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Custom Games
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A custom game gives you the opportunity to change the game settings and create a galaxy of your liking.
The galaxy type can be set in the top setting.
In the space station section, you can select whether space stations are removed permanently if destroyed (this is the default in the normal game) or respawn. You can also select the quantity and visiblity status of the space stations. By default human pirate bases and all scarrid bases are hidden if you choose a human character, and all human bases are hidden and all scarrid bases are visible if you play as a scarrid.
You can also select a fixed, random or seeded universe. A fixed universe is the same each time, a random universe is different each time, and a seeded universe is the same if you use the same seed. The seed is a word (any word) that can be typed into the text box. If you find a particularly good map then you can use the same word to generate it each time if you use a seeded universe.
Finally you can set the probability of a sector containing asteroids or nebulae. The default for the normal game is 20%.
A brief guide to the different custom galaxy types now follows.
Humans vs Scarrid (Default)
This is the default galaxy. The galaxy is divided into the human and scarrid quadrants. All human professions are present in this galaxy, and the scarrid feature pirate bases, pirates, miners and bounty hunters only.
The Chaos Wars
This is an alternative war-like galaxy. Human and scarrid sectors are distributed evenly throughout the galaxy. All human professions are present, and all scarrid professions and space station types. Unlike humans, the scarrid have no police but this is a relatively evenly matched battle.
Humans Only (Classic Flatspace)
Like the first Flatspace game, this galaxy features no scarrid and all human professions and space station types.
Humans Without Pirates (Easy)
A easy galaxy that suits traders and other peaceful professions. There are no scarrid in this galaxy and no pirates.
Police And Pirates Only
A galaxy of cops and robbers. There are no scarrid in this galaxy and only police and pirates. There are more pirates than police in this galaxy and it is a challenge to survive with any career other than bounty hunter or police officer. Trading is very difficult because there are no trading bases, only independent outposts.
Lawless (Hard)
The only galaxy containing an equal mix of human and scarrid types. Half of the population are pirates, one quarter are bounty hunters, and traders, couriers and miners make up the rest. There are no police and the galaxy is divided into human and scarrid quadrants.
Warriors vs Humanity
There are no human pirates in this galaxy but all of the scarrid are warriors. As a human the main enemy are scarrid because the scarrid are effectively lawless and can hunt humans easily. Human and scarrid sectors are distributed evenly throughout the galaxy.
Scarrid Only
A galaxy featuring no humans, only scarrid. This is similar to a humans only galaxy except that the scarrid have no police and have more bounty hunters instead. Scarrid trading stations are more rare than pirate bases, and unlike human bases, scarrid bases all look alike from the outside making a trading career difficult.
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