Dreamscapes 2.0 beta issues

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i was so exited for todays release! unfortunately half the dreams i tried using would crash explorer.exe (ex: LUXE, UFO) so i couldnt use them. :( and unfortunately it doesnt support multi monitors (old news i know) as in options to turn some off and such, so using the basic earth dream on lowest settings i was getting around 25% cpu usage... i have a q6600 Core 2 Quad and 3 monitors (1 1680x1050 on a 8800 GTS 640MB and 2 1600x1200 and a 1280x1024 on a 7600 GS) i am aware of the PCI slowness but i still think you guys (stardock) should allow support for multimontors as in allowing it to be turned off on some monitors and another wall to be put in its place, working as almost ultramon :)

well thanks
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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
50% is a far too high usage rate. There must be something else going on. I know ultramon has had some large issues with Stardock software in the past it sounds like it is doing the same again. Please start a ticket with us so we can better test this out for you.

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Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Deskscapes requires multiple heads to be on the same adapter which is why you have such high cpu usage. 

We are looking at if we can ignore additional monitors.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
awesome :) i was thinking maybe you guys could team up with a program that already supports mutliple backgrounds? I was thinking of Display Fusion, its a great program, thats simple and free. I will contact them and maybe tell them to come over here.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
contacted stardock support and well i got one response and i replyed to it that day and since then no replies... its been a week
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
There was a second reply two days later from your last responce. Might have been eaten by a blocker. Either way a second responce was sent.
Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top
see the next responce to the ticket. 
Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top
will the downloadable version of 2.0 when its ready work on 64bit home premium ?
please say yes it will
Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top
 X-( 
will the downloadable version of 2.0 when its ready work on 64bit home premium ?please say yes it will


As of this point, only the WMV's, not the MPEG-2's, which happens to be the overwhelming majority of the best dreams.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The best content, in my opinion, are the dynamic dreams.  They should play fine.
Reply #18 from Stardock Forums Top
I don't know if it will work on 64bit. However it currently does so I don't see why it wouldn't. However this is only a logical guess at the moment.
Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top

i was so exited for todays release! unfortunately half the dreams i tried using would crash explorer.exe (ex: LUXE, UFO) so i couldnt use them. and unfortunately it doesnt support multi monitors (old news i know) as in options to turn some off and such, so using the basic earth dream on lowest settings i was getting around 25% cpu usage... i have a q6600 Core 2 Quad and 3 monitors (1 1680x1050 on a 8800 GTS 640MB and 2 1600x1200 and a 1280x1024 on a 7600 GS) i am aware of the PCI slowness but i still think you guys (stardock) should allow support for multimontors as in allowing it to be turned off on some monitors and another wall to be put in its place, working as almost ultramon well thanks

Chewy - What OS are you running on?  If not Vista Ultimate, what video codec are you using?

 

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
this is pretty late, but i havent been around for a while, im running Vista Home Premium SP1 and video codec, how do i find that out?
Reply #22 from Stardock Forums Top

this is pretty late, but i havent been around for a while, im running Vista Home Premium SP1 and video codec, how do i find that out?

You can use the FAQ troubleshooting guide below to figure out what video codec you are running.

Since we are releaseing DeskScapes 2.0 tomorrow, please upgrade to the newest version.  Then follow-up with any support issues in this thread.

https://forums.stardock.com/311029

In addition, please read the troubleshooting before reporting any issues to support as many questions are answered in there.

https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/faq.asp