how to play EXTRA LARGE galaxy ?

[ragez0r]

i want to have a 1000 sector game...... i downloaded themain multi 1.0.2... and this is the result
http://s23.postimg.org/8ilfftliz/idunno.jpg

[ragez0r]

BLOOP

[thunderchero]

BLOOP

not sure what this means?

if you still are looking for help, I would need more info.

1. what version you wanting to edit?
2. what are the values you are looking for? map size/how many sectors, how many space objects?

what changes from this list were you able to do?

1. starname bin must be increased above amount of systems you are wanting.

2. at 0x17D568 is Galactic Density value needs to be edited to a higher value 1000.0 (4byte float) is good in most cases.

3. irregular galaxy density needs to be set to 1 in UE

4. only irregular/elliptical galaxies will display more systems.

5. for most minors displaying on left, hex editing must also be done. for more info read this post viewtopic.php?f=107&t=618&p=13384#p13384

[ragez0r]

still cannot locate 0x17D568.... and BLOOP was a friendly bump to get the ever so awesomes thundercheros attention.... that being you... as for version.. i downloaded from the link in your signature...

[thunderchero]

option 1 search manually for location. in "offset (h)" column scroll down until you find the line 0017D560. in column "08" is beginning of location
00 00 FA 43
change to
00 00 7A 44

option 2 get different hex editor,

[ragez0r]

8th line going down ive got FF BA 10 60 57 00 89 C8 E8 43 EC 10 00 85 C0 0F

[thunderchero]

sorry, I give up I am unable to explain this to you.

[ragez0r]

anyone else have the patience to deal with a French Canadian ?... YES JUST LIKE CAPTN KIRK

[ragez0r]

crap... no one

[Flocke]

hey rage, from what I read you just messed some of the points the ever so awesome thunderchero gave to you

• 0x is just a common label for hex values, the actual value starts thereafter and the hxd hex editor doesn't accept the 0x label, just the value
• make sure to edit trek.exe after install, not the installer thunderchero has linked in his signature
• for the actual value at given location check some float to hex value converters you find on the web
• like thunderchero told there are more things to edit so follow his instructions closely and also get the Ultimate Editor from DCER that you find in the download section somewhere or on the forums
• also use search function and try a bit around, maybe dig into some other modding topics first to get used to UE and hex editing

HTH & cheers,
Flocke

[thunderchero]

Ok here is my last attempt

Note; this is only possible with 1920 x 1080 monitors

step 1
install multi installer (vanilla)

step 2
install Error correction mod (be sure to install larger map version during install)

step 3
install 1920 x 1080 RC1 to Error correction mod large version.

step 4
with UE add the starname.bin from this patch

91x48_1080.rar

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step 5
copy the trek.exe from package in step 4 to your install path of ECML and replace file.

when loading new game galaxy generation will take an extra long time, I experienced 20 -30 seconds even after movie ended normally.

it is capable of placing 4,350 systems on a 91 x 48 map but places closer to 2,800 (just guessing from image below)

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[Flocke]

ugh, what a nightmare to colonize all these systems

[adi]

Although we appreciate the academic and research value of this patch, yeah, the TC has gone mad. I'll stick to my regular maps generating thank you very much.
I stop colonizing at 20-25 systems; add to that the minors i member, and the conquests, and the CDO of not leaving colonized systems idle, and towards the end of a game there are way too many systems to manage, taking away from the fun part of the game.

[thunderchero]

Although we appreciate the academic and research value of this patch, yeah, the TC has gone mad.

that was nothing, after I posted that patch I edited some of the values again to try to fill up map even more. I think at one point it took 3 min to load map (just guessing again, 3800 system?). But was never able to have a system in every sector.

btw I doubt if this is even really playable, when I used mudd to uncover map the game stopped responding for a few seconds, So I would bet later in game the memory leak would make game unplayable.

[ragez0r]

okay thank you for not giving up... Kirk would be proud.... myscreen res is @ 1280x800 and when i run botf.exe... all isee is a black screen and a giant crosshair cursor