Landable Planets Idea

[Dab]

While it would not be possible, the amount of work it would require would delay the next mod version by a term of 2 years. First, you'd have to do it to every planet. Even if you don't, each would have a different 'atmosphere' as in different buildings, no buildings, geographic features, etc. Docking skyscrapers.. Not realistic, even for FL, and would look incredibly wierd. Not to mention having to make skyscrappers into .sur and .cmp files as if they were stations, thereby increasing the mod size by an insane number.

Even those buildings that are undockable would require new models be made for them. Same for the ground. You would have graphical lag most likely, as well as normal lag from the server keeping track of it all. It would take the same amount of time to make a single 'planet system' as ~ 10 solar systems.. There would be so many bugs we'd have to deal with. Putting it together would be an immense pain. In short, unless you can get a team of ~ 10-15 experienced and well-trained modders with nothing better to do, this idea won't get far.

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