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Here's a new version of my hi-res space textures for SS2. Now in .dds format for use with the new Dark Engine patch.

are they modified/improved in any way or it's just the new format?

Always wondered if this is a reference to THX 1138

A little late but here are some screens I took for you.  The software isn't set up properly to take skybox shots... it uses a cylindrical camera system, so I had one bitch of a time figuring out the view angles from altitude and azimuth to 90 degree spherical rots.  The angles are not perfect and the seams are not perfect but give or take about 10%, these are the "actual" real views from Tau Ceti.  This is EXACTLY what you would see if you were there.  There's a bit of a "fish eye" effect going on so although the images are rectangular the distortion from the center of the image outward is spherical, making the seams abruptly change angle at the borders.  I made the view such that the vantage point is in high orbit around Tau Ceti V.  The red dot in "North" is the sun.  I would recommend pasting over both the sun and the planet with better resolution suns and planets from internet images but to keep the proportions the same.  You'd also have to jazz it up in terms of colour and HDR stuff if it's too bland as is.  The modest resolution, I'm afraid, could not be helped but with stars you don't lose much as they're only dots.

Oh and for those wondering, that fuzzy band in the background of 4 of the images is not a nebula.  It's the milky way viewed from our vantage point, inside of it.

thanks alot for the update

That's one hell of an image...

i dont speak english, and i dont understand it so much. but i need help, Wich programs do i need to run this space mod?, i just have sstools and  the game System shock 2. how can i install this mod?

It works, thanks a lot, you reply very fast, thank again for help a noob player...
PD: Space looks cool now. Nice work

All windows have a blueish tint. DDS is not some magical file format, you know, just open it with IrfanView (for example).

what about source material? is it photoshop or is it Real space shots from NASA ?
if its not real, can you do it too plz?

Yes, there is something like copyright, but NASA specifically disclaims it. They're good people, these spacefarers.

NASA still images; audio files; video; and computer files used in the rendition of 3-dimensional models, such as texture maps and polygon data in any format, generally are not copyrighted. You may use NASA imagery, video, audio, and data files used for the rendition of 3-dimensional models for educational or informational purposes, including photo collections, textbooks, public exhibits, computer graphical simulations and Internet Web pages. This general permission extends to personal Web pages.

you know what I would like to see at the station map? an authentic, fully dynamic space with blinking stars and everything, plus earth that would fully rotate after 24 ingame hours.

crazy? well, it's not like I have any real plans for the next 50 years or so..