[Mod] OrganicMod v1.7 by Shawn

[baubsmyth]

Some of the most beautiful visuals & retextures I have seen for X2!! This is the work of Shawn, featuring work by; Crassmike, Creshal, & Darkstar over in the German forums. Transparent ship glass, shield strike visuals & retextures galore among other things. Simply stunning!! Check it out.

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Shawn's OrganicMod Series

Dear Community,
Owing to outstanding co-operation between Crassmike and Creshal, may I present you all here now, complete Special Packages in summary of the final 1.7er version of the OrganicMods. It should be the last version and at the same time also a small parting gift.

I thank Crassmike, Creshal, Darkstar for their self-sacrificing work, as well as the entire Community for suggestions, criticism and the faithful patience, which you always brought! Remain healthy and well! Bye...


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Shawn's OrganicMod featuring Crassmike's V1.7 - the last OrganicMod of the OrganicDevelopment team for X2 -
(Download from Mike's Webspace / RAR-File ca. 2.76 MB)




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Screenshots of the basic version:
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Screenshots with the Teladi Addon:
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Screenshots with the alternative Shield Addon:
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Screenshots with the Transparency Patch:
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Screens of the final 1.7er Version:
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Installation of OrganicMods V1.7:
Simply extract the 05.cat & 05.dat into the X² install directory.

Note!!!It's Possible if there are already files with these names(e.g. 05.dat etc..), it will ask if you want to overwrite! If this should happen, you can rename the two Mod files, by giving them a higher number than the existing files. (for example 06.dat and 06.cat.)
Note: Normally however only the archive files 01.dat to 04.dat, as well as 01.cat to 04.cat are in the X²-folder.

In the case of successful activation, at loading the game the respective load screen of the OrganicMods will show. If this screen is not displayed, the Mod is not loaded! The version of the game is not relevant here. - thus quite simple to deal with. I tested these modifications now extensively on the original Instalation of X² - The Threat (without other Mods) and X² - The Threat (also without Mods). - No problems arose here.

This mod should run with other language versions without problems, but I cannot give a warranty on it for understandable reasons. Damage to the game cannot occur with correct installation anyhow.

To removing the modification the Mod files need to be deleted, or simply moved from the X²-folder into another. And now, onto much fun and much joy with our OrganicMod!


Salutations,
Shawn

Keep in mind, this information has been re-written by me with absolutely no translating capabilities. I can't guarantee the accuracy at all!
The original post can be found here.
The file can be downloaded here.

@Shawn, Crassmike, Creshal, & Darkstar - If any of you have any problem with me posting this here, please feel free to PM me, and I will remove it.

[baubsmyth]

I've only played for about an hour with this so I haven't had the opportunity to see first hand the texture improvements, but I can say that it is DAMN COOL to see my shields react when they take hits!!!

[Peacefully Disturbed]

This looks pretty cool, but I'm not too interested in the retextures (specifically the Teladi and Pirate ones). I mainly want the transparent cockpits and the shield effects, although the other retextures I wouldn't mind giving a shot. I have extracted everything, and I will try to find just what I need to keep. But if someone could point out exactly what files I need to get rid of for the retextures that would probably help out quite a bit.

[NavaCorp]

Do you see the pilot inside the ship, through the glass or you just see an empty cockpit?

[Peacefully Disturbed]

It looks from the screenshots that you cannot see a pilot through the transparent cockpit. Also from what I could make of the original German post the transparent cockpits, alternate shields, and Teladi Add-On are all extra things that aren't in the normal download. Couldn't find a working link for any of them though.

Oh well I am using some of the retextures, and one of the modified .bod files. It looks pretty cool, and I definitely like the shield effects.

[khaakbaiter]

well remember you can't see your self inside the cockpit when you look down it would be cool if Julian brenan was actually in the driving seat and you see his body and legs....

[NavaCorp]

well remember you can't see your self inside the cockpit when you look down it would be cool if Julian brenan was actually in the driving seat and you see his body and legs....

Indeed I imagine that he's in 0 gravity and roll with his feets back and up and his head forward and down when you look down. Damn Egosoft: great in the overall game but absent minded in the small details...

[Darman-Ivran]

Hi, first off, I have to say, thanks for the nice translation.

Now, I have been trying to find the Teladi/sheild/transparency addons for a while now, and still cant manage to find them,

does anyone happen to know where I can find them, or link me to the files.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Uncertain]

I found the Teladi, transparency and shield add-ons. They are actually available and the link does work at this time, it just wasn't made entirely clear where they were posted.

If you look here: http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=83579

You shall find a post in German. There are a series of links in that post, each with a different configuration of the available add-ons. I personally chose the bottom one, which appears to contain all the add-ons.