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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Would it be possible to generate a new planet size class, with the same size and characteristics as Medium worlds but under a different name, something like "Medium moon". I think the AI looks for "Medium" worlds when assigning homeworlds and not for the actual size.

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Henk:
Yes, but that would make it so that the maps would not be compatible with any other mods or the normal game. That was not the goal of FQM. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Oleg:
Interesting, I'll take a look. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Fyron\'s Quadrant Mod (2.09 released! 1.22 released!)
 

SE assign homeworlds to either to planets specified either as "medium" or "any" in systemtypes.txt. In case of "any" - it is most likely that SE IV first generates map and then converts randomly generated medium planets to homeworlds but may be not.

It is possible for SE IV to generate home worlds from vacuum: The "empty" system - just one sun and nothing else has a status "empire can start in = true". I once had a homeworld in such system - it was located in a sector 1:1. It seems that SE IV first assign races to systems that have "empire can start in = true" then it tries to place the homeworld. If there are no suitable planet, it may create one.

Re: Fyron\'s Quadrant Mod (2.09 released! 1.22 released!)
 

I have found that at least when using pre made maps the game will more often than not make homeworlds out of vacuum rather than convert exsisting ones. Unless you set starting points that are in the same sector with an exsisting planet.

Geoschmo

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Question. If your homeworlds appear in a sector cloaking nebula... How does your enemy find them...

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They don't.

EDIT: I suppose they could get one of those neublae clearing devices, and then they should be able to see them.

[ August 01, 2002, 17:10: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

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I'm trying to make a few good / evil maps.
Is the following correct:
1.5 = Optimal
1.4=Good
1.3=Good
1.2 = Mild
1.1=Mild
1.0=Mild
0.9=Unpleasant
0.8=Unpleasant
0.7=Unpleasant
0.6=Unpleasant
0.5=Unpleasant
0.4=Harsh
0.3=Harsh
0.2=Deadly
0.1=Deadly
0.0 = Deadly

Thanks

Re: Fyron\'s Quadrant Mod (2.09 released! 1.22 released!)
 

Make planets with those conditions, and name them accordingly. Save the map. Load it in a game, and see what level each of the planets has.

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That is how I got those values, I wanted to make sure I read them correctly http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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Ok. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif