FQM 5.00 Beta 10

Hi Fyron.

First of all I like the new star types and their appearance, the new and existing stars do seem much better looking. The extra system and quadrant types adds more to the game too.

One thing I really am having a hard time with though is the planet glows, I mean no disrespect but these do not go down with me at all. Is there a way to remove these so they appear the same way they do in stock but still keep the new size scaling?

Thanks for your time and continued effort.

I removed entries from each of the planets in the xfileclasses_stellar.txt file

Thanks for your reply.

I like planet glows a lot. I makes it really easy to see what athmoshere the planet has. It also true for planet types, but sometimes it's hard to tell if the planet is rock or ice...

I have a 32MB GeForce2 MX, and often have the problem with wrong/garbled images for components and background images. (With the GeForce4Ti I only had the wrong images problem for components under ship display).
Safe mode works but slows the game down to a crawl.
Does FQM use a lot more ressources than stock, and what workaround do you think I could do to solve this problem?
(Downgrading texture quality?)
Has anyone managed to make 3DAnalyze work with SEV?

do you have a zip version of the download

Longship mod has merged the multimedia pack and the three new components from balance mod. Who Do I send the file to for everyone? Because it will not disrupt anyone's game who has either.

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Well, I thought about waiting Starcraft 2 to be out for buying a new computer, and with the latest pilotes Se5 is quite playable in Safe mode... But, as you said, I'll probably try to find a cheap card until then if the slowness bothers me too much.

Is it normal for the planet images (when you select a planet etc) not to match how they look in the 3d area?

I doubled checked the instalation of the stellar pack and it looks fine, and I can see the nice glow around the planets etc but they just dont match the close-up 2d image I see when the planet is selected. Did I do something wrong maybe?

Thanks,
Myros

Figured out why the 3d image and the 2d image dont match:

The stellar1 multimedia pack does not contain any picture files for the modded planets, and then your mod refrences just the 1st two images from the standard game.
ie
Portrait Filename := planet_ice_0001_medium.bmp
Large Portrait Filename := planet_ice_0001_medium_lp.jpg
and
Portrait Filename := planet_ice_0002_medium.bmp
Large Portrait Filename := planet_ice_0002_medium_lp.jpg

Any plans to finish your mod and have the 2d images match the 3d ones? Or maybe the multimedia pack is unfinished or missing the proper files?

Myros

Ive started work on some basic 2d images for it - just to cover the 2 per 3d style for now. Will post when done in case anybody else wants it.

Myros