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Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, but the Search functionality of this forum is hopeless  - I didn't get any results when I searched.

I'd like to create a map with restricted inter-star travel. The idea is to remove the 'Long Jump' research item so that only Wormhole travel is available, and make the Wormhole travel research available earlier than is default.

What I can not seem to figure out; is how to make Wornhole links between stars - in-system links are no problem but of no value in this scenario. So, how do you link a pair of wormholes in different star systems? Is there a map in 1.05 that does this?

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

i just had the same question so if someone might share a light on this than that would be great :)

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

there is a way because 7DS has a map that dose what you want. But I have don’t know the how  

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Ok, I'll download 7DS and have a look at the maps. I know that the map Agamenon's Bounty also has paired wormholes but I no longer have this map after removing the 1.1 Beta.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Ok, so I've now got 7DS but alas it doesn't help.

I've since found that Derelict has wormholes, as does Ancient Gift althougth Ancient Gift has so many Wormholes that they are confusing rather than enlightening. Derelict is just the ticket.

So, based off the Derelict map, opened both in Galaxy Forge and Notepad, Wormholes are connected (paired?) by an entry in the .galaxy (map) file in the interStarConnection Section. For Derelict the section is this:

interStarConnection
    starIndexA 1
    planetIndexA 0
    starIndexB 2
    planetIndexB 4
    spawnProbability 1.0
    type "Wormhole"

starIndex[x] n = the star containing a wormhole. The Stars' number refers to its postion in the list of Stars of the map not its name. So Star 1 is the 2nd Listed Star.

planetIndex[x] n = the wormhole to use of the Star above. The Wormhole's number refers to its postion in the list of Planets of the map not its name. So Wormhole 0 is the 1st Planet Entry.

The next Star/Planet entry is the other end of the link and follows the same conventions as stated above.

spawnProbability 1.0 = Always exists

type "Wormhole" = Link type.

The section is preceded by the line interStarConnectionCount -> as always make sure the number of the count is right!

I've gone into this much detail as it appears that Galaxy Forge can neither display nor setup these links. Thus to setup Wormhole links is going to require the map file being edited in a text editor; manually.

I'll test a custom map later today when I get some time and report back; if its as easy as I am making it out to be :thumbsup:

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Yip, works as indicated.

I'll put up a Howto later on, with the example map I used.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Very very cool!!  THank you!  This helps alot!

-Teal

 

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Ok, for any who are interested in this area, I've put up a Tutorial that goes into Basic Wormhole setup in more detail.