try Pasting this to the bottom of the system types file
(before the ===== EOF lines and one line after the Last entry)
quote:
Name := Bloated 1
Description := Standard solar system.
System Physical Type := Normal
Background Bitmap := Starmap.bmp
Empires Can Start In := TRUE
Mask Background Objs := FALSE
Non-Tiled Center Pic := FALSE
Number of Abilities := 0
WP Stellar Abil Type := Normal Warp Point
Number of System Objs := 29
Obj 1 Physical Type := Star
Obj 1 Position := Ring 1
Obj 1 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Star
Obj 1 Size := Any
Obj 1 Age := Any
Obj 1 Color := Any
Obj 1 Luminosity := Any
Obj 2 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 2 Position := Ring 2
Obj 2 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 2 Size := Huge
Obj 2 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 2 Composition := Any
Obj 3 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 3 Position := Ring 3
Obj 3 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 3 Size := Huge
Obj 3 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 3 Composition := Any
Obj 4 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 4 Position := Ring 3
Obj 4 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 4 Size := Huge
Obj 4 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 4 Composition := Any
Obj 5 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 5 Position := Ring 4
Obj 5 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 5 Size := Huge
Obj 5 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 5 Composition := Any
Obj 6 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 6 Position := Ring 4
Obj 6 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 6 Size := Huge
Obj 6 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 6 Composition := Any
Obj 7 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 7 Position := Ring 5
Obj 7 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 7 Size := Huge
Obj 7 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 7 Composition := Any
Obj 8 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 8 Position := Ring 5
Obj 8 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 8 Size := Huge
Obj 8 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 8 Composition := Any
Obj 9 Physical Type := Storm
Obj 9 Position := Ring 5
Obj 9 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Storm
Obj 9 Size := Any
Obj 10 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 10 Position := Ring 6
Obj 10 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 10 Size := Huge
Obj 10 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 10 Composition := Any
Obj 11 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 11 Position := Ring 6
Obj 11 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 11 Size := Huge
Obj 11 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 11 Composition := Any
Obj 12 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 12 Position := Ring 6
Obj 12 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 12 Size := Huge
Obj 12 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 12 Composition := Any
Obj 13 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 13 Position := Ring 3
Obj 13 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 13 Size := Huge
Obj 13 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 13 Composition := Any
Obj 14 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 14 Position := Ring 3
Obj 14 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 14 Size := Huge
Obj 14 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 14 Composition := Any
Obj 15 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 15 Position := Ring 4
Obj 15 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 15 Size := Huge
Obj 15 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 15 Composition := Any
Obj 16 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 16 Position := Ring 4
Obj 16 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 16 Size := Huge
Obj 16 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 16 Composition := Any
Obj 17 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 17 Position := Ring 5
Obj 17 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 17 Size := Huge
Obj 17 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 17 Composition := Any
Obj 18 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 18 Position := Ring 5
Obj 18 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 18 Size := Huge
Obj 18 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 18 Composition := Any
Obj 19 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 19 Position := Ring 5
Obj 19 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 19 Size := Huge
Obj 19 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 19 Composition := Any
Obj 20 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 20 Position := Ring 5
Obj 20 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 20 Size := Huge
Obj 20 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 20 Composition := Any
Obj 21 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 21 Position := Ring 5
Obj 21 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 21 Size := Huge
Obj 21 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 21 Composition := Any
Obj 22 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 22 Position := Ring 5
Obj 22 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 22 Size := Huge
Obj 22 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 22 Composition := Any
Obj 23 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 23 Position := Ring 5
Obj 23 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 23 Size := Huge
Obj 23 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 23 Composition := Any
Obj 24 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 24 Position := Ring 5
Obj 24 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 24 Size := Huge
Obj 24 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 24 Composition := Any
Obj 25 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 25 Position := Ring 4
Obj 25 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 25 Size := Huge
Obj 25 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 25 Composition := Any
Obj 26 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 26 Position := Ring 4
Obj 26 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 26 Size := Huge
Obj 26 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 26 Composition := Any
Obj 27 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 27 Position := Ring 5
Obj 27 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 27 Size := Huge
Obj 27 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 27 Composition := Any
Obj 28 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 28 Position := Ring 5
Obj 28 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 28 Size := Huge
Obj 28 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 28 Composition := Any
Obj 29 Physical Type := Planet
Obj 29 Position := Ring 6
Obj 29 Stellar Abil Type := Normal Planet
Obj 29 Size := Huge
Obj 29 Atmosphere := Any
Obj 29 Composition := Any
And this to the end of your quadrant types file (before EOF line also)
quote:
Name := Insane
Description := Silly number of planets.
Min Dist Between Systems := 1
System Placement := Random
Max Warp Points per Sys := 6
Min Angle Between WP := 50
Number of System Types := 5
Type 1 Name := Bloated 1
Type 1 Chance := 90
Type 2 Name := Storm 1
Type 2 Chance := 1
Type 3 Name := Storm 2
Type 3 Chance := 1
Type 3 Name := Storm 3
Type 3 Chance := 1
Type 4 Name := Storm 4
Type 4 Chance := 1
Type 5 Name := Storm 5
Type 5 Chance := 1
Type 5 Name := Destroyed Star
Type 5 Chance := 5
This will create a quadrant with 29 huge planets in 90% of the systems. It takes about a minute to generate the quadrant on my system (celeron466). May lead to range check errors as the AI spreads..... cough.
Rough estimate of 2209 planets of each type with random atmosphere distribution. Enjoy.