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Prototype 2 Mods -

While the game features an official Mercer skin, community versions offer higher-quality textures. These mods often restore Mercer’s classic "Prototype 1" outfit with better cloth physics and "Blacklight" glow effects. Superhero Overhauls

"Prototype 2" has a distinct, desaturated color palette. Modders have used ReShade and Texmod to bring the visuals into the current generation. prototype 2 mods

This preset adds ambient occlusion, bloom, and color correction. It removes the "yellow tint" of the Green Zone and makes the Red Zone look truly apocalyptic. While the game features an official Mercer skin,

Gaia Sky 3.7.1

We are excited to announce the release of Gaia Sky 3.7.1. This release was planned for last Christmas, but we had to postpone it due to the …

What is Gaia Sky?

Gaia Sky is a real-time, 3D, astronomy visualisation platform for desktop and VR that runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Open source and libre.

Gaia Sky enables the exploration of our Universe by means of scientific datasets. The software includes an integrated dataset manager that grants access to several cutting-edge astronomical catalogs such as the Gaia DR1/2/3 star catalogs, SDSS galaxies, or the nearby galaxies catalog. It is developed in the framework of ESA’s Gaia mission to chart about 1 billion stars of our Galaxy in the Gaia group of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ZAH, Universität Heidelberg). Explore the cosmos without leaving the comfort of your home!

A procedurally-generated planet.

Worlds of data

We have curated a long list of scientific datasets for you to explore in Gaia Sky. Planets, moons, asteroids, stars, nebulae, galaxies, quasars, black holes, star clusters, iso-density maps, virtual textures, and much, much more!
Use the in-app dataset manager to pick and choose the datasets you want to explore.
 Available datasets

While the game features an official Mercer skin, community versions offer higher-quality textures. These mods often restore Mercer’s classic "Prototype 1" outfit with better cloth physics and "Blacklight" glow effects. Superhero Overhauls

"Prototype 2" has a distinct, desaturated color palette. Modders have used ReShade and Texmod to bring the visuals into the current generation.

This preset adds ambient occlusion, bloom, and color correction. It removes the "yellow tint" of the Green Zone and makes the Red Zone look truly apocalyptic.