Colonization levels 1-3 are done.

Yippee.  Bring it on moon boi.

Ah, didn't mean it that way. Project should be done soon I hope... I think I'll drop particles this time around. Since they are something else. Work on getting the planets and clouds right. Which are almost done.

Dear God I hope not! lol I don't think I could do it better. Though I'm not sure how people will feel about the tons of resources they will start getting...

But what if it IS a moon?

edit: additional info put up.

And now I give you some pics! Yay! Enjoy.

Image 1

Ringed HighTerran

Forest and Three Moons

Here is a GIANT list of every type that is in the game right now. Just ask which type you want to see and I'll post it as soon as I can.

Asteroid, AsteroidDirty, AsteroidOrbital, Comet, CometCloud, DeadAsteroid, AsteroidBeltInner, AsteroidBeltOuter, AsteroidBeltSolar, AsteroidSpaceJunk, AsteroidShipyard, BarrenMoon, BastionMoon, CarbonMoon, CrystalMoon, DeadMoon, IceMoon, MagmaMoon, VolcanicMoon, AcidDwarf, AgriworldDwarf, AridDwarf, BarrenDwarf, CarbonDwarf, DesertDwarf, EcumenDwarf, ForestDwarf, IceDwarf, IndustrialDwarf, JungleDwarf, LowAridDwarf, LowCleanIndustrialDwarf, LowCrystalDwarf, LowIndustrialDwarf, LowMountainsDwarf, LowOceanDwarf, LowSavannahDwarf, LowShipyardDwarf, LowSwampDwarf, LowTerranDwarf, LowTundraDwarf, MagmaDwarf, MountainsDwarf, OceanDwarf, ORDDwarf, PangeaDwarf, RockyDwarf, RustyDwarf, SavannahDwarf, ShipyardDwarf, TerranDwarf, ToxicDwarf, TropicalDwarf, TundraDwarf, UrbanDwarf, VolcanicDwarf, Academy, Acid, Agriworld, Arid, Barren, BarrenShipyard, Carbon, CleanIndustrial, Crystal, Desert, DesertIndustrial, Ecumen, Forest, HighAcademy, HighAgriworld, HighCleanIndustrial, HighCrystal, HighDesert, HighForest, HighIce, HighJungle, HighMountains, HighOcean, HighRocky, HighShipyard, HighSwamp, HighTerran, HighTerranCultural, HighTerranEconomic, HighToxic, HighTropical, HighTundra, HighVolcanic, Ice, Industrial, IndustrialShipyard, Jungle, LowArid, LowCleanIndustrial, LowCrystal, LowIndustrial, LowMountains, LowOcean, LowSavannah, LowShipyard, LowSwamp, LowTerran, LowTundra, Magma, Mountains, Ocean, OceanIndustrial, OceanShipyard, ORD, Pangea, Rocky, Rusty, Savannah, Shipyard, Swamp, Terran, Toxic, Tropical, Tundra, Urban, Volcanic, VolcanicIndustrial, VolcanicShipyard, AcademyLarge, AcidLarge, AgriworldLarge, AridLarge, BarrenLarge, BarrenShipyardLarge, CarbonLarge, CleanIndustrialLarge, CrystalLarge, DesertLarge, DesertIndustrialLarge, EcumenLarge, ForestLarge, HighAcademyLarge, HighAgriworldLarge, HighCleanIndustrialLarge, HighCrystalLarge, HighDesertLarge, HighForestLarge, HighIceLarge, HighJungleLarge, HighMountainsLarge, HighOceanLarge, HighRockyLarge, HighShipyardLarge, HighSwampLarge, HighTerranLarge, HighTerranCulturalLarge, HighTerranEconomicLarge, HighToxicLarge, HighTropicalLarge, HighTundraLarge, HighVolcanicLarge, IceLarge, IndustrialLarge, IndustrialShipyardLarge, JungleLarge, LowAridLarge, LowCleanIndustrialLarge, LowCrystalLarge, LowIndustrialLarge, LowMountainsLarge, LowOceanLarge, LowSavannahLarge, LowShipyardLarge, LowSwampLarge, LowTerranLarge, LowTundraLarge, MagmaLarge, MountainsLarge, OceanLarge, OceanIndustrialLarge, OceanShipyardLarge, ORDLarge, PangeaLarge, RockyLarge, RustyLarge, SavannahLarge, SwampLarge, TerranLarge, ToxicLarge, TropicalLarge, TundraLarge, UrbanLarge, VolcanicLarge, VolcanicIndustrialLarge, VolcanicShipyardLarge, AcidHuge, AridHuge, BarrenHuge, CarbonHuge, DesertHuge, ForestHuge, IceHuge, LowAridHuge, LowCrystalHuge, LowMountainsHuge, LowSavannahHuge, LowTerranHuge, LowTundraHuge, MagmaHuge, RockyHuge, ToxicHuge, VolcanicHuge, BarrenSuper, CarbonSuper, DesertSuper, GasGiantSuper, IceGiantSuper, LowAridSuper, LowTerranSuper, MagmaSuper, RockySuper, VolcanicSuper, GasGiant, IceGiant, PlasmaStorm, MagneticCloud, Wormhole, PirateBase

And here is a Ocean planet and a moon.

Very nice. Though moons are being finicky about when they render. I'll try to iron that out...

Edit: ah nvm I think the game has a higher chance of hitting mesh1 which is just a bunch of roids. So moons pop up. just not as often as you would expect with 4 out of 5 meshes with moons... I'm playing it with the SOGE mod at max settings, max players and around 400+ planets and it's idleing at about 1.45GB memory.

High Terran Planet

and the Masterpiece: Ecmenopolis with built up bastion moon.

PirateBase, just got to see the PirateBase.

Eh that's one I'm not changing. I'm not a modeler or a texturer really. It's too complex for me. Spheres are trouble enough.

And I can't change the starfield. It's a 512x512 tiled sphere. (tile are small) Unless you want a 16MB(21MB mipped) compressed texture. Probably 4Kx8K to look good since it would have to be stretched out.

Edit: Actually... Found replacement. Edited. Inputed. EPIC

What skyboxs? They are on. I removed the textures. I refuse to use the vanilla skybox textures. They are horrible.

(Edit: Eh well untill i can figure out how to use Thoumsin's mesh I'll keep it out. The meshes don't look too bad.)

Well it's not so much as gameplay per se. But different planets will have different attributes. Various ship building bonuses, module cost and build speeds for the industrial planets. Trade and culture spread bonuses for certain planets. Well balanced upgrade structure. (Though I know people will complain about 'Not being able to upgrade every planet in a game' or 'Why do I have to play some thousands of credits/metal/crystals for planet upgrades?') Resources have been overhauled and there will be ALOT of money floating around and planet upgrades are designed as a money sink. Thus they have to last the whole game. (and they do. planets are powerful money sinks. You don't have to upgrade EVERYTHING to win.)  They are worth it. But you have to decide which one is at each moment. Yes I know. I'm ripping out half the game and inputting a whole new system. It works. It's balanced. But you will feel the pain as you adjust.

(oh and some planets WILL LOSE YOU CREDITS NO MATTER WHAT. These are resources planets are supposed to be weak and money sinks. They have a insane amount of metal or crystal and I had to think of some way to balance that. But don't worry. If you get a higher pop planet you will have no problem maintaining a nice credit flow.)

Gameplay just changes with the new pricing scheme that accurately depicts the planets and balances them between themselves.