Blue Marble V3.0

ColdFever · Jul 22, 2007, 04:39 AM

This program allows the installation of a new graphic design for Sid Meier's Civilization IV™, based on images of the NASA projects Blue Marble and Hubble, supplemented with a graphically modernized and harmonized user interface. Individual components are selectable in the setup program.
Homepage and Download: http://www.civfanatics.net/bluemarble
German Mirror: http://www.civilized.de/www/content/...iv4_bluemarble

Desired/Undesired components can be enabled/disabled during installation via options:
Terrains: BlueMarble textures of the earth map or space map (FinalFrontier)
Themes: BlueMarble fonts, color settings and mouse cursors
Backgrounds: BlueMarble backgrounds (loading screens, advisors, civilopedia)
Leaderheads: BlueMarble leaderheads (color adapted and "aged", transparent symbols)

comparison screenshot:

terrain screenshot:

leaderhead screenshot (color adapted and "aged")

GeoModder · Jul 22, 2007, 05:57 AM

Oh, do I have the spot?

Looks cool, will be downloading it shortly.

BeefontheBone · Jul 22, 2007, 06:02 AM

Hubba hubba! You guys are gods (of Civ 4 sexiness at least) - loving the jazzed up pedia and advisor backgrounds and the LH aging.

Moquia · Jul 22, 2007, 07:40 AM

Thanks, downloading now. Now Suryavarman actually looks human

.

Givi · Jul 22, 2007, 02:19 PM

I got troubles with Blue marble v 3.0. in multiplayer. All recent versions worked well once they change graphics only. Now game crashes with application error... Can you explain this?

Harewood · Jul 22, 2007, 04:00 PM

Thanks a lot for this!!! I'm especially impressed with the new stuff for the Final Frontier mod (my favourite mod of all time

) Truly great stuff

anandus · Jul 22, 2007, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Givi

I got troubles with Blue marble v 3.0. in multiplayer. All recent versions worked well once they change graphics only. Now game crashes with application error... Can you explain this?

Yes, here as well.
With BlueMarble installed multiplayer crashes just after creating the world.
Uninstalling BlueMarble fixed it again.

ColdFever · Jul 22, 2007, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anandus

With BlueMarble installed multiplayer crashes just after creating the world. Uninstalling BlueMarble fixed it again.

Confirmed, you are right. There is a bug in BtS, not affected are Vanilla and Warlords:

Any alternative custom graphics under
My Games\Beyond the Sword\CustomAssets\Art
lead to crashing BtS on Multiplayer startup.

It does not matter how many and what kind of graphics, just one alternative graphic and multiplayer crashes. I cannot help here and have to contact Firaxis about this.

Warning: Civ4-BtS currently (V3.02) contains a bug and Multiplayer crashes on using alternative graphics. Until Firaxis releases a bug fix, Blue Marble cannot be used for BtS-Multiplayer. Sorry.

snafusmith · Jul 23, 2007, 12:27 AM

You guys have with out a doubt made the single greatest addition to Civ4. Well done!

asioasioasio · Jul 23, 2007, 02:56 AM

Beautiful, very beautiful....
I love the new look of space

Aeven · Jul 23, 2007, 06:02 AM

Very beautiful, thank you very much!

ColdFever · Jul 23, 2007, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColdFever

Warning: Civ4-BtS currently (V3.02) contains a bug and Multiplayer crashes on using alternative graphics. Until Firaxis releases a bug fix, Blue Marble cannot be used for BtS-Multiplayer. Sorry.

Good news: Firaxis found the bug and will have it fixed in the next official patch. But as the last BtS patch V3.02 just is a few days old, this will take a while, as they probably want to collect other bugs too. This is what lead programmer Alex writes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex Mantzaris, BtS Lead Programmer

Thanks for reporting this bug. The fix is easy, but it does require a new build. We will be releasing another patch soon, but it won’t be for at least another month.

Spearthrower · Jul 23, 2007, 10:50 PM

Ahh already out? Fantastic! Thanks a lot.... as many, many, many others... I couldn't possibly play the game without anymore!

geo74 · Jul 24, 2007, 05:02 AM

I have installed the bluemarble project but all my graphics dont display at all instead what i get is a pink colored display.
Why is that ?

snipperrabbit!! · Jul 24, 2007, 05:52 AM

corrupted files ? you must think about redownloading.

ColdFever · Jul 24, 2007, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geo74

I have installed the bluemarble project but all my graphics dont display at all instead what i get is a pink colored display. Why is that ?

Hmm, did you also try the "LowRes" installation in the Blue Marble installer for less powerful computers? If nothing helps use "Uninstall All" to remove Blue Marble entirely, then you should be ok again, playing with the original graphics.

geo74 · Jul 24, 2007, 08:56 AM

I tried all the above but nothing.
I unistalled and all is ok, but i want to know what causes the problem and i cant use the bluemarble.

ColdFever · Jul 24, 2007, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geo74

I tried all the above but nothing. I unistalled and all is ok, but i want to know what causes the problem and i cant use the bluemarble.

I would think that on your system Civilization recognizes the Blue Marble graphics but somehow is not successful loading them. Do you perhaps have any kind of special characters in your user file path to "My Games"? Suggestion: please run the Blue Marble installer and click on "List Affected Files", then copy (CTRL-C) and paste (CTRL-V) the output into a mail to me at kai@civilized.de. If I find anything special, I can send Firaxis a bug report.

geo74 · Jul 24, 2007, 04:28 PM

ColdFever I send you the data you asked in the attachment. I think that the problem is in the Greek Windows Xp I use becauce the path make use of some greek characters( see the folder "my documents" is in the greek language). Before I used to have a greek User Name for my Windows acount and the game was not able to save its settings every time i restarted. The problem was solved when I created an account with english characters. But this one seems it doesnt work this way. If i change the folder " My documents" to english characters many of my programs wont work.
Thank you for your time

MusX · Jul 24, 2007, 05:38 PM

thx for update. Personally I don't like those new features, I'll use only terrain blue marble textures

Jul 22, 2007, 04:39 AM	#1
ColdFever blue Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Luebeck, Germany, civilized.de Posts: 362	Blue Marble V3.0 This program allows the installation of a new graphic design for Sid Meier's Civilization IV™, based on images of the NASA projects Blue Marble and Hubble, supplemented with a graphically modernized and harmonized user interface. Individual components are selectable in the setup program. Homepage and Download: http://www.civfanatics.net/bluemarble German Mirror: http://www.civilized.de/www/content/...iv4_bluemarble Desired/Undesired components can be enabled/disabled during installation via options: Terrains: BlueMarble textures of the earth map or space map (FinalFrontier) Themes: BlueMarble fonts, color settings and mouse cursors Backgrounds: BlueMarble backgrounds (loading screens, advisors, civilopedia) Leaderheads: BlueMarble leaderheads (color adapted and "aged", transparent symbols) comparison screenshot: terrain screenshot: leaderhead screenshot (color adapted and "aged") __________________ Kai · Team www.civilized.de Last edited by ColdFever; Oct 17, 2008 at 05:32 AM.

Jul 22, 2007, 06:02 AM	#3
BeefontheBone Windbag of the sea Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,018	Hubba hubba! You guys are gods (of Civ 4 sexiness at least) - loving the jazzed up pedia and advisor backgrounds and the LH aging. __________________ Blue Marble 3.0 - about a gazillion times sexier than regular Civ 4. QES: "For a period of time, the rest of the world clamoured to get Levi's genes." Braindead's Mordor site - Dungeon crawling having nothing to do with LotR, plus a freeware remake in progress featuring descriptive text and crazy ideas by yours truly.

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Jul 22, 2007, 05:57 AM	#2
GeoModder Lunar Resident Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,570	Oh, do I have the spot? Looks cool, will be downloading it shortly.

Jul 22, 2007, 07:40 AM	#4
Moquia Chieftain Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 13	Thanks, downloading now. Now Suryavarman actually looks human .

Jul 22, 2007, 02:19 PM	#5
Givi Chieftain Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1	I got troubles with Blue marble v 3.0. in multiplayer. All recent versions worked well once they change graphics only. Now game crashes with application error... Can you explain this?

Jul 22, 2007, 04:00 PM	#6
Harewood Warlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 105	Thanks a lot for this!!! I'm especially impressed with the new stuff for the Final Frontier mod (my favourite mod of all time ) Truly great stuff

Jul 23, 2007, 06:02 AM	#11
Aeven EU Citizen Join Date: May 2007 Location: the Netherlands, EU Posts: 228	Very beautiful, thank you very much!

Jul 24, 2007, 05:02 AM	#14
geo74 Chieftain Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4	Graphics problem after bluemarble installation I have installed the bluemarble project but all my graphics dont display at all instead what i get is a pink colored display. Why is that ?

Jul 24, 2007, 05:52 AM	#15
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Jul 24, 2007, 08:56 AM	#17
geo74 Chieftain Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4	I tried all the above but nothing. I unistalled and all is ok, but i want to know what causes the problem and i cant use the bluemarble.

Jul 24, 2007, 04:28 PM	#19
geo74 Chieftain Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4	ColdFever I send you the data you asked in the attachment. I think that the problem is in the Greek Windows Xp I use becauce the path make use of some greek characters( see the folder "my documents" is in the greek language). Before I used to have a greek User Name for my Windows acount and the game was not able to save its settings every time i restarted. The problem was solved when I created an account with english characters. But this one seems it doesnt work this way. If i change the folder " My documents" to english characters many of my programs wont work. Thank you for your time Last edited by geo74; Jul 24, 2007 at 04:31 PM.

Jul 24, 2007, 05:38 PM	#20
MusX Prince Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Poland Posts: 365	thx for update. Personally I don't like those new features, I'll use only terrain blue marble textures __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/MusX/

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