Need help on custom planet

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Been trying to make a Alien Planet that look like barren or moon type. I manage to make the planet look right on the outside but the inside cant get a match. I have downloaded alot of heightmaps (.raw) but i cannot seen them and have no clues which one that will match the planet. I must have done a dozen times to see what they look like between redplanet and normal but they all seem to be terrain type worlds.

Is there a easy way to make .raw heightmaps?

And is it possible to make my alien home planet Barren type? I have also giving this race BarrenWorld & AdvancedBarrenWorld Techs.

So far so good except upclose planet patterns doesnt match the outside and still trying to make my homeplanet barren type.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
After diggin around few files and browsing over 30 pages of threads and finally figured out something and on my spare times while im not at work i manage to complete my project. The bad news that homeworld cannot be set barren or any other environments except habitablebyall that is hardcoded. I didnt want the humans or other humanoid races that cannot stand the harsh environment, so there nothing i can do about it at the moment. If anyone do have a way to get around this please let me know then i can update it in the furture.

I have uploaded my mod to the library so it shouldnt take long for them to approve it so you guys want to try it out.

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Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Photoshop maybe able to show the .raw files, I think. It'll ask you for headerless data (I think) but if you leave it to 0, or maybe the default options it will show them. If not, try playing around with it, you might get it. Sorry for being so vague, I did it some time ago and don't remember...
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