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Captain Kwok · #1 September 11th, 2003, 04:15 AM

The objects of maps are randomally placed (i.e. planets, etc), but the number of them and location of systems are set by the data files included in the campaign. At this time, there is no random galaxy generation.

Ship poly-counts are usually a few hundred, and a couple of starbases are just over a thousand.

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narf poit chez BOOM · #2 September 11th, 2003, 05:32 AM

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The objects of maps are randomally placed (i.e. planets, etc), but the number of them and location are set by the data files included in the campaign.

logical impossibility. cannot randomly place planets, etc at st locations.

Captain Kwok · #3 September 11th, 2003, 05:50 AM

Woops, I had meant to say that the locations of systems and warp point connections were in the data files.

Suicide Junkie · #4 September 12th, 2003, 01:09 AM

You can set guidelines for the planet positionings, such as completely random, fixed coords, random in ring around coords, random in ring around a previously placed object, etc.

They are both fixed, and random to various degrees.

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 September 11th, 2003, 07:05 PM

kinda like the 'pizza world' theory? 'it's round, yet flat!'

i've been thinking about something. could you place more than one solar system in a sector? make a galaxy in one sector?

Wydraz · #6 September 11th, 2003, 08:10 PM

Don't see why not.

That's pretty much what SJ indicates. The only thing that would stop you is if you couldn't put more than one star in a system - but then there'd be no binary, trinary, or other multi-star systems - and since they were in SEIV, I shouldn't think they'd leave them out now.

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narf poit chez BOOM · #7 September 11th, 2003, 08:17 PM

we could then make a galaxy with space drive's instead of warp point travel. afterburner's, if there are any, would be the ftl drives. if not, then just make the solar system's closer. warp points, between points in the system, would be wormholes, facilitating travel, but only between certain points.

someone want to try to mod this please so i know if i can get my hopes up?

i'm not asking for anything big, just make two or three solar systems in a secter, the afterburner ftl and a semi-random warp point to the same secter. i'll be happy with just two or three solar sys.

ok, it's got an afterburner. but can it increase the maximum speed of the ships when used?

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