Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations

as it says, what size can ya go to before the map becomes unstable?

not sure of the largest size, but if you do a quick "search", you'll find the

quoted from Eufnoc(Nieknight) from an earlier topic.
so really just go from their, unless someone has an exact figure. :)  

i know the ingame ones go to 18000, the large 8player ones. i can design ones at 60000 but the game crashes when i engage the enemy units.

i have made some 45000 x 45000 ones before. no problem. atleast for me anyway.

45000? with no problem? Yikes.. how much RAM do u have...

512mb ddr, and another 128 on my video card
and my system is based on dual p4 CPUs, 2.4gh

---- :ph34r: edit

oh, unless i play 3 on 1, lategame gets a bit laggy, but not to bad.  

heh i remember making a map 100,000 squared, but it this way i got board due to the fatc it really and i mean really showed you how big space was, if fo had warp then this map would of took them about a min from cornor to cornor...

on big maps wormholes are a must though if you like long games big maps are quite nice too unless you have wormholes or not

i love long battles on huge maps, makes resource management very important

I only play big maps where Warp is possible.. I like Medium and small sized maps.. its very cozy.. with the enemy nearby.. ;)  

Warp, i don't need no stink'n warp B)  

i found that using FOs version of armada i can go to 45000x45000 without any problems. but i cant run them over 32000x32000 on normal armada for some reason.

We did some changes to the ODF structure and the loading hirarchy to improve performance already in beta2. Although these changes where quite minor it could affect how maps are processed.. maybe we accidently fixed that crash bug :)

its a strong possiblity

i'd like to try to make a large map for myself but don't know how to change the map size

Would apreciate any help

(sorry if this is a dumb question, but i've searched the forum and can't actualy find any instructions, i edit existing maps when creating my own)

It really is a pain.  It took me awhile to learn.

Only one critical, but its that "13 urgent" that worries me...

(ps sorry for the double post, I forgot that I had just posted here a minute ago... and on top of that, it appears that I posted it the wrong topic altogather.  hmmm...)

 

@Omondon

To change the size of ur map press ctrl + r . Then you can change size as you wish. After that press ok and save ur map. Then load that saved map. Now your map should be on the size you´ve chosen. But careful, too big size may cause problems when editing or playing the map! Thats what happend to my map...i can play it but not edit it after i´ve changed some team infos -.-

Thanks Jan,
i'll give it a try and keep what you've said in mined  :)  

Ive been having some editor problems, too.  For some reason, the F# keys don't do what they're supposed to do.

i think i made a 20,000 map
my map editor works fine

Yeah, I dont think my problem is with the editor, but I'm not sure.

uninstall then reinstall
:) works every time :)

I just did that recently, but I havn't checked the editor since then

I think the limit is 50.000x50.000.


I was wondering, whether it's possible for such accomplished modders as FleetOps team to find out why there such a limit (source code?) or even raise it?

 

Mabye, but it sounds like editing the engine to me...

how do u change the size of the map ur making anyway? i can't figure it out!

press ctrl+r while in map editor mode. you will find a field with map size. change it and save the map. reopen it and.. tada :)

how do you get the player start places
i've never been able to do that part of the map

you press ctrl+left-click, and rename the point you just created to Camera_1, Camera_2 ect. (or am i mixing it up with another map editor from another game?)

i think it's right. well if it's not check your CD, there sould be a map making readme in the extras folder.

thanks optec and casper too, i've looked in the manual and cant find anything about the shortcuts.

what is the biggest custom map for FO if anyone knows (save me lookin thru every map lol)

hmm, good question :) i would guess something about 32000x32000

Check my maps (FO Map Exchange), opinions welcome.
FleetOps Map Exchange/Jarod's maps (http://forum.fleetops.net/index.php?showtopic=1166&st=75#)


Tadeja v3 (8-player map for Fleet Operations (FleetOps 3 pre))
Size: 40.000x40.000

For FObeta2 check these maps: Bystander, Betrayal v1, Tadeja, Centerfold, Challenger... Some of them get up to 50.000x50.000


Any questions?  ;)
 

are you gonna make some more big maps??!??

of course  :sweatdrop:

Open space or not?

AAARGHHHH....

it won't go above 50k :crybaby:  

... they just don't work...


I made a couple of test maps from 51k up to 98k, but they don' work...

ah well, no sense crying about it, i need to polish my starship (ekm: car)...
Could one fit a few disruptors on ones car?  :shuriken:

Ah, nevermind, my sovereign needs attention  :D  

i don't mind whether its open spaced or not, u made great use of nebulas and asteroid fields in ur tedeja map. how about a massive map with random mining resources littered about the map, not a lot maybe about 5 of each resource and the players have to fight for em. don't have any resources behind the bases like every map has for the players to begin mining straight away. if we cant gather resources at the start of the match we'll have to be careful how we spend our starting resources. am i making much sense here?  :huh:  :sweatdrop: