New Galactic mod!!

[garrett]

Hi all,

New to Defcon, new to forums... got the game a couple of weeks ago from Direct2Drive. Looks pretty dead around here, but for those that are interested, I made a KILLER galactic mod. I have plans for more... Huge thanks to Zanzer7 and the modsuite!!!

Now, how do I get a screenshot into this message? And where can I host the file?

I plan on contacting the modsite zanzer7 hosts, maybe I can email him direct (trust me when I say you'll want to add this to the list)

any other ways to get this to you all? Do I HAVE TO get a flicker acct (for image) and rapidshare acct (for files)

Does anyone still read these forums... play this game?[/img]

[garrett]

Okay, so for the first ten people, for the next ten days, you can get it here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/203470672/g ... 1.rar.html

that should be enough for some feedback, I can move it to a free permanent account or repost again later if needed.

SOMEBODY go check it out! (BTW it's not exactly small, so it takes a bit to start up, but once going it runs fine on my PC)

Now to see about screenshot, I don't know how to embed it here so check out a couple I put up on Flicker:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35845367@N04/3315780844/

Let me know what you think, hopefully I can refine a few things over the next week.

[xander]

First off, you really need to wait more than five hours before bumping your own topic. A large number of people on these forums live in the Europe, and were/are probably in bed. Second, some screenshots of your mod would really help.

xander

[garrett]

Sorry guy! Wasn't meaning to breach ettiquite, just excited. I also decided to answer some of my own questions, at least to give a few people a chance to look at the mod. I understand how lame it is to not have screenshots or anything, so I wanted to at least put it up for grabs, that way somebody would be more likely to get back to me.

and yeah, I totally spaced on the euro factor, just realised this is a uk site. But glad to get a response...

Now, since I've probably spent more time modding this game than actually playing it, Im going to get back to troubleshooting my map...

[xander]

Images work like this:



xander

[garrett]

Like this?



Thanks Xander!

It still comes up as a reference to my Flickr page, not showing the pic here... must have something to do with Flickr? I don't know, I don't do a lot of this kind of stuff...
I'll get it figured out eventually. Zanzer7 replied to my email, I'll send him a final version after a few tweaks, maybe after some gameplay feedback.[/url]

[xander]

Like this?



Thanks Xander!

Images need to actually be images. The url for an image should end in .jpg or .png, for instance. So, to include that image, you would need to do this:





xander

[garrett]

Thanks, that was fast!! Any chance you checked out the map?

[sfericz]

My head would explode playing on that map. Although it might just be the server migraine I'm having :\

[garrett]

really?... no interest in this, anyone? I was hoping to get some playtest feedback before finalising the map but oh well...

[Ace Rimmer]

Looks a bit, erm too busy.

[trickser]

I like how it looks, very different. But i dont play games vs the CPU, and it will be hard to find a human to play this.

[Eral]

mmm seems really funny and looks great! Will try it these days.

Possibility to use the Black Hole Sun or the Gravity?

[garrett]

That's a good start... too busy huh? That is, of course, a matter of taste. However, the look can easily be adjusted using the styles editor, maybe I should include a few presets. For example, the BG image can be nearly eliminated by playing with overlay color and alpha, borders can be turned off, colors adjusted, etc. As an example of a simpler presentation (exact same mod) here is a pic:


Would that be better for some?

[nuclear cocaine]

well i think it looks sweet but its dickhead shit to not have but 10 downloads of it i want to try it so make another link plz