October 14th, 2003, 11:58 PM
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Re: STM "Final v1.7.5" Discussion
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Originally posted by mottlee:
Coool Got my name in lights  (well sort of)
(Edit) FYI this will change any save games also (I now have a Sh*t load of ring worlds  )
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My post from few pages back:
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WARNING!!! I'm fairly certain that replacing SectTypes.txt WILL screw up the maps for any saved games.
After looking at the SectTypes.txt for ver 1.2.5 I'm fairly certain that it has at one point been saved by SE4Moddr. You can tell by the order things are placed in. ie in the default file after planet with pic 224 there is a star with pic 225. in the messed up file this is followed by another planet with pic 300 (a ringworld). While I think the order things are in in SectTypes does not matter when creating new games it appears to be very important for saved maps and saved games.
What is happening is this: A map is created with the default SectTypes that has a star with image 225. If this map is loaded with the faulty SectTypes.txt the game goes down to the 225th entry (were Star 225 was in the original file) and finds the planet with image 300 and uses it.
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So yes I think a game started under Version 1.2.5 the map will not look right in ver 1.2.6. |