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Variable star size

Open Kroc opened this issue 6 years ago • 1 comments

Via Elite-B; provide visible variation on the size of stars.

This yields a number of other related behaviours, such as:

  • Fuel scooping from stars varies by star size and type; larger stars yield better scooping but a safer distance is required
  • Planets are farther from bigger stars and closer to smaller stars
  • Where you drop into a system is dependant on the size of the star; larger stars have greater gravity and hyperspace will drop you off closer to them. Smaller stars will drop you off nearer the planet
  • Smaller ships are likely to overheat if they pursue you around the star too much
  • Thargoids cannot release Tharglets near the sun (they overheat quickly)

Kroc avatar Jan 11 '19 21:01 Kroc

The galactic chart extracts a Z value for stars! We can use this to determine star-sizes in an OG-compatible manner

Kroc avatar Apr 13 '19 09:04 Kroc