Impulse: Phase 3 is Here!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Impulse Phase 3 includes five major new features that developer Stardock believes will be compelling to both PC users and software publishers. These new features are:
- The Impulse client has had its user interface significantly improved and updated with features such as player rankings, achievements, intelligent match-making, and more. It also includes a new tray application that lets users track friends, receive update notifications, and much more.
- The beta of Impulse Anywhere, a new web-based method for users whose home Internet connections are non-ideal to download their software on another machine, take the files home and install them.
- The release of Impulse Reactor, a development platform that lets users add many new features to their games without having to re-distribute a third-party client (i.e. users don’t have to distribute the Impulse client). Impulse Reactor includes features such as intelligent match-making, multiplayer tournament support, NAT negotiation, friend lists, rankings, community features and much more. Gas Powered Games’ much anticipated PC game, Demigod, is being released next week and makes full use of Impulse Reactor.
- Impulse Reactor Overlay, an in-game overlay that lets users instantly access chat, friends lists, profile data, micro-expansions, and more. Demigod will also be the first title to make full use of this.
- Game Object Obfuscation (Goo) - An alternative method for developers to protect their intellectual property. Goo allows developers to associate licenses with people rather than their PCs which will eliminate the issue of “limited activations”. It also provides the underpinnings to support vendor neutral software downloads and transferring of licenses.
For further details about Impulse please visit www.impulsedriven.com.
Reply #2 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 3:00 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 4:43 PM
Reply #4 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 5:01 PM
a)Want it as a running process when Impulse is closed?
Reply #5 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 5:32 PM
Yes I did have tabs for those at one time on the Impulse Dock.Since I got OD+ I stopped using it though and had removed all but the default tabs.
I'll give that Impulse Now thing a look,now that I know what it's purpose is.Impulse has served me well so far.
Thanks for the explanation.
Reply #6 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 5:56 PM
and i like the update guy's Reply #7 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 6:11 PM
Reply #8 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 6:39 PM
It went to 165% Then it said "Downloading Impulse update-Starting..."
I know it's not normal, but that's what I'm getting 
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Reply #11 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 7:15 PM
Reply #12 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 8:05 AM
Reply #13 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 8:23 AM
There have been several updates over the last couple of months. I would suggest trying again.
Reply #14 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 12:13 PM
I am running Impulse Now and when first started,the systray icon is there along with the ImpulseNow.exe running in task manager.After about one&1/2 hours or so the systray icon disappears,not hidden...gone. The process is still running,.Is this normal and if so,how would I get access to it's functions without the icon?
Update: I solved this problem by having the icon always show.That is, not selecting Hide when inactive in both ImpulseNow configuration and taskbar properties.
Reply #15 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 1:20 PM
wow that was not good...... 
I installed the impulse dock and it crashed impulse... to the point i had to unistall impulse and reinstall...
So now what... 
Reply #16 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 2:34 PM
I'm new to Stardock and WC. I have Object Dock Plus and Object Desktop & Impulse. Everything was working fine until I tried to download a dock from WC. When I downloaded Impulse Dock in the impulse screen the program froze and now I can't use Impulse at all. The message I get is Impulse has incoundered a problem and had to close. Can anyone help me with this problem? I really like these web sites, there is some great work out there. I also subscribed to WC.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 2:52 PM
A few questions:
1 Why did Impulse dump everything into the "My Desktop" section including software I no longer have installed? It had only ODNT apps in there before the update. (I had no "Utilities" or "Office" tabs at the time which is where the others belonged.)
Security apps did go to the correct tab.
2:What is "Impulse Now" and why do I;
a)Want it as a running process when Impulse is closed?
b)Want it as a startup program?
This is not a gripe,just a request for information. TIA