Map editor

[Coal]

When naming my planets I would edit one's name, but when editing another, I would get the error message and couln't get to the edit menu. And then when trying to add a planet, I couldn't do it at all.

I have loaded a map that I generated and modified slightly, and sofar it's working ok.

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Rules? What Rules?

[This message has been edited by Maverick (edited 18 April 2001).]

[Dracus]

Have you tryed adding warp points in the same sector as a planet or sun. What about giving a planet the same ablities as a nebula?
I am creating a map at this time that does both these, just to see how they work in the game.

[Coal]

I'd like to fix the naming problem before trying anything else.

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Rules? What Rules?

[Dracus]

I just created a map that had a warp point behind a planet, a sun behind a planet, a planet with a astroid field, and double planet. One planet named pizza. I did notice that if you don'et set starting points the game will randomly add starting planets to the map. My first load, I ended up in a nebula. My second was in a black hole system.
I loaded the map into the game and sent a ship to warp at the planet and it did use the hiden warp point.(Man just think, a fleet appearing in orbit around a planet by using this.)

You could create some crazy maps by hiding warp points in storms, behind planets/suns.

Still have not played with the ablities yet.





[This message has been edited by Dracus (edited 18 April 2001).]

[Suicide Junkie]

How about creating a warp point that sits right on top of the center of a black hole?
If your ship is falling in, you could escape to another starsystem

Can you create a system with more than three stars? Put 10 sphereworlds in one sector ?

[dmm]

quote:

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Originally posted by Dracus:
My first load, I ended up in a nebula. My second was in a black hole system.

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COOL! Was your nebula planet hidden from the other players?
And did the black hole suck your planet in? (I'm guessing probably not, but ships were, even if they were "in orbit" around the planet. LOL! Really bad astrophysics, but fun!)

[Dracus]

I just put a warp point in the center of the black hole. Have not ran a ship across it to see what the effects are yet.
I have also created a system with a center point that destroys ships--a hiden black hole effect. Have not tested this yet either.