[MOD] Astus Mods and Tools

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In this post I will list the mods and tools I am going to make for Galactic Civilizations 3.

                                        I will add more to this post at one undefined but existing point in the future

Currently working on: Nothing since I currently play other games but if I return I will work on:

A Ship Set Creation Tool

A Borg Mod

A more extensive description for the palette overhaul

 

Mods:

Astus' Palette Overhaul

You have probably heard about Aidan's Palette Overhaul (http://www.nexusmods.com/galacticcivilizations3/mods/4/?). It extends the possible colors for the hulls of your ships. It is a really grate addition to the game but it has a problem: you need to rework all the standard hull color schemes since the colors in the .png are no longer at the position where they use to be in the original files.

I have used Aidan's files as a basic and basically compressed it so that I could include all of his colors in the original .png. This way you can profit from the greater amount of colors without compatibility problems with the games standard colors. I will add a longer explanation soon but Aidan has explained it in his post already so I will link to it for now (http://www.nexusmods.com/galacticcivilizations3/mods/4/?).

Here are the .png:

 GradientMap.png

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4JsDOuG-MvdcHF0Nm94STl5V2M/view

GradientMapLights.png 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4JsDOuG-MvdaHZ4LVVsYU56b28/view

 

I will add more to this post at some undefined but existing point in the future

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Looking forward to your contributions, and let me know if I can help you with things from time to time!

 

Thanks!

 

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top




A Ship Set Creation Tool

 

Yes, please!

 

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Did the ship set creation tool get completed?

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I don't think so. Astus also never finished the other things on this list either as far as I know. Supposedly, a ship design builder should be a part of the civilization builder coming with the expansion but it's truly, unbelievably dumb that 20 months on and we still don't have that incredibly basic functionality built in. Especially given how much they touted the 100+ race games GC3 could support prior to launch.

Reply #7 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

ok thanks.

 

Reply #8 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Shortly after I started working on it a Dev said he'd be working on one, too and that it would release soon so I focused on studying instead. And since I currently play other games I don't need one currently. If we don' hear anything about it after the next expansion which draws my attention back on the game I might continue working on it.  Also: sorry that I forgot this thread and did not update it.

 

Reply #9 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

No problems.

I was just seeing if there was one already done that I missed.

 

My Tech Tree Editor is going Beta shortly, so I will have time on my hands to code other tools if the demand warrants it.