I found the most beautiful Skyrim wallpaper from Dead End Thrills and put it on my Mac. It was great; I could almost see the trees blowing in the breeze, or maybe the occasional dragon hurtling past a distant mountain top.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful, I thought, if you could have a desktop wallpaper that did move a little- not just annoying fish flying past, but maybe the slow sunrise over Mulgore in World of Warcraft, a wintery day outside Solitude in Skyrim, a Tython waterfall in Star Wars: The Old Republic? A wallpaper with just the tiniest bit of movement would make a computer monitor seem so much less like a computer and so much more like a window.
To run, download DreamScene Video Wallpaper (PC) or VLC Media Player (Mac)- more technical info below.
Moving Wallpaper: World of Warcraft – Grizzly Hills
Download WoW Desktop Wallpaper #1: Grizzly Hills
Installation
PC: Download DreamScene Video Player [Download.com]
Mac: Download VLC Media Player [VLC Website]
- Options > Show All > Set As Wallpaper
- Video Settings > DirectX Output
Thank You
Big thanks to Safe Shark for the file hosting.
Huge thanks to intrepid beta testers and technical wizards Rezznul (he’s a Mac) & GayGeekDad(and he’s a PC).
As always, if you’re experiencing technical difficulty or know of a better way to run these backgrounds (especially for Mac users), drop me a line at disciplinaryaction@yahoo.com . We’re working hard to make them perfect for everyone.
If you have any suggestions on how to make the wallpaper playback better, please leave them in the comments or email me.
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This is delightful. I’m glad to see you’re still busy plying your artistic ways. 🙂
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Always hard at work! 🙂 I’m afraid I post the vast majority of my thoughts and ideas on Twitter; any chance we can expect you thereabouts?
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No, I’m no longer on Twitter, but I’ll keep watching for the things that turn up here. 🙂
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[…] been hard at work with our beta testers (special thanks to @Rezznul) to specialize the gamer animated desktop wallpapers for a wide variety of desktop […]
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This is such a great idea! A Mulgore one would be particularly awesome. Or Nagrand.
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[…] to create moving wallpaper, scenes from WoW brought to life and ready to stick on your desktop. Disciplinary Action has the full instructions to download and implement Grizzly Hills onto your desktop, but Discopriest’s gone one step […]
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[…] to create moving wallpaper, scenes from WoW brought to life and ready to stick on your desktop. Disciplinary Action has the full instructions to download and implement Grizzly Hills onto your desktop, but Discopriest's gone one step further […]
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[…] but on some machines, it flickers and resizes when the loop restarts. Try using the free VLC first, using the directions I posted earlier, and if you find you’re getting that flicker, move on to the solutions below. Unfortunately, […]
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There is a spot in STV on the east coast around the Naga. There is a path that leads up the side of a hill there and winds up beside a waterfall way up high on a rock that hangs over the edge. There is no telling how many times I have taken my toon up to that spot to watch a sun set when bored of everything else. The sounds of the water, the birds flying around and the peacefulness of the Ocean scene would be my perfect wall paper. Now if you could only do that in a wide screen version 3840x 1200 or so… =)
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I know just the spot you mean, and that’s a fantastic spot. I’ll put it into the pot for !
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Dropbox is being mean…any other download links?
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They all have been moved off of Dropbox (which is now on my Bad Side, officially) and the links have all changed; you may have to refresh your browser to see the new link.
If you’re having trouble, the new link is
http://discopriest.yellingontheinternet.com/Warcraft_GrizzlyHills_c_DisciplinaryAction.wmv
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