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ZBeautiful Battles

This mod improves the battle aesthetics of the game by making changes that
alter the flow and spacing of space battles in Stellaris.

- Updated for Stellaris version 2.2 Le Guin (0d1c)
- Mod version 4.4 (PLEASE REFER TO CHANGELOG FOR DETAILS!!!!!!!)

-COMMON\SHIP_BEHAVIORS\STANDARD_SHIP_BEHAVIORS.TXT
* Ship behavior tweaked by changing collision awareness, prefered
attack range, formation distance and return to formation distance.
-COMMON\SHIP_BEHAVIORS\00_STRIKE_CRAFT.TXT
* Increased Engagement & Return range to make fighters engage properly instead of
flying outwards.
-COMMON\DEFINES\01_DEFINES.LUA (Should not be overwritable - custom file name)
* Increased combat_back_off rate for better spacing in close combat.
* Increased Fleet Base Formation Scale by a small amount to space out ships in
pre combat / sublight / lightspeed formation.
* Decreased Fleet Base Formation Div by a small amount to space out ships in
pre combat / sublight / lightspeed formation.
* Increased Ship / Fighter random height offset by a large amount.
* Decreased Trail durations for Fighters / Ships / Missiles for less visual noise.
* Increased Strike craft regen to make them more practical / present.
-COMMON\SHIP_SIZES\00_SHIP_SIZES.TXT & ALL OTHER SHIP_SIZES.TXT FILES
* Ship speed was reduced to allow for less blobbing & more long range
exchange of fire.
* Ship rotation speed was reduced to eliminate unrealistic / jittery turning
behavior.
-COMMON\COMPONENT_TEMPLATES\00_LEVIATHANS_WEAPONS & 00_STRIKE_CRAFT.TXT (AND OTHERS)
* Strikecraft COMBAT speed was reduced to visualize them better / mesh with Ship speed
reductions.
* Strikecraft COMBAT rotation speed was reduced to eliminate unrealistic / jittery turning
behavior.
-GFX\PROJECTILES\BALLISTICS.TXT, LASERS.TXT, POINTDEFENSE.TXT, XL_WEAPONS.TXT, ETC
* Decreased duration of all Beam / Laser / Bulletstream weapons for less visual clutter.
* Increased duration of Kinetic projectile weapons to visualize better.
* Decreased speed of Kinetic projectile weapons to visualize better.
-GFX\MODELS\SHIPS\ARTHROPOID_01.TXT, HUMANOID_01.TXT, ETC
* Decreased size of cruiser & destroyer slightly for each faction.
* Decreased size of corvette by a larger amount for each faction.
* Battleships untouched.

The above listed changes alter the battle flow and graphics in a pronounced way and
(IMHO) vastly improve the visual quality of battles in Stellaris. With these changes
the following should be experienced:::
- Battles are more 3D now!!!
- Battles are clearer and ships move in less jarring ways.
- Much less clipping of ships and generally more space between ships.
- Projectiles, Fighters are generally easier to notice after secondary visual
clutter greatly reduced (trails, beam weapon persistance, etc)


COMPATIBILITY
Achievement Compatible :: Not compatible.
Save game Compatible :: Should be compatible but no guarantees.