How many planets?

[Tux]

So with this update 8.5+ I am on a planet called 'Crese' (I think) but no such planet is in the wiki.

So how many planets are there now, do we know?

[Spacewalker]

Your planets was generated randomly. Look here for details.

[EzRyder]

its likely randomized so each seed may be different, but i just counted in my default random sp game (started fresh in v8.6) i have
13 Orbits
8 Planets
4 Moons
for a total of 25 'playfields'
that seems low to me since before ~8.5 we where getting around 2x that many, but that may be part of what they are doing to lower pc resources idk
or it could just be my luck with the 'roll of the rng' (random seed 832946 if it matters)

[Tux]

Originally posted by EzRyder:

its likely randomized so each seed may be different, but i just counted in my default random sp game (started fresh in v8.6) i have
13 Orbits
8 Planets
4 Moons
for a total of 25 'playfields'
that seems low to me since before ~8.5 we where getting around 2x that many, but that may be part of what they are doing to lower pc resources idk
or it could just be my luck with the 'roll of the rng' (random seed 832946 if it matters)

I woudl think the planet size change would be a factor to consider as well, but I dont know when that was.
never the less, thanks for explaining the randomization I didnt know that was in place

[Len's]

2x more planets but much more smaller too -you need to take as a considaration

[Tux]

Originally posted by Peanuttoaster:

2x more planets but much more smaller too -you need to take as a considaration

so they made the planets huge and then change them back to smaller?
hard to keep up with the changes given all the games I play

[EzRyder]

he may mean they are now 2x the size ("much smaller" before) making that a factor on why we have less
which is a good point, if they are 2x the size and 1/2 the number we still have approximately the same amount of 'ground' area to play on
not sure if that was truely a factor for the reduction in planet numbers or not, but it seems as valid a theory as the ones i gave

edit:

Originally posted by Tux:

so they made the planets huge and then change them back to smaller?

they did enlarge the planets and then cut them back some, but afaik that was in responce to people not being able to find ores in a reasonable manner on those huge planets - they still include atleast 1 size 5 planet with random that i can tell so far, but the starter planet is limited to a size 3 now - they are still much larger than before

[Len's]

Originally posted by EzRyder:

he may mean they are now 2x the size ("much smaller" before) making that a factor on why we have less
which is a good point, if they are 2x the size and 1/2 the number we still have approximately the same amount of 'ground' area to play on
not sure if that was truely a factor for the reduction in planet numbers or not, but it seems as valid a theory as the ones i gave

edit:

Originally posted by Tux:

so they made the planets huge and then change them back to smaller?

they did enlarge the planets and then cut them back some, but afaik that was in responce to people not being able to find ores in a reasonable manner on those huge planets - they still include atleast 1 size 5 planet with random that i can tell so far, but the starter planet is limited to a size 3 now - they are still much larger than before

exactly what i meant - thank you xD

[Gordholm]

How many planets available in your game is depending on the scenario you use. scenarios can be created or customized be players so there is a open number i would say. In the stock scenarios it is like above posters allready answered. The game is in development wich means this number allways can change.