Excalpius

Excalpius

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Reply to DeskScapes 8.49 Beta Now Available with Windows 10 Support in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Whoo hoo!!! [e digicons]:beer:[/e] Deskscapes is booting up and running in Windows 10 x64 reliably now. It no longer causes startup errors, etc. [e digicons]:D[/e] Bugs: The multimonitor issues I mentioned in my previous posts remain. Problem#1 - multimonitor ID mismatch between Deskscapes and Windows 10 For example, with three monitors, which Windows 10 labels as 3 1 2 with 1 being the primary in the middle, Deskscapes

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Reply to GOOD NEWS!! DeskScapes 8.x Still works on WIndows 10 in DeskScapes WinCustomize Forums

As I stated in my previous (multimonitor bug report) post above, Deskscapes works fine for me. Here's my working setup: Windows 10 Pro x64 (in place upgrade from Windows 7 Pro x64) DeskScapes v8.21 (all default settings, except "enable support for additional graphics cards" is OFF, as I only have one card in this rig) Shark007 Advanced Codec Pack for x64 (no idea if this is needed for the Video 'scapes or if this is just legacy) PhotoDream on Pr

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Reply to Vintage-G Released! in New Releases WinCustomize Forums

Very nice indeed. This would be a fine skin to go along with these gorgeous Pharaoh icons. http://www.ohmyicons.com/previews/pharaoh/ip_pharaoh/index.html

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Reply to GOOD NEWS!! DeskScapes 8.x Still works on WIndows 10 in DeskScapes WinCustomize Forums

It works for me, upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10, but I tested fresh Deskscapes (all v8.21) installs on Windows 10 betas with only the same problems detailed below. I don't use Task View, so I can't comment on that. But the only bug I see regularly is a multimonitor assignment one. Monitor layout (according to Windows ID in Windows 7 and 10, both x64). 3 1 2 According to Deskscapes the monitors were the same under Windows 7, but under Win

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Reply to DeskScapes 8.21 Now Available in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Wonderful news! I am having a hard time quantifying the difference with the new fix. Does this latest tweak also apply to Windows 7, or must we be running on Windows 8.1 or later to see the effect? Apologies in advance for "nerding" you guys on this one, but I run Deskscapes across all sorts of different multiple monitor and single/multi-gpu test configurations, so I guess I am looking for a slightly more technical description, vis a vis a change in threading

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Reply to Imac 27 Retina October 2014 and the Future of Apple Gaming in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="1" id="3501415"] This is like Microsoft trying to compete in mobile gaming. [/quote] Indeed. The GPU in the new iMac is a MOBILE grade GPU. It's only going to be able to drive iPad level "toy" games at 5k. There's no need to switch it to Windows on boot camp, because it can't drive any modern game at any decent settings/frame rate at 5k and you can't install a new graphics card with a desktop grade GPU in it. &

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Reply to New Star Wars Stand-Alone Film Announced Directed by Gareth Edwards in Movies & TV & Books WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="tjashen" reply="4" id="3468220"] they don't want to have to pay for the 'rights' to that characters. [/quote] Lucasfilm has always bought ALL rights to everything published under the Star Wars name. The novelists, etc. own nothing. There was even a huge scandal about this change in terms (in the 1980's I believe) when Lucas moved to flat fees for all derivative works, etc. This is why and when all of the original Star Wars authors we

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For Deskscapes: An Amazing Realtime Animated Map of Global Wind and Weather in Animated Wallpapers WinCustomize Forums

http://earth.nullschool.net/ I think this would make the best Deskscape ever! Source code is already provided (click on the word Earth, then About). While some of the settings could be placed in the traditional Deskscape settings area, others (like rotating the globe, etc.) could be provided by a desktop widget or hotspot, yes? Note that this is realtime data (combined via computational models) updated every few hours to every few days

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Reply to update multiplicity from 2.05 to 3.0 in Multiplicity Stardock Forums

[quote who="Gargabee" reply="3" id="3464295"]You should have received an email offering 20% off. If you did not, I have sent the coupon to the email address associated with your forum account here.[/quote] Ah, thank you. I have gotten it. The email I got previously mentioned only "thanks for beta testing" so it wasn't clear if there was a separate offer for previous owners, etc. Thanks again for following up.

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Reply to update multiplicity from 2.05 to 3.0 in Multiplicity Stardock Forums

[quote who="Gargabee" reply="1" id="3457285"]Upgrade options are not known right now but previous owners will be notified of the details upon release of MP3.[/quote] I've only seen upgrade pricing (via email) for those that beta tested v3. Any word yet on upgrade pricing for previous owners of 1/2/Pro?

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Reply to Dario Arnaez new iconpackage "Nefertiti" in Icons WinCustomize Forums

The work is worth it, in my opinion. But the sales page, etc. can be pretty damn confusing, with specials, overlaps, etc. For example, "Nefertiti" at first just seems to be his "Cleo" package but with a white woman and family (not at all accurate) in place of the far more accurate Egyptian woman and family. But there also seems to be icon differences as well. AND "special editions" for everything. So between "Pharaoh" (4 editions!), "Nefertiti" (2 editions),

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