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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Agreed. Slynky promised to set up the map but perhaps he can set up the game as well. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, as many maps/games as have been set up for me, I think it's my turn. Besides, I like the Tesco maps...easy to edit (the starting places are yellow...wonder how that was done).

Re: Rated Challenges Thread
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Agreed. Slynky promised to set up the map but perhaps he can set up the game as well. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, as many maps/games as have been set up for me, I think it's my turn. Besides, I like the Tesco maps...easy to edit (the starting places are yellow...wonder how that was done). </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Thanks Slynky. In the spirit of KOTH/Ratings, I will set up the next map/game for you. I need to learn how to do it anyway. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Gecko

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Anytime you edit a map and insert starting spots the systems show up in the map editor galactic map window with a yellow circle. Not to take anything from Tesco, but that's a function of the map editor. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Rated Challenges Thread
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Anytime you edit a map and insert starting spots the systems show up in the map editor galactic map window with a yellow circle. Not to take anything from Tesco, but that's a function of the map editor. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, is there an updated Version of the map editor I don't have? Tesco's maps show yellow but the map I saved from the game I created for you guys didn't show any at all. So, I added a "specific" starting point (not a common one 'cause I wasn't sure what that meant...there is no help for the program). And when I did it, it didn't show yellow.

Any assistance apprieciated.

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That's because when the game creates a map all starting positions are random.

Re: Rated Challenges Thread
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">The map you created didn't have any starting positions defined, so none of the systems showed as yellow. After you added them, if you had gone back and looked you would have seen yellow circles.

Specific starting points are numbered. Player 1 will start in position 1, player 2 will start at point 2, etc. Common starting points only show as "any". Meaning somebody will start there, but it could be anybody.

You can mix and match. For example, give player 3 a specific starting point, but everybody else be common ones, or give them no starting point at all, and teh game will place them.

If you have more starting points (common or specific) then the excess will not be used.

If you have more players then starting points, then the leftover players will be placed randomly.

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Thanks Slynky. If you want you can just pick one of the Tesco's maps without editing. When are you going to create the game?

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Hey Baron! Have you lost interest in our game or has the holiday just got you busy? Not complaining, just curious. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Hi. (I'm back for a bit)

I see Baron has his file uploaded so all I need is the mod to build the game file with and any particular instructions that I might need to know about.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Sorry...I got busy today and just now got on. I guess you'll have it when you get up in the morning.