A free and open source dream journal designed for dreamers in search for lucidity.
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lucidcode 
I always have my Lightened Dream on, 6 yrs so far
Love this application and reminds me of my goals and affirmations…..
Thanks for the marvel of it!
Is there A way to get it for mac??
Yes! Thanks to your message I had another look into it and managed to get something going> https://lucidcode.com/2017/09/26/lightened-dream-for-mac/
Let me know if it works for you!
Lightened Dream.Splash.LoadGraph()
Class not registered (exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154
(REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG))
what does this mean??
It requires Windows Media Player. You can download it for free from Microsoft: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/download-windows-media-player.
Hey thanks, it worked. I only had to activate Windows Media Player under “Programs and Functions.”
Why does this program require Windows Media Player exactly? I just can’t figure out why a program with a focus around writing would have WMP as a mandatory requirement.
I got a little creative and added some features to play audio tracks every 90 minutes, or whatever time span is configured… a shot in the dark to get them to play in a dream.
hi there, great application 🙂
I’m getting one error though when trying to play Lucidity Checks:
System.Windows.Forms.AxHost+InvalidActiveXSteateException
anything I can do about that? thank you!
Thanks. Try this:
If your machine is 32-bit: 395039_intl_i386_zip.exe.
If your machine is 64-bit: 395040_intl_x64_zip.exe.
hi, thanks for the reply, works like a charm now 🙂
greetings from Austria.
I cannot run the program. Window appears with a message:
LightenedDream.Migrate()
Cannot crate a file when that file already exists.
It sounds like something went wrong with the migration from Liquid Dream. Make a backup or copy of \Documents\lucidcode\ (if you have any dreams stored in the program), delete it and then try again.
Thanks!
Actually, I reinstalled LD, and problem was lucidcode folder in My Documents (which remain after uninstalling).
Sometimes, when I go to edit dream signs and save it a box pops up with the dialogue: LightenedDream.edit() “Could not find part of the path,” and I cannot save my edit to that dream sign. But it’s not on all dream signs. Sometimes when I close and open it the problem goes away for a bit.
Also, when I first installed, whenever I closed the program it would spit out an error at me telling me that I didn’t have a compatible windows component and pointed me to a hotfix on the windows website. I don’t remember the specific error because I clicked the “This program worked correctly” option and the prompt went away. I have Windows 7 64bit, if that matters.
I added some extra error handling to the dream signs in the latest version. Let me know if you still get that error message and what the stack trace is!
This should fix that error message for Windws 7 64bit: 395040_intl_x64_zip.exe.
Michael Coder… I have your Lightened dream Journal… Everything but one thing is working great… in the area where you can put sound files into the timed play back area, where as the time passes and the indicator passes over the file to be played during the night… I have a few files placed 6 hrs. from the start that wont play as the indicator passes over them ??? what is happening ???
Sorry I’m talking about the REM Cycle after 4-6 hours of going threw a 8 cycle program… it will play the first couple of hrs. then nothing after that???
I will check on my system… check your power settings – that can sometimes interfere.
is there no menu item for exporting the recorded dream to another file (doc, html, rtf, whatever)?
Not yet, I will see if I can add html and rtf to the next update.
Hey I am new to all of this lucid dreaming and stuff so will you please help me how to use this software and how this helps me to get lucid dreams and how to make this work. A reply will be very helpful. Thanks
The user’s guide should get you started… Writing in a journal is to lucid dreamers what lifting weights is to bodybuilders. You are establishing and strengthening the neural connections between the part of the brain that generates dreams, the part that stores them and the circuitry that is responsible for awareness. Over time you should begin to recognize dream signs that you can use as triggers for performing reality checks.
When I try to install this, I get this message: “There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required or this install to complete could not be run.”
Is it because I have Windows 8 maybe, or what?
Can you try running it as administrator? If that doesn’t work, I will see if I can rebuild the installer so that it works on Windows 8.
That didn’t work either, but then when I tried “fix program compatibility issues”, that somehow did the trick. Thanks anyway 🙂
Hello I have typed in my keywords “flying” in german some tiem ago and now I typed in “flys”. The problem is that “fliegen” and “Fliegen” is the same word in german. Is there a way to change this?
I usually pluck their wings off and call them “Laufe”. 😛 Seriously, I can’t think of a solution other than using another name for fly, perhaps “Diptera”?
When I open up Lightened Dream this pops up:
‘ ‘, hexadecimal value 0x01, is an invalid sign. Row 1, Position 1.
Can I fix this somehow? I’ve been a bit messy with my files. I deleted the Categories and then I renamed in the files the categories to “example” to assign the categories new. What exactly should I do?
It sounds like the XML in one of the files is not valid – maybe a quotation mark is missing. Can you open them in Visual Studio? It should highlight any markup errors.
Hmm, more files seem to be corrupted. I think I have to copy all texts new into the program.
If you zip up and send me \Documents\lucidcode\Lightened Dream\Categories\ I should be able to find the file with the problem and fix it.
When I open the program, it asks me if I want to download the new version (3.31). But when I click “Yes”, it says “LightenedDream.Update.Launch(): The system cannot find the file specified.” What’s wrong?
Not sure. You can manually download the latest version from here.
hi,
can i somehow set up the program so it could recognize three or four letter words?
You can manually add them… just click on File -> New -> and select a category.
Love this program, it’s the best I found on the topic dream journals / lucid dreams.
I’ve been using it for a few years now and still am content with it.
But I have a few things I’m missing / suggestions.
– Most annoying thing are the diagrams (especially for the objects – I have too many!!) – most of the titles are not readable because there is too much text and not enough space for it. So it would be better to have the text smaller or in written in another direction.
Or what I’d find quiet useful: to be able to create categories, e.g. In locations “home” and in there the rooms.
There are also some words that don’t fit into any of the categories, like colors – it would be useful to create own categories besides the existing ones (characters, locations etc.). I’m also missing the time there – time in the dream.
– The time of the dream should be from … to … Not just one time. And it would be useful to have an option to add if I woke up after that dream.
– if I wake up for a longer time at night (for WBTB or something else) I can only add the time for each dream period, which is ok but in the diagram of the month it’s not displayed two dream periods.
– sometimes I wake up after 12 pm, same problem with the diagram there. It looks weird. It would help to select from/to which time the “night” lasts.
– when selecting which kind of dream it is, pre lucid dreams are missing.
– I never know what to write in there when I’m not sure / don’t know the date or time of the dream. Some field to tick “unknown” would help.
– for looking for dream signs it would be great to see dream signs of the last year / month or what ever period only. It always shows me things I dreamed a lot of in the past but that doesn’t help in current dreams.
– some space for adding interpretations/ comments to each dream
Thanks for using and for all the suggestions! I will try and incorporate them in the next updates.
Lightened Dream.Splash.LoadGraph()
Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.
I’m assuming the problem is I’m running Windows XP on a Mac with Parallels 9. Anything I can try short of buying a PC?
Thanks in advance. By the way, I read the User Agreement… 😉
I found this: http://kb.parallels.com/en/6504… See if you can disable Shared Profile in virtual machine configuration. Or you can try unchecking Documents or/and Desktop options as some applications do not understand the path to Documents or Desktop folders if they are not default.
Thank you very much. Disabling Shared Profile worked.
Hi, Just dl’ed this app and entered my first dream and liking it so far. Some confusion though. When I enter any Category item with space in it, it does not link it to my dream. Is there any way to fix this? Also, on the dream page I accidentally moved a term from unassigned to one of the category boxes and now cant remove it. How do I do this please?
If you save or refresh the dream with the category item with the space in it after creating the category, it should then show it in the list. You can remove the accidental item by navigating to it directly under the Categories folder.
Is there a way to add an extra language to the “check spelling” function?
I’d love to have Swedish in there.
Great program by the way, I’m really enjoining it.
How can i translate the language in german?
Hi.
I really like this program. Thanks for making it. Thing is, it worked for about a week on my computer, then just decided not to. The first two times this happened I was fully in the program. Now it happens when I start it. It gets as far as the initial bar grid, then that Windows thing pops up saying the program has to shut down and that it’s checking to see what happened. Unfortunately, the answer it comes up with as to why the program had to shut down is, “there was a problem.” Any suggestions as to how I can get the program to start working again?
Thank-you!
Thank and its a pleasure. Did you perchance use a non-alphanumeric character in any of the fields? That has sometimes caused problems. Maybe check the files under \Documents\lucidcode\LightenedDream… that is what it iterates through when the initial bar grid is displayed. Which item does it load last in that initial grid? And do you remember where in the program you were when you where fully in the program or which button you last pressed? That might help me pin-point the code.
Ah. You’re beautiful! I checked under Documents/lucidcode/LightenedDream/Catagories/Emotions and found that I had created a new emotion and either not given it a name or erased the name before saving it, so where a name should be it was just blank. After figuring out that right-clicking on the blank space brought up a menu which did not have “Rename” , but right-clicking on the, Lightened Dream, icon next it did…I gave it the name, Happy, and when I tried opening the program again, it opened right up. No problems. 🙂
Thank-you very much!
After couple of years installed Lightened Dream again, version 3.3.6 and have a couple problem – categories (neither unassigned, neither any others) are not visible anymore in the below window, under image text. Can you advice what am I doing wrong?
Screenshot: http://postimg.org/image/3kgz1chn9/
I have since made the categories configurable and had to remove the unassigned and hard-coded categories from below the dreams. That space is now designated for comments. You can now create category items by click on the new button where you can also create categories (folders). Thanks for using again!
Hello
I downloaded the new vversion of LG and the iStock Pictures don’t get loadet. How can I insert another picture?
Hello, this is a wonderful program, thank you so much for making it! I’ve been looking for one that has some interesting features, such as this, but would like to ask a couple questions.
Is there an easier way of adding many category list items, or potentially a zip of .ld3 files for categories like Actions, Objects, etc? I like that you gave us a base to start from with the Emotions category, but am finding it a little cumbersome to add lots of Actions. There are so many verbs in the English language and coming up with an easy way to categorize them all is kind of a challenge. Maybe other users out there have their own .ld3 files they could share or contribute to a larger more comprehensive database.
The second question I had was about the image searching, no images show up when I search for any keywords, I’ve tried a few. Is there a way to get this to search Google Images instead?
Thanks! You can right-click on any file and select Open in File Explorer. From there, the LD3 files can be zipped and shared. They are based on XML and are human readable, so you can also edit them in Notepad.
I have fixed the image search in the latest version.
Thank you so much Michael! This is such a great program! 🙂
After just testing the image search function, I can tell that certain keywords are trying to search harder than others, but still not getting any image results at all.
Are you connected to the Internet while you are searching?
Hi there. I just built a new desktop that has a primary C:/ SSD windows installation. I have all my software saved onto a different HDD (my G:/ drive). I’m trying to install Lightened Dream, but it prompts me to install .NET framework 3.5. I go to the website it tells me to, install Visual Studio which gives me .NET 4.6. It still won’t let me install Lightened Dream though. I’m thinking it is looking for .NET on the C:/ drive? What can I do? I don’t have space on my C:/ drive to install anything other than my windows installation.
Hi Nellas, can you install the framework from this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21
Let me know if you still get the error after that – maybe with a screenshot.
That worked! Thank you very much!
Okay, I have another problem…
After installing, it autocreates a directory in the C:/ drive where the dreams will be saved. When I tell it to instead point to a folder I created in the G:/ drive using Tools > Data Directory, it says the source and destination must have the same root and that it cannot go across volumes. I cannot find where I change the source, even though the software itself is installed on the G:/ drive.
It should now work with this version: https://lucidcode.com/2016/09/07/lightened-dream-3-4-1/
Thanks for your patience!
Hey, I do really enjoy your application.
Just one question, is there a way to manually assign categories to a dream instead of relying on the words to auto-tag it? Because it could get confusing, for example, when you know multiple people with the same first name. Thanks!
Thanks! I’m afraid there isn’t a way… what you could do is append the first letter of the surname, e.g.: MichaelC was levitating again.
Hello! I’m looking to use this program but, when I try to start it says:
Lightened Dream.Splash.LoadGraph()
No voice installed on system or no voice available with actual security setup
what can I do?
Sounds like something related to the SpeechEngine… can you try this: click on start then type “cmd” and right-click on the Command Prompt and select “Run as administrator” then type “sfc /scannow” into the terminal.
Found something on it here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33762862/4279006
Let us know if that works!
Hello! I’ve using this software since 2017, I love it!
but I upgrade from windows 7 to windows 10 and install it again and I’ve been trying to start Lightened Dream but it keeps telling me this:
“Lightened Dream requires Windows Media Player, which can be downloaded for free from Microsoft. Would you like download it now? Yes/No”
I already tried everything, from uninstalling and reinstalling WMP and Lightened Dream, installing the Media pack, and all the solutions in this page, also tried to install XNA framework and DirectX runtimes but no success, do you know what could be the problem? I do really want to use it again
Thanks in advance
Go to Control Panel -> Programs -> “Turn Windows features off or on” -> Media Features and make sure that Windows Media Player is checked.
Let me know if that works!
Yeah, it is, I even Start Windows Media Player before launching Lightened Dream but no success, so strange, maybe it’s an isolated case
Can you try the suggestions in Sam Varkey’s post in this thread:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-pictures/windows-media-player-class-not-registered-annoying/80b0a642-d23b-4538-8cf9-cc56f7d643b1
And if that doesn’t help try Terry.Lister’s:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/class-not-registered-windows-media-player/6eac6937-5a2a-455f-bf54-e582292a20e4?page=2
I tried those and other things around Trouvleshooting and the Services but no success, it may be due my lite Version of W10, such a shame
Oh noes. Thanks for trying! Are you able to play videos and mp3s in WMP?
I ended up screwing my audio output and couldn’t get to work again, lol, so I decided to get another version of W10 and the first thing I did was to install Lightened Dream and it worked, everything is cool now. The problem probably was due the version of W10 I had.
Many thanks for the support tho, I appreciate it very much!
Elite. Thanks for the updates and for letting those who might follow know how to solve it.
No problem! 😀