Rare vs. Abundant planet types

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I have tried with a few variations of galaxy size and the results are the same. 

 

When I use:  Habitable planet: RARE    Extreme planets:  ABUNDANT

I get a quantity of habitable planets similar to the default setting of "occasional", furthermore, the quantity of extreme planets stays low, perhaps even decreases?

Why is that?

 

What I wanted was:  fewer/ scarce habitable and increased extreme planets

 

thanks

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

This is right up my alley. I play on abundant stars and planets. I then change hab planets to uncommon and extrem hab to rare. However, I have found that setting tends to give me ever so slightly too many hab planets. 

So I went into the <mapprefs> and changed the values. Under the 'RARE' setting which controls all things there I simply lowered my extreme planets from .05 to .03.

Under the 'UNCOMMON" heading I went to habitable planets and lowered it from .35 to .27. This still did not seem to be enough for me. I may lower it even further. 

I want LOTS of STARS and LOTS of Planets but only a small percentage should support life. I play on insane maps. I found that after dozens of games I end up with about 40 to 90 planets. What this makes the game (for me) is it makes competing for planets more fun and I get that 'WoW feeling when I find one. 

In closing I would say just go into your game files and find the map prefs and change the values there. Ideally you copy said file and paste into the mods section of the game and make your changes there. I have found this does not always work. If i screw up and ruing the doc, I just delete and re-verify to download a new one. 


Cheers!

 

 

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Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Thanks!

 

 

Having some sort of slider bar for that in the future would be a great add.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I long for an advanced settings screen with nothing but sliders for this and nearly every other setting in the game.  The present controls are like having a radio with only push button pre-set station dialing and no tuner knob.  That isn't control, that's multiple choice.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I also prefer a more realistic galaxy with fewer habitable planets. I always set habitable planets to rare when starting a game.