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Introducing: The High Resolution Graphics Mod by LogicSequence

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Introducing: The High Resolution Graphics Mod by LogicSequence

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Introducing:

The High Resolution Graphics Mod by LogicSequence

Do you like eye candy? Do you wish Galactic Civilizations 2 had Higher Resolution textures? Do you wish the planets and solar systems looked more realistic? Do you think your PC can HANDLE IT?

Welcome players of Galactic Civilizations 2, to The High Resolution Graphics Mod by LogicSequence. I've been developing this mod for some weeks now, and the time is near for it's release.

In short, this mod will:
Replace the textures for all the races' homeworlds with new, original higher resolution versions.
Replace all Class 0 planet textures with new, original higher resolution versions.
Replace all ring and moon textures with new, original higher resolution versions.
Replace all cloud textures with new, original higher resolution versions.
Include authentic all-new Raw Terrain maps for all of the races' homeworlds.
Add more color variation to the background nebulae.

This mod isn't for the older PC. Some of the textures in this mod are 4096 x 2048 pixels, and many are 2048 x 1024, or 1024 x 512. If your PC meets the recommended system requirements for Galactic Civilzations 2: Dark Avatar, you should be able to run this mod without any problems.

Screenshots:

(These are some Development screenshots of the mod in the Beta stage)
(Be forewarned, the images are hosted on a free image hosting site, and i have limited bandwidth, try not to overload it!)



















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Reply #26 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
DA is released.
Reply #27 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Check out number 2 on the list of mod changes. None of the default planetary graphics will be reused in the mod.


i should've been more specific - i wanted to know if there were new planet skins in addition to improved versions of the old ones. but it looks like there indeed are, based on some of the newer screenshots. kudos and a half to you!!!
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Reply #28 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
DA is released.



Yes i know
Reply #29 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

DA is released.



Yes i know



I thought you said you'd release it when DA is released?

Aw well.
Reply #31 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I thought you said you'd release it when DA is released?

Aw well.


The first post has Feb 14 as the release date for this mod.
Reply #32 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thank you future guy DA was born early... A fact i could not have predicted...
Reply #33 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The mod is being Beta tested right now. I hope to have it out to everyone soon.
Reply #34 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Excellent. the screen shot look beautiful. I l;ook forward to this one!
Reply #35 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
this mod is going to make me almost prefer discovering planets i can't inhabit.

you mentioned updated star graphics. any new colors? i'd love a "dark star" version of the purple star, but i don't understand the way star graphics are built well enough to do it myself. by dark star, i mean med purple to nearly black, rather than med. purple to nearly white.
Reply #36 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Unfortunately, no new colors. However, the graphics of the stars are more detailed. And the stars now have some new corona or ray graphics. Also the colored stars give off different colored light now, I.E. red stars shine red light on the nearby planets.
Reply #37 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Can we have a pic of the coloured light coming off the stars?
Reply #38 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Can't wait until wednsday? Well, ok, but only a few.





Reply #39 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Also the colored stars give off different colored light now, I.E. red stars shine red light on the nearby planets.


freakin awesome! i was just thinking that'd be cool.

i think i'll have to work on some new planet types, myself.
Reply #40 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
So is this mod Metaverse friendly?
Reply #41 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
So is this mod Metaverse friendly?


No. You could get just the textures and replace the existing ones with them, but you can't use the other changes such as colored starlight and the RAW maps.
Reply #42 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Lovely lighting, makes the planets really seem to belong.

What happens if the stars are very close together?

e.g.
Star-Planet-Star
Reply #43 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
So is this mod Metaverse friendly?



No. You could get just the textures and replace the existing ones with them, but you can't use the other changes such as colored starlight and the RAW maps.


Kryo's right. However, once you get the mod, if you would like it to be MV friendly, you'll have to strip out everything but the replacement image textures.

Lovely lighting, makes the planets really seem to belong.

What happens if the stars are very close together?

e.g.
Star-Planet-Star


AFAIK only the planets in a particular star system are affected by that star's light. So basically, it wouldn't be an issue. Planets of a Red star system would be in red light, and the planets in a green star system right next to it would be in green, with no overlap.
Reply #44 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I was hoping for overlap.
Reply #45 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Kryo cant we get this mod at least MV compatible?

Must be able to use your powers of persuasion on Cari and Brad. Esp seen as Brad has already said this mod rocks!
Reply #46 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Must be able to use your powers of persuasion on Cari and Brad.


If only


But no, the only way to have a metaverse-compatible mod is and will remain doing it without changing any of the xml files in MetaverseData. Outside of those files, anything's game.
Reply #47 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Logic can you then please release a version for just those who use MV games as well.
Reply #49 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
NOTES:

-Hey!!!! that was my idea! back then in May 2006!!

-The problem with this mod is that all textures are really big sized and 20 MB won't be enough to your mod. trust me, I know this stuff

-pretty sure those textures are from the internet and mostly the Celestial Motherlord...

-I hope you give credit to those who made those texture, unless you made them yourself, which seems... well, can't be!

I got lots of screenshots of that, infact, go to Screenshots of mods and see my post. it should be here in the mods forum...

don't take all credit to yourself.. please... why Brad couldn't saw my post ah? you at Star dock don't like me very much don't you?

Reply #50 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
-I hope you give credit to those who made those texture, unless you made them yourself, which seems... well, can't be!


Logic is a professional 3d modeller, FYI.