RefSteel created a Rexx app to

[vmxa]

turn 1/3 of the planets into asteroids. This is useful to me to allow large or huge maps to be playable. I tend to like to take over all planets, but that is too much work in large/huge maps.

Now if you have say 3 or 4 N types out of say 50 and can run this to get to maybe 18/50. Now you have a managable number. You can modify it to up or lower the ratio.

It requires you have some working Rexx, you can get R4 for free though. Anyway it is posted in the RBO #28 thread at Realms Beyond.

Moo1 btw

 

[RefSteel]

I actually didn't (indeed didn't know how to) create the script myself - I was just trying to put together an Imperium (one of our open-to-everybody tournament games over at Realms Beyond) with those settings, and asked sargon0 if he could help. So, he's the one who wrote the script; my contribution was pretty much just to ask nicely.

It worked brilliantly for our Imperium game, and is quite effective and easy to use (it won't turn anyone's homeworld, nor Orion, into a no-planet star or anything) - so I wanted to make sure sargon0 got due credit for his brilliant work!

 

[vmxa]

Either way it works great. I tried it on a med map. Trying to fit in a shot with a huge to see what that looks like.