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se5a
October 26th, 2003, 10:27 PM
has anyone got a good balanced single system map for a two player TCP/IP game?
preferibly with FQM standard.
Fyron
October 26th, 2003, 11:30 PM
A single system map could be built in less than 10 minutes.
se5a
October 26th, 2003, 11:42 PM
I had a go, but it took me longer than 10 min and all I had was a star, 2 planets, 4 astroyeds and out of ideas...

then I tryed creating a quadrant and deleting all the unwanted systems, but I couldent find a system that was even half balenced.
Fyron
October 26th, 2003, 11:46 PM
Well the only way to have it truly "balanced" would be to have a planet of each atmosphere and planet type combination, all of the same size. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
se5a
October 26th, 2003, 11:58 PM
I have just tryed again, this time with 2 stars wich makes things a little more interesting, is there any info on the diferent sector abilitys etc?
se5a
October 27th, 2003, 12:23 AM
oh, and how do I make the planets show instead of the moons?
se5a
October 27th, 2003, 12:44 AM
Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Well the only way to have it truly "balanced" would be to have a planet of each atmosphere and planet type combination, all of the same size. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">naa just make sure that the two empires match the planet the are given.
I have made a rock carbon and a rock oxy homeworlds, and 2 each of the other sizes and atmosphears.
DavidG
October 27th, 2003, 12:57 AM
Originally posted by se5a:
aa just make sure that the two empires match the planet the are given.
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">You don't even need to do that. If you set an empires starting pos on a small no atmosphere moon it will turn into the type of atmosphere the player pics when u start the game. I think the size will change too.

Getting the planets to show instead of moons depends on what order you place them in. I think the first planet place is the one that show up. However it does not appear that way in the map editor but it will in the game.

[ October 26, 2003, 23:00: Message edited by: DavidG ]
se5a
October 27th, 2003, 01:25 AM
ahh good.

umnn how does a host in a tcp/ip game create an empire? - edit never mind, I figured it out... didnt go far enough.

[ October 26, 2003, 23:31: Message edited by: se5a ]