Better Asteroid Belt

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Features

Inspired by the original Asteroid Belt mod, using a completely rewritten implementation, heavily relying on the Factorio Standard Library and PlanetsLib, with several of the fixes from Redrawn Space Compatibility integrated.

Divides the inner and outer planets based on distance from the sun, using the asteroid belt graphic from Starmap Background as a dividing line. It removes any and all connections between the inner and outer planets, forcing all connections to route through the Asteroid Belt inner edge -> Asteroid Belt outer edge connection (a dangerous path which contains big, aquilo-tier asteroids)

Compatibility

Works entirely standalone, though there are some specific configurations (including Outer Rim, Redrawn Space Connections, and enabling some of the below settings) that cannot function without Redrawn Space Compatibility to fix them (this is because it is allowed to run on top of most other mods). These configurations will simply cause an error on load informing users to install RSCompat.

Settings

• Moves Maraxsis from the inner planets to the outer planets. Disabled by default.

Optionally nerfs solar power on Maraxsis.

• Moves Cubium from the inner planets to the outer planets. Enabled by default.

Optionally sets Cubium to be a moon of Vesta. Adds Orbital Catapult links when the mod is enabled

Credits

Includes a modified version of Tserup's asteroid belt graphic, from Better Starmap Background (with explicit permission granted by Tserup to modify and redistribute). The new graphic is made available under the same license: CC BY-NC-ND