I understand that the settings allow customization for individual preferences.
However, I propose adjusting the default settings by making the planet slightly smaller (scale 4) and positioning it more to the left. This change would ensure the planet does not overlap with the high-contrast dark background of the platforms (at least small ones), creating a cleaner beginner experience.

https://i.imgur.com/oUJx9vB.jpeg

Positioning more left is a good shout, as parallax wasn’t a thing when the default was set. Scale might fix itself in a future version as I still plan on slightly altering planet scale based on planet size (gravity)

Either way, I’ll make sure to fiddle with the defaults when I start messing with scale again.

I'm more or less ok with the positioning, but I've found out that the arrival animation duration could be scaled up to 15 seconds for moderately slow ships (~150km/s) and not be longer than it takes for the ship to stop. Makes it a lot tolerable. I propose changing the default to at least 10 seconds. The main problem with it is that if that ships sales again before this time passes it abruptly cuts to the leaving animation (Also, thanks for the tip about settings, it took me a while to find them. I never check the map mod settings tab, don't like to mess with anything there specifically)

Oh I have a fix for the abrupt cut, it’ll probably be in the next version once I write up the migration file it’ll require.

I’ll make sure to fiddle with the default durations again as well, though I don’t think I’ll have it as high as 10 seconds by default. Will look into it either way.

The abrupt cut is fixed in the latest version, let me know if something breaks somehow.

I had a small look at the defaults, but I've only changed them slightly to mostly avoid the planet peeking over the right side via parallax. I've also slightly extended the duration, but I don't want to have it too large or it takes too long to see the planet after arriving.