AeonOfTime,

What file format and size do you need for your governor images? I've got one or two jpegs that might be useable, but I'm not sure they're large enough for your purposes.

~SDC~

PCX files, the DomGov_Governor01 143x140, 256 colours; the error_outofrange 250x180, 256 colours.

This should do the trick.

If you want to create your own minor, event or anomaly pics also, just make sure that they're at 256 colours or GalCiv will not display them properly. If you want to check the correct filesizes, just browse the gfx-folder with something like e.g. ACDsee to get the image properties displayed. I personally use PaintShop to resample higher coloured pics to 256 colours.

AeonOfTime, do you know how one can change the GovPic that appears if you click on a mini-freighter? Your GovMod is superb, no question, but this little screen is still bugging me somehow.
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Correct, but that's the final size the game needs. To create the images, the bigger the source image the better. Anything under 500px (width or height) gets difficult - especially if the part that will be cut out to make the governor is not very big.

It also depends on the overall quality of the image; if it's a jpeg with high compression, it has to be very big so that when you scale it down, most of the interferences disappear. If you've got an image, just mail it, and I'll see if I can make a governor of it:

aeonoftime[AT]gmx[dot]net



I haven't looked into that yet, but you're right - it's been bugging me too, so I guess I'll try to fix that

As it is an animation, maybe it is editable with the Galciv Graphic Editing Suite from Dark Rain - I'll tell you if I find anything.

Great. i'm looking forward to see your newest additions.

~SDC~

Which raises the question, why the cheesy animation that looks like a TV with bad interference? Is that something that can be changed?

~SDC~

I had a look last night, and found out how to change the the governor in the little screen

It was hard to find - I searched through most of the game graphics, and noticed that there's a lot of unused and obsolete stuff in there, including the panel with the small governor screen (took me quite some time to figure that out).

I'll pass on all the details... What I found out is that there's one little image with the face of the governor that is used everywhere, and the animated lines are just an overlay - so you change the face, and you've got a new governor, including animated screen.

The only glitch is that this small ~2 Kb image is withing a ~5 Mb game graphics package I won't be able to put one file for each governor online. I guess I'll make the small images, and put up a little tutorial on how to use them in your copy of GalCiv using the Graphic Editing Suite by Dark Rain (it's fairly easy).



Unfortunately not - I tried to find that animation, but it must be hardwired somewhere, as many things still are. However, the animated lines are rather nice once you remove the additional lines from the governor's face itself - the test image I used looked *way* better than the original one LOL

Is this mod still an activly updated mod?

Thanks.. But still in progress of working to improve it.. Space type theme.. I just need to advertise a little bit..

Thanks.. I guess you do not mind us putting your Mod online? We are trying to post every single mod made for Galiv. Should be done in a few more weeks..

Thanks.. Hoping to make it successful...

You got to get a rip off the original Terminator movie poster...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/05/14/terminator.jpg