Map editor

[Coal]

When you named the planets, did you do it will playing or with the map editor. When I try it I get a range check error after I rename the first planet.

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[Dracus]

I did it in the map editor.
Just renamed a planet pizza 1.
I am getting a couple of errors when I try to do things also. I then move to another planet and it works.

have not loaded a map into a game yet.

There are some things that seem to be weird in the editor. Like adding a sun to the same location as a planet, Giving planets strange advantages, etc. Not sure how they will load yet. That is my next test.



[This message has been edited by Dracus (edited 18 April 2001).]

[Coal]

When naming my planets I would edit one's name, but when editing another, I would get the error message and couln't get to the edit menu. And then when trying to add a planet, I couldn't do it at all.

I have loaded a map that I generated and modified slightly, and sofar it's working ok.

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[This message has been edited by Maverick (edited 18 April 2001).]

[Dracus]

Have you tryed adding warp points in the same sector as a planet or sun. What about giving a planet the same ablities as a nebula?
I am creating a map at this time that does both these, just to see how they work in the game.

[Coal]

I'd like to fix the naming problem before trying anything else.

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Rules? What Rules?

[Dracus]

I just created a map that had a warp point behind a planet, a sun behind a planet, a planet with a astroid field, and double planet. One planet named pizza. I did notice that if you don'et set starting points the game will randomly add starting planets to the map. My first load, I ended up in a nebula. My second was in a black hole system.
I loaded the map into the game and sent a ship to warp at the planet and it did use the hiden warp point.(Man just think, a fleet appearing in orbit around a planet by using this.)

You could create some crazy maps by hiding warp points in storms, behind planets/suns.

Still have not played with the ablities yet.





[This message has been edited by Dracus (edited 18 April 2001).]

[Suicide Junkie]

How about creating a warp point that sits right on top of the center of a black hole?
If your ship is falling in, you could escape to another starsystem

Can you create a system with more than three stars? Put 10 sphereworlds in one sector ?