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LogicSequence
LogicSequence
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Still cannot create custom solar systems with less than 5 planets?

January 5, 2007 4:35:15 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
No matter what i do i still cannot create a solar system with customplanets.xml with less than 5 planets. Kryo i think you mentioned a while back it was not supposed to be that way. Is this something that is GOING to be fixed? Am i doing something wrong here? I've tried only making one planet entry under the solar systm, that results in my one planet and 4 other random ones. I've tried using {/Planet} 4 times, same result. I've Tried {Planet}{/Planet}, same result. I've tried {\Planet}, {Planet/} and {Planet\}, same result. Is there some trick to it? Or is this still just not possible?



P.S.
Is there any way to assign a sun color to a custom solar system, say if i wanted a red star and not a yellow star?
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LogicSequence
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Reply #1 January 5, 2007 4:42:10 PM
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Is there some trick to it? Or is this still just not possible?


You're doing it right, but there's a bug that causes the extra planets (all systems are generated with 5) to not be 'hidden' like they should. Hopefully Cari will get a chance to address it, but it may not be until post-release.
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Reply #2 January 6, 2007 12:29:09 AM
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OK, i was just making sure i wasn't making some kind of dumb mistake or something like that .

Will making the planets "{percentofstarsize}0.0{/percentofstarsize}" perhaps at least make them invisibile on the map (zoomed in)?


P.S.
Any idea about designating Star Color?
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Reply #3 January 6, 2007 12:04:36 PM
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Size 0.0 seems to be ignored by the game (it just gives them random sizes), and values between 0.0 and 0.025 actually make the game crash--the smallest I successfully tested was 0.025, but if you combine that with a pure black texture and remove any rings or moons, the planets blend in with the background stars pretty well (you still see the atmosphere halo).

It doesn't appear you can change star color without changing ALL yellow stars to something else via StarTypes.xml--the Star Texture in Custom Planets is unused AFAIK.
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Reply #4 January 8, 2007 3:09:53 AM
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OK, well thanx, i'll expiriment. Thanks again for your help.
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