Eureka: The invention of the Hyperdrive

[Shadowstar]

Originally posted by Bman:
Could you not modify the data-files (systems.txt??) that are used by the random map generator to create systems: Put some empty systems in it. Then make a quadrant that favors these empty systems (like say 50% of all systems are empty). Now, using the builtin map generator you can quickly get your map with lots of empty systems. Now you just gotta figure out a way to have the star-systems only have warppoints leading to the empty 'hyperspace' systems.

Hmmmmmmmmmm

Interesting idea... Never messed around with systems.txt before... It's worth a shot, and it would make things a hell of a lot easier. If there would be a way to make it so that the map editor could make lots and lots of the empty systems... Hmm, is there a way to change how many systems the map editor makes with each quadrant type? Also, we'd need a way to make it so it would name empty systems differently, such as by coordinates instead of system names.