map editor questions

Arkcon · #1 June 25th, 2003, 01:05 AM

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Originally posted by BeenAssimilated:
Is there a way to give a player multiple specific starting planets?

Yeah, there is that option. If the game is set to "All player's planets the same size", then your carefully designed selections may be overridden.

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If a starting location is placed over a sector with both a planet and a moon, which is selected to be the starting planet?

You can't be sure of exactly what would happen, but the game would change that sector as it needs to.
Example:Hydrogen gas giant with tiny ice and tiny rock moon, selected as home planet for the Terrans, may end up with any of the 3 altered to suit.

If selected for the Eee, which are a Carbon Dioxide gas race, you'd just change the atmosphere of the gas giant and go, but the game isn't that smart, and will again change a random planet. Or erase the entire sector and just put the planet it needs.

[ June 24, 2003, 12:09: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

BeenAssimilated · #2 June 24th, 2003, 11:17 PM

Thanks Arkcon.

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you havn't seen red dwarf? that's horrible. it's a tv series, sci-fi comedy, see it the first chance you get. on it, for some of the episodes, is an intelligetn toaster with only one thing on it's mind, come rain, sleet, hail, asteriod storm, desperate space battle, medical emergency, space time distortion or anything..."do you want some toast?" "i can do bagels." "how about a biscut?"

Never seen it. Is it an old TV show?

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 June 25th, 2003, 02:50 AM

it was cancelled a few years ago, so if your looking for it your either going to have to rely on luck or bug your local tv station.

Jack Simth · #4 June 25th, 2003, 02:56 AM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
it was cancelled a few years ago, so if your looking for it your either going to have to rely on luck or bug your local tv station.

It wasn't so much cancelled as they decided to make movies; check the Red Dwarf homepage.

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 June 25th, 2003, 02:59 AM

TOAST!

ok, no more nonsense. this is a question thread.

BeenAssimilated · #6 June 25th, 2003, 09:24 PM

Thanks guys. I have another question: Is there a way to change the stardate on which the game starts? (Something other than 2400.0)

Ragnarok · #7 June 25th, 2003, 09:26 PM

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Originally posted by BeenAssimilated:
Thanks guys. I have another question: Is there a way to change the stardate on which the game starts? (Something other than 2400.0)

No, you cannot change this. The closest you can come is to make the number higher. To do so, start your game and put all AI under your control. Then keep pressing End Turn (F12) until you get to a higher date. But remember not to do anything to your empire with research, designs, etc. It would be a long process if you take the turn number very high.

[ June 25, 2003, 20:26: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]