Griff's Realistic Ship Logos for X4

version 1.0 (Feb 2019)

by GreenGriffon


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OVERVIEW

The goal of this mod is to provide high quality logos that are as canon as possible to their original source material, and to give each logo a subtle but realistic weathered metal texture so that they look more 'believable' in the X4 universe.

The initial release of the mod includes nearly 100 custom ship logos.


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DESCRIPTION

As simple as the feature is, being able to personalize your empire's fleet with your own logo is one of my favorite features of X4: Foundations.

Unfortunately, the ship logos included in X4 are stark white, and the selection is a bit limited. There are other logo mods out there, but most are either too cartoonish for my tastes, or they have dirt textures that IMO just don't look right on a spaceship. So, I decided to create my own set of logos instead.

A faint metallic texture with a light weathering effect was added to make each logo look like it was painted onto spaceships that have been constantly traveling thousands of meters per second for weeks or even months. The logos blend in a little better with your ships, and look more natural in the game universe.

Think Amazon is taking over the world? Help them take over the universe instead. It's a pirate's life for you? There are logos for you too. Building a SpaceWeed empire? Go green or go home. Want to Make the Galaxy Great Again? This mod even has you guys covered. Hopefully there are enough choices to cover just about any gameplay style or empire type you're going for in X4.

This mod represents several weeks of work. Many of these logos were never vectorized and some are completely custom. As time allows, I will consider requests to be added to future versions of the mod, but only if high quality images can be sourced.


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INSTRUCTIONS

- Copy the PNG files to the following directory:

For GOG players: "C:\Users\\Documents\Egosoft\X4\logos"

For Steam players: "C:\Users\\Documents\Egosoft\X4\\logos"

Note: The folder that appears as a string of numbers is created when you first save your game. If you don't have this folder, you'll need to save your game first.
If the 'logos' folder doesn't exist, just create one.

- Start the game and select Player Info --> Empire tab to choose your custom logo.


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LEGAL

The logos and marks that appear in this mod are the property of their respective rights holders. They are provided here under fair use doctrine, for non-commercial entertainment purposes only, and are solely for use in EgoSoft's X4: Foundations game.

This mod is not to be copied or distributed anywhere but the original Nexus page where it is currently hosted.

Neither the mod nor any of its assets may be used, in whole or in part, in any other mod or project without express permission from the mod author.