Visible Planets in Space

by Nauviax

Render the local planet behind platforms when in orbit. Now with parallax, rotation, and mod support!

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16 days ago
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Factorio: Space Age Icon Space Age Mod
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i Disable planet zoom & star parallax

4 months ago
(updated 4 months ago)

Planets are huge and stars are trillions of miles away, it makes no sense that they follow camera movement and zoom. I realise the stars are part of vanilla but it seems like something that would fit this mod to add an option for. I've already set planet parallax to 1.01 to stop the planet from moving but it still zooms and the stars still move around and zoom.

PS This mod should have absolutely been part of the Space Age base game and it's weird that they missed it.

4 months ago

You can FULLY disable planet parallax in settings, and you can prevent the zoom by having the init scale the same and final scale. The stars are part of the base game and I can’t change them.

Did you read the mod page before posting by the way? I have a section specifically on parallax and animation that covers these points already:

“Yes, the default parallax would mean the planet is tiny and very close. I'm fully aware this isn't realistic. If you really want a planet that's static relative to the camera then you can still do this in mod settings, though keep in mind that the base game stars also have parallax and it can look weird having the background move but not the planet.”

4 months ago
(updated 4 months ago)

You can FULLY disable planet parallax in settings, and you can prevent the zoom by having the init scale the same and final scale. The stars are part of the base game and I can’t change them.

Did you read the mod page before posting by the way? I have a section specifically on parallax and animation that covers these points already:

“Yes, the default parallax would mean the planet is tiny and very close. I'm fully aware this isn't realistic. If you really want a planet that's static relative to the camera then you can still do this in mod settings, though keep in mind that the base game stars also have parallax and it can look weird having the background move but not the planet.”

My settings: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/egoei7u40oetlo0unc0rz/21edwf.png?rlkey=qkvy2cikewg7gc6emregd22vh&st=et307u7y&dl=0

The planet still zooms with the camera zoom.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zo0tzvqcqyx821e5cptjs/12e3refw.png?rlkey=ugrr9p6mgw4wfnjw5sdsa9067&st=rk2v8ij9&dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kzoklzwslhao0z073q72a/12e3efr.png?rlkey=5pqals9m8q3q2pyr9x7n8y50s&st=m9w86vhf&dl=0

4 months ago

Oh THAT’S what you meant, I misunderstood. Though this is also mentioned on the mod page.

I plan on implementing zooming parallax, but need LuaPlayer.zoom to be readable to do so. Once/if the API is updated to have this then it'll be added.

4 months ago

Oh THAT’S what you meant, I misunderstood. Though this is also mentioned on the mod page.

I plan on implementing zooming parallax, but need LuaPlayer.zoom to be readable to do so. Once/if the API is updated to have this then it'll be added.

Ah okay, thanks for the update. Hopefully Wube fix that soon and someone finds a way to turn off the star parallax as well to make space actually feel like space and not a floor with stars on it.

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