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Garrett33 28 Feb, 2024 @ 1:08am
How can I disable animations ?
with the Balance mod - editing files will be ok . . .
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CaptainKwok 28 Feb, 2024 @ 7:09am 
Which animations do you want to disable? Assuming it's the micrometeoroid/comet/dust clouds, you can simply decrease the "duplicate count" field for their entries (Micrometeoroid Storm, Dust Cloud, Comet Cloud) in XFileClasses_Stellar.txt in the data folder:
Effect 2 Name := Micrometeoroid 2 Effect 2 Size := 1.0 Effect 2 Duplicate Count := 100 <<<<< Make this smaller or even 0 Effect 2 Frame Change Rate := 175 Effect 2 Offset Position X := Random(-25.0, 25.0) Effect 2 Offset Position Y := Random(-25.0, 25.0) Effect 2 Offset Position Z := Random(-10.0, 10.0) Effect 2 Rotate X := 0 Effect 2 Rotate Y := 0 Effect 2 Rotate Z := Random(-0.001, 0.001) Effect 2 Rotate Center Offset X := 0 Effect 2 Rotate Center Offset Y := 0 Effect 2 Rotate Center Offset Z := 0 Effect 2 Use Lighting := TRUE Effect 2 Blend Source := Blend_SrcColor Effect 2 Blend Dest := Blend_InvSrcColor Effect 2 Brightness Change Rate := 0.002 Effect 2 Random Brightness Start := TRUE Effect 2 Starting Brightness RGB := 125, 125, 125 Effect 2 Ending Brightness RGB := 255, 255, 255 Effect 2 Always Behind Model := FALSE
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Garrett33 28 Feb, 2024 @ 4:25pm 
Ah thx - will try that - I tried the 'BitmapEffects_System.txt' file without success . . .

It's mainly about performance - I have the game in a playable state with the 'ddraw.dll'
but in some systems with clouds I still have FPS drops.

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another thing, Captain:

Do you know a way to change individual column-widths in listings ?
maybe through hex-editing ?
Thats the thing which annoys me most in the game.
Not enough space for info per page . . .


thank you for your time
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CaptainKwok 28 Feb, 2024 @ 6:40pm 
I don't think you can change column widths. Is there a particular report that doesn't give you enough column space?

If you want to see more rows you can click on the picture icon and the pictures will shrink to half or none, which can significantly increase the number of rows visible at one time. You can also do this on the turn log screen as well.
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Garrett33 29 Feb, 2024 @ 1:51am 
Captain - I found some typos in the tech-PDF:


AS13|Medium Ship Construction
--> [V] Carrier (3) (2,4,6 + AS18 3 ± RT1/RT3)
should be
--> [V] Carrier (3) (2,4,6 + AS19 4 ± RT1/RT3)


and

AS19|Fighters
--> [V] Carrier (3) [3 + AS12 2,4,6 ± RT1/RT3]
should be
--> [V] Carrier (3) [4 + AS13 2,4,6 ± RT1/RT3]

same for Heavy Carrier.

great mod btw
And after all these years you're here and help people each day - that's dedication . . .
Last edited by Garrett33; 29 Feb, 2024 @ 11:12am
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