The .mis file consists of several entries that define a map in the game.

name - the name of the map that will be displayed in the map selection screen

space_file - the filename of a grayscale .pcx file that will define the distribution of galaxy matter

subspace_file - the filename of a grayscale .pcx file that will define the distribution of galaxy subspace

space_perturb, subspace_perturb - these two entries define the transformation function that affects the space and subspace distributions respectivelly. The numbers signify the following:

seed factor size persistence octaves

Seed is the random seed. Factor is the maximum displacement. Size is the granularity of the turbulence. Persistence is the persistence of the turbulence. It must be less than 1, smaller means less noisy. Octaves parameter is the number of passes to do on the on the image. It does not make sence to have it larger than 10.

start# - this entry defines the starting position of a planet. The # is replaced by numbers starting from 0 up to the number of planets you wish to have on this map. 