Arcana Parallax Plus
*This is going to be included in the main Arcana mod. Once the next Workshop update goes live for Arcana, I will hide this mod since it won’t be necessary anymore. However it will work until then. If you use the Github version of Arcana, this has already been incorporated.*
A collection of changes to some Arcana parallax (background) images. I really enjoy all of the different content added by the mod Arcana, but thought a few of the planet parallax images could be tweaked to be more distinct. Please see a list of everything changed below, as well as an IMPORTANT note.
Parallax changed: the Automated background has been changed to a custom city since it was previously an exact copy of the base game Scorched City planet. The Vermillion foliage has been recolored to reduce the Christmas-y effect of the green against red. It now matches the colors used for the background trees (on the rocky hills) which are orange and yellow. The Verdant foliage has been made brighter to match other blocks from that planet, and the foreground / background are now different from the base game Jungle. The Arcane Forest tree foliage has been recolored to be more cohesive, and the background trees now blend better with the front trees.
Sky / Lighting changed: differentiated day vs night on Automated planets since normally the daytime is as dark as night. There will now be a lighter, orange sky during the day. Removed the green hue over Blistering planets (very small change, so not pictured amongst the preview images).
READ – IMPORTANT
These changes will NOT apply to a planet you have already visited (and it is not possible for me to make it that way, due to game limitations and the nature of the changes I’ve made). To experience Arcana planets with these new parallax images, either 1. visit a new planet, or 2. delete the world file for an impacted planet you have already been to, which will reset it. Please make a backup of your game if you use option 2 in case you accidentally delete the wrong file. NOTE for the sky / lighting changes to apply, you must generate new planets in your universe… there is no other way, unfortunately.
P.S. these images have been compressed to improve performance – you can find other mods here on the workshop that do the same for all of the base game parallax images; I recommend this one https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=885877773.
Want to improve more parallax images? I really enjoy this mod https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2879229468 which replaces the base game Scorched City background with buildings that better fit the style of the structures found there. It will also work on Arcana’s Viridescent planets since they use the Scorched City parallax and (IMO) looks more cohesive with those structures, too.
