Green Alien Planet

[Majorly Wrathful]

Yeah, I know this is dumb, but it's driving me nuts.
Awhile ago there was an alien planet that was completely green from space and when you entered the atmosphere it had the COOLEST environment. A deathly green fog rolled over the entire planet with a constant raging lightning storm to light the sky.

It's still in game, however its nothing at all like it used to be. Is there a way to create a planet to be like this again? It was my home planet and it really set the 'mood' for me when I played, it was grim and dangerous. Now it's campy and full of bright colors.

Again, I know this is dumb. But is there anyway to get that kickass look to the planet again?

[ZomBeGone]

Probably but it would require a bit of modding.

Right click on Empyrion -> manage -> local files
There is a folder called content->playfields go in there and it shows all the current playfields (planets and space sectors). in each one there is a preview jpg to see what it looks like. The control files in the folder define that look.

Those control files could be modified or a new one added.

There are other files that define which of the playfields (planets and moons) are used around a star.

Also, these files only affect newly generated playfields, so a new game would need to be started.

NOTES:
1. It is beyond the scope of a simple forum to try to describe the exact procedure required!
2. Editing any of these files can cause SERIOUS issues if not done correctly
3. This needs to be done as scenario or a offline copy of the game or it will get overwritten on updates.
4. There might be a way with a game save editor. Not sure if any exist anymore.

[Ricebug]

Originally posted by Majorly Wrathful:

Is there a way to create a planet to be like this again? It was my home planet and it really set the 'mood' for me when I played, it was grim and dangerous. Now it's campy and full of bright colors.

I also found my "perfect" planet. But I got to warping all over the galaxy and wound up shot to he!! and could not get home, 'cause the planet I landed on lacked resources... anyway...

Now, if I find a cool planet, I do a backup save game.

[Sticky]

I remember a long long time ago, there was a planet that the atmosphere was like a thick Pea Soup, it might have been early when 1.2 patch. But don't get caught up too much on just one planet that looks cool. You might miss out on the rest of the cool planets. Different suns might give planets a completely different experience. I think they removed the pea soup planet, but it was really horrid 99% of the time.

[Majorly Wrathful]

Thanks guys. I had a cool warhammer 40k setting going with my ship and my base setup so the planet worked really well with that environment. I'll keep hunting for a better planet, otherwise I'll work on the editor to make a new one if possible.

[jdrafton]

I have learned to place a base with a teleporter on planets I like that are within teleporter reach. Sometimes I get bored and want to change the weather. Here is an example at the command prompt type ">weather clear" (no quotes). Here are some other weather commands:

Wind
Clouds
CloudsDark
CloudsMedium
Fog
RainMedium
RainHeavy
AcidRainHeavy
Storm
SnowLight
SnowMedium
SnowHeavy
ColdWave
HeatWave
Hail
FogRadiationGreen
FogRadiationPurple
FireRain
MeteorFireRain

Have fun... Please note that any modifications of files on your part may be overwritten during the many patches/updates that are occurring at this time. Using the weather command is cheap and easy!

Note: The weather command takes time for effect. Be patient

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by Majorly Wrathful:

Is there a way to create a planet to be like this again?

No.

Also, you don't seem to realize that EVERY.SINGLE.PLANET is procedurally generated and every planet of a given type will not be the same either from one system to the next or from one game to the next. The planet of your dreams may be out there in your current game.

Originally posted by ZomBeGone:

Probably but it would require a bit of modding.

Right click on Empyrion -> manage -> local files
There is a folder called content->playfields go in there and it shows all the current playfields (planets and space sectors). in each one there is a preview jpg to see what it looks like. The control files in the folder define that look.

Those control files could be modified or a new one added.

There are other files that define which of the playfields (planets and moons) are used around a star.

Also, these files only affect newly generated playfields, so a new game would need to be started.

NOTES:
1. It is beyond the scope of a simple forum to try to describe the exact procedure required!
2. Editing any of these files can cause SERIOUS issues if not done correctly
3. This needs to be done as scenario or a offline copy of the game or it will get overwritten on updates.
4. There might be a way with a game save editor. Not sure if any exist anymore.

This is an accurate - and suitably cautionary - summary of what would be involved, though it's missing some specifics (e.g. terrain.ecf). I'd like to double down on the caution! Modding these files is some of the most difficult work you can make for yourself.

There is also a planet and system editor/creator that could be considered (which I have never used). It's possible to both create custom planets and systems from scratch and rely upon the procedural generation for everything else. If you know exactly what you want, that may be an easier process.

[M.Red]

i think the best way to get this specific planet to work is defining a planet template of that kind (requires editor) and then pack it up into an scenario. i checked some editors but im too busy to dig deeper onto this atm


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFWFHX3J6Xw
a bit outdated but Spanj does explain how this works
the links to the editors are listed under the vid screen

be advised that planert editing might be a bit tricky because even biomes can be related to a poi (or vice versa) but if you manage to invest a bit of time you might can create the alien world of your dreams

i think the easiest part is setting the weather to the radiated green permanently


i will try this out myself when im done with my current build
still have the vision of a Lava-planet with a custom poi where lava flows out thru openings on the sides (decal gun animated texures with sound) and pretend i have geothermal plant of some sort

could be cool to make it match the color of my Shadow-Phoenix Shuttle

its still in my mind

[Majorly Wrathful]

Yeah I'm gonna have to mess around with the editor and get it to work if I can't find another planet like it. I'm playing Reforged Eden right now, so hopefully one will turn up.

For reference of what the planet looks like you can see the mod creator
jrandall's stuff.
He has the Merc-MX18 and Merc-MX10 with the planet's look in the background of those screenshots.

Thanks for your guy's suggestions, I'll mess around with the planet editor. Think I'll have to do 'toxic swamp irradiated fog' or something of the sort.

I appreciate all of your guy's responses.