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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
- GalaxySize (0=Tiny,1=Small,2=Medium,3=Large,4=Huge)
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
Galaxy Shape
- GalaxyShape (0=Spiral,1=Ring,2=Elliptical,3=Cluster,4=Irregular)
Galaxy Canon
- GalaxyCanon (0=Canon, 1=Random)
- Canon (Federation in Alpha Quadrant and so on...)
- Random = Civs are scattered all over the map without being Canon to ST-Universe
Star Density
- StarDensity (1=Sparse = 1,2=Medium,3=Dense)
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)
Planet Density
- PlanetDensity (3=Sparse,5=Medium,7=Dense)
Starting Tech Level
- Starting Tech Level (0=Early,1=Developed,2=Sophisticated,3=Advanced,4=Supreme)
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
GamePace
- GamePace (0=Slow,1=Normal,2=Fast)
TurnTimer
- TurnTimer (0=Unlimited,1=Sec25,2=Sec50,3=Sec75,4=Sec100,5=Sec150,6=Sec200,7=Sec250,8=Sec300,9=Sec360)
AIMode
not sure whether implentented + not changeable directly
- 0 = Normal
- 1 = Agreeable
- 2 = Aggressive
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.
