Starting Too Close

[Thorn]

It seems that more often than not I start way too close to other players when playing on a custom map. I set the world map to be larger and 70-90% water so that there are several land masses for the other players to be on. Is there any way to make sure all of the factions are spread out better?

 

[Petek]

I don't know of any game setting that forces factions to start farther apart. You can create very large custom maps (up to 256x256). That helps, but doesn't guarantee an isolated start.

Also, I've found that when playing on very large maps, using saved map files results in better starting locations (especially in SMAX). In our Downloads section, you can find several such maps (all sized 180x180 or larger). The files in question are named BigSMACXMaps1.zip and BigSMACXMaps2.zip.

 

[Thorn]

Thanks! I'll just have to keep restarting until I get some more space between me and my neighbor.