how to change star map background

I want to have a different image in the background to the main map, something darker. The nebula image is too bright. Is there a file I can replace and what format would the replacement file be?

here's the kind of thing I want

http://thebrb.com/stockpile/files/starfieldimage/starfield.png

http://paulbourke.net/miscellaneous/starfield/2048x1024.png

how do I do this?

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You'll probably want to take a look at "StarboxDefs.xml" in the Game folder, there are some background nebula intensity settings in there that might do the trick for you.

Another option, if that doesn't work, would be to replace the actual nebula .dds textures with a blank one. You won't need a cylindrical map for stars since they're rendered individually by the game.

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You'll probably want to take a look at "StarboxDefs.xml" in the Game folder, there are some background nebula intensity settings in there that might do the trick for you.

Yep, setting <NumRandomNebula> to a value of 1 in the DefaultStarbox of StarboxDefs.xml gives you a black background star field. I wouldn't put a 0 in there as the game may crash trying to pick a random number of zero. The original value is 15 so now I'm going to have a look at a value of 7.

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