can you change the grav well

Yup, you can someone did it on the IRC channel they posted pics. i believe the file is somewhere in the gameinfo folder.

thank you

but i cannot open any of my folders with notepad or wordpad infact i am not even given the option

If you don't have any programing experience i would suggest leaving it alone until they release the forge tool mod stuff, however that being said. If you want to try an mod right click on the file go to properties and click "change" next to the open with, and select notepad. If this is your first time with a text editor i suggest getting a better one than notepad i use notepad++ its free and has a lot more features than just notepad. hope this helps and good luck.

Sounds cool. Like having a Solar System instead of a Universe type deal?

yes

So you could theoretically make a custom map that contains a single ultra huge gravity well? So we could place dozens of entire star systems (planets/stars/asteroids and such) into this single gravity well?

That we can do this is huge. Now we are guaranteed to be able to make free movement mods without having to mess with the precious phase lane system. This would allow for perfect Star Wars, Babylon 5, BSG and Star Trek mods.

But for this to work, there are 2 (or 3) effects that are going to need to be modable in the core game.

1. We need to be able to mod ships to be able to jump into Phase Space within gravity wells.

2. We need to be able to mod Phase Space Inhibitors so they have a adjustable spherical range instead of having a gravity well wide effect.


~3. *Not critical, but being able to mod in sensor ranges would be a nice touch.

Does anybody know if the 3 above points can be modded into the core game???

Apparently not. Gonna have to play with this one for a bit.

Grav wells can be changed - its on a per planet type basis so open the appropriate file and look for something like farorbitoffset.

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