For the past few years I've been working on mods that try to enhance the visual quality of Star Wars Galaxies while trying to maintain its "retro" art style. One of my major influences and inspirations have been the now defunct Project Perfection, and it's many displays of visual enhancement. As a joke, I started tagging mods that fit this intent as "Project Borfection," and aimed to achieve the various things that were shown off in Project Perfection, but never released.
There are a number of elements that I believe need to be enhanced or redone to bring up the visual quality of Star Wars Galaxies as a whole. I don't believe in revamping every asset in the game, but I do believe finding strategic points that increase the quality in ways that bring up the quality of the assets around it. For example, while this is not a mod I authored personally, I find that Rinzler's HD Eyes does so much to bring life to characters, even if their models or textures remain the same. Minor changes that almost seem invisible, but practically reinvent the quality of the game's visuals.
I wanted to write this post to bring attention to the mods I am making, planning to make, and want to make even if I don't know how to yet in order to bring to light this effort to enhance SWG, while also hoping to attract more who want to do the same. I want to highlight any mods made by others that I think accurately help enhance the game within the style of the game.
There are a number of elements that I believe need to be enhanced or redone to bring up the visual quality of Star Wars Galaxies as a whole. I don't believe in revamping every asset in the game, but I do believe finding strategic points that increase the quality in ways that bring up the quality of the assets around it. For example, while this is not a mod I authored personally, I find that Rinzler's HD Eyes does so much to bring life to characters, even if their models or textures remain the same. Minor changes that almost seem invisible, but practically reinvent the quality of the game's visuals.
I wanted to write this post to bring attention to the mods I am making, planning to make, and want to make even if I don't know how to yet in order to bring to light this effort to enhance SWG, while also hoping to attract more who want to do the same. I want to highlight any mods made by others that I think accurately help enhance the game within the style of the game.