The Rumors of FQM's Death Are Overrated (Beta 11 Released)

Realistically, some planets in each system should rotate in the other direction too; Venus and Uranus experience more or less retrograde rotation.

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I've gone ahead and released Beta 11.

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Whoops, seems it isn't actually savegame compatible. Sorry about that. You can restore beta 10 from this file.

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http://fqm5.spaceempires.net/help.php#combining

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Since you always want to colonize every planet you can anyways, does it really matter that much?

Seriously though, its pretty easy to get used to after playing for a bit. It should be obvious that a planet is a gas giant from the texture, so you just have to remember that the planets are big as hell and go from there.

If it still bothers you, its not hard to set the sizes back. The easiest way is to edit the python scripts and run them to generate new data files (make sure to have python installed first). In FQM\Data\scripts, open _stellar_objects_textures.py. On line 121, you will notice these lists:

gas_scale_size = {'Tiny': '5', 'Small': '6', 'Medium': '7', 'Large': '8', 'Huge': '9'}
oth_scale_size = {'Tiny': '2', 'Small': '3', 'Medium': '4', 'Large': '5', 'Huge': '6'}

This is what controls the rendered size of the models in the XFileClasses_Stellar.txt file. Change the gas scale sizes to be the same as the oth scals sizes on the line below, as so:

gas_scale_size = {'Tiny': '2', 'Small': '3', 'Medium': '4', 'Large': '5', 'Huge': '6'}
oth_scale_size = {'Tiny': '2', 'Small': '3', 'Medium': '4', 'Large': '5', 'Huge': '6'}

Save, then run the script. Either double click on it if .py is associated with python on your system, or from the command line. The a.bat file will open a command prompt in the local directory, for the sake of convenience.

If you don't want to go the python route, you'll need to open XFileClasses_Stellar.txt and edit each planet entry yourself. This method is far more tedious and prone to errors. All of the planets are named explicitly, like:

Planet Gas Methane Medium 0001

You have to change both the size of the planet model, and the size of the starglow.

Starting Scale X := 7
Starting Scale Y := 7
Starting Scale Z := 7
...
Effect 1 Size := 49

Make sure each gas giant entry has the size corresponding to the size of a rock planet. The Effect 1 Size should always be 7 times the Scale sizes.

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Senior moment? Eh? There is a link to the download on the first page, evilgingner. It will be non-functional until next month, but it wasn't forgotten..

You can get the mod from the SE file tracker:
http://kazharii.no-ip.com:6969

If you need the Multimedia Pack (just Stellar will do), you can get it from this mirror:
http://016a02e.netsolhost.com/secom/sefiles/se5mm.php

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As per the instructions on combining with other mods, yes it matters. You must put FQM on top of BM. Otherwise, the old map data files in BM will overwrite the FQM files.

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You'd have to ask Kwok about savegame compatibility with his mod versions. I've heard that 1.09 is supposed to be compatible with 1.08 savegames, but I have no first hand experience to relate.

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Yes, you need to overwrite existing files/folders. In the case of the Stellar pack, the only thing to be "overwritten" is the Models folder itself. With the Components pack, you need to overwrite Components.bmp to gain access to the minis of the new components.

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For reference, you don't really need to quote more than the last reply... that's a lot of redundant text to scroll through.

FQM Beta 9 broke savegame compatibility with Beta 8 (due to the new planet textures). Balance Mod 1.08 and 1.09 contain Beta 8. FQM Beta 10 maintained compatibility with Beta 9, so if someone had patched BM with FQM 9, patching with FQM 10 would not break their savegames. Beta 11 breaks compatibility with Beta 10, so any such games will not work if BM+FQM10 is patched to BM+FQM11. This was the case in question.

Applying the BM 1.09 patch will overwrite all FQM files, thus necessitating remerging the appropriate version of FQM if you had updated past FQM beta 8.

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You can always add a cloaking ability back to the WPs in StellarAbilityTypes.txt. Copy one from the storms, fiddle with the numbers, and you are good to go.

Name := Normal Warp Point
Number Of Abilities := 4
Ability 1 Chance := 100
Ability 1 Type := Sight Obscuration
Ability 1 Description := Unusual gravitic fields in sector [%ScopeSector%] mask ships from basic scanners.
Ability 1 Scope := Sector - All
Ability 1 Range Formula := 0
Ability 1 Amount 1 Formula := 8
Ability 1 Amount 2 Formula := 0
Ability 2 Chance := 200
Ability 2 Type := Sensor Interference
Ability 2 Description := Unusual gravitic fields in sector [%ScopeSector%] cause combat sensor interference of -30%.
Ability 2 Scope := Sector - All
Ability 2 Range Formula := 0
Ability 2 Amount 1 Formula := -30
Ability 2 Amount 2 Formula := 0
Ability 3 Chance := 50
Ability 3 Type := Sensor Interference
Ability 3 Description := Unusual gravitic fields in sector [%ScopeSector%] cause combat sensor interference of -10%.
Ability 3 Scope := Sector - All
Ability 3 Range Formula := 0
Ability 3 Amount 1 Formula := -10
Ability 3 Amount 2 Formula := 0
Ability 4 Chance := 50
Ability 4 Type := Sensor Interference
Ability 4 Description := Unusual gravitic fields in sector [%ScopeSector%] cause combat sensor interference of -10%.
Ability 4 Scope := Sector - All
Ability 4 Range Formula := 0
Ability 4 Amount 1 Formula := -10
Ability 4 Amount 2 Formula := 0

Name := Unstable Warp Point
Number Of Abilities := 5
Ability 1 Chance := 600
Ability 1 Type := Warp Point - Turbulence
Ability 1 Description := Strong gravitic fields cause 200 damage to ships.
Ability 1 Scope := Space Object
Ability 1 Range Formula := 0
Ability 1 Amount 1 Formula := 200
Ability 1 Amount 2 Formula := 0
Ability 2 Chance := 200
Ability 2 Type := Sight Obscuration
Ability 2 Description := Unusual gravitic fields in sector [%ScopeSector%] mask ships from basic scanners.
Ability 2 Scope := Sector - All
Ability 2 Range Formula := 0
Ability 2 Amount 1 Formula := 8
Ability 2 Amount 2 Formula := 0
Ability 3 Chance := 300
Ability 3 Type := Sensor Interference
Ability 3 Description := Unusual gravitic fields in sector [%ScopeSector%] cause combat sensor interference of -30%.
Ability 3 Scope := Sector - All
Ability 3 Range Formula := 0
Ability 3 Amount 1 Formula := -30
Ability 3 Amount 2 Formula := 0
Ability 4 Chance := 75
Ability 4 Type := Sensor Interference
Ability 4 Description := Unusual gravitic fields in sector [%ScopeSector%] cause combat sensor interference of -10%.
Ability 4 Scope := Sector - All
Ability 4 Range Formula := 0
Ability 4 Amount 1 Formula := -10
Ability 4 Amount 2 Formula := 0
Ability 5 Chance := 75
Ability 5 Type := Sensor Interference
Ability 5 Description := Unusual gravitic fields in sector [%ScopeSector%] cause combat sensor interference of -10%.
Ability 5 Scope := Sector - All
Ability 5 Range Formula := 0
Ability 5 Amount 1 Formula := -10
Ability 5 Amount 2 Formula := 0

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