Cannot visit some other planets in Editor mode

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Cannot visit some other planets in Editor mode

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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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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.
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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:
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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.
The savegame provided doesn't seem to have a platform over Vulcanus, did you use mods ?
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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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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.
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 ?
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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?).
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IsaacOscar 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.
I didn't know that, i would have recommended it otherwise :)
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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 ?
You just click the "plus" button to "force create" a platform. And no, it cannot drop any items and just stuck with them:
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Also, /cheat vulcanus if you only want to generate a specific planet
This command worked, thank you.
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Pzixel wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 2:45 pm You just click the "plus" button to "force create" a platform.
I'm not that familiar with the editor, I didn't know that ! thanks
Pzixel wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 2:45 pm And no, it cannot drop any items and just stuck with them:
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)
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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.
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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.
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.
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