Galaxy Generator Regions

Remscar

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12 years ago

May 3, 2012, 6:42:17 AM

What do the colors represent in Public/GalaxyGenerator/Regions? Same with /Density

I've tried messing around and changing the colors but it doesn't seem to change where my empire starts. Do the colors have any relevance? I assumed they did since i looked inside the .xml's and found them referencing to specific colors and those image files.

MODVieuxChat

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MODVieuxChat

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25 400g2g pts

12 years ago

May 3, 2012, 5:06:06 PM

I don't know. Maybe it's just "regions" to avoid two players being too close at start.

Inquisitioner

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Inquisitioner

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12 years ago

May 3, 2012, 7:45:44 PM

VieuxChat wrote:
I don't know. Maybe it's just "regions" to avoid two players being too close at start.

Should be this. Doubt the colors have any relevance other than that.

Remscar

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Remscar

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12 years ago

May 4, 2012, 4:52:17 AM

I remember the devs saying that they used C# to program the galaxy generation library. I'm curious on how exactly it uses the images...

Upgradecap

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Upgradecap

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6 100g2g pts

12 years ago

May 4, 2012, 1:59:58 PM

Remscar wrote:
I remember the devs saying that they used C# to program the galaxy generation library. I'm curious on how exactly it uses the images...

I'm more than curious on how the devs got the actual images into the game. I mean, I have lurked around the game files and haven't found even a single picture.

Remscar

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Remscar

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12 years ago

May 4, 2012, 2:28:30 PM

Upgradecap wrote:
I'm more than curious on how the devs got the actual images into the game. I mean, I have lurked around the game files and haven't found even a single picture.

The game runs in Unity (From what i understand), which compiles all the assets into an archive, therefore you won't actually see plain old art files.

The Galaxy Generator plugin coded in C# imports the image files and uses them somehow, i haven't had enough time to test it quite yet.

Upgradecap

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Upgradecap

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6 100g2g pts

12 years ago

May 4, 2012, 2:35:49 PM

But how does the implementation work? Where does the engine search for it?

Those are the things that I want to know

Remscar

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Remscar

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12 years ago

May 4, 2012, 9:28:50 PM

I managed to decompile and recompile the galaxy generatorion plugin with only slight difficulties. However as a repaired some lines i caused a bit of damage and as a result solar system placements are (a bit) off center.

Let the modding begin.

Edit

Fixed what i did wrong, all engines forward now.

Edit:

Confirmed that the color on the galaxy shape map represents an empire starting location. White = no empire start.

Edit:

The density map is not used for any sort of calculations. The only significance it has is from its dimensions, which are the same as the region map. I assume a future plan is to add in actual density since i found a helper function that returns the bitmap for easier usage.