Galaxy Forge Images - No more gray planets

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I have uploaded a zip file of missing icons for the Galaxy Forge, so that grey icons (DefaultPlanet) no longer appear with planets of which you don't have the icon (this mostly occurred with the dlc planets).

Simply extract the file into the ...\Galaxy Forge\Icons folder, then you have all icons together and creating galaxies will much clearer.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/sins_mods/180/

Ever since I've made something with the Galaxy Forge, I've been slightly annoyed by the many planets that are displayed as a gray mass instead of the way the planet actually looks. This problem has become bigger with the Forbidden Worlds and Stellar Phenomena DLC, so I looked at how the planets are being displayed and it turns out it's a very simple system.

In the ...\Galaxy Forge\Icons folder, you can see all the .gif images for the planets that are shown in the program, and a gray one for the default setting, which the program always reverts to when you put in something of which the .gif doesn't exist.

I made the necessary files and put them in the folder, with a very good result. So want to post the files online, but it appears that it's impossible to attach a file directly to this post.

I could obviously upload to a dropbox account, but I'd rather avoid doing that simply for a game's map editor. Does anyone have a suggestion?

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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Ok, thanks for the link, but now I have another problem:

I uploaded the images in a .zip file, but I can't find it back. I've tried searching the database, but it did not really work. The upload system told me that the upload was successful, but maybe I should wait some time?

If not, the name I added is "Galaxy Forge Missing Icons" and the tags I've added are:

Missing Icons
Galaxy Forge

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Plasma_Wolf_4X, reply 2

Ok, thanks for the link, but now I have another problem:

I uploaded the images in a .zip file, but I can't find it back. I've tried searching the database, but it did not really work. The upload system told me that the upload was successful, but maybe I should wait some time?

If not, the name I added is "Galaxy Forge Missing Icons" and the tags I've added are:

Missing Icons
Galaxy Forge
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They take some time to approve the upload to make sure it doesn't have viruses or anything.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Plasma_Wolf_4X, reply 4
I figured out what the problem is, I didn't upload a preview image with the file. Now that that is sorted out, here is the link of the missing images:
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Yeah, they're not very good at telling you when something goes wrong.

Quoting Plasma_Wolf_4X, reply 4
That should do it, although I'm having issues with loading the page.
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Now it's probably just waiting to be approved. Once it is clear it should load and be visible from the main mod page.