Import SE4 galaxies into Starfury

[vaustein]

I thought someone must have asked this already; it was surprising that there were no search hits for this topic. Can SE4 galaxy maps be directly imported into Star Fury? This would naturally break the scripted plot arc, but it would be cool as h*ll.

Imaging playing SE4, saving the game, opening same in Star Fury, and starting a new SF campaign in the same galaxy from a first-person perspective. Non-standard races in the save file could be replaced with Star Fury analogs or mod-created empires.

This need not be merely cosmetic; the starting conditions of the Star Fury campaign should reflect the imported galaxy. If I play the Terrans in SE4 and do a lousy job of managing research and tech, then import the game into Star Fury and play a Terran merc, my choice of ships should be frighteningly inferior to what I'll encounter "out there".

Is my vision for Star Fury making sense? Interlocking with and opening up Space Empires 4 into a first person universe is most intriguing.

[Phoenix-D]

Can't be done directly. You could do it manually though.

[vaustein]

Can you be more specific? By manually, do you mean create a new SF map from scratch, and copy every feature by hand? Or does SF have limited SE4 map support?

[Phoenix-D]

I mean from scratch, simply using the SE4 maps as a basis for the SF maps.

[Baron Munchausen]

Yes, it came up during beta testing. He didn't respond specifically to the request, though. Too many mor eimmediate concerns I suspect. Perhaps MM could do this once he has many other important features nailed down. Or perhaps he'll wait until SE V to implement it.

[Wydraz]

It would be very cool!