are things like this possible?

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i just got back into gcii, this is the first i've really played any released version. so at this point i'm still learning to play rather than learning to mod, but there's a few things that i wonder whether they're possible:

1) changing the ship selector cursor. when i'm zoomed way out, i can't see which planet or ship is selected. i'd prefer if it were a static size, and really prefer if it were a bright color.

2) the tech screen layout. i understand it's getting reworked in the expansion, which is good... if you get the expansion. i play on a 1920x1200 screen and there is soooo much wasted space. i can see how it would work on my laptop however.

3) make the launch button select the dang launched craft. so annoying to launch a colony ship, send it to a planet, then realize that i in fact pulled my survey vessel from the edge of the galaxy.

a simple yes or no will suffice; if anyone goes into detail i'll bookmark it and come back when i'm ready to jump in.

at this point all i'm trying to do is get a feel for what is moddable and what isn't
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

1) Yes. You should be able to just replace the image

2) To some extent.  You could use our program DesktopX to edit the dxpack that has the layout for the screen.  You wouldn't be able to affect how the tech tree is displayed in its window though.  Also, you wouldn't be able to add functionality to the screen because that would require code.

3) No, you can't. That's also a code thing.  We actually had it selecting the ship that was launched, but it turned out to be a huge pain when you were trying to launch multiple ships one after another from the planet screen

In the modding docs that I wrote, I cover all of the data that can be modded, and you can modify pretty much all of the graphics.

https://www.galciv2.com/mods/gc2modsdoc.htm

 

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Item 3 is annoying.

I personally think it can be improved. What needs to happen is to have the launched ship selected, but keep the planet details up so that I can launch the next ship, or right click to send the ship off. I geuss the core of the problem is that you can only have either the planet or the ship selected.

What's strange is sometimes when you launch a ship, you have to reclick the planet to launch the next one, and sometimes you don't.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
3) No, you can't. That's also a code thing. We actually had it selecting the ship that was launched, but it turned out to be a huge pain when you were trying to launch multiple ships one after another from the planet screen


ahhh yes, now that you mention it i do remember that from the beta.

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
i started looking through that guide and it looks great, assuming the reader has zero knowledge on the subject (thank you)

i ran into some spoilers (event screens that i haven't seen yet) poking around the png files though so i'm going to go play more
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
one thing i would love to do:

remove the 15 parsec cap from a ship's scanner range. if it's possible, it would prolly get me flagged as a cheater in a metaverse game though, right?
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
remove the 15 parsec cap from a ship's scanner range. if it's possible


It isn't (code change needed).