Island Dog's Articles for January, 2017
January 18, 2017 by Island Dog
WindowBlinds 10 gives Windows users the ability to change the look and feel of the desktop by applying custom skins to the user interface. There are thousands of skins available to create a truly custom feel. WindowBlinds has an interface that is very easy to use, but I wanted to go over the basics of the app and how to get started with changing your desktop theme. Get WindowBlinds here . WindowBlinds Overview When you first open WindowBlinds, the main ‘Style’ configura...
January 23, 2017 by Island Dog
Join us for a late night Ashes: Escalation stream over on Twitch at 9pm ET on 1/24! There will be giveaways, comp stomps, and plenty of salt.  http://www.twitch.tv/stardock This will be replacing the afternoon stream tomorrow.
January 20, 2017 by Island Dog
Take a look at a basic overview of a game's early starting builds and learn how to prepare your defenses, start building your army, and pinpoint regions for conquer.
January 5, 2017 by Island Dog
Greetings and happy new year! Lots of stuff going on so I'll get right to it. ## DLC MIGRATION ## People who bought the base game Ashes of the Singularity's DLC will start to see that DLC show up here and automatically be added to their account. The tentative schedule is like this: January: Part 1 - Dawn of the Singularity (eBook prequel written by David Simpson) [$4.99] - Soundtrack (by Battlestar Galactica's Richard Gibbs and Civ V's Geoff Knorr)...
January 5, 2017 by Island Dog
Greetings and happy new year! Lots of stuff going on so I'll get right to it. ## DLC MIGRATION ## People who bought the base game Ashes of the Singularity's DLC will start to see that DLC show up here and automatically be added to their account. The tentative schedule is like this: January: Part 1 - Dawn of the Singularity (eBook prequel written by David Simpson) [$4.99] - Soundtrack (by Battlestar Galactica's Richard Gibbs and Civ V's Geoff Knorr)...
January 19, 2017 by Island Dog
GeneralsGentlemen has a new video which goes through an introduction of Ashes of the Singularity.
January 11, 2017 by Island Dog
We have released Start10 v1.53 today with various fixes and improvements. Changelog: Misc bug fixes Prevent "Desktop" menu item from having menu options (with Fences) Allow remote desktop shutdown options (with registry key) Start10 v1.53 can be downloaded from your Stardock  account here .
January 11, 2017 by Island Dog
There are beta releases available for both WindowBlinds 10.51 and SkinStudio 10.1 today. WindowBlinds update includes: Fix for Hyper-V Fix for Systray Anniversary edition Win7 fix caused my DPI changes Fix for part of config turning black over time SkinStudio update includes: Support for the new modern app titlebar buttons (back and menu)   Please note that this beta has not been tested with Insider build 15002 and will likely cause issues. Current WindowBlinds 10 user...
January 4, 2017 by Island Dog
Happy new year! Here's what we're working on. ## Version 1.5 series ## Last month version 1.5 was released but that isn't the end of the 1.5 updates. In particular, these features/enhancements/bug fixes are scheduled to get added in 1.51/1.52/1.53. 1. Update UI. We're bringing the Escalation UI over to the base game. The larger fonts and general layout are easier on the eyes. 2. Replays. This is something that has been a lot harder to do...
January 4, 2017 by Island Dog
Happy new year! Here's what we're working on. ## Version 1.5 series ## Last month version 1.5 was released but that isn't the end of the 1.5 updates. In particular, these features/enhancements/bug fixes are scheduled to get added in 1.51/1.52/1.53. 1. Update UI. We're bringing the Escalation UI over to the base game. The larger fonts and general layout are easier on the eyes. 2. Replays. This is something that has been a lot harder to do...
January 9, 2017 by Island Dog
Greetings! Happy New Year! So here's what's happening around here. == New Campaign == Chris Bucholz (you can google him) is creating a new campaign for Sorcerer King: Rivals. It is almost done but you can expect the same style of writing with it as with the quests. == New Units == I'm currently mostly on GalCiv III right now but my intention is to get a bunch of new trainable units in for v2.1 which we currently have slated for the second week of Febr...