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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/19/2020 4:32:08 PM)

Just a quick message on what is happening with my mods.......

The development of the mods was impacted by the virus that hit us as I needed to concentrate on making sure the business I own did not collapse. While I have been quiet in the forum things have been happening behind the scenes which I will let you know about over the coming month.

The first bit of information is that I have set up a gaming channel on youtube called Run and Hide Gamer and I will be showing the latest on my mods including gameplay of those mods.

I also plan to help promote Distant Worlds Universe and the upcoming Distant Worlds 2 as this is still by far the best real-time 4X space strategy game out there.

Stay tuned for more details.



https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7sHS4Lzp6Lh3p0xu0WQdQ/


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/19/2020 5:26:10 PM)

In the last 30 days I have published 90 videos to my youtube channel and I have started editing the opening video for the first Distant Worlds Universe video which will introduce the mods I am working on for Distant Worlds Universe. This should be released a little later today.

The downside of course to all of this is that you get to hear my voice for the first time when I provide commentary for the first look at the new version of these mods.

There will also be behind the scene guides on how to mod the game and if you are new to Distant Worlds Universe I will do a video response to your questions. If you need help with how to do something in the game you can leave your questions here if you need a video guide on how to do it.

And of course, I will promote Distant Worlds 2 as more news comes out.



https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7sHS4Lzp6Lh3p0xu0WQdQ/


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/22/2020 4:33:25 PM)

I have had a little delay on putting out the first video for my mod...... I am looking at releasing it on my channel within the next 24 hours



https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7sHS4Lzp6Lh3p0xu0WQdQ/


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/22/2020 7:19:56 PM)

I have just finished editing the 2-minute intro video for the mod which will give you an idea of the timeline in which this mod takes place..... this video will be on my youtube channel in 2 and a half hours time.

The next video will be up tomorrow showing some of the mod I have been working on lately.

Roy


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7sHS4Lzp6Lh3p0xu0WQdQ/


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/22/2020 10:06:46 PM)

A special preview video has now been added to my youtube channel......
Another video added tomorrow.

Roy


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGg4Y1Z67pycUK0_onC7696GURGZbVTBK


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/23/2020 12:15:48 AM)

The next video on my channel later today will show some of the new gas giants I am adding to my mod. I will do a video at a later showing how anyone with photoshop can create their own planets using the same technique.


Roy


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGg4Y1Z67pycUK0_onC7696GURGZbVTBK



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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/23/2020 7:30:27 PM)

A new gas giant added to the mod.........


Roy


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGg4Y1Z67pycUK0_onC7696GURGZbVTBK

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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/23/2020 7:52:53 PM)

A second new gas giant added to the mod.........


Roy


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGg4Y1Z67pycUK0_onC7696GURGZbVTBK



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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/26/2020 2:45:10 PM)

I have uploaded the first behind the scenes footage of making my Star Wars mod with the first look at the new Rebel Alliance X-Wing fighter which has now been now added to the mod.

Please leave a like to the video and subscribe to my youtube channel if you want to see more of the upcoming Star Wars mod.

Roy


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGg4Y1Z67pycUK0_onC7696GURGZbVTBK


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/26/2020 7:34:36 PM)

A new behind the scenes video has been added to my channel below where I talk about changes made to the races in the mod and give my first indication of when the updated mod will be released.

Please leave a like to the video and subscribe to my youtube channel if you want to see more of the upcoming Star Wars mod.

Roy


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGg4Y1Z67pycUK0_onC7696GURGZbVTBK


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/26/2020 9:13:10 PM)

A third video today has been released showing behind the scenes look at changes that will be made to research and technology if you want to build the T-65 X-Wing Starfighter that Luke Skywalker flew in Episode IV..... or perhaps you want a Tie-fighter and Star Destroyer if you play as the Empire.......I also announce when the new research tree will go live in the mod.

Please leave a like to the video and subscribe to my youtube channel if you want to see more of the upcoming Star Wars mod.

Roy


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGg4Y1Z67pycUK0_onC7696GURGZbVTBK


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/27/2020 5:09:54 PM)

Artwork I have created for part of the mod......

Tatooine is a planet that has an important role in this mod and is one of the many planets that will be attacked by both the Mandalorians as well as the Empire.


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/28/2020 10:15:37 AM)

A new video added to my youtube channel below showing new artwork created for the mod using high detail 360-degree views of x-wings, tie fighters, and star destroyers.

Please leave a like to the video and subscribe to my youtube channel if you want to see more of the upcoming Star Wars mod.

Roy


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGg4Y1Z67pycUK0_onC7696GURGZbVTBK


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/28/2020 10:16:48 PM)

Now added to my youtube channel an early preview of the Death Star and an Imperial Star Destroyer...... both full-sized and in testing stages. The final size of these two will decide the size of the smaller ships such as the corvettes, x-wings and tie fighters.

Please leave a like to the video and subscribe to my youtube channel to help the channel grow if you want to see more of the upcoming Star Wars mod.

Roy


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGg4Y1Z67pycUK0_onC7696GURGZbVTBK


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/29/2020 9:37:40 AM)

Over the next few days, I will be completing an overhaul of each portait picture for the Star Wars races appearing in the mod. A preview of 8 of them is now shown on my youtube channel including the new looks for Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. Tomorrow I replace races that were introduced in the trilogy of movies Episodes 7 through 9.

Please leave a like to the video and subscribe to my youtube channel to help the channel grow if you want to see more of the upcoming Star Wars mod.

Roy


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGg4Y1Z67pycUK0_onC7696GURGZbVTBK


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/30/2020 6:44:53 PM)

Hundreds of new planets are being created in photoshop and added to the mod similar to the world shown in the sample below.

With my mod ocean planets for example will not always be blue as this is a color unique to the conditions on Earth and are different in other parts of the galaxy.

Same with desert planets...... they are not always brown...... and forest worlds.... you got it..... not always green.

Prepare yourself for a whole new experience in planets.

Oh.... and that's not all....... the plan is to update the mod with new planets on a frequent basis.




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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/30/2020 6:57:12 PM)

An example of a new world created with oceans and continents...... in this case the sea is blue.

A video will be coming out soon showing more of these planets but within the gameplay itself......





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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/30/2020 7:44:00 PM)

And a 3rd preview of a world whose surface is pocketed with craters with a large mass of ice in the south eastern area.




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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/31/2020 4:32:54 AM)

The first ice planet.......



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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (10/31/2020 6:36:52 PM)

Just a quick update.......

I finished creating 50 Continent Worlds yesterday and have 15 ice worlds completed so far today, with the remaining ice planets expected to be finished today. Monday Australia time I work on the 50 desert worlds and Tuesday the ocean worlds.

Below is an example of one of the ice planets created for my mod...... when I resize the picture for the forum it looses some quality and the planet is actually high detail in the game.

With the planets in the mod you will not be able to look for an iceworld because it is white, or an ocean world, because it is blue, a swamp or forest world because it is green, a desert world because it is brown and volcanic worlds, will not always be a dark brown. In the Universe conditions on each planet determine the color of water, rock, vegetation, and ice so

Volcanic planets are also getting a makeover with planets no longer having just rivers of lava but entire seas that could cover most of the planet.



Stay tuned for more details.



https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7sHS4Lzp6Lh3p0xu0WQdQ/




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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (11/1/2020 11:48:09 AM)

Over the weekend I have created 187 new planets for the mod and have just uploaded a preview video of some of those planets on my Run and Hide Gamer Channel. The link below will take you directly to the Distant Worlds Universe section of my channel.

Please leave a like to the video and subscribe to my youtube channel to help the channel grow if you want to see more of the upcoming Star Wars mod.

Roy


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGg4Y1Z67pycUK0_onC7696GURGZbVTBK


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (11/5/2020 5:26:33 PM)

A screenshot in photoshop where I am creating the new planets from for the mod.......
I decided the water worlds would look better if the water was the same blue color..... this is the color I chose.



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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (11/5/2020 5:44:58 PM)

A minor tweak to the color of the oceans and seas..... with planets they look so much better when they have bright rich colors and I feel this blue is a much better option of blue.

I have had to make changes to the 230 planets I have created as testing showed an issue with the atmosphere of the planets if you had background nebula effects enabled in the display settings.

The ground also has more detail than the image on the left in the prior post.


These planets are in high detail when in game .... when I convert the picture from png to jpeg format to add to the forum I lose a significant amount of quality in detail.


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (11/5/2020 6:02:35 PM)

Another world with continents and this one having an atmosphere color almost the same as Tatooine.....

The color will be determined by the size of the landmass and oceans on the planet.
The thin blue line of the atmosphere around the edge of the planet should work better with the DWU background nebula effects but I am doing more testing today.

These planets are in high detail when in game .... when I convert the picture from png to jpeg format to add to the forum I lose a significant amount of quality in detail.


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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (11/5/2020 7:41:53 PM)

When doing the continental worlds I refer to the definition of continental which refers to worlds with landmasses and ocean..... and this of course also means that world can have lush green forests, deserts, mountains, or areas covered in snow and ice.

In the picture below this side of the planet has a larger continent with desert and mountains while having smaller pockets of green forests and valleys. To the top right you can see a large area of the planet covered in ice.

This is an example of how I am creating planets with a mixture of rock, desert, forest and ice.

These planets are in high detail when in game .... when I convert the picture from png to jpeg format to add to the forum I lose a significant amount of quality in detail.



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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (11/5/2020 9:18:17 PM)

This is an example of how the new sandy desert worlds will look like in the mod.

While there are no seas and oceans there will be small pockets of water down there.
Despite being a mostly desert world it does have areas cold enough to form snow and ice as seen on the planet bottom left and top right.

These planets are in high detail when in game .... when I convert the picture from png to jpeg format to add to the forum I lose a significant amount of quality in detail.

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rjord2021 -> Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (11/5/2020 9:38:56 PM)

And then a new ice world not completely covered in ice.

These planets are in high detail when in-game .... when I convert the picture from png to jpeg format to add to the forum I lose a significant amount of quality in detail.

A video will come out shortly on my youtube channel showing a better look at the new planets.


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7sHS4Lzp6Lh3p0xu0WQdQ/

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Retreat1970 -> RE: Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (11/6/2020 3:25:05 AM)

I'd like to play with your artwork before you finish. Any chance for a planetary image pre-pack?



rjord2021 -> RE: Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (11/6/2020 4:07:11 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Retreat1970

I'd like to play with your artwork before you finish. Any chance for a planetary image pre-pack?



I can do some planets just for you ..... how many do you want?



Retreat1970 -> RE: Follow the Star Wars Mod Development On My Youtube Channel (11/6/2020 4:54:01 PM)

No rush keep working. Just whenever you get to that point.



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