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Thanks--I actually made some progress just before this post. I set three groups for spawns relative to technology type and it worked--only all of the units appear rather than just the race specific one. I think I know why. I'll take your template as my past ones got sucked into the vortex with my vanishing ironclad folder today and reengineer them. Very helpful sir. kudos to you, kudos I say!" I think it may be info regarding the planet owners

Perhaps my time traveling disrupted the system. I'll ask Rufus to go back and do a temporal anaylsis of the machine's past. Be awesome to one another dudes.

Yes to all the above. I had been using Galaxy Forge stand alone on my desktop and then just manually moved the maps there when they were done but when I had the Entrenchment suddenly stop seeing new maps I decided to move GF to the specified directory--no problem. The the folder vanished completely off my computer (along with the two maps I had in it). Puzzling because I have had no issues up till today. I'll uninstall and delete registry entries and the like then try a cl

I got them working somewhat but it is on and off. They partly work--sometimes fully then stop. It seems the default templates in the entity files are overiding the scripted ones. I'll keep plinking. I have a 6v1 map and a 2v2 that require set starting bases. Only way I could make it happen and keep balance for the maps was to start at non standard worlds. I am trying to get the following to start at seven dead asteroids (I have them starting the

Green stars do exist...Blue, Green, White, Yellow, Orange, Red (in that order from hottest to coolest) are broad color categories (to keep it simple). If you want to get fancier, google/wiki "star spectral classes". Thanks for the weighted answer--was wondering too.

I am still having mutiple issues with templates not working but on an off note, I created a map where players spawn with no homeworld at dead asteroids. I was told this isn't possible? If I can get the stupid templates working I'll upload it. Galaxy Forge doesn't show all the drop down options in the differnt fields in the template and will not (so far) save any edits in the map file that I make. About to do a clean reinstall see if that helps.

Lol--yeah...that's a thought for sure. Usually the vanishing folder is a trojan or worm type problem but I am fairly confident that isn't the case with mine (I do pc repair and build/installs freelance for years now). Things are rapid enough in that world now to never be sure though. I am interested if anyone else has any experience with things I mentioned though.

Everybody can and should play with and how they like--but do it with people of a like mind. Meaning don't pretend to be a noob so you can get a noob you can crush to play you [smurfing]. Don't be a hypocrite and want only to play the best players but then let a noob in to even teams then snuff him and spit him out without a thought. Use a pass protected game good for both of you. If you are really good and you play someone who isn't--instead making it an atte

Great reply (heh--I don't smoke anything). I am talking about Mars from the standpoint of the science skeptic who would say, "What good does it do to go there?". I watched four hours on the Martian rovers. I think it is awesome But those opposed to space "exploration" for pure science and see it as a waste can be given more "practical" things that they can see the benefit in. I forget the name but a commercial space investment company a few yea

I'm running XP(pro) and I went to \application data\ironcladgames etc. and saved a Galaxy Forge created map there--no problem. I then then planned to go to the game to see if it was indeed seeing the game file but wanted to check the name I gave the file. I returned to where the save folder location and the "Ironclads Game" folder was...gone. vanished--poof! My thought was, "No way" and I did a file search for the map I had saved (followed by a wildcard sea

You will not in your life time see Obama say, "Let's go to Mars.". Period. The Constellatiion program was a bloated technocratical debacle from its inception but its "there" now and that wasteful rocket is exacly the thing you will need for a Mars mission. I'd much rather see a small lunar expedition than watch a Challenger accident on Mars where people suffocate or starve to death because we did it as an experiment for "Wow" rather than build up to it as part of an actu

There are a lot of us here who play for fun. It's the teenage kids with lots of time ganging noobs with their buddies for laughs that causee a lot of this stuff. As to the guys who only play with each other--that's their little world they live in and it makes them proud. My suggestion is just to ask if someone wants to play a freindly game in chat and offer to start or ask someone to start a server. I have a couple of times. My first run in with these guys is

Short sighted to call space exploration and development "a waste". It is genuinely the next frontier and absolutely will generate a return in industry and resources--if anyone ever lays the infrastructure for these things. Budgetwise, its a drop in the bucket. The eight billion we are spending on a high speed rail connection would fund the shortfall in NASA's plans for the next three years. As to the poor and needy...a weak US economy is not helping any of them.&nbsp

I liked dominion too...and here's an example of exactly what I am talking about. Some one started this http://sinsmodding.dreamhosters.com . It's relatively new but it has definition and is starting fresh on a specific topic. Very helpful.

Thanks! I hadn't found that one--very helpful. Galaxy forge does a good job usually of creating stable maps at least. I'll go tinker much now with the template part and see what I can get from it.

Right--I was aware of those (but haven't messed with them). Just trying to get a basic cusom template working. I'm working on a map with mod-like qualities but that is simply a standard map so it can be played regardless of version. Thanks for the reply.

Me either but every time I assume something like that it's usually followed by an "Oh Duh!" moment ;) Good to know.

I don't know if you mean me or Reaper but I'd like to hear from Reaper myself as to how its coming with his (If you meant me, thanks). I have mine almost done now. I am adding in planets and arranging them so each key system has its own flavor. I have a point value for each empire's resources and the strategies for each empire will be different. I have a couple of websites I manage and am going to create one just for the map I make. I can consider letting playe

Thanks for the reply. I haven't used GF for a template yet as I wasn't sure of all the parameters required. I assumed by taking a working template and editing it one item at a time I could get a better understanding--no idea why that is not working. I'll try the GF idea. I haven't been modding or making major changes--just trying to get a simple custom template patterned after simple examples working. Unless they deal with entity files for custom-made items,

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I haven't found a conclusive post on this and I have tried examples from the forum here and from the wiki--they work if I past them verbatim but if I change ANYTHING they do not work. For example, I can take a template that gives a light frigate as given, paste and save it as a galaxy file and no prob. If I change ANYTHING in that file, it does not work. Try to make it a heavy frigate, or a cap ship or Psi instead of Tech and it won't run. Any suggestions? I

Mine is more fun the original size. I go by "Tinkerbell" for online games (Here is the real reason Tinkerbell didn't die in Peter Pan)...

I sense a disturbance in the force... I'm simply putting it out there. No one has to do anything they don't want to and I am not demanding and waving signs in protest. It would be helpful if ANYONE (obviously not you) would do anything in this direction. Maybe some smart modder will see this and say, "Hmm...I might do that!" or maybe someone at Stardock will go, "Hmm...maybe we can do something." Bottom line is, if no one does nothing, nothing gets done. Can't

Hi--fairly new player here but a gamer from way back (I'm 49). One of the first scifi board games that covered layered strategy was called "Imperium" and its the game that popularized the "Traveller" role playing game. It was probably the most popular game in its genre for more than en years.It pits the Terran Confderation against an ancient alien empire, the Imperium. Imperium was a campaign game with fast play. Excellent map and simple combat but it compr

I'll agree on the above--I don't want a "blank" forum but it would be great if original posters could redo some or update the current ones. There is an "edit" button ;)