Jul 16
Okay, I just wanted to impress on everyone why I can’t map it all by myself. On top of that, I want everyone to see why I need to be able to be exact enough to only need to do this once.
Here’s a (giant) map of the galaxy. This image is 2000 x 2000 pixels, it’ll take a while to download.
Click the thumbnail to see the full image.
Galaxy Map Thumbnail (Click for Full Size)
Early this morning, I finished the rendering of the map. Now I am done with the movement and I have also improved the look of the stars. (As well as added more colors.) Now, you can look around the map by clicking either 4 directions. It moves you 256 units in the direction you chose. The colors are random at the moment because I don’t have any means on determining star color.
You automatically are placed at your current system. In this case, everyone is automatically placed looking at the system “Sol.” It does seem pretty lonely out there!
Things still to come:
Keep in touch!
If you would like to see Xeno 4 for yourself you can visit it here: http://www.xeno4.com/
If you need a beta key, please feel free to email me at: webmaster@lurous.com.
Yesterday, I decided I was going to get a good jump on the interactive galaxy map. I knew it was going to be difficult. I already had some plans on what I was going to do. Therefore, I thought I could just get it done tonight. Now, it is 12: 33 AM my time and I have finally gotten it– well, not working– but it is more organized than before.
If you’ve seen the old Ant galaxy, you will notice how spaced out those stars are. The old one used to be so close! I had to remove any star within 16 pixels of one another. I don’t think it was a bad idea, though. I had known for a long time that we had too many systems. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I was able to remove only 24,662 systems. However, keep in mind, there are still over 60,000 systems to explore. I know you will all be thrilled to hear that Sol was not one of the 24,662 systems that were removed.
Keep in touch!
You can visit Xeno 4 yourself by going here: http://www.xeno4.com
If you would like a beta key, please email webmaster@lurous.com.
As Big As It Gets (For Now)
Jul 20
Posted by Eric Christian in Commentary | No Comments
Hello,
I told everyone that I would have a full sized map with jump gate lines, unfortunately, my algorithm is not yet ready to iterate through 186,000 jump gates. Therefore, I am going to give you the largest image I could create.
Don’t worry, it still looks sorta cool.
Click for Full Sized
Tags: galaxy, galaxy map, interactive, jump gate, jumpgate