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Old August 1st, 2002, 04:58 AM
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Default Re: Krsqk System Mod

What did you use to randomly generate them?
I created a VB program which spit out its results in a text box. Nothing fancy.

I like realism. But sometimes, realism must be sacrificed for game playability. In some situations, aggressive colonization can help, but not all. What about times when 1 player gets large homeworld(s) and has large planets around them, and the other player gets small homeworld(s) and has small planets around them?
I see no workaround for this right now. If you could specify non-standard planet sizes in SystemTypes.txt, then you could ensure a nearly even mix of each type. As it stands now, you can only call the standard Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, and Huge types. Thus, all the moons in this mod are the same size.

I do understand the possible game balance problems. In my experience, this hasn't been a problem--the various sizes have been reasonably distributed. Against the AI, any extra challenge is welcome. In a humans only game, it would be more of a problem.
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