[AE][MOD] Highres Shields 1.1
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 8:40 pm
This is purely a graphical mod which replaces the shield graphics of the playable ships. It is compatible with both vanilla FTL as well as the Advanced Edition (it includes the shield for the Lanius ship). The mod does not alter any events, change balance etc.
Two things bothered me about the vanilla shield graphics: the rough, non-aliased edge with jaggies. And the fact that the hexagon pattern was completely flat, while in reality the shield is a three-dimensional sphere.
Therefore, I decided to re-generate the shields in 3D. I had to change the shape of the cells from hexagon to triangle. Besides that I tried to stay as close as possible to the original in terms of color and opacity.
Please ignore the compression artifacts in the animated GIF above (had to reduce the number of colors to 256).
Download Highres Shields (V1.1 | 2,9 MB)
Enjoy!
Changelog:
1.1 - rounder outer edges
1.0 - initial release
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For the old-style purists among you, I also created a highres version of the vanilla 2D hexagon pattern. To be honest, it doesn't change much. It fixes the skewing of the hexagonal pattern in some of the original shields (such as Engi ship) and uses proper antialias for the edges. Here's a screenshot for comparison:
(Click on image for close-up view)
Download Highres Shields Classic (V1.0 | 1,8 MB)
Two things bothered me about the vanilla shield graphics: the rough, non-aliased edge with jaggies. And the fact that the hexagon pattern was completely flat, while in reality the shield is a three-dimensional sphere.
Therefore, I decided to re-generate the shields in 3D. I had to change the shape of the cells from hexagon to triangle. Besides that I tried to stay as close as possible to the original in terms of color and opacity.
Please ignore the compression artifacts in the animated GIF above (had to reduce the number of colors to 256).
Download Highres Shields (V1.1 | 2,9 MB)
Enjoy!
Changelog:
1.1 - rounder outer edges
1.0 - initial release
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For the old-style purists among you, I also created a highres version of the vanilla 2D hexagon pattern. To be honest, it doesn't change much. It fixes the skewing of the hexagonal pattern in some of the original shields (such as Engi ship) and uses proper antialias for the edges. Here's a screenshot for comparison:
(Click on image for close-up view)
Download Highres Shields Classic (V1.0 | 1,8 MB)