Sample star system grid generator

test_systems.lua

-- Define some desired system types
local systypes = {
	{'STAR_A_GIANT','STAR_F_GIANT'},
	{'STAR_M_SUPER_GIANT','STAR_K_SUPER_GIANT'},
	{'STAR_G_HYPER_GIANT','STAR_B_HYPER_GIANT'},
	{'STAR_S_BH','WHITE_DWARF'},
	{'STAR_IM_BH'},
	{'STAR_SM_BH'},
	{'STAR_O','STAR_O','STAR_O','STAR_O',},
}

--Make some systems, and grid them up
local x,y,sect = 0,0,0
for counter,systype in ipairs(systypes) do
	if x == 1 then
		x = 0
		if y == 1 then
			y = 0
			sect = sect + 1
		else
			y = y + 0.2
		end
	else
		x = x + 0.2
	end
	CustomSystem:new(("t%s").format(counter),systype):add_to_sector(0,sect,0,v(x,y,0.200))
end