[.82] Tight clusters option, can anyone else recreate problem?

I've tried creating a large, occasional everything, tight clusters galaxy 4 times. Each time the stars are clustered on the right half of the map. The left half is empty of stars. As well it appears that each star is in the same exact position or very close to it. Is this working properly? Or hasn't been worked on too much yet? Figured i'd mention it.

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Wanted to add, it seems Humans and their Sol system start at the same spot on every large map. Is that working properly or no? I'd like to be able to have the spawn of the system be possible all over the map.

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I think you may just be dealing with what I call the "New Game" bug. If you start a game using the "New Game" tab from the main menu it will use a specific map. Every game you start using the "New Game" tab will be on that exact map, likely with similar starting positions even if you change some of the settings.

Current Work Around:

Go to "New Game" tab and input the settings you would like to play on. Start the game. Exit to main menu.

Hit "Quick Start"

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You should now have a game with the settings you previously specified, but on a different map. In my testing using this method, Terran starting position is random. Though I haven't tested this specifically using Tight Clusters. So if that's what's making the difference, then it's indeed a separate bug.

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You are correct. I think it also works to choose a type of galaxy. Start that. If its the same map then start a new map with a different galaxy shape. Then go back to the main menu and start the original galaxy you wanted as a new map. I haven't recreated the half galaxy map yet so that's a good sign.

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Also tight clusters turns out to be just lots of stars close together more often than clusters of stars separated by empty space. Basically its like a pangea map with a few islands. Not always, but it seems to be happening much more consistently than clusters separated. Not a big deal, but worth mentioning I guess.

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The the Tight Cluster map is a bit too lopsided most of the time.

This is very much personal preference, but I did a lot of testing on the maps, and these were my conclusions:

Tiny-Small: Use Random.

Medium to Immense: Loose Clusters looks the best. Abundant Stars.

Excessive-Insane: Spiral. Abundant Stars. At the largest sizes the spiral looks amazing, not so on the smaller maps.

Personal Favorite: Excessive. Spiral. Stars -Abundant, Habitable Planets -Rare, Planets Freq. -Common, Extreme Planets -Abundant

A truly realistic map. That feeling when you find a habitable planet that doesn't turn out to be Toxic...Priceless!

Note: Even when habitable planets are rare, and extreme planets are abundant, the ratio between the two is even.

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