[Help] Designing randomness into star system design

[Lucre]

I know that in prescripted_species_systems you can randomise stuff like number of planet numbers, sizes, orbits, etc., but what if I want to create a specific planet like this:

planet = {
name = 'Name'
class = ??
...
}

If I want the game to randomly pick from 'Continental' and 'Tropical' is there a way to achieve this? I tried using 'random_list'. but the game just ignored it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Lucre

 

[Lucre]

I thought I may as well publish an answer to this question, since I eventually figured it out, and it may save someone else some time. Here is some example code:

    planet = {
        name = "Venus"
        class = "pc_toxic"
        orbit_distance = 15.2
        orbit_angle = 125
        size = 15
        has_ring = no
        init_effect = {
            random_list = {
            33 = {change_pc = "pc_barren"}
            33 = {change_pc = "pc_molten"}
            33 = {}
            }
            }
    }

The key is to set the class in the first part of the planet definition, then use an init_effect and a random_list to change the class. In this case, the class will end up as toxic, barren or molten.

Tested it and it works.

Lucre