I've finally done with SYSGEN level V. Any further enhancements
(like the city generator I'm working on and the galaxy->surface zoomer)
will go into the next release.
Big add-ons from the pervious release are full editing of existing
feature of planets. System level editing (i.e. you can add and delete whole
planets/gas giants/...) and surface map editing. There is an on-line help
facility now too (since my manual got nuked on my hard disk!).
You can print in graphics mode on HP-Laserjets, EPSON-FX and,
in theory PostScript. I don't have access to a PostScript printer. Can someone
test this for me. I would really rather appreciate it if someone else tried
it out and reviewed it for the TML. *I* think it is wonderful but that is
hardly an unbiased opinion :-).
Here's the packaged gumph:
L I B R A R Y D A T A
As DGP's World Builder's Handbook Software has been indefinately
delayed I have undertaken to write my own and distribute it as shareware.
The free version is called SYSGEN (level V). This uses a self-generated
universe. The version using the MegaTraveller universe is called LIBRARY
and is available upon registry of SYSGEN for $15 (or equivalent).
Among its features are: Importing of ASCII sector data, creation and
editing of mainworld data, printing of subsectors, expansion of mainworld
data into extended system generation, naming of bodies by appropriate alien
language tables. Most of the world builder's handbook data is available on
each planet including size, gravity, diameter, core, density, mass, year,
solar year, day, tilt, eccentricity, seismic stress, atmosphere type,
atmosphere taint, pressure, temperature worksheet, water coverage and
composition, tectonic plates, land masses, natural, processed, and information
resources, native life, breakdown of cities, names of major cities,
progressiveness, aggressiveness, extensiveness, all local customs, goverment
style and structure, full religious profile, law level breakdown and
uniformity, and tech level breakdown.
Travel times between systems can be viewed. A configuration file
containing the date, jump drive, maneuver drive, screen attributes, monitor
type and print and graphics print command has been added. You can search
for a system by name from Survey level, sector or subsector level. The
user can change the colour pattern and monochrome bitmap used for the
surface display. Complete animal generation tables are created for each
planet. Hot-key menu selection by first letter. Entire sectors can be printed.
A grand survey map of all the Imperium can be printed on the printer or
the graphics screen.
Not only this but LIBRARY will map your planets on MONO, CGA, EGA, or
VGA screen in traditional isohedreon format or spherical representation. Each
map triangle can be expanded in size up to 16 times giving a resolution of
up to 16km per pixel on some planets. Maps can be printed at any level in
either ASCII or HP-Laserjet/EPSON-FX/Postscript graphics formats.
Full editing of all details are allowed. Unhappy with the number
of volcanos? Want a specific social custom? All can be changed. It even
now features a surface map editor. [Note that editing systems must be
stored seperately and require ~11K of disk space per system.] On-line help
can be accessed at any time via Ctrl-Help.
You can upload SYSGEN from the anonymous ftp server at
walton.maths.tcd.ie in the pub/jaymin/trav directory.
Further versions and updates will be available for those registering
their copy for $15 to
The Devnaree Collective,
[address removed]
Tallaght,
Dublin 24,
Ireland [email removed]
PS: How much longer are we going to have to put up with these *stupid* cars?
Do other people find them even remotely interesting?