Add improved Planet textures

BC46 / freelancer-hd-edition

Freelancer: HD Edition is a mod that aims to improve every aspect of the game Freelancer (2003) while keeping the look and feel as close to vanilla as possible.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/freelancer-hd-edition

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Add improved Planet textures #113

Closed BC46 closed 4 months ago

BC46 commented 2 years ago

Some of the planet textures we currently use look very different from the originals. We should consider replacing them with textures that resemble the originals more.

BC46 commented 1 year ago

After a very long process of upscaling and improving all the planet textures to make them look as good as possible, it's finally finished. This was by far the most complex and lengthy upscaling project I've ever started.

It's unfortunate to say that I'm not really satisfied with all the results. Though most of the new planets look great and are good replacements for the ones we previously had. However, the other ones simply don't meet my expectations in terms of overall appearance. We might have to consider replacing them with the previous versions, or something else...

One thing that might make the planets look better is to make the edges of the alpha maps smoother. Also the detailmap opacity for gas planets should be a bit less. And maybe also get rid of the water/air detailmaps, or make it way less sharp.