VGA Planets Calculator - planets, structures, defense, population growth, death & taxes

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VGA Planets Calculator

found online: http://www.vgaplanets.ca/

written by: James Heinrich

last updated: May 3 2013

formulae from: http://www.donovansvgap.com/

This calculator will tell you how many structures (mines, factories and/or defense posts) you can build on a planet for a given population, or how many clans you need to build a given number of structures. You can also calculate the defense strength of a planet based on how many defense posts it has, presense of starbase, etc.

Sections of this calculator are:

Waypoint distance & travel time
Movement next-turn destination
Movement speed with damage
Ion Storms
Minefields
Planet Structures
Planet and/or Starbase Defense & Combat Strength
Ground Combat
Colonist / Native tax, happiness, growth & death
Growth table for planet temperature and race abilities

If you think any of the calculations performed here are inaccurate, please let me know so I can correct them.

This page is written in Javascript and some CSS/DHTML and should be compatible with most browsers (tested with Internet Explorer 6, Netscape 4.7, Opera 7, Chrome 11, Firefox 3.6).

Waypoint Distance & Travel Time

2011-May-23: this section has been updated and now uses proper turn-by-turn movement code

Waypoint 1:
Waypoint 2:

Distance (absolute): ly

Distance (rounded): ly

Warp 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Travel Time (turns)

Gravitronic (turns)

Movement: Next Turn Waypoint

Ship is at: ,
Ship heading to: ,
Moving at: Gravitronic

Next turn the ship will be at (0,0). Distance traveled: 0 ly.

Movement speed with damage

Damage:	%
Race:

Max speed = Warp

Inspired by marklein's Ion Storm Navigator
which also contains more useful info on Ion Storms

Ion Storms

Movement

Storm Heading		Heading in degrees (0-359). 0 is up, 90 is right, 180 is down, 270 is left.
Storm Speed		warp factor
Storm Voltage		(in MeV) 0-49 = Class 1; 50-99 = Class 2; 100-149 = Class 3; 150-199 = Class 4; 200+ = Class 5
Ship Mass		Sum of hull + engines + weapons + cargo + fuel, before this turn's cargo transfers. Heavier ships suffer less damage.
Ship Crew		crew may be killed by ion storms strong enough to damage the ship.
Ship Engine Tech		Tech level of ship engines. Ships with high-tech engines suffer less damage.
Ship has fuel		If ship has at least 1kt of fuel on board. Ships with fuel suffer less damage.

Storm will move by ?? ly (left?/right?) and ?? ly (up?/down?) – assuming the ion storm continues on its current course and speed. Note that ion storms can change course (+/- 10 degress per turn) and speed at each turn, and can change between minor storms that don't drag ships (<150MeV) and major storms that do drag ships.

Ship will be dragged ?? ly (left?/right?) and ?? ly (up?/down?) – assuming the ion storm continues on its current course and speed (see above).

Ship will take ???% damage and lose ??? crew.

Minefields

# Torp:	calculate	Race:
Tech:		Minelay Rate:

mines laid

ly radius

Minefield costs 0 of each mineral, plus 0 MC to produce

Minefield can be swept with:

0 beam weapons (at sweep rate (default=4))
- or -

0 Colonies fighters (at sweep rate (default=20))

Planet Structures

Enter population (clans):

Max Factories:

Max Mines:

Max Defense:

Structures		Required population
Factories:		(clans)
Mines:		(clans)
Defense:		(clans)

Planet / Starbase Defense

Planet Defense:
Starbase Exists:
Starbase Defense:
Starbase Fighters:
Starbase Beam Tech:

Combat Mass: kt

# Beams:

# Bays:

# Fighters:

Ground Combat

Attacker Ratio:	: 1
Attacker Clans:
Defender Ratio:	: 1
Defender Clans:
Planet Defense:

Remaining Attacking Clans:

Remaining Defending Clans:

The planet is:

Colonist / Native tax, happiness, growth & death

Planet settings

Temperature:	°
# Mines:
# Factories:
# Defense:
# Hissing Ships:
# Supplies:
# MegaCredits:	MC

Host settings

Overpopulation Eat Supplies:
Climate Death Rate:	%
Max Hiss Ships:
Hiss Effect:
Max Planet Income:	MC
Assimilation Rate:	%
Structure Decay Rate:

PHOST settings

Colonist Tax Scaling:	%
Native Tax Scaling:	%
Supply Production Rate:	%
Growth Rate:	%

Colonists

Natives

Race:
Population:	(clans)
Tax Rate:	%
Happiness:
Government:	Feudal

Race:
Population:	(clans)
Tax Rate:	%
Happiness:
Government:

Colonists

Natives

Happiness Change:
New Happiness:
Tax Income:	MC
Population Change:	clans
New Population:	clans
Max Population:	clans

Happiness Change:
New Happiness:
Tax Income:	MC
Population Change:	clans
New Population:	clans
Max Population:	clans

Planet income

Tax Income:	MC
New Supplies:

Table of minimum-to-grow / maximum population by planet temperature

This table shows the minimum number of clans required to grow on a planet of this climate (assuming 0% tax and happiness >= 70), as well as the maximum number of supported clans (not counting Overpopulation Eats Supplies).
Some races have special abilities to colonize extreme-temperature planets. Amorphous natives eat a nominal 5 clans per turn, so you need to grow at least +6 for population to grow on those planets.
First column is min clans to grow; Second column is min clans to grow with Amorphous natives; Third column is maximum population.
The last two columns show the maximum growth population for natives. If the population is above this level, natives will not grow (but they won't die off either). Note that over 66,000 clans the growth rate is halved.

Temp	Most Races			Fascists Robots Colonies			Rebels			Crystals			Natives (most)	Natives (Siliconoid)
0	-		29	-		29	-		90,000	-		0	239	0
1	-		49	-		49	-		90,000	-		1,000	4,948	1,000
2	-		69	-		69	-		90,000	-		2,000	9,652	2,000
3	-		89	-		89	-		90,000	-		3,000	14,347	3,000
4	-		109	-		109	-		90,000	-		4,000	19,027	4,000
5	-		129	-		129	-		90,000	-		5,000	23,689	5,000
6	-		149	-		149	-		90,000	-		6,000	28,328	6,000
7	-		169	-		169	-		90,000	-		7,000	32,938	7,000
8	-		189	-		189	-		90,000	-		8,000	37,516	8,000
9	-		209	-		209	-		90,000	-		9,000	42,057	9,000
10	-		229	-		229	-		90,000	-		10,000	46,557	10,000
11	-		249	-		249	-		90,000	-		11,000	51,011	11,000
12	-		269	-		269	-		90,000	-		12,000	55,414	12,000
13	-		289	-		289	-		90,000	-		13,000	59,763	13,000
14	-		309	-		309	-		90,000	-		14,000	64,053	14,000
15	23	243	45,520	23	243	45,520	23	243	90,000	68	735	15,000	68,279	15,000
16	22	229	48,293	22	229	48,293	22	229	90,000	64	689	16,000	72,439	16,000
17	20	217	51,018	20	217	51,018	20	217	90,000	60	649	17,000	76,527	17,000
18	19	206	53,693	19	206	53,693	19	206	90,000	57	613	18,000	80,539	18,000
19	19	196	56,315	19	196	56,315	19	196	90,000	54	580	19,000	84,472	19,000
20	18	188	58,882	18	188	58,882	18	188	58,882	51	551	20,000	88,322	20,000
21	17	180	61,390	17	180	61,390	17	180	61,390	49	525	21,000	92,085	21,000
22	16	173	63,838	16	173	63,838	16	173	63,838	47	501	22,000	95,757	22,000
23	16	167	66,223	16	167	66,223	16	167	66,223	45	480	23,000	99,335	23,000
24	15	161	68,543	15	161	68,543	15	161	68,543	43	460	24,000	102,814	24,000
25	15	156	70,795	15	156	70,795	15	156	70,795	41	441	25,000	106,193	25,000
26	14	152	72,977	14	152	72,977	14	152	72,977	40	424	26,000	109,466	26,000
27	14	147	75,088	14	147	75,088	14	147	75,088	38	409	27,000	112,632	27,000
28	14	143	77,124	14	143	77,124	14	143	77,124	37	394	28,000	115,687	28,000
29	13	140	79,085	13	140	79,085	13	140	79,085	36	380	29,000	118,627	29,000
30	13	137	80,967	13	137	80,967	13	137	80,967	34	368	30,000	121,451	30,000
31	13	134	82,770	13	134	82,770	13	134	82,770	33	356	31,000	124,155	31,000
32	13	131	84,491	13	131	84,491	13	131	84,491	32	345	32,000	126,736	32,000
33	12	128	86,128	12	128	86,128	12	128	86,128	31	334	33,000	129,193	33,000
34	12	126	87,681	12	126	87,681	12	126	87,681	30	325	34,000	131,522	34,000
35	12	124	89,148	12	124	89,148	12	124	89,148	30	315	35,000	133,721	35,000
36	12	122	90,526	12	122	90,526	12	122	90,526	29	307	36,000	135,789	36,000
37	12	121	91,815	12	121	91,815	12	121	91,815	28	298	37,000	137,723	37,000
38	11	119	93,014	11	119	93,014	11	119	93,014	27	290	38,000	139,521	38,000
39	11	118	94,121	11	118	94,121	11	118	94,121	27	283	39,000	141,181	39,000
40	11	116	95,135	11	116	95,135	11	116	95,135	26	276	40,000	142,703	40,000
41	11	115	96,056	11	115	96,056	11	115	96,056	25	269	41,000	144,083	41,000
42	11	114	96,881	11	114	96,881	11	114	96,881	25	263	42,000	145,322	42,000
43	11	113	97,611	11	113	97,611	11	113	97,611	24	257	43,000	146,417	43,000
44	11	113	98,245	11	113	98,245	11	113	98,245	24	251	44,000	147,368	44,000
45	11	112	98,782	11	112	98,782	11	112	98,782	23	245	45,000	148,174	45,000
46	11	112	99,222	11	112	99,222	11	112	99,222	23	240	46,000	148,833	46,000
47	11	111	99,564	11	111	99,564	11	111	99,564	22	235	47,000	149,346	47,000
48	11	111	99,808	11	111	99,808	11	111	99,808	22	230	48,000	149,712	48,000
49	11	111	99,953	11	111	99,953	11	111	99,953	21	225	49,000	149,930	49,000
50	11	111	100,000	11	111	100,000	11	111	100,000	21	221	50,000	150,000	50,000
51	11	111	99,948	11	111	99,948	11	111	99,948	20	217	51,000	149,922	51,000
52	11	111	99,798	11	111	99,798	11	111	99,798	20	212	52,000	149,697	52,000
53	11	111	99,549	11	111	99,549	11	111	99,549	20	208	53,000	149,324	53,000
54	11	112	99,202	11	112	99,202	11	112	99,202	19	205	54,000	148,803	54,000
55	11	112	98,758	11	112	98,758	11	112	98,758	19	201	55,000	148,136	55,000
56	11	113	98,216	11	113	98,216	11	113	98,216	19	197	56,000	147,323	56,000
57	11	113	97,577	11	113	97,577	11	113	97,577	18	194	57,000	146,365	57,000
58	11	114	96,842	11	114	96,842	11	114	96,842	18	190	58,000	145,262	58,000
59	11	115	96,011	11	115	96,011	11	115	96,011	18	187	59,000	144,017	59,000
60	11	116	95,086	11	116	95,086	11	116	95,086	17	184	60,000	142,629	60,000
61	11	118	94,067	11	118	94,067	11	118	94,067	17	181	61,000	141,101	61,000
62	11	119	92,955	11	119	92,955	11	119	92,955	17	178	62,000	139,433	62,000
63	12	121	91,752	12	121	91,752	12	121	91,752	17	175	63,000	137,628	63,000
64	12	122	90,458	12	122	90,458	12	122	90,458	16	173	64,000	135,687	64,000
65	12	124	89,075	12	124	89,075	12	124	89,075	16	170	65,000	133,613	65,000
66	12	126	87,605	12	126	87,605	12	126	87,605	16	167	66,000	131,407	66,000
67	12	129	86,047	12	129	86,047	12	129	86,047	16	165	67,000	129,071	67,000
68	13	131	84,405	13	131	84,405	13	131	84,405	15	163	68,000	126,608	68,000
69	13	134	82,680	13	134	82,680	13	134	82,680	15	160	69,000	124,020	69,000
70	13	137	80,874	13	137	80,874	13	137	80,874	15	158	70,000	121,310	70,000
71	13	140	78,987	13	140	78,987	13	140	78,987	15	156	71,000	118,481	71,000
72	14	144	77,023	14	144	77,023	14	144	77,023	15	154	72,000	115,534	72,000
73	14	147	74,983	14	147	74,983	14	147	74,983	14	151	73,000	112,474	73,000
74	14	152	72,869	14	152	72,869	14	152	72,869	14	149	74,000	109,303	74,000
75	15	156	70,683	15	156	70,683	15	156	70,683	14	147	75,000	106,024	75,000
76	15	162	68,427	15	162	68,427	15	162	68,427	14	145	76,000	102,640	76,000
77	16	167	66,104	16	167	66,104	16	167	66,104	14	144	77,000	99,156	77,000
78	17	173	63,715	17	173	63,715	17	173	63,715	14	142	78,000	95,573	78,000
79	17	180	61,264	17	180	61,264	17	180	61,264	13	140	79,000	91,896	79,000
80	18	188	58,753	18	188	58,753	18	188	58,753	13	138	80,000	88,129	80,000
81	19	197	56,183	19	197	56,183	19	197	56,183	13	137	81,000	84,275	81,000
82	20	206	53,558	20	206	53,558	20	206	53,558	13	135	82,000	80,338	82,000
83	21	217	50,881	21	217	50,881	21	217	50,881	13	133	83,000	76,321	83,000
84	22	229	48,153	22	229	48,153	22	229	48,153	13	132	84,000	72,230	84,000
85	-		309	-		309	-		309	12	130	85,000	68,067	85,000
86	-		289	-		289	-		289	12	129	86,000	63,837	86,000
87	-		269	-		269	-		269	12	127	87,000	59,544	87,000
88	-		249	-		249	-		249	12	126	88,000	55,192	88,000
89	-		229	-		229	-		229	12	124	89,000	50,786	89,000
90	-		209	-		209	-		209	12	123	90,000	46,330	90,000
91	-		189	-		189	-		189	12	122	91,000	41,828	91,000
92	-		169	-		169	-		169	12	120	92,000	37,285	92,000
93	-		149	-		149	-		149	11	119	93,000	32,705	93,000
94	-		129	-		129	-		129	11	118	94,000	28,093	94,000
95	-		109	-		109	-		109	11	116	95,000	23,453	95,000
96	-		89	-		89	-		89	11	115	96,000	18,791	96,000
97	-		69	-		69	-		69	11	114	97,000	14,109	97,000
98	-		49	-		60	-		60	11	113	98,000	9,414	98,000
99	-		29	-		60	-		60	11	112	99,000	4,709	99,000
100	-		9	-		60	-		60	11	111	100,000	0	100,000
Temp	Most Races			Fascists Robots Colonies			Rebels			Crystals			Natives (most)	Natives (Siliconoid)

Changelog: (click to show)

* 2013-May-02:
  - added "Ion Storms" section

* 2011-Jun-06:
  - "Movement: Next Turn Waypoint" section returned wrong values for right-to-left and/or bottom-to-top movement
  - "Movement: Next Turn Waypoint" section now shows whether ship arrived or not, and single-click copy next turn coordinates to starting coordinates
  - "Colonist / Native tax, happiness, growth & death" section now allows up to 15 hissing ships
  - "Colonist / Native tax, happiness, growth & death" section could show natives paying taxes even if happy < 31

* 2011-May-23:
  - "Waypoint Distance & Travel Time" section has been updated and now uses proper turn-by-turn movement code

... many undocumented changes 2006-2011...

* 2006-Aug-01: initial release

found online:	http://www.vgaplanets.ca/
written by:	James Heinrich
last updated:	May 3 2013
formulae from:	http://www.donovansvgap.com/

	mines laid
	ly radius
	Minefield costs 0 of each mineral, plus 0 MC to produce
	Minefield can be swept with: 0 beam weapons (at sweep rate (default=4)) - or - 0 Colonies fighters (at sweep rate (default=20))

Remaining Attacking Clans:
Remaining Defending Clans:
The planet is: