Windows Vista Dreamscene released on Windows Update

[dangel]

Well it was for me this morning Only a "preview" version for now but it works..

Also stardock have dreamscapes out which runs on top of Dreamscenes - see:

http://dream.wincustomize.com/index.aspx

[Parm]

Thanks dangel, I'll be downloading this today!

[dangel]

Just remember to use MPEG videos - WMV encoded vids use a deal more CPU time (due to the decoding overhead).

I thought this was pointless but tbh after using it for a few weeks (on beta program) i'm pretty much hooked - so long as you've got the right vid to go with it. I did try a first-person rollercoaster video and er.. that wasn't the best thing to have chosen

[Parm]

Bugger it, it seems there is a downside to installing Vista on a PC that's over 3 years old:
"Windows DreamScene cannot run because the total desktop size exceeds the primary video adapter's maximum texture size."


I run my desktop as 1280x768 on a widescreen display. Doesn't seem to want to know, if I turn the resollution down it works but that's no good to me. Boo hoo!

[Parm]

I got it working! Turns out my graphics card couldn't handle it when I used dual displays, if I disable my CRT and just use the LCD it works a treat!

[dangel]

Makes sense - more pixels to drive = more memory required

[Parm]

This ol' 9800XT still has some life in its legs yet!

[dangel]

Darn fine card

[Parm]

Darn tootin'!

[ajbrun]

Can anyone get the .dream files to work?

As far as I can see, you need deskscapes installed in order to use it, but whenever I try and install, it says I don't have dreamscene installed when I defiantly do.

Had anyone got that program to work at all?

[dangel]

Works fine for me - I didn't do anything special..

[ajbrun]

Works fine for me - I didn't do anything special..

[dangel]

Did you use the dodgy copy of dreamscene floating round the net? If so, try downloading the update as suggested..

[Parm]

I'm actually finding this Ultimate Extra better than I thought I would, it looks so cool!

Very happy that it works so well on my donkey year old PC too. It's handy that you can pause the wallpaper too, I sometimes pause it on a scene that I like that results in just a nice static background, then un-pause it later on.

[ajbrun]

Did you use the dodgy copy of dreamscene floating round the net? If so, try downloading the update as suggested..

I downloaded it straight from window update.

I might just reinstall it when I get back home.

[Spud1]

Any idea if this supports multiple monitor setups yet? I played with the beta version which was single monitor only, but that made it pointless to me. With multi monitor support this would be pretty darn cool