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Old August 14th, 2002, 10:48 AM
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First off, what does "WP not connected" do - I know what "no warp points" is but why not connected?

Secondly, how do you amend the settings file to increase the number of militia a planet generates to defend against invasions?
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Old August 14th, 2002, 11:15 AM
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1. Not-connected means that the systems are not connected to each other by WPs.

2. Look for these lines in Settings.txt:

Defending Units Per Population := 20
Population Defender Attack Strength := 10
Population Defender Hit Points := 30
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that's great Fyron but does 'not connected' mean all of the WP's are not connected or just some of them... also, do you have any idea what the base strength of say a normal troop is so that one can gauge how strong the militia strength of '10' is? and how does the 'defending units per population of 20' work? I know it doesn't mean you get 20 troops for each 1 million population on a colony, or does it mean you get 1 troop for each 20 million colonists? - any idea how it works?

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Old August 14th, 2002, 11:21 AM
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Disabling All WPs Connected means that only about half of the WPs that would normally be generated are generated. Sometimes, you will get chains of systems that are isolated from the rest of the galaxy. Other times, there will just be only 1 or 2 WPs from each system. Generate a few random maps to see this option in action. To get no WPs on the map, turn on "No Warp Points."

The milita Attack Strength means the damage that their weapons do per round.

Edited your post just before I hit "Post Reply".

Defending Units Per Population means that there will be one militia per X population. At the default setting, every 20 million population will generate 1 militia unit.

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Tigga, when you start the game, use "generate map now" in quadrant setup window. It will show you the map with all WP connections.

units per populations = 20 means that typical homeworld with 2*10^9 colonists will spawn 100 militants.
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