Vhyle wrote:Hey Paul, I'm playing the Terran Start: ATF Veteran (mostly because I couldn't figure out a good start to go with for the Terrans, was hoping for one that put you on par with, say XTC's Aragon Emigrant) and was wondering, in that starting system, why does the fog effect look so weird? It has a weird effect, like it's a film covering, hazy but pixellated to all hell.
Is that intended to look like that? I was expecting a more clearish type environment, not the weird look it has right now. Maybe it's just the system I'm in, that starter one for the start (I forget the name). However, this is the very first time I've ever played XRM before. I'm playing it with AP, just for reference. I'll play around looking around at the Terran systems before I head to bed, but wanted to bring this up because it just felt weird to me.
The XRM doesn't actually alter the fog textures. What you are seeing is a vanilla fog texture. Its not great I know, but the way X3 renders fog is not great - basically just a static texture in front of your view which you fly through. I could up the resolution of the fog, but that would have a hit on performance.
If you really dislike it, try the XRM backgrounds pack. This substantially reduces the fog intensity in all sectors. Or the XRM is fully compatible with the no-fog mod, which totally removes the fog effect from all sectors.