Hello! Before I started a new run, I was wondering whats the difference between this and another mod called any planet start? https://mods.factorio.com/mod/any-planet-start

It seems the other mod wont allow you to soft lock, but this will? Just wondering.

This one seems to start you with the technologies you'd normally need to reach your chosen planet? That is, it keeps the vanilla tech tree instead of reconfiguring it?

Any planet start sets the starting planet for all players, whereas this mod allows players to choose individually.

Also I'm solving the softlocks as we speak! I want to use as light a touch as possible so that it's possible without drastically altering the tech tree or adding brand new recipes unless absolutely required.

Hi, author of the other mod here!
I tailored my mod to the experience of starting on each planet individually, as if each planet truly was the starting planet made by Wube. Because of mine and the engine's limitations, it would not be a good experience to start on multiple different planets at the same time with my mod, and I personally don't think that it's as good of an experience even without my mod just due to the nature of the technology system and labs and such. I'd say for singleplayer and even same planet multiplayer, that's what my mod specializes in, whereas this mod works wonderfully for allowing people to play on different planets at the same time, working around those limitations.

Hey CodeGreen! Yeah the complete reorganisation of the tech tree for each planet is super cool. I wish I could have done the same or incorporated your mod somehow instead, but since this mod lets you pick individually and dynamically there are big limitations to doing almost everything at runtime rather than at the prototype phase.

I think if you want a truly compelling first start on any individual planet in a solo game or multiplayer but starting on the same planet then Any Planet Start is probably the better choice, this mod is just a series of tweaks and compromises to enable multiple people to start on different planets simultaneously.