[WIP] Better in-lobby system generation

Discussion in 'Work-In-Progress Mods' started by liquius, September 25, 2014.

  1. liquius

    liquius Well-Known Member

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    Hi there,

    I am work on a mod with the aim of improving system generation. The first version is out on PAMM. Currently it adds 3 templates. All single planet systems.

    Small
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    {
      starting_planet: true,
      mass: 50000,
      Thrust: [0, 0],
      Radius: [375, 425],
      Height: [20, 25],
      Water: [30, 40],
      Temp: [0, 100],
      MetalDensity: [30, 40],
      MetalClusters: [30, 40],
      BiomeScale: [0, 100],
      Position: [50000, 0],
      Velocity: [0, 100],
      Biomes: ['earth', 'desert', 'tropical', 'lava', 'moon', 'metal']
    }
    Medium
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    {
      starting_planet: true,
      mass: 50000,
      Thrust: [0, 0],
      Radius: [575, 650],
      Height: [20, 25],
      Water: [30, 40],
      Temp: [0, 100],
      MetalDensity: [30, 40],
      MetalClusters: [30, 40],
      BiomeScale: [0, 100],
      Position: [50000, 0],
      Velocity: [0, 100],
      Biomes: ['earth', 'desert', 'tropical', 'lava', 'moon', 'metal']
    }
    Large
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    {
      starting_planet: true,
      mass: 50000,
      Thrust: [0, 0],
      Radius: [700, 850],
      Height: [20, 25],
      Water: [30, 40],
      Temp: [0, 100],
      MetalDensity: [30, 40],
      MetalClusters: [30, 40],
      BiomeScale: [0, 100],
      Position: [50000, 0],
      Velocity: [0, 100],
      Biomes: ['earth', 'desert', 'tropical', 'lava', 'moon', 'metal']
    }
    
    I plan on adding much more. If anyone has any suggestions on what type of planets/templates you would like you would like to see, I will try to add them.
    Last edited: September 30, 2014
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  2. kryovow

    kryovow Well-Known Member

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    cool that you work on it.
  3. sardaukar666

    sardaukar666 Well-Known Member

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    This will be fantastic once more systems are integrated or even the possibility of being able to add your own systems via the settings menu
  4. liquius

    liquius Well-Known Member

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    New version is now out on PAMM. Only a small update. It now uses a dropdown menu to select templates.

    My next step is to add/create a lot of templates. If anyone has any suggestions/requests for what these should be, it would be nice to hear them.
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  5. Baleur

    Baleur Member

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    Just curious, what is "better" about this? Mind writing the mod description to explain? Thanks =)
  6. liquius

    liquius Well-Known Member

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    When you click the new game button, what you get varies a lot. You get different amounts of planets of varying size. You also get different results depending on how many players there are.

    For example if you have 3 players, pressing the new game button will randomly choose between 6 templates. Out of those templates you have
    • 3*4 planet templates
    • a 3 planet template
    • a 2 planet template
    • a single planet template

    What this mod does is it allows you to choose your template. If I wanted to play on a system with a normal size planet with a tiny orbiting moon, then I would choose a template for that. I could then guarantee that my system would have the following
    Code:
    {
       starting_planet: true,
       mass: 50000,
       Thrust: [0, 0],
       Radius: [575, 650],
       Height: [20, 25],
       Water: [30, 40],
       Temp: [0, 100],
       MetalDensity: [35, 45],
       MetalClusters: [35, 45],
       BiomeScale: [0, 100],
       Position: [50000, 0],
       Velocity: [0, 100],
       Biomes: ['earth', 'tropical', 'lava', 'moon', 'metal']
    }
    And
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    {
       starting_planet: true,
       mass: 5000,
       Thrust: [1, 1],
       Radius: [50, 100],
       Height: [10, 40],
       Water: [0, 50],
       Temp: [0, 100],
       MetalDensity: [5, 10],
       MetalClusters: [5, 10],
       BiomeScale: [0, 100],
       Position: [60000, 0],
       Velocity: [0, -58.1138],
       Biomes: ['earth', 'tropical', 'lava', 'moon']
    }
  7. Fr33Lancer

    Fr33Lancer Well-Known Member

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    Just a heads-up, this mod seems to break the new lobby in PTE.
    It dis-align army slot and make secondary color selection not possible.
    This mod disabled
    upload_2014-12-6_15-22-49.png
    This mod enabled
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  8. keterei

    keterei Active Member

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    Also it does not allow (me at least) to add more lobby slots within the game lobby when your mod is enabled.
  9. sgrock

    sgrock Member

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    Mod appears non-functional with the current patch.
    I get a screen that does not properly load and no options are selectable.
  10. sgrock

    sgrock Member

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    Still broken :(
    [​IMG]
  11. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    Liquius left along with most of the other developers of the Realm Community Balance Mod.

    This mod has essentially been replaced by @yarmond's Awesome System Generator.
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  12. lulamae

    lulamae Planetary Moderator

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    I just encountered this issue with the recent PTE for Legions. Can we have it removed from PAMM & the CMM?
  13. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    It's still in it? I swear I removed it already.

    Done.

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