[EM] Planetary Rings replacement DDS textures

ECC01 · Post by **ECC01** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:12 am

Here's some higher-res and different planetary ring textures I made from scratch for Evochron Mercenary.
I have no idea if they will work on earlier games.

http://www.box.net/shared/gmogxdatxl3xuk267u6c

There's also a less busy png texture for the stars included, many are dimmer and in the background, makes "constellations" look more real to my eyes.

I'm using these alongside Leatherpoker's EM nebulae mod from here: http://www.starwraith.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6890

Malix · Post by **Malix** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:20 pm

screenshot would be nice, so we'd know what we're getting into

ECC01 · Post by **ECC01** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:18 pm

Aww, didn't want to spoil the surprise awaiting your eyeballs...

ok, here's some half-size shots that should give u a good idea of "what you're getting into"

for anyone not wanting to see these screenshots, look away now...

Have the full-size shots if there's interest, but tbh I'd rather you enjoyed the graphics full-size in-game anyway

[Edited on 24/8/11 by ECC01]

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:36 pm

Cool. How does it look when you're flying inside one?

ECC01 · Post by **ECC01** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:11 pm

@ Marvin,
there is no "inside" as the graphic is a flat-plane projection.
The usual "white mist" appears for harvesting water when close-up.

As usual, use what you want of it, I don't think you have to use all the slots up if wanting to retain the normal graphics.
So just use the rings1.dds or whichever number(s) you want. The rest will stay as per default if not present in the rings directory.

Malix · Post by **Malix** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:11 pm

yeaaah. I think I'm sold. adding these to my game. Thank you

Post by **Marvin** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:06 am

There's some really impressive "skinning" (texturizing) being done here. Bravo.

Post by **DaveK** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:01 am

Excellent - It's a keeper - thanks very much for sharing!

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:42 pm

Cool, thanks for sharing....

Nova_Solo · Post by **Nova_Solo** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:12 am

Very Nice Rings! Definately makes the planets feel more realistic!;)

Kit · Post by **Kit** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:13 am

As beautiful as this mod is, I couldn't help but notice it put rings on everything for me. Literally every planet and every star was suddenly boasting shiny new rings as soon as I installed it. Did this happen for anyone else, or am I just a derp that installed the mod wrong?

Capt_Caveman · Post by **Capt_Caveman** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:25 pm

this mod will not put rings on planets that dont already have them.

KingArthur · Post by **KingArthur** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:45 pm

Very Nice ECCO. I'm Using the NEBULA MODS And I Think I'll Give Your Rings a Try.

Kit · Post by **Kit** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:01 am

From post: 142992, Topic: tid=7913, author=capt_cronic wrote:this mod will not put rings on planets that dont already have them.

I realize it's not supposed to, but it did for me. Every planet and star suddenly had its own rings. I'm just wondering if this could be the result of a conflict of some kind, and if anyone else has found this problem.

Capt_Caveman · Post by **Capt_Caveman** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:43 pm

never heard of that glitch, have you tried to reinstall the game?
it may have been corrupted.