Better Planets


Flexible, safe starmap planets and stars edits with orbit controls, icons, connections and tech tweaks. Designed to be played with mods that are listed below. However, can be played as a standalone mod.

Tweaks
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2.0
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Factorio: Space Age Icon Space Age Mod
Planets

Changelog

Version: 1.1.4
Date: 2025-12-21
  Bug fixes:
    - Fixed additional asteroid belts bug, when connections between them are not exists.
Version: 1.1.3
Date: 2025-12-21
  Bug fixes:
    - Fixed bug, when trying to round above int32 value.
Version: 1.1.2
Date: 2025-12-20
  New Features:
    - Added support for new planets: OMNI, Arboria, Khemia, Arcanyx, Nexus (and it's locations), Lunar Legacy planets. Please suggest their default starmap location in the mod discussion.
  Bug fixes:
    - Fixed bug, when disabling connection redrawing does not draw connections between asteroid belts locations.
    - By default enables second asteroid belt layer (if Better_Starmap_Background mod persist).
Version: 1.1.1
Date: 2025-11-28
  New Features:
    - Added option "Enable additional Kuiper belt locations" (separated from Asteroid belts)
Version: 1.1.0
Date: 2025-11-27
  Major Features:
    - Refactored many files, moved the configuration file, added new locations, added new options in the mod settings.
    - Marked orbit-patch mods as conflicting dependencies, as Better Planets draws orbits by itself.
    - Marked Cosmic Social Distancing mod as conflicting dependency, since it’s not needed and was causing some strange behavior.
  New Features:
    - Added Master switches to the mod configuration. By default, mod uses predefined params, but you don't need to update them manually everytime.
    - Added new Asteroid Belts locations (requires Asteroid Belt mod).
    - Added new technologies.
    - Added planet properties, fixing some planets to match their locations.
    - Added Rabbasca and Linox planets to the configuration.
    - Reorganized planets on the starmap to accurately align with chronological progression during gameplay.
  Bug fixes:
    - Fixed Zzhora and Froodara (moons) orbiting issues.
    - Fixed config and dependencies.
    - Fixed bug, when additional connections was added.
Version: 1.0.7
Date: 2025-11-20
  Bug fixes:
    - Removed skewer_lost_beyond and skewer_shattered_planet orbits.
    - Changed DEFAULT parameters according to RSC and RSC COMPAT updates to fix planets and location positions
Version: 1.0.6
Date: 2025-11-18
  Bug fixes:
    - Minor fixes and DEFAULTS improvements.
    - Added Redrawn Space Compatibility as mandatory dependency mod.
Version: 1.0.5
Date: 2025-11-16
  Bug fixes:
    - Added Cosmic-Social-Distancing as optional dependency.
Version: 1.0.4
Date: 2025-11-16
  Bug fixes:
    - Fixed orbits of Vulcanus moons Zzhora and Froodara.
    - Fixed Zzhora tech.
Version: 1.0.3
Date: 2025-11-08
  New Features:
    - Moved erm toss & zerg + rjdunlap planets techs under their planet research techs.
Version: 1.0.2
Date: 2025-11-03
  New Features:
    - Added planet Gaia to config from mod Exotic Space Industries. Adjusted location and angle.
Version: 1.0.1
Date: 2025-11-01
  Bug fixes:
    - Fixed incorrect dependencies
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 2025-11-01
  Major Features:
    - Initial release