@joseph_anthony_king Alright, thanks for asking anyhow. Best of luck with your modding efforts regardles my friend!

Hi @Doctor_Verum! Just wanted to give you an update and thank you for giving me permission to use the artwork. I actually checked into it and I see where the original earth artwork matches the other continental planet images, as such I decided to not officially incorporate the artwork into my mod though I may continue using it on my own. If your interested you can check out my mods code on github at: https://github.com/Joseph-Anthony-King/forward_earth

This is a great mod and I love the artwork! I will definitely keep using this.

Thanks @Doctor_Verum! My gaming rig is currently in the shop but I'll let you know when the edits are complete along with appropriate credit to you for the artwork... thanks!

@joseph_anthony_king If you simply design the Earth in your mod to use the continental_05_diffuse.dds texture for the model, it should use this texture since this texture overwrites that file.

However, if you'd wish to simply make this texture the default texture for Earth in your mod, feel free to do so, just credit me for the texture / link this page. I appreciate the politeness of your request, let me know how your own project works out and if I can be of further assistance.

Hey Doctor Verum! This looks awesome! I have two earth based mods where I'd like to add your earth artwork to my mod. The mods overwrite the sol system so I can't simply place a dependency on your mod in order to add the artwork. I give credit to any authors when I incorporate their work. Can I use your artwork in my mod? I won't do anything until I hear from you... this is awesome work and you should be proud!

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2073000388
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2112221417

@Crazy-KSK Ah, worth a try I guess. Might look into that, thanks.

try out https://github.com/lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe/releases it can handle upscaling to 8k might have to play with settings a bit for best results

@Kayess Sorry for late response. I did try to do this but very few AI upscaling software systems allow that sheer size of textures. Could theoretically be solved by doing it in pieces, which I may try in the future.

@GimlisAxe I don't know, but I don't think there'd be a problem. There would be only one issue; if you convert Earth into Eco-Arcology, it will render with the default Earth texture from Planetary Diversity Eco-Arcology. This could be fixed by modifying those textures, which I will consider doing if i get some time. It wouldn't break anything else and would still look like this when set to pc_continental, as long as this mod is below in the load order.

So I'm guessing this mod isn't compatible with Planetary Diversity's Eco-Arcologies?

this would be great if you upscaled the specular map too

@烽燧煜明 This texture only modifies continental, "default" Earth. The planet will look different if you change planet class.

does it fit for all the planet class？I'm really really don't want to see the land change when I changed it into gaia type :P

@Forbeus Maximus - Do note that this does not include any special arcology textures for Earth. Turning Earth into an arcology would replace the textures with the generic arcology textures. I don't think this is a thing in the base game, although might be possible via some coding. It is certainly an interesting idea and it is something I could consider making.

Man, I cannot wait to turn Earth into a Arcology now!

Happy noise :D

Thank you! And I really do, I always love mods that help give life to the Sol System and Earth! Also, thank you for your positive attitude! :>

No worries mate. Glad you appreciate it!

Oooohhh, okay then! That makes sense, sorry for the confusion! Thanks for clearing that up! I will download this beauty right away then. :>

Oh, nonono. That is not neccessary. Don't do that. The link is simply there to give a preview of the way the texture looks since I can't put it in the gallery on this page - the gallery doesn't allow images with a file size above 2MB.

Subscribing will get you the texture. The link is just for people who want to see the full texture as a picture first.

Absolutely beautiful! Fantastic to see Earth getting some love! However, what happens if one were to just subscribe to the mod without getting it from the link? Guessing it wouldn't? Also, do you know any good videos that detail manual installation?