Planned Galaxy Configs

[Exozen]

Everyone loves more options, and it's never hurt anyone, right? Here's a few options I'd like to see added to the server.cfg

GALAXY_SIZE_MEAN =
Galaxy size mean (in sectors) (min [INSERT NUMBER HERE])

GALAXY_SIZE_DEVIATION =
Galaxy size standard deviation (in sectors)

GENERATE_ADDITIONAL_GALAXIES = true/false
Generates additional galaxies outside spawn. Default = true

SPAWN_GALAXY_ARMS = 0/1/2/etc
Determines how many arms the galaxy will generate.
0 = Only galactic core / blob galaxy, 1 = one arm, etc., -1 generates full disk, but without arms.

This one could possibly only go up to 6/7, with a hopeful limit of 8, depending on how many arms can be generated before breaking/merging into an indistinguishable disk. Larger galaxies could possibly have more arms; needs testing.

Variable Galactic Plane:
While on the subject of galaxies (because that's what this thread's all about) it would nice if the galactic plane wasn't always horizontal. Galaxies could possibly generate vertically, or even at diagonal angles, to really spice things up.

As they say, variety is the spice of life, and the spice must flow.

 

[BJammin]

As they say, variety is the spice of life, and the spice must flow.

Indeed it must

All jokes aside, this is actually a really nice idea; it's something that I wish was already customizable in the game.

 

[jgames666]

Absolutely love this idea.

 

[jayman38]

Excellent! I was just pondering how I think galaxies should be bigger. This adds so much more variation than simply increasing size.

 

[MeRobo]

SPAWN_GALAXY_ARMS = 0/1/2/etc
Determines how many arms the galaxy will generate.
0 = Only galactic core / blob galaxy, 1 = one arm, etc., -1 generates full disk, but without arms.

I honestly think it would be better to change the arm spawnrate instead because several identically shaped galaxies would be boring.

 

[Criss]

I am marking this as planned, although I cannot guarantee that galaxies will see config values in the server config files. The reason being is that the game operates on a certain number of sectors and systems to create nice chunks that can be handled better. There will however certainly be a better variety of galaxy shapes and sizes in the future. I will make sure of it!