Originally posted by Lightspeed
I will probably convert them, but i'll first have to finish testing various DDS compressors for their quality.
@Solatar: Care to post the mission background settings? It would really help building the background lib
Sure, but all I did was use Kazan's background generator.
It makes awesome backgrounds with these.
I tweaked it a little though, and I'm using it for a background for the Vasuda system.
EDIT: Also, in addition to this, I put in a very large and not very dense asteroid field. The distant asteroids add some atmosphere, and the occasional one that comes near to you is nice.
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