Start Game Panel

Select Empire

The most important choice is to select an empire but also the other options are important. After the choice press OK to start the game.

Galaxy Size

Available (Width - Height), defined in UniverseTables.txt

Beware of: With a small galaxy the game might not start because it has MinDistance between stars and homeworlds. With 24x16 the game should run always.

• Tiny 24 - 24 (sum = 576 sectors)
• Small 36 - 36 (sum = 1296 sectors)
• Medium 48 - 48 (sum = 2304 sectors)
• Large 60 - 60 (sum = 3600 sectors)
• Huge 80 - 80 (sum = 6400 sectors)

Galaxy is sub-divided into four Quadrants

Star Density

Sum of sectors (see above) is divided by

• Sparse: /12 (example at "large" galaxy: 3600 sectors / 12 = 300)
• Medium: /10 (example at "large" galaxy: 3600 sectors / 10 = 360)
• Dense: /8 (example at "large" galaxy: 3600 sectors / 8 = 450)

(Source: BotF2.Universe.GalaxyGenerator.cs)

Starting Tech Level

Starting Tech Levels, defined in GameOptionTables.txt, others in HomeSystems.xml

Threads:

• Balancing of planetary population per empire http://botf2.star-trek-games.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2865 (search entry t=2865)

Race	Tech	Pop.	Credits	Deuterium	Dilitium	Raw Material	Food	Colony Ships	Constr. Ships	Scout Ships	Farms	Plants	Reactors	Universities
1 Federation	1 = Early	50 % (150/300)	1000	20	5	100	10	1		1	6	4	4	5
2 Romulans	1 = Early	40 % (142/355)	1000	20	5	100	10	1		1	6	4	4	5
3 Klingons	1 = Early	50 % (153/305)	1000	20	5	100	10	1		1	6	5	4	4
4 Cardassians	1 = Early	50 % (153/305)	1000	20	5	100	10	1		1	6	5	4	4
5 Dominion	1 = Early	60 % (150/250)	1000	20	5	100	10	1		1	6	5	4	4
1 Federation	2 = Developed	60 % (180/300)	2000	40	10	200	10	1		1	6	10	6	6
2 Romulans	2 = Developed	50 % (177/355)	2000	40	10	200	10	1		1	6	10	6	6
3 Klingons	2 = Developed	60 % (183/305)	2000	40	10	200	10	1		1	6	10	6	6
4 Cardassians	2 = Developed	60 % (183/305)	2000	40	10	200	10	1		1	6	10	6	6
5 Dominion	2 = Developed	75 % (188/250)	2000	40	10	200	10	1		1	6	9	5	5
1 Federation	4 = Sophisticated	80 % (240/300)	4000	60	20	400	10	2		2	6	12	6	8
2 Romulans	4 = Sophisticated	70 % (249/355)	4000	60	20	400	10	2		2	6	13	6	9
3 Klingons	4 = Sophisticated	80 % (244/305)	4000	60	20	400	10	2		2	6	12	6	8
4 Cardassians	4 = Sophisticated	80 % (244/305)	4000	60	20	400	10	2		2	6	12	6	8
5 Dominion	4 = Sophisticated	90 % (225/250)	4000	60	20	400	10	2		2	6	11	6	7
1 Federation	7 = Advanced	100 % (300/300)	7000	80	30	700	10	2		2	6	13	6	8
2 Romulans	7 = Advanced	100 % (355/355)	7000	80	30	700	10	2		2	6	14	6	10
3 Klingons	7 = Advanced	100 % (305/305)	7000	80	30	700	10	2		2	6	13	6	8
4 Cardassians	7 = Advanced	100 % (305/305)	7000	80	30	700	10	2		2	6	13	6	8
5 Dominion	7 = Advanced	100 % (250/250)	7000	80	30	700	10	2		2	6	12	6	7
1 Federation	10 = Supreme	100 % (300/300)	10000	100	40	1000	10	2		2	6	14	6	9
2 Romulans	10 = Supreme	100 % (355/355)	10000	100	40	1000	10	2		2	6	15	6	11
3 Klingons	10 = Supreme	100 % (305/305)	10000	100	40	1000	10	2		2	6	14	6	9
4 Cardassians	10 = Supreme	100 % (305/305)	10000	100	40	1000	10	2		2	6	14	6	9
5 Dominion	10 = Supreme	100 % (250/250)	10000	100	40	1000	10	2		2	6	13	6	8

Minor Races

Available (FrequencyRatio | MaxCount), defined in UniverseTables.txt

• Many: 25 | 120
• Some: 16 | 100
• Few: 12 | 80
• None: Infinity | 0

Home Quadrants

new in code since release 2014-11-25 (might be different in BotF2)

• Canon: like display in Quadrant
• Random: Majors are randomly mixed up, minors not yet

see also Quadrant

Place of storage

this settings are done by "IsolatedStorageFileStream" - means it is save to /User/xx/AppData/Local/IsolatedStorage in some subfolder in a binary file format. The file name is Settings.dat. Manual editing is not possible so just use the game UI.