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Stardock Central Clarification

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There have been multiple responses from many different Stardock Representatives and community members about the status of Stardock Central and Impulse. At this time I would like to clarify the situation as it stands. This is of course subject to change but this is the current situation at the time of this posting. Any changes I am made aware of I will post here as well.

Impulse is the new downloading tool for Stardock software, games, published games, and store front. It will receive priority in all new downloads and updates. There are a great many plans for updates to the software including tools, features, and so on. If you have not already, we encourage you to make the switch.

Stardock Central will continue to feature updates for Stardock software only at this time. This will not include games, even Stardock original ones. However WindownBlinds, Icon packager, and so on will still have the updates made available to them as a service to our customers.

As I said any of this is subject to change but as it stands right now this the policy regarding these two free tools. I do apologize for any inconvenience in these matters.

As always if you have any troubles or questions you can let us know at [email protected].

Seabass
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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Regarding DesktopX, I found the install path in Impulse and set it as desired. DesktopX installation does not follow the set install path. In fact it makes quite a mess of itself :)

Also, it would seem that all WinCustomize theme files, windowblinds, icon sets, etc, should all be under the parent C:\Users\Public\Documents\Stardock, and those mentioned above are there. Right Click themes are not, nor are dreamscapes or DX themes.

I think Impulse is great and I look forward to all the changes being talked about. It's a great delivery system for Stardock and WinCusto
Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
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Reply #28 from Stardock Forums Top

Now what I want is something similar to the Stardock Central Tray utility (but for Impulse), so that I can know when updates are available. Get me that, and I'll retire SDC.

Will do in Impulse 3.30 (our next phase).  :-)

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It sounds to me like you should use Impulse, for games only,and SDC for everything else.I for one use both at the present,and want it kept that way.

Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting lgspence, reply 4
It sounds to me like you should use Impulse, for games only,and SDC for everything else.I for one use both at the present,and want it kept that way.

 

Fact is though that Impulse isn't for just games. It features great software for many different things. Some of them are internet security software programs, art programs from the Corel series, and more of Stardock software products like Multiplitiy. Impulse is an evolution in downloading software. As of right now there are no plans still to do away with Stardock Central so if you feel more comfortable please feel free to use both.

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It sounds to me like you should use Impulse, for games only,and SDC for everything else.I for one use both at the present,and want it kept that way.

 

Seabass, I'm still not seeing the latest Iconpackager in SDC (last version showing is dated 6-6-08). Is this something on my end? Or has it still not been released to SDC?

Maybe I'm misunderstanding this thread but as I understand it, only games are being held back from SDC?

Reply #32 from Stardock Forums Top

My system default browser is Firefox and I've got that setup to allow scripts, cookies, etc. for various stardock related domains and it works peachy as far as allowing scripted content and remembering my site logon/passwords via the white-listed sites I visit.

 

However, I've not yet sussed out which domains I need to allow wrt using Internet Explorer through Impulse.  The situation currently is that at the launch of Impulse when I click the Community tab, it shows me as logged in to the site at the top ("Aesir Rising", with options to Log Off, go to My Account, etc.).  When I, for example, click the link for the Featured Article Impulse fails to keep my logged in status.  Which domains do I need to whitelist for scripts and cookies if I wanted to respond to blog comments, visit other Impulse community member blogs, etc.?  I don't wish to enable scripts and cookies globally, but would be ok with whitelisting the necessary domains.  So far, I've got impulsedriven.net and impulsedriven.com whitelisted.  Which domains am I missing?

 

 

Reply #33 from Stardock Forums Top


There have been multiple responses from many different Stardock Representatives and community members about the status of Stardock Central and Impulse. At this time I would like to clarify the situation as it stands. This is of course subject to change but this is the current situation at the time of this posting. Any changes I am made aware of I will post here as well.

Impulse is the new downloading tool for Stardock software, games, published games, and store front. It will receive priority in all new downloads and updates. There are a great many plans for updates to the software including tools, features, and so on. If you have not already, we encourage you to make the switch.

Stardock Central will continue to feature updates for Stardock software only at this time. This will not include games, even Stardock original ones. However WindownBlinds, Icon packager, and so on will still have the updates made available to them as a service to our customers.

As I said any of this is subject to change but as it stands right now this the policy regarding these two free tools. I do apologize for any inconvenience in these matters.

As always if you have any troubles or questions you can let us know at [email protected].

Seabass

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Well the entirety of my post wasn't needed. Yes Impulse will be the only location for games, but SDC will contain all of the current versions of Object Desktop. As of this writing I am looking at both SDC and Impulse. Both are running Icon Packager 4 at version 4.00.168.

The current Beta for Icon Packager 4 is being tested through Impulse at this time. If you would like to participate in the beta you will need to download through Impulse.

Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The current Beta for Icon Packager 4 is being tested through Impulse at this time. If you would like to participate in the beta you will need to download through Impulse.

Thanks for the clarification ;)

Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Sorry for the trouble. Please let me know if you guys have any further questions.

Reply #37 from Stardock Forums Top

Hey all. I finally broke down and purchased Object Desktop Ultimate. :) I'm currently using Eminence. I love it.

Anyway, I'm just curious what to do with my serial # I got in an email. I downloaded Impulse but wasn't prompted to enter my serial # anywhere. I have full access to Impulse, but I'm a little worried that since I didn't enter my serial # anywhere that my subscription will expire prematurely. The serial expires tomorrow.

Sorry, if this is the wrong thread/forum for this topic. I'm just a little concerned.

Thanks in advance. :)

Reply #38 from Stardock Forums Top

avenuePad,

Impulse automatically registers your software, and so doesn't need to prompt you for the serial. Neat, huh?

 

 

Reply #39 from Stardock Forums Top

One more thing, about SDC and Games... you can still download any games listed on TotalGaming.net via SDC, in fact the current versions of GalCiv II (all three parts) are the same version as in Impulse. For now.

So, new and old purchases of the game can still use SDC and install GalCiv II to the currect version. Future updates will not be published to SDC, but rather only on Impulse.