Where can I make a star?

Spoo · #1 April 5th, 2004, 04:41 AM

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Imagine 255 systems with 100+ sphereworlds each...
Now THAT would have been an Epic Game!... )

Couldn't you make this in the map editor? (Assuming that you don't go insane from adding 25500 sphere worlds.)

Slick · #2 April 5th, 2004, 04:48 AM

From the FAQ:

4.9.3 Ring- and sphereworlds count as both a star, and not a star. They count as not-a-star for purposes of planet building, solar panels, and star destroyers. They count as a star for purposes of building new stars (i.e.: you can't). (Suicide Junkie)

Slick.

Taz-in-Space · #3 April 5th, 2004, 04:51 AM

Hmmm, 25500 worlds at average of 10 sec per world.
255000 sec = approx 2.95 days.

Taz suddenly finds himself less enchanted with his 'brilliant idea'!...

Fyron · #4 April 5th, 2004, 05:47 AM

You could make that with custom system files. Change the Sphereworld to be a regular planet, rather than a Sphwereworld. Add a few hundred to a system type in SystemTypes.txt, edit a quadrant in QuadrantTypes.txt to have that system, and make a map! Just make sure to generate it in-game, not the map editor.

Executron · #5 April 5th, 2004, 02:05 PM

Coming back into topic

I once *when i was preety much a newbie at SE* **not that i am now an expert of smtgh

** wanted to build a sphereworld around a star. I checked and found with amazement

what i couldn't fit those damn cables ony ship... So istead of building lots of SSYs and sending them around a star and buidling Starbases with components for the spehereworld here's what i did. I build a star destroyer, a star creator and a planet creator, i destroyed the respective system, build a star right on top of some asteriods, created from the asteroids a planet and taa-daa... A planet round a star on which i built a SY and significantly shortnend the build time of all those bases *and i skipped the building of all those SSYs*

And i felt very proud of my achivement

geoschmo · #6 April 5th, 2004, 02:42 PM

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Originally posted by Executron:
I build a star destroyer, a star creator and a planet creator, i destroyed the respective system, build a star right on top of some asteriods, created from the asteroids a planet and taa-daa... A planet round a star on which i built a SY and significantly shortnend the build time of all those bases *and i skipped the building of all those SSYs*

Many problems with this idea. First, you still need the bases. No matter if you build them with base space yard or a facility space yard, you have to build them in a starbase hull. Unless you are talking about a mod. And it takes about a dozen space yards to make a ringworld, and about two dozen to make a sphereworld. And it can only build one at at time. Your facility is going to take longer to build a dozen starbases one at at time then 12 pase space yards each building one starbase would take. Unless, again, you are using some mod.

Also, I don't think this idea would work to begin with. Because I am fairly certain the game only allows you to create a star in the center sector. I could be wrong about this Last point though. It's been a while since I have tried it.

Executron · #7 April 5th, 2004, 02:56 PM

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Originally posted by geoschmo:

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Originally posted by Executron:
I build a star destroyer, a star creator and a planet creator, i destroyed the respective system, build a star right on top of some asteriods, created from the asteroids a planet and taa-daa... A planet round a star on which i built a SY and significantly shortnend the build time of all those bases *and i skipped the building of all those SSYs*

Many problems with this idea. First, you still need the bases. No matter if you build them with base space yard or a facility space yard, you have to build them in a starbase hull. Unless you are talking about a mod. And it takes about a dozen space yards to make a ringworld, and about two dozen to make a sphereworld. And it can only build one at at time. Your facility is going to take longer to build a dozen starbases one at at time then 12 pase space yards each building one starbase would take. Unless, again, you are using some mod.

Also, I don't think this idea would work to begin with. Because I am fairly certain the game only allows you to create a star in the center sector. I could be wrong about this Last point though. It's been a while since I have tried it.

lol you kinda berried me with that one

Yeah i would have to agree now that it's much more efficent in doing it the old fashion way...
But i am still very proud of that early achivement..

As far as the building of the star not in the center of star if i remember correctly that wasn't a problem