Any way to change homeworld distances to star in the map designer ?

Hi.

I would love to know if there is any way to change the homeworld distance from star in the map designer

When I play with the map designer and I set all distances and parameters for the rest of the planets, I miss an option to set the homeworlds because it's a bit odd for me to see them far away for parent star.

Any help? Thanks in advance.

Locked Post

Advanced Search

Watch this post

Do not email me updates for this post Email me updates for this post

Successfully updated karma reason!

Try the "Map Size" but not sure. Zooming out the map may look the same, but the phase lanes are actually a lot longer and will take longer to travel. The sun is in the middle and the Homeworlds are on the outer edge of the ring. Galaxy Forge is your best bet.

Successfully updated karma reason!

Thanks for the annswer myfist0.

I tried that and always the homeworld are in outer zones, and that is what don't like.

Maybe a parameter in any configuration file that can be mod in anyway ?

If not I'll try galaxy forge but I don't remember if you can use the same random parameters for the other planets.

Thanks again in advance.

Successfully updated karma reason!

yes, in GF the planet placement is set, but you can add more than you need and have them spawn at a chance so every time you load that map it is different. Connection chance will also change the phase lane connections.

You can also edit your Map Design in notepad

C:\Users\myfist0\Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\MapDesigner

look for

homePlanetType "TerranHome"
homePlanetStarRadiusRange
minPercentage 1.000000
maxPercentage 1.100000

each star is a ring with the star at 0 and the outer edge at 1 so setting to 0.500000 is mid way, but each HW also gets some starting planets attached which are

extraPlanetsRadiusRange
minPercentage 0.900000
maxPercentage 1.000000
extraPlanetGroupCount 2
extraPlanetGroup
minCount 1
maxCount 1
planetTypeCount 1
planetType "Asteroid"
extraPlanetGroup
minCount 1
maxCount 1
planetTypeCount 1
planetType "RandomIceVolcanic"

you may also want to set the

extraPlanetsRadiusRange
minPercentage 0.900000
maxPercentage 1.000000

for these as well

Successfully updated karma reason!

Oh really thanks !!!!

I think thats what I was looking for, and it doesn't seem complicated to do.

Thanks a lot again Myfist0

Successfully updated karma reason!

Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.

There are many great features available to you once you register, including:

Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting and posting on the forums.
Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
It's simple, and FREE!

View all recent posts

Mark all posts as read Delete cookies created by the forum Return to Top

Stardock Forums v Server Load Time: Page Render Time: