planetmaker
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A long time ago I made a mod mod for Final frontier focusing on planets only. I have recreated that mod again, but adding a few more things.
The nutrition facility has been replaced with the Atmospheric Processor. It enhances the atmosphere of a planet, or the hab moon of a gas giant. Planets with it have a thicker glow to them, or the hab moon of a gas giant. Also the mag rail has been moved to the hab moon too! See the pic below
Here is a brief overview of the planets
Planets, by type
Grays or Class D - Barren, with limited atmospheres and virtually no food production. Silicate crusts offer poor mining conditions, and there is limited access to volatiles. The most common type of planet, with a lot of variety. Occasionally they have CO2 atmospheres and can grow algae foods without an atmospheric processor. However do not underestimate their value in your empire, most buildings have some sort of production or commerce modifier, so don't be afraid to construct their buildings even if you don't initially populate them.
Typical food/prod/commerce 0,2,2, Initial total F+P+C values range from 2-6.
Browns or Class L - easy to colonize, and have great potential. Their CO2 atmospheres are ideal for the construction of pressurized greenhouses. Easy to mine with low pressure suits, they usually have good production potential. With an atmospheric processor they can produce a surplus of food.
Typical values 1-2 food, 2 - 3 production, 0 - 2 commerce.
Ice worlds, class P - Ice worlds have variable, extremely frigid and often caustic atmospheres. They have good access to exotic volatiles and water. Good luck mining them, all the good stuff is buried under hundreds of km of ice. However, despite their cold temperatures, they are good places for greenhouses as there is no lack of water for growing things.
Typical values 1 -3 food, -2 to 1 Production, 1 -5 commerce. The best ones are the former M - classes
Lava worlds - Typically close to stars, these worlds are dangerous to colonize due to high temperatures, molten surfaces, and high tectonic activity. However, easy access to ore and minerals makes their production potential the greatest of all the worlds.
Typical values -2- 0 food, 3 - 5 Production, 0 - 2 Commerce.
Venusian worlds have extremely thick atmospheres and are used for their commercial value, but usually in the late game when they can be properly exploited.
All Venusian worlds have negative food and production values so you have to have a great deal of surplus food before you can consider using them.
Toxic worlds are either naturally toxic or were class M that have become so by either bad management or deliberate contamination. Use them in the late game.
Desert/Martian
These worlds contain fair CO2 atmospheres and have great potential. Desert worlds have limited access to minerals, but have good solar power potential. Martian worlds are colder, but have greater production potential. From time to time you will encounter M classes in a desert era, the Mh Class
Typical values 2-3 food, 1 - 2 production, 1 -3 Commerce.
Home worlds
These green worlds are highly sought after. They are balanced when it comes to food, production and commerce.
Typical values 5 food, 0 - 2 production, 1- 4 Commerce.
Gaia worlds
These worlds are the cream of the crop. Be careful with them, industry can easily pollute them.
Typical values 6 food, 0 - 2 production, 0 - 2 Commerce.
Swamp worlds
These worlds offer great growth potential, but their boggy landscapes have little in the way of commercial value, mainly revolving selling cute pets. And mining them? Forget it.
Typical values 6-7 food, 0 - 1 production, 1 - 2 Commerce.
Gas Giants.
You cant live on a gas giant, but their moons can be colonized, and their vast reserves of hydrogen gas can be scooped from their atmospheres. Systems without them are very poor indeed. Without lunar atmospheric processors, food usually has to be imported, but there is great potential for commerce and raw materials.
Each class has a different range of buildings, and all but the Lava, Venusian and Toxic wolds can be terraformed to some degree, and the textures change as their food values increase.
The pictures on the first page of this discussion are outdated because the initial F/P/C values have be dramatically altered.
The nutrition facility has been replaced with the Atmospheric Processor. It enhances the atmosphere of a planet, or the hab moon of a gas giant. Planets with it have a thicker glow to them, or the hab moon of a gas giant. Also the mag rail has been moved to the hab moon too! See the pic below
Here is a brief overview of the planets
Planets, by type
Grays or Class D - Barren, with limited atmospheres and virtually no food production. Silicate crusts offer poor mining conditions, and there is limited access to volatiles. The most common type of planet, with a lot of variety. Occasionally they have CO2 atmospheres and can grow algae foods without an atmospheric processor. However do not underestimate their value in your empire, most buildings have some sort of production or commerce modifier, so don't be afraid to construct their buildings even if you don't initially populate them.
Typical food/prod/commerce 0,2,2, Initial total F+P+C values range from 2-6.
Spoiler Gray Planets :
Browns or Class L - easy to colonize, and have great potential. Their CO2 atmospheres are ideal for the construction of pressurized greenhouses. Easy to mine with low pressure suits, they usually have good production potential. With an atmospheric processor they can produce a surplus of food.
Typical values 1-2 food, 2 - 3 production, 0 - 2 commerce.
Spoiler Brown Planets :
Ice worlds, class P - Ice worlds have variable, extremely frigid and often caustic atmospheres. They have good access to exotic volatiles and water. Good luck mining them, all the good stuff is buried under hundreds of km of ice. However, despite their cold temperatures, they are good places for greenhouses as there is no lack of water for growing things.
Typical values 1 -3 food, -2 to 1 Production, 1 -5 commerce. The best ones are the former M - classes
Spoiler Ice Planets :
Lava worlds - Typically close to stars, these worlds are dangerous to colonize due to high temperatures, molten surfaces, and high tectonic activity. However, easy access to ore and minerals makes their production potential the greatest of all the worlds.
Typical values -2- 0 food, 3 - 5 Production, 0 - 2 Commerce.
Spoiler Lava Planets :
Venusian worlds have extremely thick atmospheres and are used for their commercial value, but usually in the late game when they can be properly exploited.
All Venusian worlds have negative food and production values so you have to have a great deal of surplus food before you can consider using them.
Spoiler Venusian Planets :
Toxic worlds are either naturally toxic or were class M that have become so by either bad management or deliberate contamination. Use them in the late game.
Spoiler Toxic Planets :
Desert/Martian
These worlds contain fair CO2 atmospheres and have great potential. Desert worlds have limited access to minerals, but have good solar power potential. Martian worlds are colder, but have greater production potential. From time to time you will encounter M classes in a desert era, the Mh Class
Typical values 2-3 food, 1 - 2 production, 1 -3 Commerce.
Spoiler Desert Planets :
Spoiler Martian Planets :
Home worlds
These green worlds are highly sought after. They are balanced when it comes to food, production and commerce.
Typical values 5 food, 0 - 2 production, 1- 4 Commerce.
Spoiler M Class :
Gaia worlds
These worlds are the cream of the crop. Be careful with them, industry can easily pollute them.
Typical values 6 food, 0 - 2 production, 0 - 2 Commerce.
Spoiler Mg 'Gia' Planets :
Swamp worlds
These worlds offer great growth potential, but their boggy landscapes have little in the way of commercial value, mainly revolving selling cute pets. And mining them? Forget it.
Typical values 6-7 food, 0 - 1 production, 1 - 2 Commerce.
Spoiler Swamp Worlds :
Gas Giants.
You cant live on a gas giant, but their moons can be colonized, and their vast reserves of hydrogen gas can be scooped from their atmospheres. Systems without them are very poor indeed. Without lunar atmospheric processors, food usually has to be imported, but there is great potential for commerce and raw materials.
Each class has a different range of buildings, and all but the Lava, Venusian and Toxic wolds can be terraformed to some degree, and the textures change as their food values increase.
The pictures on the first page of this discussion are outdated because the initial F/P/C values have be dramatically altered.
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