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Player Starting Positions Fri, 15 June 2007 04:40 Go to next message
Weirdo is currently offline Weirdo

 
Crewman 3rd Class

Messages: 8
Registered: November 2002
Location: Manchester, UK

Hey,

I am creating a new game where we have pre-set alliances.

I have two teams of 3, with a guy who is going to be in the middle.

Galaxy is large.

Team 1 is players 1 - 3, team 2 is players 5 - 7.

Is there any way of me forcing these players together, ie, Team 1 at the top of the map, team 2 at the bottom?

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Re: Player Starting Positions Fri, 15 June 2007 05:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mazda is currently offline mazda

 
Lieutenant

Messages: 655
Registered: April 2003
Location: Reading, UK
Try this :-
http://starsautohost.org/sahforum/index.php?t=msg&th=185 5&start=0&rid=220&S=f2061d8a2d57176574d620d4ac0a c404

Depending on whether you are too bothered who knows where the starting HWs are (and in a team game it is less important) you may want to get a neutral person to perform the changes.
Alternatively do it yourself and publish all the HW before you start.

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Re: Player Starting Positions Fri, 15 June 2007 08:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Weirdo is currently offline Weirdo

 
Crewman 3rd Class

Messages: 8
Registered: November 2002
Location: Manchester, UK

Problem i have is that i have absolutely no idea what a .map is Smile

Guessing its a universe creator thing?

Ill have a peek, see if this actually is the case.


Think i have figured it. Got the dump from a test game and it basically just involved my players submitting their planet name and co-ordinates to me. I then change the .map file so they are in approximately the same area.

Since the game hasn't started yet, should work out fine.

*slaps face*


[Updated on: Fri, 15 June 2007 08:32]

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Re: Player Starting Positions Fri, 15 June 2007 08:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kotk

 
Commander

Messages: 1227
Registered: May 2003
Read help files then?
.MAP is
menu -> Report -> Dump to text file -> Universe Definition
result.
Nod

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Re: Player Starting Positions Fri, 15 June 2007 12:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Weirdo is currently offline Weirdo

 
Crewman 3rd Class

Messages: 8
Registered: November 2002
Location: Manchester, UK

Don't have my help file with me, but a ".map" search did it all for me.

Although been playing the game for almost a bloody decade, i still feel like a nub at times.

Thanks fellas Smile

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Re: Player Starting Positions Fri, 15 June 2007 16:25 Go to previous message
Ptolemy is currently offline Ptolemy

 
Commander

Messages: 1008
Registered: September 2003
Location: Finland

I do have copies of all the knows Stars! utilities ever created and I have used them all over the years.

If you want to send me all the turn files and passwords, I will set the universe up for you with the teams in the same areas of the universe - top and bottom halfs with the 'center' player being in the center. I can also create the universe with planet distributions in one arc at the top, one arc at the bottom and a conglomeration of planets in the middle.

You can send the files to Ptolemy dot stars at gmail dot com and let me know what you would like to have done.

Ptolemy




Though we often ask how and why, we must also do to get the answers to the questions.

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