Reshaping the galaxy.

[Zock]

While it's looking good like that, it won't be very interesting gameplay wise because the links are drawing a single path to each cluster (like my first screenshot).

You can add more connections. i.e.



But not too many, i think its the opposite, if you have connections everywhere, the gameplay gets boring, because you can just atack everywhere.

What i find important for the look is that there is more space between (also needed) planet groups, that they arent split so symetricly over the map.

I also like very much in that picture that the territory is not cut off at the borders, but going into the space. And that its no rectangle but "random shape".

If there is time for it some day, i'd like to see something in this direction beeing tried out.

[Dav_]

I think it would be great if you have more or less random groups of planets together, that have few connection between each other, but many between the planets in the group.

This is really awsome and realistic!
Very nice idea!

[CrazedChariot]

I like the 1st one, if you can manually add more connections.

I would like to see the middle populated with more planets and connections. Right now it just looks like a perfect empty circle. It would be nice to have a center cluster that offered a nice strategic position.

Another thought would be to implement a gateway concept. You could have a massive connection that connects two planets very far away. Would allow for some variation, and additional map strategy.

[Circuit]

I like what zock did. I was thinking something like that. If we can ensure each group of planet have 2 to 4 point of entry... If a group a of planet have just 2 point entry (like south america in risk) the pay off will be little but if they have a lot (like asia in risk) the reward will be great. Each group could be like the continent in risk...

[Cola_Colin]

A try at generating galaxies with groups of planets with different amounts of spirals:

http://imgur.com/a/GWHDG

In the upper right corner if the images is a function to view them at fullsize.

I'd place connections within the systems and 2 or 3 connection to each system with a few connections between the arms. However the connections between the arms should not all be at the end as in pilots first image.

EDIT:
Another Version with more randomness to satisfy Zock's need for holes:
http://imgur.com/a/pLnDc

[Ze_PilOt]

The center area has 50 planets more than the current alpha map.

[pip]

The center area has 50 planets more than the current alpha map.

Holy shit : that's awesome!

[ZaphodX]

Yeah great job looks quite a bit like a star system now.

[Cola_Colin]

Looks great. But will the connections be as dominant in the FAF-Client as in the screenshots? The lines are so thick that the planets are barely visible.
Apart from that I like it.

[Circuit]

............. i am speech less........ this is freaking awesome...