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DrwHem

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DrwHem

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Jul 12, 2012, 10:02:41 PM

are there any plans on having larger maps? the largest map setting seems a bit small to me for something that is supposed to be an entire galaxy.

also im having issues with factions being wiped out before i ever meet them. most of the time its the pirates who wipe them out but if the maps were bigger then maybe this would prolong these factions lifetimes.

also it would be nice to have a 12-16 player game, at least on single player.

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Thunderchild

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13 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 5:43:25 AM

Well, you can edit the "GalaxySettings.xml"

Just look for this part:

You can edit the Numbers behind "NumStars" and "Width" so it can look like this:

But remember: when you start a new game with this settings the galaxy generator will take some time, so loading will take up to 20 minutes. Don't worry, your later savegames will load as fast, as before

Just try it but don't forget, to make a save-copy of "GalaxySettings.xml", just for sure...

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13 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 7:35:04 AM

Notice that you should rise other numbers correctly too:

Example:

Tiny size galaxy contains 16 stars, it's width is 50, it should have just 2 players, 6 pieces of every strategic recourse and just 4 different luxyryresourcetypes

Huge size galagy is 5 times big as Tiny so numbers are: 80 starts, 110 width, 8 players, 30! pieces of every strategy resource and 16 luxuryresourcetypes

Now lets take that 180 starts example

correct line would be:

NumStars="180" Width="160" (why, why not 200 which would be closer?) NominalPlayers="8" (though I would at first try 12) StrategicResourceNumerPerType="67" LuxuryResourceTypes="16"

(there isn't more than 16 luxury resources)

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13 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 8:45:34 PM

Moved to the FAQ section. I believe Thunderchild and Hupailija have answered your question well regarding the "how to", but for the plans: I've not heard of plans for extending the planets caps by defaults, for now.

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Jul 14, 2012, 4:29:26 AM

thanks for that! ill try it after i see if the latest patch worked

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Jul 15, 2012, 3:34:24 AM

Thunderchild wrote:
Well, you can edit the "GalaxySettings.xml"

Just look for this part:

You can edit the Numbers behind "NumStars" and "Width" so it can look like this:

But remember: when you start a new game with this settings the galaxy generator will take some time, so loading will take up to 20 minutes. Don't worry, your later savegames will load as fast, as before

Just try it but don't forget, to make a save-copy of "GalaxySettings.xml", just for sure...