This is why those hidden higher res planet textures in the config files need to be put in-game along with stations closer to low-"earth" orbit! (POLL)

[Jon93]

This is why those hidden higher res planet textures in the config files need to be put in-game along with stations closer to low-"earth" orbit! (POLL)

As many of you know, the planet textures can be upped significantly in the config files. Combine that with low-planet orbit stations to get vistas like this:

A concept image showing the same thing:

A few stations are already in low-orbit which makes for great looking images:

The higher resolution planets are of course needed for it to look good, otherwise you get:

This was already asked before in this thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/153687-More-stations-in-low-orbits-please

But I'd like to poll it as well since I reckon some people may think that this would increase travel times even further. But that could be easily fixed by increasing SC-speed near planets.

 

[pippo]

Lovely.

Would you be so kind and remind some of us how you upgrade those planet textures?

Not sure I should though, given my choking GTX750Ti...

 

[Jon93]

Lovely.

Would you be so kind and remind some of us how you upgrade those planet textures?

Not sure I should though, given my choking GTX750Ti...

Here you go https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/129065-Higher-Resolution512-Planet-textures

Be sure to use EDFX or some other graphical enhancement to really make the details stand out as well such as city lights

 

[V'larr]

I had to vote "honestly" - I am on a 550 ti 'potato' and wouldn't dare use high resolution textures, and likely won't care about it as such unless I get the chance to upgrade my graphics card.

But I have nothing against this being available for those who can benefit from it, so long as it doesn't detract from more pressing issues with the game. If your poll had an option for that, I would have picked that.