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Hi all,

There are several mods that include a few HD textures for planets, but none of them were complete and work to combine them seemed to have stalled.
So I started to collect them all, combine them and add some more to make the pack complete.
Then I decided to work on some other other things such as stars, nebula's, supernovae, black holes and a new background.
All of this has been put together not just to add high definition but allso to create more diversity and realism.

Installation:
These images are very heavy and may impact your game performance, so you should definately make a backup of your environment folder first!
Unzip and copy to the correct directory, if you are playing without mods:

game directory/images

If you are playing with a mod that replaces (some) environment graphics and you want to use this mod to supplement them:
game directory/customization/yourmodname/images

Credits:

Martian - Graphics Enhancement Mod (GEM)
Tyrador - Prothean Cycle Mod
Kalthaniell - MASS EFFECT MOD
Igard - New Planet Textures

If I forgot anyone or if you don't want me to include your work please let me know.

Download full mod (version 1.2):
drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw6qxZOIMc_-eGQ5ZjB1NWxmbVU/edit?usp=sharing

Or only the patch if you want to update from version 1.1 to 1.2:
drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw6qxZOIMc_-ZnE1azNUZlkzb0E/edit?usp=sharing

Version 1.2:
- fixed a barren rock appearing as a square
- added bugfix for players that have installed the GEM mod (spheres appearing inside the planets)
- replaced some more barren rock planets

I really want to download this file but this box.com link won't download. The site is acting really weird....maybe someone else can comment on this.

Would you mind loading it to another host?

Thank you for this; I will check it out next time I play the game.

Could anyone who has downloaded this upload it anywhere else? I'm pulling out my hair trying to get box.com to work. I've tried three different browsers, disabled antivirus and firewall, etc. Weird.

Doesnt work for me either.

I believe I had clicked a wrong button at the box website, de-sharing it, should be working again.
i am currently allso uploading to a mirrow, will edit the first post when done.

Second one works (first one still doesnt, I think it s their website)

Thanks for sharing!

thank you! Looking forward to it.

What is with the forest planets? Some of them seem out of place with brighter shading and an odd blue highlight around them. Other than that do you have any issues with me uploading this as a part of my orange mod theme?

Yeah not all of the forest and barren rock are HD yet, I'm currently uploading a new update (1.1) to adress that.

Will edit the first post when done.

I have no problem with you using this in your orange mod theme.

You should put a text file in the root of the mod with author credits too, and preferable links to their separate work.

Thanks , when i upload the first release i'll be updating the OP of the mod thread with credits and details/links up the individual mods included. There is also a readme in the theme directory that does the same.

ORIGINAL: Buio

You should put a text file in the root of the mod with author credits too, and preferable links to their separate work.

I put one in the environment folder in my latest upload, includes links.
I'll include links here allso once I am actually permitted to do so.

Is there a place where I can see what the mod looks like?

I can't post screenshots yet, but if anyone else wants to please feel free.

Alternately you could simply watch some of the images before actually installing.

ORIGINAL: nvek
I put one in the environment folder in my latest upload, includes links.
I'll include links here allso once I am actually permitted to do so.

Good stuff!

I've recreated this twice now, when i generate a new galaxy the planets are not showing correctly. I'm seeing varying results as shown in the screenshot. Not shown in the screenshot is another issue where instead of a continental planet image being used it used a forest planet image.

That is a problem that may occur when using overlays from a different version or mod (not sure exactly which one).

I don't have the problem myself, so I think overwriting the overlays in your environment folder with these should fix the problem:


drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw6qxZOIMc_-MjdEZ1MyaDdGS2c/edit?usp=sharing

2 issues... in the current build there is a "problem" that planets and overlays have to be the same size as the vanilla files, it used to not be this way, and I don't think this is working as intended. Also the shadow file you are using is probably from GEM, this was changed along the way, so you now need to use the latest vanilla shadow file. Hope this helps.

Forrest planets showing up as continental ingame is normal, there is no category forrest planets ingame.

The image of the moon showing as a square is probably caused by the image being too heavy (I think it's about the heaviest in the pack).
For now you can fix it by overwriting Barren-0021.png with the one from your backup.

I'll have a look into a proper fix somewhere in the coming days.