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ChoGGi's Mods: Fixes
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Description
Adds a mod option to hide all lake water (if you're stuck on macos and enjoying some lag).

Mod Options:
Enable Lakes: Swap lakes with a fake ice/water texture, so you can still visually see the level.
I had to adjust the level so the texture mostly stays below the ground.
Enable Grid View: As an alternate this will use a debug view instead of water (but it bleeds through entities).

You can have both options off, so it acts like the mod isn't installed (for when they release an update and you want to keep playing the save without that annoying mod missing msg).
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ChoGGi  [author] 15 Dec, 2020 @ 4:17pm 
Well, my understanding of it is; Paradox is the one that chooses if more updates are forthcoming, and I guess they didn't like the performance of Green Planet release and called it a day.
TumbleDryer 15 Dec, 2020 @ 7:10am 
Thanks ChoGGi appreciate the help. With the amount of fixes you've had to create for the game I'm surprised it even got released. Obviously the developers know its a mess and Paradox wont do anything about it.
ChoGGi  [author] 15 Dec, 2020 @ 5:09am 
I just tested on my machine and it seems to work (both options turned off changed the texture to the ugly one), it could be something changed in macos 11?
I'd also say it's the publisher's issue. You could try a refund through steam, the game is borked with no update in sight for you.
TumbleDryer 15 Dec, 2020 @ 2:34am 
I too have spoken to Paradox and they simply shrug and say the developers havent issued a patch for over a year so its not likely to be fixed. In that case it should be Paradox pushing the developer to fix the issue as Paradox are the ones selling an unfinished/broken product and are liable to the customer.
TumbleDryer 15 Dec, 2020 @ 2:30am 
MacOS 11.1 4.2ghz i7. Radeon pro 580 8GB. 64GB RAM.
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2321565936
ChoGGi  [author] 14 Dec, 2020 @ 2:46pm 
What's your platform, and can I get a screenshot of the white lake (is it a bright white at night?)_
TumbleDryer 14 Dec, 2020 @ 7:19am 
I tried every combination. The second option doesnt do anything at all. Only the first option and it simply removes the white texture so you can see the bottom of the lake.
ChoGGi  [author] 13 Dec, 2020 @ 2:43pm 
It should be an ugly blue water texture. Which mod option(s) did you enable?
TumbleDryer 13 Dec, 2020 @ 11:33am 
FYI I dont get any new texture showing up just an empty lake. Ive just doscovered Surviving Mars this week and while the game is awesome the one massive bug means the whole point of the game is mute. Terraform mars, the ultimate goal is to see liquid water on mars yet the developers STILL have not fixed this issue. This mod only gets rid of the annoying solid white texture, it doesnt replace it with anything for me?!
Yaibal 15 May, 2020 @ 9:41pm 
Just in case anyone comes back to look a this when the lakes still don't work: the "Evans" update made this mod native to the mac game fixing the FPS drop but they DID NOT FIX the visual issue. I've spoken directly with paradox support about the lakes being perma-frozen visually and they pointed me to this very mod and said the bug is still marked "not fixed" in their internal system. 1 year bugged and counting my friends, here's to hoping they finally get off their behinds and fix this.