Large Map Generation Chart and tutorial for UE

First always make backup of trek.exe before starting

You also must use UE 0.7.0dev12 or above.

Before starting decide on Galaxy size you want to use from chart below. This chart will also be used to add new galaxy variables

Map sizes above 52x39 are unstable and may crashes.

Large Map Generation Chart for UE					Spiral galaxy	Spiral galaxy		Ellipse axes	Ellipse axes
By thunderchero, Mentat, DCER, Gowron			min empire	Number of	ellipse axes	ellipse axes	Spiral arm	for Ellipse	for Ellipse	Ring galaxy	Ring galaxy
width	height	X	distance	space objects	Major	Minor	width	galaxy Major	galaxy Minor	Ring width	Core size
10	7	0.40	2	35	7	5	2	26	23	2	5
10	7	0.40	2	35	7	5	2	26	23	2	5
10	7	0.40	2	35	7	5	2	26	23	2	5
10	8	0.42	2	37	7	5	2	28	25	2	6
11	8	0.44	2	39	7	6	3	30	26	2	6
11	8	0.44	2	39	7	6	3	30	26	2	6
11	8	0.44	2	39	7	6	3	30	26	2	6
11	8	0.44	2	39	7	6	3	30	26	2	6
12	9	0.49	2	43	8	6	3	33	29	2	7
12	9	0.49	2	43	8	6	3	33	29	2	7
12	9	0.49	2	43	8	6	3	33	29	2	7
13	9	0.51	3	46	9	7	3	34	30	3	7
13	10	0.53	3	48	9	7	3	36	32	3	8
13	10	0.53	3	48	9	7	3	36	32	3	8
14	10	0.56	3	50	10	7	3	37	33	3	8
14	10	0.56	3	50	10	7	3	37	33	3	8
15	11	0.60	4	55	11	9	5	42	37	4	10
15	11	0.60	4	55	11	9	5	42	37	4	10
15	11	0.60	4	55	11	9	5	42	37	4	10
16	12	0.65	4	59	12	10	5	45	40	4	10
16	12	0.65	4	59	12	10	5	45	40	4	10
17	13	0.70	5	63	13	10	5	48	42	5	11
18	13	0.72	5	65	13	11	6	50	44	5	11
18	13	0.72	5	65	13	11	6	50	44	5	11
19	14	0.77	5	70	14	11	6	53	47	5	12
20	15	0.81	5	74	15	12	6	56	49	5	13
21	15	0.84	6	76	16	12	6	57	51	6	13
21	16	0.86	6	78	16	13	7	59	52	6	13
22	16	0.88	6	80	16	13	7	61	54	6	14
23	17	0.93	6	84	17	14	7	64	56	6	14
25	18	1.00	6	90	18	14	7	68	60	6	15
26	19	1.05	7	95	19	15	8	72	63	7	16
27	20	1.09	7	99	20	16	8	75	66	7	17
29	21	1.16	7	105	21	17	9	80	70	7	18
30	22	1.21	8	109	22	17	9	83	73	8	19
32	24	1.30	8	118	24	19	10	89	79	8	20
35	26	1.42	9	128	26	20	10	97	86	9	22
37	27	1.49	9	134	27	21	11	102	90	9	23
40	30	1.63	10	147	30	23	12	111	98	10	25
43	32	1.74	11	157	32	25	13	119	105	11	27
47	35	1.91	12	172	35	27	14	130	115	12	29
52	39	2.12	13	191	39	30	15	144	127	13	32
58	43	2.35	15	212	43	33	17	160	141	15	36
65	48	2.63	16	237	48	37	19	179	158	16	40
75	55	3.02	19	273	55	43	22	206	182	19	46
87	65	3.53	22	319	64	50	25	241	213	22	54
105	78	4.26	26	384	77	60	30	290	256	26	64
131	97	5.30	32	478	96	75	38	361	319	32	80
175	130	7.09	43	639	128	100	50	483	426	43	107
262	195	10.63	64	957	192	149	75	723	638	64	160

So lets get familiar with new interface for map generation in UE.

open the trek.exe you want to edit.

Select edit/Game/Galaxy Generation

Page 1 of Galaxy Generation

Note examples used is preset 30x22, 40x30, 52x39 galaxies all values

Enter your map sizes in blue area.

DO NOT change order of map sizes when entering values

DO NOT edit values in red area these values auto adjust.

If you only have html file here is link to "zoom-in.zip" These file make viewing small view much better when sector size set to "25" this is optional

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Using chart above add the values from the line that has the galaxy size you are using to the correct box of the green areas.

NOTE: on min empire distance area if value is too large this will cause galaxy hang up when generating galaxy.

NOTE: on avg number of space objects if value is higher than used in chart above other changes would be needed

If larger values are used the irregular galaxy density should be set to 1.0 to allow more systems

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next use tab button on bottom right of page 1 and go to page 2

Same as before add values from chart above to green area.

The blue area is user defined.

Max number of minor races has max of 29 for any value.

star/anomaly ratio star ratio should be set to max of 1.0. This would give no anomalies.

The red area will be the hardest area to explain here is post by Gowron

Vanilla values are;

inner arc 1.5

middle arc 1.0

outer arc 0.5

As my personal preference to look of all 3 sizes of spiral galaxy. The setting I used above in image looked the best to me.

But as a rule of thumb double all 3 values then test small changes in s,m,l spiral galaxies. and set to your preference.

Note; During my test if inner and middle are close to same value you get a ring galaxy

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Use tab button again on bottom right of page 2 and go to page 3

Same as before add values from chart above to green area.

Save trek.exe then reopen trek.exe and double check values.

That's it you should now be able to play in a galaxy size of your choice.

For any question please post here. Or PM me. thunderchero