In the map templates
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Quick question:
When designing a new map template, there is a field called SMB. It is usually "true," if not always. Does anyone know what this is, and what it can do?
Thanks!
Never heard of it before you asked, and I am guessing neither has anyone else, since you have yet to get any responses.
So I did a search and found some definitions of the acronym:
1) Small Minus Big -- One of three factors in the Fama and French stock pricing model. SMB accounts for the spread in returns between small- and large-sized firms, which is based on the company's market capitalization.
2) SMB is an abbreviation for small and medium-size business.
3) The Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol is a network file sharing protocol, and as implemented in Microsoft Windows is known as Microsoft SMB Protocol.
Wikipedia also had:
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Of these I am guessing that the most likely one is System Management Bus.
Of course, Stardock may have their own in house definition.
Since it deals with maps, I'm going to guess it means Super Massive Black hole.
Makes sense, and there is coding for one. I hate to admit, I've never been to the center of a spiral map (I play the Big Game, so exploration takes forever).
I'm not so sure... "SMB" appears to be a feature of all of the maps. I would have assumed a super-massive black hole would be in the globular and spiral galaxies, but not the looser clusters. And I've still never seen one on a map (although the coding is in there).
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