Volumetric Damage & Explosion Effects mini-mod
ver 1.13

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**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**
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This Archive should contain three separate versions of the mini-mod:
-"Volumetric ver 1.13 Entrenchment", which is compatible with Entrenchment expansion
-"Volumetric ver 1.13 Vanilla Sins" which is compatible with Sins of a Solar Empire ver. 1.15
-"Volumetric ver 1.13 mergeready", which can be used for merging with other mods

Both versions 1.12 and 1.12a have integrated Bailknights enhanced particle effects updated by Annatar11.

*known or possible bugs*

If you are getting a minidump for no apparent reason, and have verified that the mod is installed correctly and that you have the latest version of the game, try deleting the "PipelineEffect" from the mod folder. This issue should be fixed in 1.13, but I'm putting this up just in case.

CHANGELOG:

ver 1.13

-reworked the entire flotsam (fragmentation) system so that it looks better and uses about 50% less polygons
-added Carnage in Space, which spawns frosted/fried/whatever bodies of killed crewmembers during some critical hits and ship explosions
-updated the pipeline shaders so that hopefully the rare minidump issue reported by a few users won't happen again

ver 1.12 (03.05.2009)

-added two explosion effects for Starbases (1.12 version only)
-added three explosion effects for various mine types
-updated Bailknight's particle effects (courtesy of Annatar11)

1. INSTALLATION

ENTRENCHMENT (Volumetric 1.12)
Extract the archive "Volumetric ver 1.12" to your Entrenchment mod folder. Make sure its the folder with the latest version number attached to it (currently "Mods-Entrenchment v1.01")

VANILLA SINS
Extract the archive "Volumetric ver 1.12a" to your SoaSE mod folder (currently Mods-v1.15)

Enable the mod in your game under options/mods and play!


2. USE

You are free to use this mod, combine it, adjust it and whatever else strikes your fancy, just as long as you credit me properly for the Damage&Explosion effects contained within.

3. DISCLAIMER

By using this mod, you agree to do so at your own risk.

-ManSh00ter (mansh00ter@yahoo.com)