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I always thought Elite Milky Way was way too much exaggerated and to be honest, looked bad and ugly...
And after seeing many times Space Engine Milky Way:
and this amazing view of the Milky Way disk:
I have edited a few lines in GraphicConfiguration.xml to make the Milky Way much more closer to that and here is the results;
Alpha Centauri;
Before:
After:
86ly above Alpha Centauri;
Before:
After:
This weird fire/cloud effect which is actually supposed to represent stars brightness was mostly removed, letting place for a much more natural looking core and space dust was reduced.
-How to?-
1. Open GraphicConfiguration.xml located here > C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Elite Dangerous\Products\elite-dangerous-64
2. Search for "MilkyWayInstancesCount" and if you scroll, you'll see the same lines for <low>, <medium> and <high> preset, edit the correct lines based on your in-game settings;
3. Replace those values (high):
<MilkyWayInstancesCount>16000</MilkyWayInstancesCount>
<LocalDustBrightness>0.0</LocalDustBrightness>
<MilkywayInstancesBrightness>1.0</MilkywayInstancesBrightness>
<MilkywayInstancesSize>1.0</MilkywayInstancesSize>
With those:
<MilkyWayInstancesCount>0.0</MilkyWayInstancesCount>
<LocalDustBrightness>-0.05</LocalDustBrightness>
<MilkywayInstancesBrightness>0.18</MilkywayInstancesBrightness>
<MilkywayInstancesSize>2.5</MilkywayInstancesSize>
Note: The stars brightness should extend all the way to the left and right but as far as I know this is not possible to do without bringing back this "fire/cloud" effect everywhere.
Cockpit screenshots:
I always thought Elite Milky Way was way too much exaggerated and to be honest, looked bad and ugly...
And after seeing many times Space Engine Milky Way:
and this amazing view of the Milky Way disk:
I have edited a few lines in GraphicConfiguration.xml to make the Milky Way much more closer to that and here is the results;
Alpha Centauri;
Before:
After:
86ly above Alpha Centauri;
Before:
After:
This weird fire/cloud effect which is actually supposed to represent stars brightness was mostly removed, letting place for a much more natural looking core and space dust was reduced.
-How to?-
1. Open GraphicConfiguration.xml located here > C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Elite Dangerous\Products\elite-dangerous-64
2. Search for "MilkyWayInstancesCount" and if you scroll, you'll see the same lines for <low>, <medium> and <high> preset, edit the correct lines based on your in-game settings;
3. Replace those values (high):
<MilkyWayInstancesCount>16000</MilkyWayInstancesCount>
<LocalDustBrightness>0.0</LocalDustBrightness>
<MilkywayInstancesBrightness>1.0</MilkywayInstancesBrightness>
<MilkywayInstancesSize>1.0</MilkywayInstancesSize>
With those:
<MilkyWayInstancesCount>0.0</MilkyWayInstancesCount>
<LocalDustBrightness>-0.05</LocalDustBrightness>
<MilkywayInstancesBrightness>0.18</MilkywayInstancesBrightness>
<MilkywayInstancesSize>2.5</MilkywayInstancesSize>
Note: The stars brightness should extend all the way to the left and right but as far as I know this is not possible to do without bringing back this "fire/cloud" effect everywhere.
Cockpit screenshots:
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