Nebula graphics, background mod v1.5

[@sawyerwelden7929]

Looks good!

[@mikehopley]

Thank you!

[@ArmageddonChess]

wow this actually looks gorgeous

[@mikehopley]

Thanks! Been gradually tweaking it. I think it looks slightly better without the KZbin compression (maybe I'm imagining that).

[@ArmageddonChess]

@@mikehopley it must look better without youtube compression, It does affect how it looks, even if its pixel art like FTL

[@igordabkowski4009]

I hope this is going to work with the latest A+ release

[@mikehopley]

I'm not sure exactly what would happen. I think Arsenal+ makes some changes of its own, so special events can have unique backgrounds? However, if you would specifically like just the nebula clouds here, I can make a version that just replaces those images. Let me know.

[@igordabkowski4009]

@@mikehopley I'll test your mod over a couple games of A+ and we'll see what happens : )

[@mikehopley]

@@igordabkowski4009 Sounds like a plan!

[@mikehopley]

@@igordabkowski4009 Also I made a standalone version of the nebula clouds, so if the "parent" mod causes problems with A+, you can use this instead (load it last): www.subsetgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=38337

[@igordabkowski4009]

@@mikehopley I've finally had some time to do a couple of A+ speedruns to see if there are any issues. Your mod was loaded near last (after A+) and I haven't noticed any signs of mod conflict. Dunno if you're familiar with A+, so let me just say that I've encountered 2 special A+ events which have a special, one-of-a-kind background, and these backgrounds were indeed present. One sector type (Order controlled, they're called) has a specific type of planets not used for any other sector - I've seen couple of these "special" planets, and some of the usual ones from your mod. I'll try to do some more testing focusing on this sector type specifically, but other than that everything seems to be in working order. I distinctively remember trying to use your mod's earlier versions with A+ and having some event-unique backgrounds be just black screen instead - this wasn't the case just now. Most likely I've been loading your mod with some other visual mod - probably the one called "HighRes Backgrounds & Planets", which must've caused the conflict. So all in all it seems I won't need the standalone mod after all, though as I've mentioned I need to see if that special Order sector always uses the special planets or does they only appear sometimes (perhaps for specific events only). I thought I'd be able to recall this easily with the hundreds of hours poured into A+, but nope. Anyways, keep up the great work - when I confirm my suspicions, I'll let you know if your wonderful mod is A+ compatibile!