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Universe files and system co-exist to specify all the planets and systems in the galaxy.
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=EDITING SYSTEMS=
 
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The star systems in VegaStrike are defined in System Files.  These files can be either created manually, or are generated from the '''[http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/vegastrike/data4.x/universe/milky_way.xml?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup universe/milky_way.xml]''' file.
 
  
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The System files a files can either be created are found in many places in your Vega Strike data directory:
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The universe file with all the data is the "master" file. It is what missions will reference when trying to find the shortest route from one system to the next, or what will determine on the nav screen where you can jump to.
  
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* In the name of the sector (e.g. vega_sector directory) and then [systemname].system. (This is where you want your very specific custom files to go, like Sol)
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The *.system files, however, serve two purposes.
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* The same place as point #1, except inside your ".vegastrike" directory (for example, .vegastrike\sol_sector\sol.system This is where the automatically-generated files go after being created. These files are also .system files, but for creating your own systems, it is perferred that you do not use the .vegastrike directory.
 
  
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* In the '''[http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/vegastrike/data4.x/universe/milky_way.xml?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup universe/milky_way.xml]''' file (How you make autogenerated systems, like mos other systems)
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In the sectors directory within the root folder, they are system files that are expected to match their descriptions in the universe file, but also are allowed to have more specifics about the types of bases and planets.
  
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==Part 1: [[HowTo:Edit_Systems:System_Files|System Files]]==
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In your home folder, system files are autogenerated from the data in the universe file if they are not already found.
  
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==Part 2: [[HowTo:Edit_Systems:Milkyway|Milky_way.xml]]==
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This method of organization allows campaign systems to be customized (often this is done by tweaking the autogenerated system) without requiring all systems (there are quite a lot in the vegastrike universe) to take up extra hard disk space.
  
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=Summary=
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=Editing Systems=
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The star systems in VegaStrike are defined in System Files.  These files can be either created manually, or are generated from the '''universe/milky_way.xml''' file. 
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The System files can are found in several places in your Vega Strike data directory:
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* Inside your <code>.vegastrike</code> directory.  This is where the automatically-generated files go after being created. These files are <code>.system</code> files and are generated from the '''universe/milky_way.xml''' file.
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* Inside your '''sectors''' directory.  This is where you want your very specific custom files to go, for example Sol. For creating your own systems, store the <code>.system</code> files here.  It is perferred that you do not use the <code>.vegastrike</code> directory for storing hand-made systems.
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==Adding Systems==
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There are two ways of editing and creating star systems;
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* The easy way using [[HowTo:Edit_Systems:Milkyway|Milky_way.xml]]
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* The hard way using [[HowTo:Edit_Systems:System_Files|System Files]]
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==Summary==
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* Using the '''universe/milky_way.xml''' file we can autogenerate systems.  When using a fixed random number seed, the same system will be generated each time.
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* To create a specific system with very specific orbits, etc, we can manually edit and create system files.
  
 
=See also=
 
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* See the old wiki articles [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/VsHowtoEditSystems VsHowtoEditSystems],  [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/VsHowtoEditSystemsPart1 VsHowtoEditSystemsPart1], and [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/VsHowtoEditSystemsPart2 VsHowtoEditSystemsPart2].
  
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Universe files and system co-exist to specify all the planets and systems in the galaxy.

The universe file with all the data is the "master" file. It is what missions will reference when trying to find the shortest route from one system to the next, or what will determine on the nav screen where you can jump to.

The *.system files, however, serve two purposes.

In the sectors directory within the root folder, they are system files that are expected to match their descriptions in the universe file, but also are allowed to have more specifics about the types of bases and planets.

In your home folder, system files are autogenerated from the data in the universe file if they are not already found.

This method of organization allows campaign systems to be customized (often this is done by tweaking the autogenerated system) without requiring all systems (there are quite a lot in the vegastrike universe) to take up extra hard disk space.

Editing Systems

The star systems in VegaStrike are defined in System Files. These files can be either created manually, or are generated from the universe/milky_way.xml file.

The System files can are found in several places in your Vega Strike data directory:

  • Inside your .vegastrike directory. This is where the automatically-generated files go after being created. These files are .system files and are generated from the universe/milky_way.xml file.
  • Inside your sectors directory. This is where you want your very specific custom files to go, for example Sol. For creating your own systems, store the .system files here. It is perferred that you do not use the .vegastrike directory for storing hand-made systems.

Adding Systems

There are two ways of editing and creating star systems;

Summary

  • Using the universe/milky_way.xml file we can autogenerate systems. When using a fixed random number seed, the same system will be generated each time.
  • To create a specific system with very specific orbits, etc, we can manually edit and create system files.

See also

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