Topic: The stock sun in SFC3 is now blue.

[James Formo]

This is not a scenery mod, but the stock sun in SFC3. So it still glitters and all that. As it turns out. The colors for the sun are partially in a bmp but they
also hard coded. Because of this I can only change the corona to red, orange, green or none at all. Blue wasn't possible. I think it looks better green then none at all.


This will be included the the heavy version of the Assimilation Mod for SFC3. If I get ambitious I might write a batch file that you could run to swith between
the yellow and blue sun.

The pics are down, they should be back up tomorrow. Villagephotos has a transfer limit. Not sure but I think everytime the pic is d/l counts towards the limit.
Its free so what the hey.

When the pics are back up check it out. I know it don't look like much, but it took 4 hours figuring out how to do it. Much of it reloading the game to test it out.



   
 

and 1 more. This pic is all stock from SFC3 with minor tweak to the ion storm.

 

[James Formo]

Bumping this cause the pics were down yesterday. Using a free host that limits bandwidth per day.

Anyone here still play SFC3? Hello?

[Reverend]

Thas totally awesome, James!! How and where did you change things? Do you think another color can be added, or maybe binary suns?

MarianoDT or however that fella's name is written, is doing work to the planets you ought to keep you eye on... don't have the link, but its here.... you'd like it too.

Anyhow, this is very nice stuff!! Thank you!  

[Klingon Fanatic]

BUMP

Really cool! Can you cahnge the size/color of the SFC: OP sun in the same way?

Qapla!

KF

[James Formo]

The files involved are called inner corona, then ion storm is a problem because it effects both the sun and ion storm. You can't effect 1 without changing the other.
So its a compromise. The  bmps for the sun are in Orangesun folder I think. Took a long time to figure it out. I can do the sun in orange, red. However the model itself is
hardcoded I think.  It looks goofy red, as red stars are suppose to be giants. The only way to add dual suns is by adding them via scenery mods. I can make them big this way and they look ok
I will add planets this way as well. Adding planets as models causing collision problems.

I would love it if some folks would contibute some space scenes and planet renders they have done. I can use yhese in the Assimilation mod and they look kick
a**

KF-You know I have yet to ever see a sun in SFC/OP. I play conquest always and never seen one. I don't think its possible to alter then sun in OP. Probalby all hard coded. Not sure though.

I did up a couple klink bashes of the stock sfc3 ships. But I see my pic usage is almost maxed out for the day. Can't access my other host with this browser.
Anyways I am neglegting SFC1 and SFC2 for a while as I want to get this SFC3 mod out before too long.