New planets?

[Gweepo]

So the other day I say a post from a while back (on a link from the wiki) that there might be more gas giants added. Is this still a possibility?

P.S. Im brand new and still getting used to the software.

[Trentendegreth]

no official word afaik, alot of requests for it, though my guess is its not even on the board for things to do. at least not untill other things get "fixed"

and welcome to the forums

[Baconation]

Newer forum visitor here as well. My guess is yes they will release it in the beta phase. This next patch concludes all of the groundwork IIRC for the code being ready to just add in more assets. I think once the final groundwork is placed is when we will hopefully see an influx of assets added. Whether or not the groundwork is complete for the resource refueling system will be complete by 0.90 is beyond me, but we can only hope. At that point, we will see parts, planets, moons, new kerbals both male and female, and more asteroids, maybe even a belt or two. I believe the planets will be not the first thing worked on post 0.90, but they will be discussed hopefully by squad by the end of the first or second quarter next year. Heck, they may even give us a rough road map as a second Christmas present to go with the 0.90 update. I don't see why we wouldn't have two or even three gas giants by the time 1.0 releases......mmmmmmm 1.0......

[Guest]

Welcome. The official stance is 'not for a while', however in the addon section of the site there's a few mods that will add more planets for you. :-)

[Norpo]

Yeah, I think the official status of it is that they don't have any new planets planned, but that could change after official release/beta.

From what I remember, the person who was going to make/planned to help make the second gas giant left, so now that's in stasis and probably isn't going to happen.

edit: And as the above post said, there ARE add-ons that add new planets.

[Rolanvorxariat]

I'm frightened. I want mo' planets.

[SpaceXray]

Still impatiently waiting for GP2 or at least procedural stars.

Is it really that hard to mimic Space Engine?

[Robotengineer]

Still impatiently waiting for GP2 or at least procedural stars.

Is it really that hard to mimic Space Engine?

Heck, they wouldn't even have to mimic, they could fund the guy in exchange for him making procedural planets and stars for KSP. More on topic, I would love new planets, at the very least GP2. The problem with the planet mods is that they require a lot of RAM.

[Kerbart]

(...)Is it really that hard to mimic Space Engine?

Which can be countered by “is it really that necessary to mimic Space Engine?â€Â

[Daze]

well if i remember correctly Eeloo was a surprise for christmas, so there's a possibility!

[Norpo]

The problem with the planet mods is that they require a lot of RAM.

I did find a mod that CLAIMS to use little-ram, since it's just cloning all the planets and just assigning new attributes to them, here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/97865

I've never used it, but i've always been planning to. Not as interesting as exploring all new planets to me, but still pretty close.

[WWEdeadman]

Well, I definitely hope they'll add at least 1 more gas giant system. But even if they don't, planet factory and the abundance of planet packs for planet factory CE is sure enough to keep me occupied after 1.0 is a thing. Really, I don't think I'll EVER get bored of KSP, especially with the sheer amount of mods available.