Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Sun Nov 01, 2020 9:48 am

Over the weekend I have created 187 new planets for the mod and have just uploaded a preview video of some of those planets on my Run and Hide Gamer Channel. The link below will take you directly to the Distant Worlds Universe section of my channel.

Please leave a like to the video and subscribe to my youtube channel to help the channel grow if you want to see more of the upcoming Star Wars mod.

Roy

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... GURGZbVTBK

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:26 pm

A screenshot in photoshop where I am creating the new planets from for the mod.......
I decided the water worlds would look better if the water was the same blue color..... this is the color I chose.

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:44 pm

A minor tweak to the color of the oceans and seas..... with planets they look so much better when they have bright rich colors and I feel this blue is a much better option of blue.

I have had to make changes to the 230 planets I have created as testing showed an issue with the atmosphere of the planets if you had background nebula effects enabled in the display settings.

The ground also has more detail than the image on the left in the prior post.

These planets are in high detail when in game .... when I convert the picture from png to jpeg format to add to the forum I lose a significant amount of quality in detail.

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Thu Nov 05, 2020 4:02 pm

Another world with continents and this one having an atmosphere color almost the same as Tatooine.....

The color will be determined by the size of the landmass and oceans on the planet.
The thin blue line of the atmosphere around the edge of the planet should work better with the DWU background nebula effects but I am doing more testing today.

These planets are in high detail when in game .... when I convert the picture from png to jpeg format to add to the forum I lose a significant amount of quality in detail.

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Thu Nov 05, 2020 5:41 pm

When doing the continental worlds I refer to the definition of continental which refers to worlds with landmasses and ocean..... and this of course also means that world can have lush green forests, deserts, mountains, or areas covered in snow and ice.

In the picture below this side of the planet has a larger continent with desert and mountains while having smaller pockets of green forests and valleys. To the top right you can see a large area of the planet covered in ice.

This is an example of how I am creating planets with a mixture of rock, desert, forest and ice.

These planets are in high detail when in game .... when I convert the picture from png to jpeg format to add to the forum I lose a significant amount of quality in detail.

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Thu Nov 05, 2020 7:18 pm

This is an example of how the new sandy desert worlds will look like in the mod.

While there are no seas and oceans there will be small pockets of water down there.
Despite being a mostly desert world it does have areas cold enough to form snow and ice as seen on the planet bottom left and top right.

These planets are in high detail when in game .... when I convert the picture from png to jpeg format to add to the forum I lose a significant amount of quality in detail.

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Thu Nov 05, 2020 7:38 pm

And then a new ice world not completely covered in ice.

These planets are in high detail when in-game .... when I convert the picture from png to jpeg format to add to the forum I lose a significant amount of quality in detail.

A video will come out shortly on my youtube channel showing a better look at the new planets.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7sHS ... p0xu0WQdQ/

Retreat1970 · Post by **Retreat1970** » Fri Nov 06, 2020 1:25 am

I'd like to play with your artwork before you finish. Any chance for a planetary image pre-pack?

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:07 pm

ORIGINAL: Retreat1970

I'd like to play with your artwork before you finish. Any chance for a planetary image pre-pack?

I can do some planets just for you ..... how many do you want?

Retreat1970 · Post by **Retreat1970** » Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:54 pm

No rush keep working. Just whenever you get to that point.

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 3:39 pm

A new video should be out today on my channel below showing how these new planets will look in the mod.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7sHS ... p0xu0WQdQ/

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:28 pm

Another desert world.......

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:49 am

Due to the time it is taking to create these new planets the video update has been delayed till tomorrow......

With the new look of the mod, I am working on a concept as mentioned below:

- The mod will be divided into several parts telling The Adventures of Luke Skywalker between Episode IV and Episode VI.
- Each part will exit in the 4 year period between A New Hope and Return of the Jedi
- Each part will have stories and characters from the different comics and novels in this period
- Each part will be based on stories which are now listed as Star Wars Legends
- Each part will come with an Official Map of that area of the Star Wars galaxy
- The focus is on the battle between the Empire and the Rebellion.
- Races in each part will be allies towards either the Empire or the Rebellion
- Each part will take much less time to develop than one larger mod
- Each part will have different characters taken from the Star Wars comics and novels
- Each part will tell stories of the characters' journeys that take them to Yavin, Hoth and Endor

A big change to the mod is correcting the names of the planets and moons.
I had originally named them for example as Yavin IV.
This was actually incorrect and the names will be corrected to the proper number example Yavin 4

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7sHS ... p0xu0WQdQ/

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Sun Nov 15, 2020 4:07 am

Apologies for not getting videos out in the last few days..... I was walking a customer's dog which was attacked by a swarm of bees and when I tried to get the bees off the dog the swarm attacked me. Hoping to get the next video out either today or tomorrow.

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 3:56 am

The last 4 or 5 days have been spent on adding new gas giants to the mod.
Pictures coming soon.

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:04 am

Today we start daily videos showing the development of the Star Wars mod.

I had to make some changes with the planets as I was not altogether happy with how they were looking.

You can see the new Behind The Scenes Videos on my youtube channel shown below

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7sHS ... p0xu0WQdQ/

wamaye04 · Post by **wamaye04** » Fri Jan 22, 2021 7:49 am

Looking forward to seeing the finished mod

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:36 pm

ORIGINAL: wamaye04

Looking forward to seeing the finished mod

Thanks wamaye04

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:49 pm

Update on my mods....

I have not released a video for a while as I am trying to fix a technical issue where I am getting some sort of audio feedback on my microphone. Still trying to fix but hopefully will have videos coming daily soon.

Meanwhile, development on this mod has been progressing nicely.

rjord2021 · Post by **rjord2021** » Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:27 am

I have added a new video to my channel today where I talk about how Tatooine is added to the mod with all those races being on the planet. Will Tatooine be run by a race of Hutt, Twilek or Jawas?

You can see the new Behind The Scenes Videos on my youtube channel shown below

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7sHS ... p0xu0WQdQ/