Natural Desktop behavior

from JoeUser Forums
This morning I purchased and installed natural desktop. Since then I've watched the program behavior, read the users guide, and have the following questions:

1) Is the wallpaper supposed to change by time of day? I've only seen "summer morning" up to now. Does it change? If so, when and/or how often? Is it so subtle that I haven't been able to detect it?

2) I'm currently viewing a really orange, forested hillside scene. How can I get the lake scene (similar to https://www.stardock.com/brad/natura5.jpg)?

3) Is there a way to "test" the scenes under a variety of conditions (like the "preview" button on a screen saver) to watch the images change by time of day, or by weather type?

4) Rather than use a screen saver, I'd prefer my machine to display the natural desktop, but without the system tray, icons, windows, or the object bar. (This would make the screen look like a dynamic picture.) Can the Natural Desktop be converted to a screen saver with this behavior?

Thanks.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I should mention that the sun in the weather window is properly moving, and all settings on the Options screen are set to "Dynamic", and Wallpaper setting is "use default."
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My wall paper got stuck yesterday - i right clicked desktop - properties - themes = it was on modified theme, i changed it to current theme & it started working.

haven't found a 'preview' option - try changing the zip for time and international - see if that causes any changes - (i'm not at home, can't play yet) I think it's tied to the zip/country code you put in {some one correct me plz}

no screen saver option - minimize windows, hide the icons, auto hide the tray
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i couldn't tell if it's tied to time or relative to sunrise/sunset

i haven't had a chance to go in and look at the backgrouds folder, but if i recall correctly (prev ver) there were a few that appeared the same, except for the sun/lighting position - but that could be just brain damaged rambling
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Has your wall changed yet?
How can I get the lake scene

you can do customize, but then it just stays (or used to) without changing.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Yes, my wallpaper has changed to SummerEvening. However, now I'm concerned - will I get that really cool Christmas tree (as advertised on the web site) when winter comes around? I'm looking forward to the lights and a bit of infrastructure - this nature scene will eventually get old ...
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Ok - I took some time and searched for the graphics. Inside:

C:\Program Files\Stardock\DesktopGadgets\NaturalDesktop\AppData

are all the wall papers - including the Christmas tree (winter night.) I'm feeling better now.

It looks like I missed SummerDay.jpg this afternoon. I'll have to watch closer tomorrow to ensure things change.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
it a pretty cool program
can be disconcerting when you click your desktop at the same moment the wall changes - kinda makes you go.. oh crap what did i do?!