Bakhtosh

How do I change the background image of the galaxy to the picture I posted earlier?

The patch is available here. Rebellion 1.01 Patch hosted by swrebellion.com And that was already installed before I started having the CTD. I seem to have eliminated it though. I shut down a lot of my services. I should go back and restart them 1 or 2 at a time until I get it to come back though. I imagine the major culprits are things like Nvidia Display Driver Service, Automatic Updates, Windows Firewall & ICS, Themes, or Print Spooler. I haven't had a crash in at least 10 hours of game time since stopping those services. Since it would only happen to me while transitioning from Combat to Strategic View, I'm betting it was Themes or Nvidia...something to do with the display. Possibly it was trying to deal with a resolution change as the screens cycled. I'd really like just a prettier galaxy image to use as the background. That would make the game much easier on the eyes. Something like this would be great: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0102/m100_hst.jpg

Okay...I've loaded up Rebellion with some custom modifications in the hopes of bringing the big guns out earlier. But I sometimes get a crash to desktop after tactical combat is over, in the middle of the victory announcement. Is this a common problem? I'm running Rebellion in 95 compatibility mode. Anything else I can do? And the game looks horrible. Are there updates to background & interface? I think that would make the game 10x better looking.

Yes, I was wrong. I thought Pell was a Moff. I guess I was thinking of the way he bullied Moff Disra, and assumed he couldn't do that unless he was of equal rank, but looking back, it was Pell's position as head of the Navy that gave him the authority to deal with the Moffs as an equal, but one who has a very big stick to back up his words.

In the Zahn books, Grand Moff Pelleon was under Grand Admiral Thrawn's authority.

I'm an old SW: Rebellion pro. When I was in college, it was one of the few games I was passionate enough about to purchase with my own money, rather than wait for Christmas/Birthday. I pull it out every couple of years to play, but it always leaves a bittersweet taste in my mouth. The game has some real flaws, especially since by the time one side can research & build its way to the best ships, the other side is so weak that it means you never get to see your best go up against their best. This game is sorely lacking a skirmish mode where you can setup two fleets of your choice and let them fight it out. So anyway, I was talking about this game on a gaming forum (http://www.octopusoverlords.com) where I'm on staff, and several guys mentioned playing heavily modded versions of SW:R. I found my way here, but now what? I know to download the card & model loaders. Which game settings, cards, and models or TCs do you suggest for someone who wants the feel of the original Rebellion, but better balanced?