https://github.com/inexorabletash/elite2trav

Elite Galaxy to Traveller Sector converter
https://github.com/inexorabletash/elite2trav

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Elite Galaxy to Traveller Sector converter

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/inexorabletash/elite2trav
• Owner: inexorabletash
• License: other
• Created: 2015-01-28T01:16:19.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-01-05T03:34:03.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-09T14:49:49.772Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: elite, rpg, traveller
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://inexorabletash.github.io/elite2trav
• Size: 17.6 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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README

        
# elite2trav

Elite Galaxy to Traveller Sector converter

Play with it at: https://inexorabletash.github.io/elite2trav

Elite system generation code is based on [Text

Elite](http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/text/index.htm) by Ian

Bell, partially reverse engineered by Christian Pinder, plus some

corrections to ensure the system data matches BBC Elite and Oolite.

It will render a quick map of the specified Elite galaxy adjusted to

the Traveller hex grid, and output UWP listings. Depending on the

conversion style, hex coordinates may exceed 3240 and require

post-processing to be used in utilities such as [The Traveller

Map](http://travellermap.com).

## Scaling

The pseudorandom generation of Elite worlds produces X/Y coordinates

in the range 0...255. When mapped, the Y coordinate is divided by two,

and to convert to light years the coordinates are scaled by 0.4. So an

Elite Galaxy is 102ly by 51ly, or 36 by 17 parsecs on a hex grid -

slightly more than half a Traveller sector.

This leads to very dense maps, and to maintain trade routes requires

restricting travel to Jump-2 or about 7ly, comparable with witchspace

range in Elite.

Alternately, the 0.4 scaling factor can be dropped - or, looking at it

another way, everything can be scaled up by 2.5. When this is done, an

Elite Galaxy spans just about three Traveller sectors wide and one

sector tall. Maximum range is Jump-6, and the sparser nature of the

Elite galaxies is maintained.

## About

Traveller was a pencil-and-paper role playing game created by Marc

Miller, Loren Wiseman and others at Game Designers' Workshop in 1977.

You can find out more about Traveller at [Far Future

Enterprises](http://farfuture.net) or explore an online map of the

Traveller Universe at [The Traveller Map](http://travellermap.com)

Elite is the seminal space combat and trading game, written by Ian

Bell and David Braben in 1984 for the BBC Microcomputer. Numerous

ports, adaptations and sequel games have been released. [Ian Bell's

Page](http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite) details the history of the

game. The open source game [Oolite](http://www.oolite.org/) is based

on the original Elite. Braben's [Frontier

Developments](http://www.frontier.co.uk/) has published [Elite:

Dangerous](https://www.elitedangerous.com/), featuring a massive

multiplayer universe encouraging trade, combat, and exploration.

Ian Bell has confirmed that [Traveller was one of the direct

inspirations of Elite](http://www.konradlischka.info/2013/07/rpg/how-old-school-role-playing-influenced-elite/).