My only question is why would an oceanic world have a large population? Other than that, it looks and sounds good.

Cool I'll take a look at DLing this.

Eh? The max pop is 60 if I recall correctly, lower than the other planets (excluding the asteroid), and the Infrastructure only goes up to 4,500, rather than the usual 6,000.

The Civilian and Tactical slots allow more structures to be built in orbit, whereas the planet surface is considerably weak.

Thanks for the positive comments, any ideas for a new planet, or Planetary Bonuses (my other minimod), don't hesitate to shout them out

Edit: Woah, missed a few posts! I thought about going down that route, having a hard planet but weak orbital aspect. But the Ocean probably won't be a nice calm place, so I just went for the population existing at the poles where the only land is.

On that note, I'd just like to point out that if you look carefully at the pole thats in the shade (usually the South), then you should be able to see the city lights. Sad as it is, but thats the little bit I'm most pleased with

Thanks again, all of you, for your comments.

Well, about the research. You need 4 Civilian Stations to research the ability to colonise Oceanic worlds. I did this because (and this answers your second point) the Civilian slots can be upgraded to 40, giving it one more orbital structure than the Desert worlds, and 36 Tactical slots, just one more slot than a Desert world. However, to get the very last Tactical slot (you have to upgrade from 35), you will need to pay a bit, but as most of you already know, 36 is a special number.

All of this, and a bit more is in the README, I just left it out of this thread so more people would give it a try first (marketing ).

also recall the planet Mon Calamari from star wars... i believe it was a water planet as well, with underground cities and such.

Nice work she looks pretty Barren and Gaia next?

How is it any different than volcanic or ice planets?

I think Dai just hit on your next big Planetary Bonuses there. Nice work, BTW. You're just all over the place. So what's next? A whole UI change?

Well if you were to go by the assumption that the population is all in underwater cities, then the defense against planetary bombardment should be very high, becuase the water would act as a damper to any incoming projectiles. Just another way to view it.

Good to see a lot of interest in this. Ok;

@ Daikaze
I like both the ideas on fishing for pop-growth and storms for infrastructure health. This leads me to thinking what has already crossed my mind, combining my two mods. We'll see what the future holds.

@ Zargrim
I like the sound of Barren, look out for that one. It has also lead me to another Planet type, but I'll keep that one secret.

@ thetraviler
Interesting, I might look into that. Maybe not for this project, but it would be nice to know whether or not Civilian slots over a certain planet type could be unlocked.

@ Bink Sayres
I think Dai is on to something there, nice spot. And to the UI change, nah, graphics are not my strong point, and I've already seen 2 UI mods out.

@ Rhedd_V
I can see your point, but having one more Tactical slot just gives this planet type a little extra. If no one had noticed, then the Super Weapons all take up 18 Tactical slots. Normally only one per gravity well, unless you get lucky with a certain Planetary bonus. That means, for those who still can't see it, that Oceanic planets can support 2 Super Weapons, once it is fully upgraded. With that in mind you could be throwing out twice as much firepower than a normal planet, albeit at the expense of no defences for that planet.
Oh, and the Research button/icons/descriptions are all present and working.

@ Xenpo
I went on the principle that the colonies on this planet would be land based at the 2 poles. The maximum planet health reflects that.

While its a good concept.

there should be an ability that has to be researched to colonize, Oceanic planets fall under the category of specialized planetary environments. so such a thing should have a ability for colonization

"Oceanic Colonization"

secondly, the AI would need to be changed to account for this new game change.

a new planet type like this needs to be tested for balance issues, but the idea should be included into the core game mechanic through a patch.

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...Maybe:

-- Planet can not be colonized till all Asteroids in system are being mined (for nominal artificial landmass)