I strongly disagree!@Catalyst
Too far distances in huge between opponents, because of that this map isn't played in MP.
We always (!) play on huge maps with 36 stars and it is very funny and imho the most enjoyable and balanced setting possible.
We fill up the galaxy with KI players (up to 8 ) and have a new simple attack-rule instead of "no attacks until round xy".
Players may attack KI and player ships/outposts whenever they want, but attacks on player-colonies are allowed only, when at least 1 (or 2 optional) KI races are wiped out completely. This gives players some more time to react to Rush strategies.
I altered the map generator for the 3 mod-Files to produce huge galaxies with 36 stars.
vdcgm2.exe
vdcor.exe
vdcreg.exe
Furthermore there is an altered standard-Race-Setting used. The KI Players should be more dangerous with this setting. The old (=boring) Races can be found in the folder "Racestuf2".
You can download it here:
http://ge.tt/7w1X2XN/v/0
Edit:
I am sorry, that i have not explained well enough how to use the altered Version:
The huge galaxy with 36 stars is created, if you choose a medium galaxy. The other galaxy sizes are still original.