You might have noticed that there are a few planets nearby, but none further out…
where are all the planets???
The white cursor/crosshair shows where you are currently exploring the map. This is an important part of Dark Forest. By default, the explorer will search in a square, centered on your home planet. However, this can be changed by using the ‘~’ key. Press this, and select a new part of the map!
I chose a little bit to the left of my planets, however you can choose to explore anywhere within the universe - what wonders might await at the center?
You may have noticed the toolbar at the bottom left. This is the explorer toolbar.
This allows you to select how many of your computers cores are used to explore the map, and there are even options for how you want it to explore, other than a square. You can also pause the explorer if you need to actually do some work on your computer…
There is also advanced exploration functionality for map exploration, by connecting to your GPU using plugins.
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This is, however, out of scope for this guide. Though I encourage you to ‘explore’ the possibilities of this if you are enjoying the game!
If you are a part of a group playing the game together, you can also share your map. This can be done in two ways.
There are risks involved - someone may send you a fake map! Make sure you trust the person sharing the map with you. Also, be warned that large maps can take a loooong time to load in after they are imported.
admin controls are not available in the actual round, and are for our internal testing purposes.