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is there supposed to be sound in this vid?
Yeah there is no sound, which is a bit lame, perhaps I will do one with some comments in the future.
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The best changes are reduced effectiveness of battle pods
Yeah, so BP now gives +25% instead of +50, and the removed space has been given to the base ships.
The space of base ships has been increased by +20%, so total space remains unchanged.
It does make Megafluxers more powerful tech though as its 25% bonus is now calculated on larger base hulls.
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@MOO2MOD, can you explain the map files in your more recent update?
ICE is a mod that progresses whenever I unlock new stuff in the code.
I publish new findings here: http://www.spheriumnorth.com/orion-forum/nfphpbb/viewforum.php?f=11
A lot of work has been done in the past already by other fans, modding tools, disassembler analysis, bug fixes, etc. etc.
And all of that without access to the source code.
But a lot is unknown still unfortunately, and deciphering is a truly sloooowww process involving a lot of grunt work and a lot of trial & error.
Anyway, about the maps:
So in older versions of ice, the galaxies already had more planets than classic moo.
But recently I found two tables that govern the planet types in the game.
For the new ice iteration, I carefully modded it to generate galaxies (Avg. age setting) to have slightly more desert, tundra and ocean worlds and a little bit less toxic terran and gaia.
[for a brief moment I was tempted to remove toxic alltogether from the game
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Order of magnitude is that each type of desert, tundra ocean get 2/400 more chance to appear, terran and gaia each 1/400 less and toxic 4/400 less.
Small but noticeable changes and perhaps favours Aquatic races the most.
Note that the # planets in your home world can be set at start of the game with the command line parameter /planets=#
Valid values for # are 2-5. If you type a number outside of range it will default to 2.
Multiplayers use a tool called 'CRYOGEN' to update their maps and make them more fair.
I have never used the tool though because for single player games i like the randomness in galaxy gen.
Also I understand that for MP the GoodMaps3 by Siron is heaviliy used so I have included that in a seperate download for ice mod as well.
Edited by MOO2MOD, 31 August 2015 - 01:02 PM.