Hi

I have installed this mod and ran DA for a couple hours now, and saved/shutdown. I attempted to run again but DA will not load after the initial video sequence runs(skipped or not). Has anyone had any problems with this mod having adverse effects on the loading of DA? It crashes completely to desktop with one of those funny MS dialog boxes saying there's a problem with DA. Personally I think its Windows he he...

But since my system is more than powerful enough (AMD FX-57, 2.5 Gigs DDR2 400, ATI 1600 Graphics), and I have not had any problems with the installation of this game plus updates, I must assume it is this mod (no others installed).

Just would like to bring my save game back as I was doing pretty damn good...

oh and basic regular settings for the games internal settings, but the load is not getting that far, and I have tried running without the mod except for the two files mentioned in the readme still crashes.

Are those to files in the main directory the problem children? I do not know that much about what is in the files themselves.

McKindle, You'll have to post your Debug.err file to get more help... There's nothing in the mod that should remotely cause that kind of problem, so we need to see what's going on.

240K isn't large at all

However, don't send it to me in an email, instead let's wait until kryo gets around and then you can ask him to take a look at it. I seriously doubt the mod has anything to do with it, and if it's an issue with DA itself, it would be better to let Kryo help you out .

I thought it was large for having only played for about 2 hours with that installation... but OK.

As for the problem as stated I have re-installed and everything is working great so there must have been an "Anomoly" in the stars...

Thanks and if it get funky again I'll send a copy to Kryo.

So far it looks pretty Damn good though. Those stars are kinda colorful though is there a way to tone them down just a little?

Thanks again for your hard work...

My only reason for not posting it here was personal info contained in the file like my full name used on the computer so I will simply ignor/fix the issue if it arrises again.

Thanks anyways.

It that is the case you could simply XXXXXXXXX out your name and such. The tech info is what matters.

Ambient light is the amount of Light that affects everything on the 3D map in all directions. Where you can tell is on the dark side of planets and ships. In reality there is 0 ambient light in space, that means if there's no star light shining on a surface, it's completely dark. So i recommend 0-10% for a more natural and visual experience.

Specular light on the other hand, is basically the amount of "shine" a metallic surface gives off. I usually set it between 40-50% so as not to overwhelm a surface so much that i can't see it.

Awesome mod!

Thanks a lot. So pretty!

Now can you give the astroids a facelift? They were ok, but thanks to your mod they look less good now

Anyway enjoying it greatly! Outstanding work!

I fixed the Problem I deleted C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar

i had custom races that disrupted the graphics within the game. Thanx anyways. Graphics look great can i play with the graphics on metaverse?

Hmmm Pity, Galciv2 should create scores for particular mods then. Great game tho keep modding   

no! i'd have to start playing on tiny maps!

to echo my own pervious words and many others', the mod looks utterly fantastic. saturn looks, well, like saturn! at least when the rings are roughtly correct in size.

i recall you saying at some point that you wanted to hear about bugs. well, i had a small one. one of the layers of clouds seemed to not load properly, and it appeared very pixelated over my planets. it was the 'thinner' upper layer of clouds that's translucent and moves faster.

of course i failed to document it even by taking a screen shot. the game was set on a huge galaxy: uncommon stars, common planets, average habitables. it could have simply been a memory/hardward issue, and it hasn't seemed to happen again. i may chose to only use this mod on smaller maps until i can afford an upgrade to my graphics card.

only other observations: the games take a lot longer to load, and my FPS sputters on me when i mouse around the map. certainly not a major complaint, and GC2 has always seemed to tax my system regardless.

hey logic!

Sorry for not posting quicker - traveling. Thanks for the info about the Raceconfig and Startypes files.

I can confirm 100% that race config willwork in the mods/data folder. However, if there are race files in the Mydocuments\galciv2\darkavatar such as customrace (i belive that's what its called - sorry I'm in a library right now. I know it doesn't end in .xml, but it really is an xml file) those files will over write the raceconfig in the mods\data folder. Essentially, from what I can tell, the game is trying to be "helpful" by remembering your last race picks, custom races, etc, in the MyDocuments directory, thus ignoring any changes you make in the mods\data\raceconfig.xml. Deleting these files will "reset" the game, forcing DA to look for raceconfig in the mods\data folder. From what I can tell, anytime you change the race config file, you need to clean out the My Documents\Galciv2\Dark avatar folder. Unfortunately, you lose your custom races everytime you do this.

I hope that isn't too confusing. I know Raceconfig will work in the mod directory, however, its not as easy as simply placing it there. Hopefully, when they release a patch, updating the raceconfig will be more elegant. I know a lot of people don't want to hack around thier directories for good reason too.

No, i'm afraid the mod is made for Dark Avatar.