all the time on my dual monitor setup...without seemingly impairing my productivity.

Anyone else seeing this?

Groupy 2 - Organize multiple applications into grouped tabs on your Windows desktop
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Maybe just me but, I updated and now Vista keeps crashing when applying some dreams, such as, Azul3D, Copper Pool, & Ruby, they just give black screens then crash. and it deleted my dynamic earth, least I had it in backups. It plays fine. I updated through Stardock Central.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've actually found DeskScapes to be far more stable since this release.
Before I couldn't have it running a .dream file without causing explorer to crash (and it being automatically disabled).
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
still crashes explorer for me. no copper dream when I downloaded it. and still won't start with windows without an error  
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

There are no changes to VIDEO dreams.  If you have problems with those then you need to speak to your video card / video codec authors. 

Crashes are usually video codecs (many buggy mpeg2 decoders out there - avoid 'codec packs').  Corruption is usually a video driver bug.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Version 1.01 worked great for me! and 1.02 should too, but doesn't. When I revert back to the previous version I have no problems, I think 1.02 is a little premature...

Edit:
I went back and did a complete unistall of Deskscapes (all versions) and found that the 1.02 install, had killed the vista dreamscenes, now only a .dream will play, and not all of them and only when Deskscapes is installed. what comes with vista is now dead.....
I'm only posting this, in hopes for a fix, and to get my vista back.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
When installing this...I'm NOT seeing any new "copper dream", just the same three originals. And yes, I'm sure I have v1.02 installed.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
For those missing the copper-dream: I think you need to install the Dreams separately. In SDC, click on the + next to "DeskScapes" to see the full tree and then download/install the "Dreams"-folder.

and it deleted my dynamic earth


Yes, I can confirm this. Luckily I had a backup of it as well!

Backup your DynamicEarth-Dream before upgrading!
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OK, here's the deal...when I download and install this, Stardock Central keeps notifying me an update's available, then wants a registration number(this is freeware) yet it tells me my registration details don't coincide and wants me to go purchase a reg-code. What gives? This is FREE correct? Beyond that, in Stardock Central, it shows I have v1.02 installed, and has no little plus-sign to expand it...very confused here.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey guess what? My Stardock Central doesn't show a 1.02 verison. It shows me a 1.01 version with an update date of 9/7/07. How funny is that? SD never lets me down when it comes to getting a good laugh on update day.

Yeah, I know, I always complain, but I don't make these things up.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Version 1.01 worked great for me! and 1.02 should too, but doesn't. When I revert back to the previous version I have no problems, I think 1.02 is a little premature...

Edit:
I went back and did a complete unistall of Deskscapes (all versions) and found that the 1.02 install, had killed the vista dreamscenes, now only a .dream will play, and not all of them and only when Deskscapes is installed. what comes with vista is now dead.....
I'm only posting this, in hopes for a fix, and to get my vista back.

try rebooting your system or logging off your acount and go back into your account then try playing a dream scene if it still does not work then do this though it's a little lengthy.go to control panel then choose programs and features, you should see a link saying "view installed updates" you should see dream scenes listed, uninstall dream scenes and reboot. after the reboot do a windows update and dream scenes should be listed when the windows update finishes, go ahead and let windows redownload and reinstall dream scenes reboot when prompted.this should bring back your dream scenes. hopefully this works for you.i had the same problem with the 1.01 version.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ddraney:
I believe the version through SDC is for ObjectDesktop subscribers only and the free version is available through the link in the description above. In the past, the extra dreams like 'Dynamic Earth' were only for OD-Subscribers too. That's probably why we see an expanding tree in SDC and you not.
The description above is not clear whether the copper-dream is for OD-subscribers only or not, so I am really not sure whether you should see it or not.

JRSCCivic98:
Are you an ObjectDesktop subscriber? If yes, what version of SDC are you using? In most cases, SDC not showing an update is because SDC itself is not updated. Try updating SDC.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks for the help...turns out I went back to the dream site, and was able to download a 67MB file rather then the 38MB file from the first version. Someone must've fixed the link to the updated program (thanks by the way). I'm not an object desktop subscriber, although I used to be, nowadays, I only purchase the componants I use most...mainly WB and IP. Guess I can add dreams to the list now that I'm running Vista.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
SDC not showing an update is because SDC itself is not updated. Try updating SDC.


Ummm yeah, SDC updates itself on startup if there's an update for it. Thanks for playing. It's not the first time SDC's software availability xmls were screwed on release day. Remember with WB 5.x came out? It got messed up then as well. Not only that, but it always happens on a Friday like this. Each time SD has released an update on a Friday it's always messed up one way or another. It's their track record, that's all.
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
WHERE ARE OUR ULTIMATE EXTRAS MICROSOFT?!
Try telling them here: http://windowsultimate.com/Blogs/Extras/Default.aspx

Oh wait . . no comments allowed there.  You could try here: http://windowsultimate.com/blogs/announcements/contact.aspx
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Edtorious, chill out!      Go to Microsoft's site and yell at them. They are the ones that need to provide you with and answer.   
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well done. Much smoother and so far I haven't had any dreams that won't run.
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
very very nice, would love to see an XP version of this. When is someone gonna make one waaaahhhh : (
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
One of you SD genius boys want to tell me why SDC states there's a version 1.02.027 available, but the full exe install download on the dream website isn't indicative of this same version? Which one is right? Why can't you guys get SDC's update listings to properly display things? Why is this so hard for you guys.... why?
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Any help for those of us who hadn't backed up Dynamic Earth? I no longer know whether it's daylight or nighttime outside. Much more of this and I'll be forced to actually go look out a window. Please help me before it gets to that point!
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If you lost your copy of Dynamic Earth, due to this update or otherwise, you can always re-download it by going into your account and finding the list of all your purchased dreams. Once there you will get links to re-download any dreams you have purchased in the past in case you need them again.
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I got my copy of Dynamic Earth from the "Dreams" item in Stardock Central, under the "DeskScapes" item in the "Object Desktop" tab. I have re-downloaded that item to no avail.