First Shot of the New Galaxy Map
Added 2021-09-19 16:53:39 +0000 UTCI'm making some pretty big changes to the galaxy map, and finally have something to show. It now has a lot more strategy, and is less of an interface for a spreadsheet.
- Ships now have to move across warp pathways, which makes some systems more strategically important than others. If you plan well, you will be able to fortify small numbers of systems and use them as chokepoints.
- I'm trying to make this as autonomous as possible. Shipyards in the systems you own automatically produce ships over time, and you will be able to set them to automatically rally to a destination.
- Ship construction is limited by supply, which is created by infrastructure either on your station or the systems you own.
- Planets are also no longer strategically independent from their stars. While they have value for shipyards and supply, they are no longer considered separate on the galaxy map, which should cut down on micromanagement.
As you can probably see from the UI (or lack thereof), there's a lot more to do, but the galaxy generation, path finding, and display were the core of it, and those are done now. There's still quite a bit of interface and AI stuff, but things are going fairly quickly.
Comments
I am in agreement here largely. I liked having planets occasionally offer my tribute or throw festivals and the like. Maybe a BDSM offering ritual would be cool. Nothing heavy but enough
Fallacious Fiction
2021-10-17 19:45:52 +0000 UTCthe only thing im afraid of a galaxy again is that we hav 902932019310993019 planets with no control only for the only purpose of having them u know?, i mean, if a galaxy is damn huge with millions of stars and planets, you will have a million of planets or at least a nice amount of them, my question is, will be the dialogue/interactoion in the planets like in SM1 or will we have a variety of interactions and things to do??, i prefer quality instrad quantity
Vendetta2354
2021-10-01 19:01:47 +0000 UTCThanks! Me too.
StationmasterDev
2021-09-19 20:52:55 +0000 UTCThey are set to the faction color. Stars just have different colors for flavor, but will have a highlight color when I'm done.
StationmasterDev
2021-09-19 20:52:42 +0000 UTCThe map really looks fantastic! I'm glad you shared this and that everything is progressing pretty quickly and smoothly.
VitAnyaNaked
2021-09-19 20:15:08 +0000 UTCEnslaving the galaxy!
Jurriën Dokter
2021-09-19 17:41:59 +0000 UTCNICE! Hyperspace lane colors shown indicate something specific like faction ownership? And star colors differentiate by faction? or class of star? something else?
MC
2021-09-19 17:10:32 +0000 UTC
