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[MOD] Hereward's Alternative Star Map Backgrounds - Version 1.1

May 23, 2015 6:05:04 PM from Galactic Civilizations III ForumsGalactic Civilizations III Forums

Two Mods to change the star map background. Only use one of the mods.

Star Map No Nebula Mod removes the nebula from the star map background.

Download from Nexus



Star Map Reduced Nebula Mod reduces the nebula in the star map background.

Download from Nexus

 

Version History

Star Map Reduced Nebula Mod v1.1 - Reduced the brightest intensity by 25%.

 

Credits

Credit to Menmaatre for raising the question on this forum that led to my playing with the StarboxDefs.xml file.

 

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Reply #1 May 24, 2015 1:42:16 AM
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Hi

I really want this mod.  but is not working,

 

Downloaded, un-ziped, placed in the mods directory, enabled mods in game options. start new game >> no joy, still have nebula's

 

>>> UPDATE <<<

After i quit (exit GC3) and restarted it now is working.  Love it

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Reply #2 May 24, 2015 3:48:56 AM
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Quoting a0152570,
reply 1

After i quit (exit GC3) and restarted it now is working. Love it

Glad you like it.

GalCiv3 doesn't read from the xml during a game. When you launch the game it reads all the available xml and creates a binary file with the information and then references that binary file during play.

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Reply #3 May 24, 2015 7:31:35 AM
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Downloaded the reduced nebula.  Just what I was looking for, just when I decided the background was too bright for my custom race colors to show properly.  Very nice.  Thanks!

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Reply #4 June 13, 2015 7:03:42 PM
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This isnt working for me is it the patch or what?

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Reply #5 June 13, 2015 7:26:41 PM
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Strange , know several who are using in 1,03 , including me and with no problem..  Are you running any other mods?  If so check to be sure this file is not in one of them, if so you will have to combine.   Things you have most likey done/checked : is everything in the correct location?  Did you enable MODs, exit, and restart the game

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Reply #6 June 13, 2015 11:40:52 PM
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No others mods. Its ok I just found the file made it all black seems to solve that issue with the star field being so annoyingly hard to read stuff when you zoom out. Now I can't see the border when placing starbases which is just annoying as ... They couldn't use gray they had to use black to show that right? 

Just another example of how unpolished this game is. 

Anybody know how to mod the black border around the constructor to a white border so it is visible you know during NORMAL gameplay. 

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Reply #7 July 19, 2015 4:07:36 PM
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Version 1.1 - Reduced the brightest intensity by 25%.

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Reply #8 July 20, 2015 9:51:15 AM
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Very nice, thx!

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Reply #9 August 11, 2015 4:55:18 PM
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Call me stupid, but which is the link for no nebula?

 

Thx

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Reply #10 August 11, 2015 5:06:01 PM
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Quoting Dirtyface83,
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Call me stupid, but which is the link for no nebula?

Me stupid, changed the wrong link when I updated. Is fixing it right now.

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Reply #11 August 11, 2015 6:08:16 PM
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Hehe no worries. I now haz all ur modz.

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