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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0000754AI War 1 / ClassicSuggestion - New FeaturesJan 3, 2011 11:45 am
ReporterWinter Born Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status closedResolutionwon't fix 
Product Version3.719 
Summary0000754: starfield sets ( I miss Sparce)
DescriptionThe starfields were too muddy for me many times.
I went into aiwar\runtimedata\images\starfield
backed up all the .png files to a safe place sorted by size and got rid of all starfield images bigger than 48k leaving 8 images
I then copy/ paste/ renamed/ the surviving 8 until I had 30 png files (0-29) again. So now I have 3-6 repeats of each image but I have "sparce" starfields again. It was a quick slash and burn solution that works for me.

Someday I hope there will be various "sets" (very sparce,sparce,std. etc) available that can be chosen from the game lobby.
If the sets could be chosen from the lobby then for marketing/media pop you could release themed sets from time to time (a "ghostly" set for halloween , could be fun to see St. Nick and his reindeer flying thru the sky once in a while :) Might be too silly for some, but could get some low cost media attention. Could run a contest to get user entries -- winner to be released as a (named after the winner) bonus set.
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Chris_McElligottPark

Oct 20, 2010 12:15 pm

administrator   ~0001518

Nope, no sets. However:


* The starfield graphics have been updated to in general have less background noise, leading to blacker blacks in the non-star portions. This helps to avoid the starfields looking "muddy" on certain monitors.
** The amusing thing was that some players complained this was "not realistic," when actually some of the most complained about images were actually cropped from the public domain hubble images. But you can't please everyone. ;)

Winter Born

Oct 20, 2010 1:16 pm

reporter   ~0001534

Lol NP how do the new images get installed into an existing install?

Game is realy coming together -- Should be ready for prime time on Monday

Chris_McElligottPark

Oct 20, 2010 1:42 pm

administrator   ~0001535

They'll just overwrite your existing images in the next patch.

It's definitely coming together, but still so many details to sort out at the last minute. Blah.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Oct 20, 2010 12:11 pm Winter Born New Issue
Oct 20, 2010 12:15 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0001518
Oct 20, 2010 12:15 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status new => resolved
Oct 20, 2010 12:15 pm Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => won't fix
Oct 20, 2010 12:15 pm Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark
Oct 20, 2010 1:16 pm Winter Born Note Added: 0001534
Oct 20, 2010 1:42 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0001535
Jan 3, 2011 11:45 am Chris_McElligottPark Status resolved => closed