Starscape Poll

[Treewyrm]

Any possibility for both and a checkbox to choose the one during the mod install?

Nope, as briefly explained they have different methods to make them. While the examples here use same base textures each variant is created differently, for instance vanilla one is actually a single simple greyscale texture with color done in actual model of the starscape, while modulated version is a multi-texture material with color baked into texture and extra channels used to amplify contrast.

Only one thing i have to say about starspheres is this. Every vanilla one shows where the system is placed in Sirius. You can see the Edge nebula, the Barrier nebula, the Crow nebula and the Walker nebula, each one closer or farther depending on where the system is. If you are gonna make starspheres you have to follow this rule. The only exception from this rule is when you are inside a nebula and it's so thick that you can't see farther in space. Make your new starspheres using any method as you see fit but if they don't reflect the spatial position of the system i am in they are still gonna be an eye sore to me, no matter how good they look.

All non-vanilla systems reuse vanilla starscapes, except Cayman and that one just falls out of everything else in the mod like it came from a different mod entirely.

Well, I'd say some starscapes in omicron systems that are being remade will probably have something on the background to give away their approximate location in Sirius, most but not all. Method of making starscapes is important as it sets for a different pipeline, hopefully not just for omicron update but for the rest of the stuff that needs updated starscapes as well. I'd avoid mixing them whenever possible for the sake of consistency as it is important they'll not look completely outlandish one to another. I could crank up on detail amount and texture resolution to original scale but it would instantly break immersion when you travel from one system to another and instantly notice vast difference in fidelity that also conflicts with low-fi of the rest of visual content (bases, ships, planets, etc) around them.