Hiya!
As I played I found the sun to be more and more offensively ugly and figured it couldn't be that hard to improve somewhat, so I did a higher resolution texture for the sun and the lens flare. The lens flare is a hexagonal shape that usually shows up in photo cameras and not in moving images, but I think they're nice.
Both textures are 1024x1024, reasonably compressed, shouldn't be a performance hazard. I guess most here are fairly adept at installing mods, but just in case; extract the folders in the archive to RESOURCE\Textures\WEATHER\SUN\
Picture of the sun in action:
EDIT: Added the latest edition containing a smaller sun (about original size, instead of huge and scorching), the new lens flare which I'm quite pleased with, and new colors for the water reflections during sunny mornings to match the new sun. If you want 'em all, just extract into the root PotC folder. If you want just the flare, which is the best part, it's in RESOURCE\Textures\WEATHER\SUN\FLARE
Look downthread to see what's changed!
As I played I found the sun to be more and more offensively ugly and figured it couldn't be that hard to improve somewhat, so I did a higher resolution texture for the sun and the lens flare. The lens flare is a hexagonal shape that usually shows up in photo cameras and not in moving images, but I think they're nice.
Both textures are 1024x1024, reasonably compressed, shouldn't be a performance hazard. I guess most here are fairly adept at installing mods, but just in case; extract the folders in the archive to RESOURCE\Textures\WEATHER\SUN\
Picture of the sun in action:

EDIT: Added the latest edition containing a smaller sun (about original size, instead of huge and scorching), the new lens flare which I'm quite pleased with, and new colors for the water reflections during sunny mornings to match the new sun. If you want 'em all, just extract into the root PotC folder. If you want just the flare, which is the best part, it's in RESOURCE\Textures\WEATHER\SUN\FLARE
Look downthread to see what's changed!
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