Size of Galaxies

Figuring out how many factions you want

The number of hexes in a regular hex map is given by

3n^2 + 3n + 1

where n is the number of hexes from the center hex to the outer edge (NOT counting the center hex itself).

Therefore, from the definitions file, the size of the various galaxies in hexes is:

Name Radius* Size

Tiny 30 2791
Small 40 4921
Medium 60 10981
Large 90 24571
Huge 130 51091
Gigantic 180 97741
Immense 240 173521
Excessive 290 253171
Insane 380 434341

* not including the center hex

I made this table so I could get an idea of how many factions I would want to play at various sizes.
For example, if I am happy with 8 major factions at Huge, then I would want something like 434/51 ~ 64 at insane, to
get the same number of hexes per faction. And so on. Feel free to check my calculations!

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BuckGodot

Join Date 11/2009

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Thanks for this!

It's funny. Instinctively I knew that 8 major factions would be far too few for an Insane map, so I made 8 others to go with it (they were just "alignment flipped" versions of the pre-existing ones). But even with 16 majors and who-knows-how-many minors, I was finding Insane maps far too empty of competition. Sadly I'm just not up to creating 56 other custom factions to "properly" fill out an Insane map. So I'm gonna have to wait for the community to get cranking on other majors for me.

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For comparison, here are the values for GC II (as of Twilight):

1 sector = 225 tiles (15x15)

Tiny: 2,025 (9 sectors [3x3])

Small: 3,600 (16 sectors [4x4])

Medium: 5,625 (25 sectors [5x5])

Large: 14,400 (64 sectors [8x8])

Huge: 32,400 (144 sectors [12x12])

Gigantic: 72,900 (324 sectors [18x18])

Immense: 108,900 (484 sectors [22x22])

Each GC III map size has more tiles in it than the corresponding map size in GC II. However, that might be a little deceptive because of how the maps are generated now. Mostly due to nebula/gas clouds and black holes taking up space on maps. Even with the tweaked planet generation in Beta 5, I still think it might be slightly (very slightly) under the generation rate of GC II. So while there ARE more tiles. there's also more things to fill them up.

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