[Mod] Expanded Habitability

[ShadowDragon868]

The Expanded Habitability Mod on Steam.

This, my first released mod, greatly eases the difficulty of colonizing new worlds outside your original homeworld type.

In general:
Habitability of Tertiary planet types raised from 20% to 40%

Continental planet preference now considers EVERY one of the standard five to be Secondary habitability.
All planets now consider Continental to be of Secondary habitability.

Desert and Arid now consider one another to be Primary habitability
Ocean and Tropical now consider one another to be Primary Habitability
Arctic and Tundra now consider one another to be Primary habitability

All other planets are now Tertiary, rather than some planets which were not considered to be cognizable at all.

Exhaustively:

Spoiler

For Desert Preference races,
Desert and Arid planets are 80% Habitable;
Continental and Tropical planets are 60% Habitable;
Ocean, Arctic and Tundra planets are 40% Habitable


For Tropical Preference races,
Tropical and Ocean planets are 80% Habitable;
Continental and Desert planets are 60% Habitable;
Arid, Arctic and Tundra planets are 40% Habitable


For Continental Preference races,
Continental planets are 80% Habitable;
Desert, Arid, Tropical, Ocean, Arctic, and Tundra planets are 60% Habitable


For Ocean Preference races,
Ocean and Tropical planets are 80% Habitable;
Continental and Arctic planets are 60% Habitable;
Desert, Arid and Tundra planets are 40% Habitable


For Arctic Preference races,
Arctic and Tundra planets are 80% Habitable;
Continental and Ocean planets are 60% Habitable;
Desert, Tropical and Arid planets are 40% Habitable


For Tundra Preference races,
Tundra and Arctic planets are 80% Habitable;
Continental and Arid planets are 60% Habitable;
Desert, Tropical and Ocean planets are 40% Habitable


For Arid preference races,
Arid and Desert planets are 80% Habitable;
Continental and Tundra planets are 60% Habitable;
Tropical, Ocean and Arctic planets are 40% Habitable

 

[wvfish]

This would give continental species too much of an advantage.

 

[ShadowDragon868]

This would give continental species too much of an advantage.

No it wouldn't. Continental species wind up as Jack of All Trades, but every other race gets two planet types they have full compatibility with.

 

[Mitchz95]

Interesting. How does terraforming work now? Can you always terraform directly to Continental? Can Continental always terraform to any other type?

 

[ShadowDragon868]

No, and no; not without another mod at least, I haven't touched Terraforming.
It does exactly what it says on the tin, modifying the seven standard racial habitability preference traits.

 

[Mitchz95]

Ah, I understand now. I like this.

Also, typo in your list. Under Arctic Preference you have Ocean listed as both 60% and 40% habitable. I assume the 40% is supposed to be Arid.

 

[ShadowDragon868]

Ah, I understand now. I like this.

Also, typo in your list. Under Arctic Preference you have Ocean listed as both 60% and 40% habitable. I assume the 40% is supposed to be Arid.

Whoops! Fixed that, sorry.