Utilities/Game setup
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Game setup utilities
- See also Customizing Stars!
Genesis
- download genesis.zip v0.5beta 181kb
- source: offsite download at Olden Stars Host
- Author: Mathias Dellaert
A spiral galaxy creator for Stars!
Map2XY
- download map2xy.zip 66kb
- offsite download at sourceforge
- homepage: stars-utils at sourceforge
- author:LEit
Map2XY will take a .xy file and a .map file and modify the .xy file to match the .map file. This allows moving planets on the y axis (north/south) quite a bit, since you cannot change the order of the planets, the x axis isn't too modifiable, except you could stretch or compress the universe. It also allows renaming the planets, to other Stars! names only.
Mapper
- download mapper07.exe v0.7 88kb
- homepage: Stars R Us
Mapper recreates the xy universe file from a GIF file. Also allows the xy file to be exported to a GIF.
Star Name Changer
Allows you to change the names of your stars/planets in Stars! games. This only affects your XY file, so if you want the changes to apply to everyone, they will need to receive the updated XY file. Zip file contains instructions, and different versions for different operating systems.
Stars Host Editor
- download starshosteditor0.3.zip 43.2kb
- download starshosteditor0.2.zip 29.6kb
- download starshosteditor0.1.zip 28.3kb
- source: offsite download
- author/homepage: PaulCr's Stars! page
Stars Host Editor is an ActiveX object model for editing planets in the *.hst files via vbs scripts(or other means). Currently sufficient properties are editable for dramatic changes and PaulCr plans to keep going until everything is editable. See also #Stars Player Editor
Stars Planet Swapper
- download PlanetSwapper.exe 36kb
- source: offsite download
- author/homepage: PaulCr's Stars! page
Preliminary utility for swapping planets around, open turn file and get the id for the 2 planets you want to swap, subtract one and enter them into the utility. The planets and any ships in orbit will be swapped after a gen takes place, there shouldn't be a .x file when generating since it will not be corrected for the changes. A couple of limitations noted by XyliGUN "which looks more like a bugs, but not a real limitations:"
- You cannot use it with remapped universes (but you can remap them after swapping), otherwise fleets will be located somewhere in space.
- If players' secondary planet (IT, PP) has lower id than HW then after swapping it should keep id that will be lower than HW. And if it was higher it should be keept higher. Otherwise that player will see his HW or secondary planet uninhabited until first gen.
Stars Player Editor
- download starsplayereditor.zip 42.1kb
- source: offsite download
- author/homepage: PaulCr's Stars! page
Stars Player Editor is an ActiveX object model for editing planets in the *.m files via vbs scripts. Currently sufficient properties are editable for dramatic changes and PaulCr plans to keep going until everything is editable. See also #Stars Host Editor
Stars Universe Selector
- download starsUS.zip 18.7kb
- source: offsite download
- author/homepage: PaulCr's Stars! page
Allows you to create a stars game with restrictions on distances between HWs and closest planets counts
Stretched Universe
- download stretch.zip 18kb
- source: offsite download at Olden Stars Host
- author: Shane Kearns
Stretched universe is a command line utility that rescales (stretches or squashes) a universe for the Stars! game.
- Library Articles: "So, You want to build a ***HUGE*** Universe?" by Donjon - 10 Apr 2008
Universe Creator
- download uc1_3.zip v1.3 272kb
- download uc1_2.zip v1.2 260kb
- homepage: DStars! (offline)
A great utility that allows hosts to not only model the galaxy off a bitmap, but also allows them to move homeworlds around. There are some restrictions as to where the new homeworlds are placed.
Universe
- download univ15.zip 808kb
- source:offsite download at Olden Stars Host
- author:Stan Janus
I have no idea what this does(it has an installer which I haven't run yet). I'm guessing its a setup util.
XY2PBM
- download xy2pbm.zip 32kb
- source: offsite download at Olden Stars Host
- author: Shane Kearns
Converts between .xy file and portable bitmap (.pbm) file.
Stars Editor
- download dlStarEd.zip v1.2 53kb
- requires Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Libraries
- homepage: Pirates Retreat
- author: Stuart Douglas
Complete component and hull editor for Stars! with a an easy to use interface (works with both I and JRC3 patches), modifications can be saved into a small .STM/MOD file, which can be distributed to players to modify their own exe's with. (Note: It's best to keep an unedited copy of stars on your harddisk)
- (40.3kb local): "All items at zero tech and zero cost except for the cost of planetary installations and terraforming. Mass has not been changed."
- observer.stm (40.9kb local): "Elephant scanner and nub hull are available at no tech, mineral or resource cost. They can be build in 2400."
- [unedited.zip {6.86kb local): Mod file of the unedited Stars!
- if you get an error saying 'MSFLXGRD.ocx or one of its dependancies is missing' use libraryfiles.exe (5797kb local) from Ascentive Support Centre
- See also: Customizing Stars!#StarsEd
Geneticus Mod
The Genenticus mod makes sweeping changes to the game balance, including weaking ships, strengthing starbases and converting all ship slots to general purpose or combo slots.
Viper Mod
- download viper23.zip 7,28kb
- download stars27jrc3-viper23.rar 0.99Mb
- source: offsite download at ???? ? Stars!
- offsite download at Stars! FAQ
- Author: Coyote
VML Mod
- download vml_09b.zip 16.8kb
- source: offsite download at ???? ? Stars!
- offsite download at Stars! FAQ
- download VML-modfile1.1a.zip 1.2Mb
- source: offsite download at ???? ? Stars!
Verker's VML mod for which the VML Lounge at HWF is named.
Vulture Mod
- download vulture.zip 7kb
- source: offsite download at ???? ? Stars!
- offsite download at Stars! FAQ
- Author: Adam Oddy