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Astro empires gameplay1/9/2024 ![]() So when looking at the galaxy or region map your judgement about which two points are further apart should be as good as it is in the real world. The distance between systems is measured the way that makes sense geometrically, using the standard straight line distance we all learned in elementary school. Travel between systems is direct, crossing regions has no special impact. Each region is split into a 10x10 grid of systems, and as expected each system occupies an area of 1 square unit within that region. Recall that each region is 10 units high and 10 units wide and each galaxy is 100 units by 100 units. This both allows you to see friendly bases, and allows a guild member to 'light up' a point of interest for the whole guild. Having a guildmate with a base or fleet presence within a system allows you to see all astros within that system. The primary difference is that not all systems exist, so there are many gaps. This grid is not visible on the map view, but is the same 10x10 grid that regions use, oriented the same way. Details of measuring distance are covered together with systems.Įach region is further broken into a grid of systems. Scouting of a galaxy is normally coordinated region by region.Įach region is 10 units high and 10 units wide. Having a base or fleet presence within a region allows you to see all astros within that region. Regions are important for scouting purposes. The top left hand region is 00, the top right is 09, the bottom right is 99, the bottom left is 90, each move up/down changes the the first number, and each move left/right changes the second number. Not all regions in the galaxy contain astros, and the most central regions are the most dense. This grid is visible on the galaxy map view inside of AE. For example, travel from A47 to A51 is a distance of 400 (A47 to A49) + 2000 (A49 to A50) + 200 (A50 to A51) = 2600.Įach galaxy is broken into a 10x10 square grid of regions. The distance between two galaxies not in the same set is the sum of the distance from the start galaxy to the galaxy in the starting set with the link, the fixed distance of 2000 and the distance from the galaxy in the destination set with the link to the destination galaxy. Travel from any point on the server to any other point is possible in one step, there is no need to be in a galaxy that links to other galaxy sets to travel to them. Intuitively: the 'end' of each set links to the 'start' of each set above it. No links exist from F40 to F50 or F59, just as no links exist from F49 to F30 or F39. Similarly F40 to F39, F29, F19 and F09 are all a distance of 2000. Moving from F49 to F50 or F60 or F70 are all the same distance of 2000. Unlike galaxies this arrangement is not linear. The last galaxy (9) in each set linking to all larger numbered galaxy sets, and the first galaxy (0) linking to all smaller numbered galaxy sets. Galaxy sets are all a fixed distance of 2000 apart from one another, though only certain galaxies within each set link to other galaxy sets. So any point inside of, say, E45 will be 200 units away from E46 and E44, or 400 units away from E47 and E43. The distance on that line between each galaxy is 200 (AE doesn't specify a unit) no matter where in each galaxy you measure from and to. Galaxies inside of a set are arranged linearly from 0 to 9. ![]() On most servers, galaxy set 0 is called 'the lowers', set 1 is called 'the teens', and thereafter you have 'the 20s', 'the 30s' and so on.Įach galaxy is 100 units high and 100 units wide, though this doesn't impact inter-galaxy travel. The first number specifies which set of galaxies the coordinates belong to, the second specifies which galaxy in that set. Though usually written as one number in conversation, logically this is subdivided into two numbers. ![]() ![]() For most purposes this is not important to you, and it won't ever change on a given account. This is just there to distinguish between otherwise identical coordinates on different servers. What does each of those mean for you? Read on. So, for example, C43:12:76:41 specifies an astro in the 4th orbit around the star of System 76, which is in Region 12 of Galaxy 43 (3rd galaxy in set 4) of the Ceti server. XGG:RR:SS:PA X: Which server you're on (unimportant)
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