Universe Sandbox

Universe Sandbox

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How to get 100% Life and Earth Similarity (Still works as of 2022)
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Making Habitable Planets
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Basics

To get started, you have to create a new Rocky Planet. After you have that down, go to the Composition Tab. First of all, you want to set the amount of Iron to 20.1 moons. After that, set the amount of silicate to 61.2 moons. Done? Now, go to Water, and since by default it is KG, set it to 1.35E+21 KG. Now add just a tad bit of hydrogen, or, 8.53E+17 KG. It should look like this:

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Temperature & Climate
If you want to put your planet on Climate with modding, then here's one rule in this; it decreases temperature by .3, so if you want to have an earth-like planet with the right temperature with climate, then set it to 15, because you need 14.7 degrees Celsius as the temperature. Unpause the game if it was paused already, and let the oceans melt. If the temperature cools, wait for it to melt then set it back to 15 or 14.7. Now, set your Atmosphere Mass to 206 Mars, or 99.1 kPa as the Surface Pressure. You will see an atmosphere appear if you didn't have one yet. I'm not going to explain where to put it around a star right now.

Motion
Now we're onto motion. Change the Obliquity to 23.4 degrees, and the Argument of Obliquity to -90 degrees. Then set the Yaw to 180 degrees. After that, set the rotational speed to 23.9 hours. The Tangential Speed at the Equator should be 465 m/s.
Mass, Radius, and Density.
This is the final section. Set the mass to 1 Earth if it isn't already. Now, set the density to 5513 kg/m^3. (change it to that unit in the dropdown menu) That is required because it needs to be exact. Now, the radius should be 6371 kilometers. Go back to composition, and set the Magnetic Field to 0.319 gauss. Then you're done. The planet should have 100% Earth Similarity and Life. If I missed something, please let me know! Goodbye, I hope this helped you.
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/762721054891961306/A595E188F973CFDC4031418ECD32C188A098C3EF/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

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Miscellaneous
Because of the recent updates, after setting the water level for your planet, it'll likely become an ocean planet. To counter this, set the sea level before adding water, and after that, paste in the correct amount of water in the composition tab. This will allow you to retain 100% Earth similarity whilst keeping a good sea level. This is not a guide to create 4546B.
52 Comments
Nova-34 Sep 28, 2023 @ 9:26pm 
Subnautica real???
jacobaforster Jul 31, 2023 @ 12:33am 
I now have 100% habitable planet thank you
jr_stivers2020 Aug 24, 2022 @ 5:40pm 
@School is boring It prob. is too dense
zeppelintool420 Mar 4, 2022 @ 12:24pm 
it worked until one of my other planets hit it 0-0
TRAINMASTER4000 Jul 24, 2021 @ 2:50am 
uh my planet exploded lol
School is boring Jun 5, 2021 @ 8:55am 
hydrogen*
School is boring Jun 5, 2021 @ 8:55am 
I tried but when i added the helium my planet turned into a black hole.
brienwforster May 11, 2021 @ 7:37pm 
Sigh
SkySoft945 May 7, 2021 @ 1:36pm 
with a binary
SkySoft945 May 7, 2021 @ 1:36pm 
@thornyrose36 ive made a planet that is like 70% habability