A mod that transforms the Factorio universe into a realistic starry cosmos. Bringing real astronomical data, Explore planets and a real solar system. Contains 8 major planet and their satellites.
For now I don't know, I want to see how things evolve for factorio, but I have some experienc in modding.
Not helping would make a miss oportunity but I don't know how much would be needed.
For the gas giants it might be an interesting to do something similar to aquilo and have platforms made of space platform harvesting the atmosphere via offshore pumps and refining it for unique resources with Industrial uses. Say you harvest a gas from each of them and crystalize it. These crystals can then be synthesized with Ice on a space platform into a unique oxidized rocket fuel that can be used to make rockets on celestial bodies without atmosphere. This could later allow you to land on the large asteroids in the asteroid belt and have each one be colossally rich in one of the basic resources and let you export them on the cheap (lack of atmosphere means rockets won't have to work very hard). The most interesting part of space age is how the planets all interweave and connect in a way that ultimately lets you make the factory better and there's a TON of potential interactions with the planetary bodies available in the solar system
While I don’t have much experience with Lua yet, I’m interested in learning it, especially since it could help with transitioning into C++ for my Unreal projects. I’d love to contribute ideas or assist with updating older mods. If you’re open to collaboration, I’d be happy to work together. Just to clarify, my primary programming experience is with C#
