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quick question (universe size)

October 21, 2007 8:40:10 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
how big can one universe get (how many star systems) cuz i was wondering if in single player you could have more than 8.....just for a VERY long SINGLE PLAYER game. or i was wondering in future testing you could see what people would think about it.
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Reply #1 October 21, 2007 9:01:40 PM
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Reply #2 October 21, 2007 9:08:27 PM
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"SupComFan", bumping a thread in less than an hour of its posting is rather silly. Especially given that it was probably pretty close to the top at the time you did it!

That said, the game can get very large. Back when custom random maps were still enabled (temporarily disabled for multiplayer beta) you could have up to 100 planets, spread over up to 10 stars... with default settings. You can customize the game files to increase that size to virtually any number your hardware allows.
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Reply #3 October 21, 2007 9:10:32 PM
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so....you could have up to ilke....20 star systems
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Reply #4 October 21, 2007 9:13:15 PM
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so....you could have up to ilke....20 star systems



If your hardware can handle it, you can have 100 star systems with 1 planet each... or 100 star systems with 100 planets each! (Would take modding, especially if you wanted it to be playable...)
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Reply #5 October 21, 2007 9:13:43 PM
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by the way ron.....your walkthroug thing was very well done....the manual thread....thank you....i think it will help me in the times when i actually play the game...
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Reply #6 October 22, 2007 9:49:10 AM
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Really there's no coding limit, if you mod something in. The limit is what your PC can handle.
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Reply #7 October 22, 2007 10:42:14 AM
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Really there's no coding limit, if you mod something in. The limit is what your PC can handle.


Cool! Do you really mean "no coding limit" or just some outrageous size you don't ever expect people to hit, even 10 years down the line ala Total Annihilation (which has to be hacked to hit 10K+ units, and crashes if you try 50K period the end...)
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Reply #8 October 22, 2007 11:50:02 AM
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TA was a much older game I would imagine Sins is designed to take pretty much any variable you throw at it and work with it without breaking the code. Granted variables tend to have different max sizes, but those are pretty ungodly huge So I guess a way, way outrageous size just because the program wouldn't have enough memory to allocate for the variable size, just a technical limitation of programming
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Reply #9 October 22, 2007 12:03:45 PM
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heres a mod i did with 100 stars click me
Trust me its VERY slow
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Reply #10 October 22, 2007 3:32:38 PM
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thanks guys....a few more questions....how many ships can you have at one time...whats the limit per system or planet or max or whatever........ how many more can you have once you capture a planet.....also....is there an upkeep for units....probably stupid question because theres no turns
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Reply #11 October 22, 2007 4:04:55 PM
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The default fleet point cap is 2000, which could easily get you over 300 ships (not counting fighters/bombers, they don't count towards the cap). For reference, capital ships take 40 fleet points, and individual frigates/cruisers take anywhere from 2 to 10. The limit per planet varies. Some planets specifically give larger fleet points, you can upgrade most planets' infrastructure to give more fleet points, and your influence level with the planet also modifies it. Basically, the farther the planet is from your capital, the fewer fleet points you'll get out of it, upgrades or no.

This is only for one of the three races, we really don't know how the other two will be.

And there's no upkeep.
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Reply #12 October 22, 2007 4:20:07 PM
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yay....and the fleet point cap should be alot more...you know....for big maps like 4 star systems...think.......300 ships aint gonna be enough...dont you think it should be more
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Reply #13 October 22, 2007 4:23:14 PM
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The cap of 2000 can be modded too
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Reply #14 October 22, 2007 4:25:18 PM
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Reply #15 October 22, 2007 4:32:29 PM
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how do i mod the fleet point cap
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Reply #16 October 22, 2007 4:37:51 PM
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how do i mod the fleet point cap



done in a txt file which you open with notepad and change the 2000 to a gazillion
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Reply #17 October 22, 2007 4:47:08 PM
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can you give me a better step by step description on how to do that
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Reply #18 October 22, 2007 5:06:58 PM
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Its actually as simple as that

change where it says maxShipSlots 2000 to what ever number yo wish
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Reply #19 October 22, 2007 5:07:46 PM
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Reply #20 October 22, 2007 5:13:42 PM
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Reply #21 October 22, 2007 5:15:42 PM
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what you mean how? like howdi
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Reply #22 October 22, 2007 5:54:10 PM
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I said on the weekend that I didn't think this was available to be modded yet, but after looking into it further, it is

Use notepad.exe to open the gameplayconstants file and search for maxShipSlots. Change the number beside it and save the file. Make sure you have a backup because this will cause multiplayer problems.

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Reply #23 October 22, 2007 7:00:48 PM
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Use notepad.exe to open the gameplayconstants file and search for maxShipSlots. Change the number beside it and save the file. Make sure you have a backup because this will cause multiplayer problems.


thank you blair fraser....god
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Reply #24 October 22, 2007 7:04:35 PM
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I said on the weekend that I didn't think this was available to be modded yet, but after looking into it further, it is

hehe you got love us
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Reply #25 October 22, 2007 7:16:01 PM
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by the way....when i go with notepad to a file...is all decrypted or something....how do i change that
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