I wish I could mod the lights... I know there are 3 .dds format light maps but they don't seem to work well... and I need you mail, if you want me to send ya the files, they are a replace of clouds 1 to 10 so you must backup the original cloud maps of the game...

and you should have them anyway...CodeCritter is right, maybe something with you planet.fx file is wrong, you'll have to reinstall your game... sorry.     

Okiley dokiley, reinstalling completely is fine - although I did try a repair earlier on - to no effect. I'm curious as how to get you my email address, without posting it in the forums (a no no).

Although actually clicking on those images, in the new address bar, the entire bit after .pwp. for the suffix. The prefix is angryandroid at... I just don't like posting my email due to webpage scanners by spammers. You seem smart so figuring that out should be a piece of cake

angryandroid,
It looks like you are using one of the 1.3 betas, and that is why there are no clouds are your planet. There is a bug in the 1.3 betas that prevents clouds from appearing, but it has been fixed for the final 1.3 version.

The white spots on your planets are actually not clouds - those are the city lights. You'll notice that they appear on the dark side of the planet and fade away as they move into the light.

Master U, I like your cloud mod (very cool ), but unfortunately it will not work in the 1.3 betas. It will work in the final 1.3 though.

You can mod the lights in 1.3. There is a file in /galciv2/gfx/planets called Light_Noise.png. This texture is used in generating the lights, so if you change it, it will alter the appearance of the lights. All planets use this texture.

I have light_noise, I download it from the beta and after I donwloaded the 1.2 version it wasn't deleted... so if I'll change it in version 1.2 it will work too? and if not, can you give me the file name that you in stardock modded to get it in the game?

thanks!

angryandroid,
you can post your E-mail in my forums at The Galactic Empire official website all you need to do is to register, enter to your inbox in the private-messaging system, and then to send me a private message, you don't need to be a member but access to the members forum will be locked for you... and if you don't want to be a member so I will delete you after you gave me your mail, is it fine?

Oh, they don't look all that like city lights, to be honest *cough*, erm sorry, anyway *red faced a bit*. Thanks for resolving that, although unforunately, I have just reinstalled and am updating to 1.2. Considering how slick most things look, I am slightly dissapointed, but hey you can't have it all. I figure Master U's mod will take the pain away, as it does look great.

Master U,
It was a code change that allowed Light_Noise to be used in game, so there really isn't a way for you to use it in 1.2.

I'm actually not sure if SDC will overwrite the file or not. Your best bet is to make a backup copy of it before upgrading if you do change it.

thanks! so you going to the site?

Registered on that site, looks cool, dont delete my account please. Still cant edit my posts!

I won't upgrade until the full 1.3 version will be out so... yeah, I got all the GCII files in backup, since I really like to mod the game and find new things and stuff... I started to backup cause I didn't have the 1.2 version at first so I didn't have a mod folder which forced me to mod the game with the original files...

yeah I got this problem too! when I try to edit my posts it said:

Hello guest, please register blah blah blah..

master u, can you just post the site you got those improved cloud from? that way the rest of us can get em too

they will be as a "mod" in the Galactic Core forums, I just need to talk to Darth Griffin