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Cost 0 setup

Sat, 19 June 2004 10:24

LEit

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Use the Stars Editor (http://www.pirates.retreat.btinternet.co.uk/dlStarEd.zip) to set the mineral costs and tech leves of the items you're interested in (or all items) to 0, you probably want to set the 100/250 gate to be inf/inf and cost 0.

Also set the resource cost of the items to 999. Save it to a file (don't update the .exe yet). Open the file in a text editor (notepad works fine, any other should as well), and search for 999 and replace with 0. Back in the Stars Editor, import the file, and write the .exe.

In turn 2400: have some other race build the ships, and a gate, the target race can build for some one else, and builds a gate too. I build them in packs of 1020.
In turn 2401: have the races gate the fleets to the other race, and transfer the fleets to them. Stars! will delete components you don't have the tech to build, so you have to run with the techs set to 0 for this year as well. Remove gates from bases.
In turn 2402: you can run with the normal game, delete designs you've given away, and unbuildable bases. Start scrapping, I scrap 20 a year, that's enough for 51 turns of scrapping with 1020 of them.

If you see a game that says it will run the first few turns outside of AH, there is a possibility that it is using this. This is how Summer was started (although I think they didn't think of the gate part).

- LEit

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Re: Cost 0 setup

Wed, 30 June 2004 23:55

Ron

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LEit wrote on Sat, 19 June 2004 10:24

If you see a game that says it will run the first few turns outside of AH, there is a possibility that it is using this. This is how Summer was started (although I think they didn't think of the gate part).

NOTE:
This post explains the reasoning behind having a new host, or little-known host, have a trusted 3rd party create the game, or sending in a .def file with the .r files and having me or a trusted 3rd party create the game from that.

Naturally, game hosts using this cheat for games on AutoHost (where it was not specifically stated in the game announcement) will be banned from playing/hosting on AutoHost.

Ron Miller
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Re: Cost 0 setup

Fri, 09 July 2004 21:31

LEit

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LEit wrote on Sat, 19 June 2004 10:24

Stars! will delete components you don't have the tech to build, so you have to run with the techs set to 0 for this year as well.

Note this only applies to ships that you've built, ships some one else builds and gives to you, don't get checked for unbuildable components. Therefore, if you want to go back to the normal exe, you have to transfer the ships to another race. It's possible to do this with just one host race if you use a player race to build for you. Since the ships cost nothing, it won't harm the player position at all.

- LEit

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