Space Empires V Editor 1.0 released

[Fyron]

skigrinder said:
Is there any way to include specifications for moons on SEV planets?
I really miss having moons in SEV.

There are moons already; they are just using an "offset from X" positioning to be orbiting their planets instead of being in the same sector. Unfortunately, SE5 does not name them properly as moons, but instead gives them a new name entirely. You could always replace the offset positioning with "same as" in systemtypes.txt, if you want them in the same sector (though to me that always seemed a little cheesy). If the moons use "same as" positioning, they get the lettered naming convention correctly. It's just a bug with "offset" naming.

[skigrinder]

Fyron,
Thanx for the response.
I'll take a look at the moon offset / same as idea.

The idea of creating planets in SE with 10+ moons (like those in our own solar system) has always intrigued me.

I like the idea of colonizing the moons, building cargo facilities and filling them with weapons platforms for planetary defense. However, this makes no sense if the moons are in a different sector.

An editor tool for the SEV map files (similar to DevNull's facilities editor) would be very useful as the text files are pretty complicated.

Thanx,
skigrinder