Seenar Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Does anyone know of a program I could nab that would use the 5th Ed Star Hero tables to generate systems randomlly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Re: System Generation Well there is the Sector Generator in the Free Stuff section. Its the last file on the page the link is to. It says that it generates each system using the Star Hero rules. I have never used it though since I am not running or playing in a Star Hero game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Re: System Generation Well there is the Sector Generator in the Free Stuff section. Its the last file on the page the link is to. It says that it generates each system using the Star Hero rules. I have never used it though since I am not running or playing in a Star Hero game. I've used it, and it works pretty well. (ie - far better than anything I could cobble together myself.) The major limitation is that there's no feature for changing the assumptions used. But it sure beats hand-jamming them. If you copy the output file into an Excel spreadsheet, you can even use it to create simple (2D) starmaps. bigdamnhero “You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!†Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSword Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Re: System Generation You might have to ask ProFantasy, but their Cosmographer allows for mapping systems, I am not sure if it actually builds systems though. Looks similar to Traveller's system and subsector maps. Also there is a system generator by NBos. http://www.nbos.com/products/astro/astro.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seenar Posted January 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Re: System Generation You might have to ask ProFantasy, but their Cosmographer allows for mapping systems, I am not sure if it actually builds systems though. Looks similar to Traveller's system and subsector maps. Also there is a system generator by NBos. http://www.nbos.com/products/astro/astro.htm Wow this looks impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Re: System Generation Yes, it is impressive. You'll note it has my seal of approval. (the blurb on the sidebar by "Winchell Chung") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Re: System Generation Visually impressive, but the controls are clumsy. It's Full of Stars is a much easier to use program, and has much of the same functionality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Re: System Generation Visually impressive' date=' but the controls are clumsy. It's Full of Stars is a much easier to use program, and has much of the same functionality.[/quote'] Link please? bigdamnhero “It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year.†Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Re: System Generation Link Below. I have never used it but I am thinking about it. It's Full of Stars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Re: System Generation Link Below. I have never used it but I am thinking about it. It's Full of Stars Thanks. bigdamnhero "Huh?" "Huh?!" "Huh." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Re: System Generation Just as a fun toy; http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Re: System Generation Would a galaxy wiki be a good idea? People just adding system information whenever they want to enlarge the galaxy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Re: System Generation Would a galaxy wiki be a good idea? People just adding system information whenever they want to enlarge the galaxy? You're thinking of a fictional galaxy, independant of the published TE/AW settings? That sounds interesting and might be doable. But if we wanted to have any sort of consistency we'd have to first have a long conversation to agree on ground rules (how "hard" is our science, how common is alien life, etc). Probably several conversations... bigdamnhero “My life, when it is written, will read better than it lived.†Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seenar Posted January 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Re: System Generation You're thinking of a fictional galaxy, independant of the published TE/AW settings? That sounds interesting and might be doable. But if we wanted to have any sort of consistency we'd have to first have a long conversation to agree on ground rules (how "hard" is our science, how common is alien life, etc). Probably several conversations... Well, what you could have is catagories of systems. Each system would have ratings, like Science, and that would fit it into a given setting. Note that some systems could end up in more than one setting. (A high space opera would do fine with hard science systems in it). Count me in on this project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 Re: System Generation I'm thinking a mix. You could classify systems as Hard/Rubber science and Terran Empire/Other it would be up to the person browsing the site whether they used a particular system or not in their game. There would also be a rating for "canon" possibly - for mentions of planets/systems that should be looked up in the published material. A system could even come in a variety of flavours - a Hard, a Rubber, and a Semi-Magical possibly, depending on how interested contributers are in developing that system. If people want, they can start creating one here- http://www.curufea.com/hero/doku.php?id=galactica:start Any thoughts on a template? What standard information should be included in a listing? Further on this, I'm writing up our solar system and the Earth as a starting point for discussion of layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seenar Posted January 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 Re: System Generation I will work on some stuff this weekend. Cool Project. I think you should repost as a main thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Re: System Generation one thing I always liked about Traveller was the Universal World Profile system so each world was classified the same way for basic ratings Each world was rated as follows Starport World Size Atmosphere Hydrographics Population Government Law Level Tech Level there are also trade classifications and then a 4 digit extension for economic factors that was added in T4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Re: System Generation That is a question - should we include the code for players (or fans of) Traveller? I've got a few of the books, so could write up a legend to put on the Wiki so users can intepret the UWP code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Re: System Generation wouldnt be a problem to write it up. should we run this past Marc Miller first, although since we did include the codes in Traveller Hero already, would this fall in the same category, I can run it past Marc via e-mail easy enough another idea if we want to avoid conflicts, we could point folks to this for more information The Interactive Atlas of the Imperium, which is a great site http://www.utzig.com/traveller/iai.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Re: System Generation It might be best to just link to the conversion notes for Traveller Hero and the IAI for the folk that want systems from that kind of scifi genre universe. We should put in a warning that if writers want to include systems and planets for Star Hero that would fit Traveller - there already exists a resource better than the Wiki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Re: System Generation theres already at least a basic wiki page for Traveller here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_%28rpg%29 this may save somebody a little work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Re: System Generation However - my Wiki is less restrictive than the wikipedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrat Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: System Generation I stumbled upon this site... it has an alien generator too. I have yet to try it out rigorously. http://www.lemoneyes-radio.com/stargen/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: System Generation That reminds me of one from a wargame I've got - http://www.starfireassistant.com/ Quite detailed, but big and some parts are game-specific. But great if using wormholes to connect solar systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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