Reshaping the galaxy.

[Ze_PilOt]

I went with colaColin idea of spiraled galaxy :

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First one is a nice spiraled galaxy. The problem I see there is that the links will be ugly.

Second is the same, but skipping some planets in the pattern. It's worst.

Third is the more interesting I think, but you lose the spiral feeling.

I will try to make a interactive version so you can play with the parameters yourself.

[Zock]

thats great!

althought i'm not completly pleased with it yet..its too linear/too much symetry for my taste. an interactive version would be awesome!

I think it would be great if you have more or less random groups of planets together, that have few connection between each other, but many between the planets in the group.

example:

another:

[Gyle]

OK so those images are freaking sweet! Love the look and idea of that sooooo much!!!

Quick Question though, its something Funk and i mentioned in the contributors forum. Is it at all possible to flip the map so it coincides from a role playing perspective?



Simply by inverting the positions it would look more like the actual map so Seraphim top left, UEF top right, Cybran bottom right and Aeon bot left?

Zep you did say something about this being difficult before??

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[Ze_PilOt]

Flipping the position is easy, putting less arbitrary shape is a little more difficult.

[pip]

I think it's a good idea, and the last shape looks not too bad. Also, I believe that if the background looks like a galaxy of approximately the same shape, like in zock's pics, it'll look definitely better.

[Dav_]

I went with colaColin idea of spiraled galaxy :

galaxyv2.jpg

First one is a nice spiraled galaxy. The problem I see there is that the links will be ugly.

Second is the same, but skipping some planets in the pattern. It's worst.

Third is the more interesting I think, but you lose the spiral feeling.

I will try to make a interactive version so you can play with the parameters yourself.

This is TOTALLY AWSOME

[Circuit]

Love some zock idea and maybe i found something good looking and can make a good base for a galaxy.

http://www.scientificgamer.com/blog/wp- ... luster.jpg

I know the good looking part is not the biggest thing to do for now( i know that) and we can add few route too attack.

If you want zep, i could work on a galaxy and summit here. I just need how many planet you want (it will do a basic paint blue print)

in the worst case we could use estetic part

[Ze_PilOt]

While it's looking good like that, it won't be very interesting gameplay wise because the links are drawing a single path to each cluster (like my first screenshot).

[Hascins]

Is it just me or has somebody else problems to distinguish aeon and seraphim territory? Maybe Aeon could be a bit more greener

[Ze_PilOt]

Colors, transparency, and even planet sizes will be entirely customizable, so if you don't like the color, you can change them yourself.

I won't bother trying to make something that please everyone, it's impossible (see the color threads for FA in each balance patch...)