Cannot visit some other planets in Editor mode
Cannot visit some other planets in Editor mode
I'm trying to test some designs in sandbox on other planets, however for some reason I can only visit Aqullo. I have a platform over Vulcanus for example but no matter what I do I cannot visit it and build in there.
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Re: Cannot visit some other planets in Editor mode
Thanks for the report. You want the surface editor tab which will let you go to any surface.
Likely the technologies for the planets are not researched and so they don’t show in the remote view GUI.
Likely the technologies for the planets are not researched and so they don’t show in the remote view GUI.
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Re: Cannot visit some other planets in Editor mode
All techs are researched (via corresponding console command), I think it should be visible on the original screenshot (because it's required technology for Aquillo which is accessible), but here is a new one:
Re: Cannot visit some other planets in Editor mode
The savegame provided doesn't seem to have a platform over Vulcanus, did you use mods ?Pzixel wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 7:40 am I'm trying to test some designs in sandbox on other planets, however for some reason I can only visit Aqullo. I have a platform over Vulcanus for example but no matter what I do I cannot visit it and build in there.
Re: Cannot visit some other planets in Editor mode
No mods, but this is a creative mode, you can create platform anywhere at any time. I just created a save before I created a platform, but it's not a big deal. You can just create another platform after loading a save.
Re: Cannot visit some other planets in Editor mode
I can't seem to be able to create a platform on Vulcanus orbit from your save. But if you can do this, just dropping some item from this platform would generate the surface of the planet and make it visible from the space map GUI and editor no ?Pzixel wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 1:30 pm No mods, but this is a creative mode, you can create platform anywhere at any time. I just created a save before I created a platform, but it's not a big deal. You can just create another platform after loading a save.
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Re: Cannot visit some other planets in Editor mode
In the surfaces tab in the editor, there is a generate planets button that will probably fix it.
Also, /cheat vulcanus if you only want to generate a specific planet.
In normal gameplay, researching a planet simply lets you select the plabet as a destination on a space platform, you still have to land on the planet for it to show up in remote view. (or perhaps just dropping cargo is enough?).
Also, /cheat vulcanus if you only want to generate a specific planet.
In normal gameplay, researching a planet simply lets you select the plabet as a destination on a space platform, you still have to land on the planet for it to show up in remote view. (or perhaps just dropping cargo is enough?).
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I didn't know that, i would have recommended it otherwiseIsaacOscar wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 2:27 pm In the surfaces tab in the editor, there is a generate planets button that will probably fix it.
Also, /cheat vulcanus if you only want to generate a specific planet.

Re: Cannot visit some other planets in Editor mode
You just click the "plus" button to "force create" a platform. And no, it cannot drop any items and just stuck with them:mmmPI wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 1:36 pm I can't seem to be able to create a platform on Vulcanus orbit from your save. But if you can do this, just dropping some item from this platform would generate the surface of the planet and make it visible from the space map GUI and editor no ?
This command worked, thank you.Also, /cheat vulcanus if you only want to generate a specific planet
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I'm not that familiar with the editor, I didn't know that ! thanksPzixel wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 2:45 pm You just click the "plus" button to "force create" a platform.
That surprised me so much i had to do some test and i realized my mistake.
In normal gameplay when a platform reaches a planet, it appears in the GUI, but if you click you see nothing, it's all black but still generated, and thus in normal gameplay you could drop things on the darkness, i remember having done this x)
Re: Cannot visit some other planets in Editor mode
The trigger to have a planet available seems to be a platform arriving.
So if you editor-build a platform above undiscovered planet, you could build a thruster, fill it with fuel, set up schedule to allow to move to Nauvis and back, then click "go to Nauvis", immediately "go to Vulcanus", and Vulcanus appears.
So if you editor-build a platform above undiscovered planet, you could build a thruster, fill it with fuel, set up schedule to allow to move to Nauvis and back, then click "go to Nauvis", immediately "go to Vulcanus", and Vulcanus appears.
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Re: Cannot visit some other planets in Editor mode
Hmm, in that case I would say this is a bug in the editor, creating a platform directly over a planet should have the same effect as sending one to the planet.Muche wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 4:43 pm The trigger to have a planet available seems to be a platform arriving.
So if you editor-build a platform above undiscovered planet, you could build a thruster, fill it with fuel, set up schedule to allow to move to Nauvis and back, then click "go to Nauvis", immediately "go to Vulcanus", and Vulcanus appears.