MrPhil

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  1. Windows 8.1 is actually a bit better than just 8. At least, now there's something instead of nothing, where there used to be the star button.

     

    Also, W7 was a bit curvy. If you like things less round and more clean cut, square-ish, Win8's got that. And it has a bit less of a draw on ressources than 7 had.


  2. Plus the map are so complete! And even those planets that are not on maps are still given X-Y coordinates, though it is pretty rare not to find these. I think it happened to me only once not to find a planet I was looking for in there and I've been looking for a whole bunch, when I did my Star Wars Rebellion/Supremacy map overhaul.


  3. If you want better example of Mara's true capacities, Why not read these novels by Zahn?; Allegiance, Choices of One.

     

    Grass looks better on Dxun.

     

    Nice Skybox sample. Hey, a few years ago, I took this picture of a crazy sunset I had at home. Feels just about right. Not sure you could use-it, but if you can, why the hell not... Can't seem to upload the photo here, so this link might work: LeFeuduCiel.jpg

     

    Nice Tron shuttle you got there :P


  4. Timothy Zahn is actually the reason there is an expanded universe. He is the first one to have written books in the expanded universe setting; the trilogy of Thrawn. It was so much succesful that it enabled all the other ones to get a shot, but without him, who knows if there would have been an expanded universe. Karpyshyn's good, but the writing is not the same. As Malkior said, Zahn has a knack for details and his story is very interesting and on a star wars level, pretty realistic (when compared to novels like The Dark Saber, Jedi Academy Trilogy, everything that's Barbara Hambly, the Tales of... series and the Dark Empire comics). If I had a top 5 of star wars author, it would go Zahn on top and then, in no particular order: Michael Reaves, Drew Karpyshyn, Michael Stackpole and Steve Perry.


  5. Yes, I like that mod, SH. I am not sure I'll be using-it, just because the next 2 peragus mods, I'll be using seems to all have a different take on how this should be done and I'm just not sure this will be compatible with either Malkior or SiC's mods. But yeah, that definetly a nice touch and it looks good. The screen image is a good polish too as well as the asteroid option. Overall, that's a neat HQ reskin and a fine example of how modders should collaborate to achieve greatness ;)


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    The other major thing to do is write the scripts and create the unique models in order to replace all those really bad looking dead corpse placeables with ones that look like the miners, as I have them now.

    This gets my attention, in particular. That will be very appreciated. One detail to be considered is what Malkior said regarding some corpse being not all the same. It makes sense to me that some of the dead miner should have blaster burns at some places and not every one of em' to get these wounds at the same place. This is something that was missing in VP's mod.

     

    Also, will-it be possible for the exile to equip the miner protection gear, instead of the regular jumpsuit?