Enter Low Orbit - Planet Overhaul Project image - Empire at War Expanded: Fall of the Republic mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption

With 2.3 in beta, it's time to start looking towards 2.4 and some of the major overhauls coming along with it.

Here's an early look at the first of our new planet textures, to be used in low-orbit maps for both Imperial Civil War and Fall of the Republic. We're far from the first mod to do low-orbit maps, in fact we're probably one of the last, however our primary concern in executing this is making sure the game remains clearly readable in front of them, which has been the main reason we've held off on them in the past. That's something we'll be taking into account when setting up a new suite of overhauled space maps (including planet textures like this, map lighting, and other factors). This image is taken in-engine, using the alamo object viewer. (I have edited it to remove a banding effect around the edge of the image, since it's something that doesn't really show up ingame)

Either way, we hope you're looking forward to the impending release of Imperial Civil War 2.3!