FQM Reactions

[President_Elect_Shang]

Fyron:
Have you ever given thought to making a system mod that would allow for “closed” warp points? In other words a warp point that has no graphics to indicate its position, and would that even work?

Wait, back up, would it be possible to have a normal warp point but cloak it? Would the picture still show up on the system map? Wasn't there something in SE4 pre-G about that same thing and planets?

[ January 27, 2004, 18:32: Message edited by: President Elect Shang ]

[Loser]

Shang, I belive the path-finding fuciton would still use these WPs... maybe even cloaked.

Although that's a great idea.

[Fyron]

Warp points can never be masked or cloaked. This is a hardcoded enforcement. If you give them an all-black graphic, you can still locate them by clicking around on the map to find them, and the galaxy map still shows the WP lines. And the path-finding will still work, as Loser mentioned.

[rdouglass]

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IF, I think FMQ is one of the greatest additions to SEIV (along with AIC/Proportions). Keep up the good works....

[DavidG]

The only thing annoying about FQM maps is a failure of SE4 in that you have to go hunt for planets and colonies that are moons. IT would be nice if SE4 was patched so that it showed the green asterix if the planet or any of it's moons had a breathable atmosphere. And if it would put your flag beside the sector if you had a colony on a moon. its really annoying having to click around to look for the good planets or you colonies.

[Fyron]

Or enemy colonies!

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by DavidG:
its really annoying having to click around to look for the good planets or you colonies.

There is an empire option to display planet names in system view. This makes those moons hiding behind gas giants and asteroids stand out. It doesn't help with hunting for empty planets, or enemy colonies, but you can find your own colonies easily enough.

Geoschmo

[ January 27, 2004, 21:11: Message edited by: geoschmo ]