SpaceWars : Evolution (PTW)

[GIDustin]

I went through and modified the terrain a bit so that random maps are possible. Basically, this is a breakdown of the terrain. If you want to adopt it for this mod, lemme know and I will post it.

Grassland - Medium Density Stars (Can build cities)
Plains - Small Density stars (Can build cities)
Desert - Space (Complete black, no stars, Cities?)
Tundra - Space (Complete black, no stars, Cities?)
Hills - Asteroids (No Cities, wheeled cannot pass)
Mountains - Nebula (No cities, wheeled cannot pass)
Rivers - Gaseous streams (Since they come off mountains, which is a nebula, possibly just a nebula stream?)
Floodplains - Since flood plain is caused by rivers, maybe gaseous space?
Marsh - Undecided
Volcano - Black Hole (When it "errupts", it destroys "sucks in" everything around it, and leaves space junk "pullution")
Forest - Ore Field (The oval thingies, graphic needs to be replaced) Rich minerals that can be harvested "cut down" and turned into production
Jungle - Some kind of minor asteroid field Can be blasted through "Cleared" to allow cities/movement/etc

Sea/Ocean/Coast - Extremely dense stars. Only certain ships equiped with laser weapons can pass through these squares (Naval vessels). Still not sure why they cannot leave the "dense stars" though.

I have most of it done already just to test it. I still need graphics for new flood plain, marsh, jungle, and pollution. I have attached a SS of the terrain in the editor.

 

[Bluemofia]

instead of the black hole, use a star ready to go nova, and polution will be stellar debree.

 

[GIDustin]

The problem is that once a star goes nova, it should theoretically not be there anymore, although I guess as it is, you could build a city on the black hole and it may not "erupt" for some time.

Also, I think cities should be renamed to "Space Stations" and the graphic changed accordingly.

- GIDustin

 

[Bluemofia]

actually, stars that go nova, can survive, but are just less massive, like Eta Carinae, or the freak star. a bit of info about Eta Carinae, look Here

EDIT: stars that go supernova, get destroyed except for a black hole or neutron star.

 

[Berzerk Leader]

hey draftpanzer can you could make ranged animation for the units in the mod and have different sounds or do you not no how to do does things??

and you still didn't put heavy elements in the new mod

 

[Bluemofia]

after closer inspection, i have failed to find heavy elements. does this mean that the fortress station is un buildable?

 

[Berzerk Leader]

hey darftpanzer good job on the luxuries

EDIT: but the plant forest (make fake star) does nothing what so ever
and how do you get rails?

 

[Daftpanzer]

Again, im sorry that i released this in a messed up state

I didnt want fortresses to be buildable, cos the a.i doesnt use them, so it gives an unfair advantage to human players.

Heavy elements used to do things, but i changed it so they arent needed for anything, and now arent in the map, although they are still in the rules. I thought plant forest had been disabled too - i didnt know how to use that ability for a space mod.

The fleets shouldnt need oil! im sorry if thats another mistake, dont know how i managed that one.

I realise now just how far from finished this was. Im afraid theres probably more mistakes and things missing....

 

[Berzerk Leader]

so can you get rails??

and another thing mercenaries can capture citys

 

[Daftpanzer]

No, there are no rails. I was thinking about implementing star gates or something at a later date. Yeah, mercenaries can capture cities I couldnt think of a way to avoid that. I made them pretty weak to try and stop them being used for attacks on cities.

 

[Berzerk Leader]

well i see this pice of space with something that looks like rail

 

[Bluemofia]

you get that when you raze a city and then there are rails.

anyways, the rails can be worm hole tunnles/gates.

 

[Berzerk Leader]

what do you mean "the rails can be worm holes tunnels/gates"

 

[Bluemofia]

i mean like transportation.

 

[Ed O'War]

Railroads should probably be disabled. Use the airports as stargates, that makes more sense, imo.

 

[Berzerk Leader]

but it doesen't get you any where unless you have a road there

 

[Bluemofia]

isn't that obvious Berzerk? you have to build a hyperspace becon first, then the stargate/wormhole/wormtunnle.

 

[tjedge1]

Sorry to get off topic here, but I noticed the thread title says (PtW). Is there any chance this has been converted to C3C? Or is it still only PtW? It looks very nice, but I'm a stickler with my games and C3C is spoiling me.

 

[Bluemofia]

it's still PTW

 

[Berzerk Leader]

it's still ptw

EDIT: darn too late