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>On 03-Sep-98, [e-mail] wrote:
>p> My biggest project was a Solar System generator program (taken directly
>p> from the old Sci-Fi RPG "Universe" - I like "computerising" things like
>p> this.)  I was going to incorporate this into some Game/Utility - but as
>p> usual, never quite got there.  Maybe one day...!
>How does it works? Is it a simulation of a generation of a solar system or
>just program which makes some realistic solar systems, like e.g. in
>Frontier and so?

The quick answer is that it makes realistic solar systems.

In "Universe" there was a complex, fairly thorough method of creating solar
systems that could be visited by the players in that RPG.  First you pick a
star (type) and then determine such things as number of planets, moons for
each planet and asteroid belts.  Then for each planet and moon AND asteroid
belt, you determine other things like size of the planetoid, temperature
and etc.  Each planet is broken down into segments (as little as one for a
small moon through to fifty or so for big planets) and the terrain for
these segments is then determined.

What I've written is a pretty big program that does all the above plus
draws the planets (when selected) and gives some details on them.  I guess
it's about 80% complete.  What I wanted to do was draw continents and etc
on the planets, based on the terrain for each segment.  I never could quite
work out a way to do that, though.  (What is drawn is a planet with lots of
ringed segments filled with a certain terrain "picture" - the end result
doesn't look at all real, but it does convey the general nature of the
area).

Other things like civilization level, population, etc have not yet been
coded (in the game, it was up to the GM to determine such things, often
based on proximity of the solar system to Sol (the centre of of the
civilized Universe in this case).

The program (like many of my programs, in fact) needs a decent interface.
Not very user friendly, I guess.  :)

Phil  8-)




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