Real Gas Giants

Time to explore the other half of the solar system!

With this mod, you can create gas giant planets of unlimited size that are more than just a skin on a normal rocky planet. Explore rings full of asteroids and space dust, dive into the dense clouds of the planetary atmosphere, and harvest resources with external collectors!

Whether you want to lazily orbit Jupiter, set up a resource collection base in Saturn's rings, or evade your foes by diving into Neptune's crushing atmosphere, it's all here. So take them for a spin, because they do that too!

Features

1. New RealGasGiant planet with optional rings that can be colored and textured as desired. Both the planet and rings can be set to rotate at any desired rate. Rings can be resized and reoriented in various ways.

2. Approaching the gas giant body will blot out external visuals gradually as you descend into the clouds. At deeper levels light will fade out completely and both players and grids can be configured to take damage (Depth zone progression: Safe -> Dmg Player -> Dmg Airtight Spaces -> Dmg All Grids -> Destroy All Grids). Atmo thrusters and wind turbines will work within the atmosphere like they would on a normal planet.

3. Asteroids are removed from the space inside of the planet. They can also be limited to only appearing within the rings if desired.

4. Resources can be gathered with external collector blocks from within the rings and the atmosphere itself. Three resources can be set up per planet if desired. 1 for rings, 1 for upper atmo, 1 for lower atmo (on the edge of crushing depth).

5. Gas giant planets will block out the sun, affecting solar block output and planet visuals (same as Eclipses mod). Can be disabled. Gas giant model will also occlude the lens flare effect on the sun from a much larger distance than normal planets.

6. Fully compatible with my RealStars and RealOrbits mods.

Preset Worlds

The Solar System (Scale 1:40) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3246711994

Custom World Setup

1. Use the planet spawn menu (Shift+F10) to spawn whatever gas giants you want (RealGasGiant planet) at whatever positions you want. Save and quit.

2. Go to the save folder for the world and look for the Config.xml inside of the Storage folder (...\Roaming\SpaceEngineers\Saves\<SteamId>\<SaveGameName>\Storage\3232085677.sbm_RealGasGiants\Config.xml).

3. Edit the Config.xml to adjust the settings for the world and each individual gas giant. Make sure to set <OverrideFromConfig> to true. Save the file.

4. Enjoy exploring!

Skins List

Planet Skins: ("paintable" means the <PlanetColor> control can tint the planet skin) Default1 (Jupiter-like, paintable) Default2 (Saturn-like, paintable) DefaultJupiter (not paintable) DefaultSaturn (not paintable) DefaultBlackHole (not paintable)

Ring Skins: Default1 Default2 Default3 DefaultBlackHole

Console Commands

/RGG.AddRing (adds ring to nearest planet) /RGG.RemoveRing (removes ring from nearest planet)

Real Gas Giants Config Values

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/3232085677/4358999171578048089/

Real Gas Giants API for Modders

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/3232085677/4337607287061545068/

How to Create New Planet and Ring Skins

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/3232085677/4337607287061689717/

Extra Skins!

Real Gas Giants: Vibrant Skins https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3572715029&tscn=1758687435

RealGasGiants - AddOn Planet Skins (Grebanton1234) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3248013815

Try with "Real Stars" Mod!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3152436752

Other Mods:

https://steamcommunity.com/id/adrsquared/myworkshopfiles/?appid=244850

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