The current installer already contains an out-commented support of additional downloads (see here or NSI-script).
Currently you find most of the textures on Mesial's website, each of them have their own installer.
What to do:
Convert textures into Text-based-bmp.mdl files (PNG) to reduce size/loading time (maybe useful: textmdltools)Create bundles
Asteroids/EnvironmentStationsShipsMisc (small stuff nobody notices like missiles)Upload files as 7z (installer supports that format)
After finishing this, we can build a new installer, which has that feature enabled. The only thing which needs clarification is a central storage for these files for download.
Installer - adding support for highres textures
Last edited by pkk on Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.
The Escapist (Justin Emerson) @ Dec 21 2010, 02:33 PM:
The history of open-source Allegiance is paved with the bodies of dead code branches, forum flame wars, and personal vendettas. But a community remains because people still love the game.
There was also some slightly higher resolution content on the MS CD's from P. Arisman that covered a lot of ships, some bases, and a few miscellaneous objects. Quia went through and packaged most of them up as text png's. The link is somewhere on the artwork forums, I don't think it ever made it onto Mesial's site. There were a few problems with some of the images that might need some testing/tweaking as well.
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Of course you can or you can use my textmdl script to create the files bmp.mdl-files.
The Escapist (Justin Emerson) @ Dec 21 2010, 02:33 PM:
The history of open-source Allegiance is paved with the bodies of dead code branches, forum flame wars, and personal vendettas. But a community remains because people still love the game.