"Very Difficult Choice" Mod, irc channel: irc.quakenet.org/vdc

[Overlord2]

Hi,
Can you upload your config what you have changed? Can't tell whats going on there before checking it myself.

[MadViper]

I Altered the "\VDC\REG_MAP.CFG"

Original Values:

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# ---------[ MAP GENERATION: VDCREG.exe ]----------------------------------------- #
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #

stars_in_galaxy small = 32;
stars_in_galaxy average = 45;
stars_in_galaxy large = 54;
stars_in_galaxy huge = 71;
...

Altered Values:

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# ---------[ MAP GENERATION: VDCREG.exe ]----------------------------------------- #
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #

stars_in_galaxy small = 16;
stars_in_galaxy average = 20;
stars_in_galaxy large = 20;
stars_in_galaxy huge = 32;
...

Whenever i lower the Values (as seen above), the Galaxy created will be just partial filled with stars, but all stars will have the same "low" distance from each other.

[Rocco]

with current cfg you cannot achieve a nice distribution with such low number stars.
you can try play around a bit with "map_generation **_galaxy_star_spacing" and see how that works.
(lower number for more tighly packed star groups / clusters, and higher number for more evenly distributed)
if you want an even distri using all available space on map, you need to do so manually with the Corion tool.

[Alex]

Technically with current config you can do anything you want regarding star placement, but you'll need post-processing lua script for that. Distribution includes STARS150.LUA which turns any galaxy to this

[Overlord2]

This is a step towards making custom mapgenerator. Looks like it is time to learn lua scripting.

[Overlord2]

Updated VDC to X4 version, running on 1.50.7.2 version of the patch. The download link is available on the front page.

[Overlord2]

Updated VDC to X4-V62-B8. The download link is available on the front page.