Hey guys - been doing a lot of work on making Starbound a little more colorful. Would you like me to try to make a mod (is it possible even) so you can have these types of experiences? Mod is made - here it is WIP: http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/spacebound.1220/ NOTE: I use a lot of mods - but you'll most notably see assets from these mods below: http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/dungeoneer-dungeons.718/ http://community.playstarbound.com/...-the-universe-an-universe-biome-overhaul.199/ http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/antimonster-big-bag-of-monsters.301/ http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/「colorbound」.1131/ http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/your-starbound-crew.948/ http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/rise-of-the-hylotl.822/ So here is some examples of what I mean The original thread I started my journey on getting this stuff done is here http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/auroras-and-how-to-change-them.65149/ Questions Answers Comments - ty ttfn And I have no idea how to do this poll thing - not sure if it posted or not - what is poll choice...?
While I think your screen shots are a little on the overly colourful side, I wouldn't mind things like black holes or the occasional aurora. Ringed planets are a most definite yes.
Some extra visual assets to add to the huge pot of visual assets that seems to into the procedural generator wouldn't hurt.
I like these colors, but as exceptions. I don't think they should be the "common" types, because then they wouldn't be special. Also, my character very much minds black holes, and does not want any of those, especially on starter planets =P
I love the colorful screenshots, sounds like a great idea! I would instantly install such a mod, if it wouldn't affect gameplay too much.
Kind of made my eyes hurt. Not that I don't appreciate the effort, but it's too much sensory data for me at once. (my favorite color is gray).
Thanks for responses guys. Been digging around in files a little more - was trying to get some cooler looking planets to generate -but with how the game adds masks to the general planet image it just seemed to daunting - I couldn't get any black holes or the like in yet either - I thought I found where the basic space background file was - and tried o modify that in different ways - but nothing - so I don't know. I do think I might take a whack at this though - will wait till after patch for obvious reasons. If there's something you'd like to see or for me to try I will see what I can do. This is what I hope the mod will do for you once I have it made - 1. multiple types of aurora's 2.aurora's will show at night and during the day 3. most cold biomes will have aurora's mostly at night and a good amount of the time 4. other biomes -not all - will have a small chance to have an aurora 5. more stars and colors in space 6. warp animation now is less blue and more colorful 7. more color variety in nebulae 8. some cloud restructuring and possible minor planet alterations 9. possible ui recolor (what would you like to see?) That's about all for now. I think I can get that working - just have to see how it will interact with mods to see if I'd nee to merge or whatnot - Then I'd like to get it to work with mod added biomes - So I'll have to get permission for that stuff. if that all works out - then I'll take a look at making a separate mod to de-color(?) starbound - or to say - make it darker - not sure - maybe ill never get to it - lol I am right now just reading up on modding basics and stuff - and trying to still get stuff to appear in game - like a comet in the sky - stuff like that - I have acouple ideas I just need to check out now. Anywho - please leave any requests or ideas - and if you can help at all by pointing me towards some good mod faqs or info about this kinda modding - ty - been hard to find anything other than make a tool or new race kind of stuff - :/
Update: re-installing Starbound right now, going to test out mod, see if I actually made the mod , little more test, maybe some art touchup, release first beta - which ill try to get out today. All depends on if I actually made the mod right or not - I have no clue what I'm doing but I am doing it regardless will try to get it to work with or without mods - and then add into a couple other mods with permission maybe - and ill try to find out what happens in multi (so I can at least say hey this doesn't work in multi - don't use in multi - or omg your good to go) lots o work :/ back at it OH - when I make the mod on the mod page - does that create a new post in the mods forum for feedback/de-bugging talk or do I ave to create a new post in the right forum section and then link to it in mod creation - any help or pointer would be much appreciated ty
Update 2: MOD is here - http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/spacebound.1220/ Still got a good amount of work to do on it - but it is a start - hope you guys enjoy - will try to keep most my posts now in the mods topic
