universe size

[gwichman]

The largest universe i seem to be able to make is large quadrant size.

Is it possible to make it larger? I know it is because i joined a game that seems to have 10X as many systems as the map that gets created when i pick large quadrant size. How?

[Wardad]

The game files can be modded. Some one else will have to help you with that.

[Phoenix-D]

This requires Gold for best effect. One sec and I'll show you what you need to change.

Phoenix-D

[Phoenix-D]

OK, this is for the absolute BIGGEST galaxy you can get in the game.

In settings.txt:
"Maximum Number Of Systems := 100"

Change to 255. You also need to add more system names, or you'll get blank system names in-game. This doesn't require Gold.

I thought there were other settings controlling this, but can't find them.

Phoenix-D

[Fyron]

Nope, that's the only setting that determines the number of systems in a galaxy. There are settings in QuadrantTypes.txt that determine relatively how many of each type of system that will be in map, but not how many total. Unless, you use a weird grid type map, which could potentially limit the possible number of systems, depending on how far apart you set the systems to be, but that's just an unusual exception.

[Gozra]

I am using the Gold Map Editor to make a larger map. I see why you don't see many maps out there. I am about 1/3 done and have been working on it for 5 days now. I hope to get to about 150 star systems with 4 main clusters. I am hoping to make a large enough Map that it is not easy for people to run into each other.