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Old January 20th, 2004, 03:21 AM
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Default Re: Maps, theory discussion

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
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Originally posted by Loser:
I've never used the map editor. Is it possible to set up a static arrangement of systems and randomly populate them?
Sadly, no. Either you make an entire random map, or you have to add everything by hand.
Populating systems by hand in the Se4 map editor is drudgery to the extreme. I would not wish for it as a punishment for Sadaam.

The easiest, and I say easiest only in relative terms cause it's still not easy by any subjective measure, is to randomly generate a quadrant with no warp points. You can then move the already populated systems around where you want them and add in the connecting warp points. But be prepared to take a long time and pull much of your hair out in the process. It's DULL work.

I have gone as far as starting a game on a map with no warp points and using in game stellar manip to create the warp points for special maps. That's how truely bad the editor is.

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