Master of Orion III - End of Turn Background Image Rotation Mod v.92 Info

Download Master of Orion III - End of Turn Background Image Rotation Mod v.92
Filename: eotbir_util.zip
Author: sm@inethighway.com
Size: 381.5 KB
Created: 3/7/2005
Updated: 3/7/2005
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Also known as: Master of Orion 3
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Getting tired of seeing that same old brownish planet at the end of each and every turn? What this graphic MOD does is change the end of turn background picture constantly, so there is a fresh new view to look and ponder at while waiting for your next turn.

CHANGES:

FROM MARCH_25TH VERSION:

Added the Spacecraft image pack; a total of 26 pictures of spaceships, fighters, and other spacefaring objects.

The perl script now copies and rotates the files manually instead of using COPY.EXE, which allows the use of PNGs that are named longer than eight characters.


FROM MARCH_19TH VERSION:

Added the Moo3 image pack, which is 28 retouched images used from the moo3 game. It's pictures of races and some of the game art.

The perl script now randomizes the list of images before rotation starts.

Added case insensitivity in the regex string so the script recognizes any PNG file no matter how the extension is capitalized (works for PNG, png, PnG, pNG, all combos).


FROM MARCH_15TH VERSION:

Replaced the batch file that handled everything to a three line batch file which loads a perl script and then loads the game.

Timing the rotation is now using the perl sleep function instead of windows ping.exe and waiting for a ping timeout.

Images are now stored in there own directory, with no real limit to how many images anyone can use. The perl script simply retrieves the list of images and rotates them all.

Increased rotation time delay to 45 seconds from 30 seconds


FROM MARCH_12TH VERSION:

A whole new set of images are used, which are darker (to see the end of turn messages), include a one pixel wide white border (as the original background image) and remain in the same theme as the original background image (space/planet/stars). All in all, it's much nicer than the quick set of images used first.

Method to rotate image is changed from a numbered set of images to a now specific file name extraction scheme, using pkunzip. This prevents file locking problems that was causing the rotation process to break.

Batch file is more easily modifiable with the inclusion of a few variables that can be changed.
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