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Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution

Fri, 17 August 2007 12:04

PaulCr

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You can make stars generate with the same universe each time, start stars passing it a game definition file you want to use with the same value for the random seed ie stars.exe -a Testbed1.def
If your going to do that though it would be best to a a number a few .def files with differing seeds so that you can also try your race in universes with worse or better conditions to see how it fairs.

The following is taken from the help file for how the .def is formatted, an example is given at the end.

Game Name
Universe Size (0-4) Density (0-3) Starting Distance (0-3) [Random Seed, any #]
Maximum Minerals (0/1) Slow Tech (0/1) BBS Play (0/1) .... (other check boxes)
Number of Players (1-16)
Pathnames to race files, or AI descriptions
VC # of planets (0/1) Percent of planets (20-100)
VC Tech (0/1) Level (8-26) Fields (2-6)
VC Score (0/1) Score (1000-20000)
VC Exceeds nearest (0/1) (Percent (20-300)
VC Production (0/1) Capacity (10-500)
VC Capital Ships (0/1) Number (10-300)
VC Turns (0/1) Years (30-900)
VC Must Meet (0-7) Minimum Years (30-500)
New universe file name

AI Descriptions
The AI description takes the form, "# N M", where N is the ID number of the AI and M is the skill level of the AI.
Race Ids: 0=Random, 1=Robotoids, 2=Turndrones, 3=Automitrons, 4=Rototills, 5=Cybertrons, 6=Mcinti
Skill levels: 0=Random, 1=Easy, 2=Standard, 3=Tough, 4=Expert

The following is an example .def file that will set up a single player against a standard robotoid ai in a small, packed, distant, acc BBS universe with no victory conditions.

Testbed 1
1 3 3 10000
0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2
c:\stars\MyRace.r1
# 1 2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
c:\stars\Testbed1\TestBed1.xy

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		Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: RobO on Fri, 17 August 2007 08:30
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: Ptolemy on Fri, 17 August 2007 11:12
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: PaulCr on Fri, 17 August 2007 12:04
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: RobO on Fri, 17 August 2007 13:34
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: PaulCr on Fri, 17 August 2007 13:58
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: Ptolemy on Fri, 17 August 2007 14:11
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: RobO on Fri, 17 August 2007 14:33
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: Ptolemy on Fri, 17 August 2007 15:34
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: iztok on Sat, 18 August 2007 14:04
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: RobO on Sat, 18 August 2007 14:14
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: iztok on Sat, 18 August 2007 15:18
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: Dogthinkers on Sun, 19 August 2007 20:37
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: RobO on Sat, 18 August 2007 01:54
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: RobO on Mon, 20 August 2007 01:00
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: gible on Mon, 20 August 2007 02:57
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: RobO on Mon, 20 August 2007 06:08
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: Soobie on Fri, 12 October 2007 05:56
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: PaulCr on Fri, 12 October 2007 06:36
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: m.a@stars on Fri, 12 October 2007 08:05
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: yartrebo on Fri, 12 October 2007 11:58
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: m.a@stars on Fri, 12 October 2007 14:52
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: yartrebo on Fri, 12 October 2007 16:25
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: m.a@stars on Fri, 12 October 2007 18:33
		[LONG] Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: ck_drknes on Fri, 12 October 2007 22:54
		Re: [LONG] Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: m.a@stars on Sat, 13 October 2007 07:58
		Re: [LONG] Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: Drakhyulla on Sun, 14 October 2007 01:33
		Re: [LONG] Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: m.a@stars on Sun, 14 October 2007 04:05
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: PaulCr on Fri, 12 October 2007 16:22
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: m.a@stars on Fri, 12 October 2007 18:13
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: ck_drknes on Sat, 13 October 2007 17:45
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: ck_drknes on Sun, 14 October 2007 14:16
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: m.a@stars on Mon, 15 October 2007 07:04
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: ck_drknes on Sun, 21 October 2007 20:47
		Re: Problem with randomness in planet distrtibution By: ck_drknes on Sun, 21 October 2007 21:44

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