Galaxy map mod

[Nsf665]

Hello, for anyone interested in different galaxy visual then default, I made some various type of galaxy themes if interested.

- special nebulas correspond to game definition, but are more saturated hence are more vivid on the galaxy map
- short description is in the readme file.


White n Orange


Pink


Dark Blue


Pink Bourbon


Quite Dark


Creme de la Creme


a Little bit of Purple


Sea of Red


NoSFeratu's default

[fruitgnome]

A screenshot of the original as first pic would be great.

[throttle8]

Thanks for sharing!

[eddieballgame]

Very nice.

[Tanaka]

Nice thanks for sharing! Love the dark one!

[thc13]

Nice!

[LordMM]

These are great. Wish there was an option you could add all and select from within the game.

[Grotius]

That looks very promising. But does it also give as an option for more saturated territorial-control colors? That is, so that we can see empire borders more clearly?

[frankycl]

Yes, very nice addition to the game - thanks for sharing.

But you should add a hint that (future) game-patches that include the >GraphicsSettings_Galaxy.xml< will overwrite your mod. - Have you already tested if savegames with the mod in use will work properly in these cases ?

[Nsf665]

thanks guys

...does it also give as an option for more saturated territorial-control colors?

No, this is just for the galaxy look itself, for some better saturation/visibility of empire influence we will probably have to wait a bit:)
Currently the darker/more contrast galaxy you have- the better you see the empire influence. It's about what suits you the best I think.
edit:
I like more visually pleasing galaxy over the function (seeing nebulas and empires to some degree), since I use overlays to see them anyway,
but I made various different themes which could suit some people with different tastes:)

But you should add a hint that (future) game-patches that include the >GraphicsSettings_Galaxy.xml< will overwrite your mod. - Have you already tested if savegames with the mod in use will work properly in these cases ?

Yes, some bigger patches will probably overwrite the file, but it will do changes to the most of the mods anyway.
In that case you can just apply it again:)
Mod has been working since I made it in the beta and I'm still playing the game with this setting.
So unless there will be some drastic changes in data structure(which I doubt:) ), it should work fine.