Do the geothermal vents spawn on surfaces other than Nauvis? Especially thinking of modded planets.

Hello,
For now it is only on Nauvis, as other Factorio Space Age planets have their own energy generation means.

It could be added rather easly to also have geothermal vents on any planet surface but it may break balance regarding petroleum generation (for energy this should not be too much of a balance problem).

Do you have specific planets or mods this would be interesting to add ? Worst case I can add a mod setting options if it breaks balance but people still wants it.

Some planets where adding steam vents would reduce the challenge:

• Corrundum: Having steam (and as a result, water) can help balance the delicate mix of chemicals
• Fulgora: In large bases, water can often be a bottleneck/limit.
• Muluna: Muluna benefits from water for greenhouses, nuclear, early energy, etc
• Paracelsin: Heat and power substantially reduces the challenge
• Aquilo: Heat, power, and water all reduce the challenge
• Terra Palus: early and sustained power can help against the crushing enemy waves
• Nulla: Early power

There are other planets that might benefit, but I haven't played through those yet.

Jumping in to this conversation, you might be interested in latest patch change notes :)

Woah! Outstanding! I'm gonna have to restart my playthrough to get this back into the modpack.

Haha you and me both :)
Much love to vortik for putting in the work

Hello, Indeed I've added Space Age planet support, don't hesitate to provide feedback, some balancing may be needed !

I didn't have the time to explore much other mods planets so far but it will come with time, don't hesitate if you have specific ideas or chains as thekabal listed this is very useful !

Thanks for your messages.

For reference, my playthrough will be running many hundreds of mods, over 100 that I've begun updating for 2.1.

With Lignumis, Any Planet Start (Vulcanus), and then Muluna it is the order it will follow in-game. I really admire your thinking on the space age planets and how to make them more than just "free steam" and also match well with the planet's theme. I'm looking forward to your thinking on the mod planets.