Surrealistic Ruins mod

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Surrealistic Ruins mod

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Surrealistic Ruins Mod

I just wanted to share with you planet's ruins mod I use. I didn't enjoy vanilla's "earth" based images of ruins very much, so I replaced them with amazing and myserious paintings of Polish artist Zdzisław Beksiński, which I found in internet. Concerning the game's atmosphere I feel these images look much better than original ones.
I didn't get his permission (as he already has passed away) so please let me know if I violate any copyrights here by uploading this mod.

Installation
Just unzip the archive into your "Distant Worlds\images\environment\ruins" folder.
(Before replacing you may want to backup original files)

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Can you maybe post a screenshot[;)]
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I used some Galciv2 improvement icons and it works really well for ruins.
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For some strange reason I can't unpack ruins number 3, 7 and 10. Would you perhaps consider packing and uploading it anew? [:)]
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ORIGINAL: Theluin

For some strange reason I can't unpack ruins number 3, 7 and 10. Would you perhaps consider packing and uploading it anew? [:)]

Strange, I just downloaded and unpacked it myself. Everything was fine.
Maybe the problem is that I used 7zip with LZMA method?

OK, please try another one with Deflate compression algorithm.
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Really very good indeed, thanks for doing this. [:)]
I've been beta testing myself for decades.
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I like this a lot[:D]. Great work Martian and welcome to the forums ^^
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Thank you very much Martian, that solved my problem [:)]
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Excellent enhancements to the game Martian! Welcome to the DW forums! [:)]
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Thank you guys for your warm feedbacks! [:)]
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Very cool Martian!
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installed, the artwork is fantastic.

thank you very much.

In regards to Theluin's previous post,
I as well could not insert 3, 7 and 10 but with the new download you offered the problem is resolved.
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These are very nice, and quite fitting. Thanks for the upload!
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Bump for the new players if they want to change something small.

The art really stands out and simple to copy.

Thanks again Martian.
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These ruins still look earthlike to me, but with a lot more graphical flare. But opposed to the previous once a clear improvement.
Though I know you do not own the Copyright to any of these pictures and reshaping them is not considered a permutation to obtain a passive copyright I still want to ask you if I can include them as a standard in my GW II mod.
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Sure!
As long as it helps anyone to enjoy more this already great game I have no objection for people to freely use these images in their mods.

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ORIGINAL: pipewrench

Bump for the new players if they want to change something small.

The art really stands out and simple to copy.

Thanks again Martian.

My pleasure, Pipewrench! [:)]
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Kudos to Martians! :)
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