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I think having Space stations and ships orbiting your system would be pretty nice. Would be really cool if there were alot of ships coming in and out of your System if it has a Trading HQ in it!

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I don't feel like it was properly implemented. Glowing dots and orbital cities that all look alike wasn't what I was hoping for when I learnt that something like this were being added. I was hoping something a lot more like Endless Legend like in Endless Space where you could see these glowing lines representing huge cities covering the entire planets once the planet has been fully colonized and only once there are glowy line stuff all over the planet should the orbital cities start appearing in different sizes and designs

Yeah, when I see "Implemented" I dont believe it. Is nothing implemented but the space stations.

I don't feel like it was properly implemented. Glowing dots and orbital cities that all look alike wasn't what I was hoping for when I learnt that something like this were being added. I was hoping something a lot more like Endless Legend like in Endless Space where you could see these glowing lines representing huge cities covering the entire planets once the planet has been fully colonized and only once there are glowy line stuff all over the planet should the orbital cities start appearing in different sizes and designs

Wonderful! It's too bad that I can't actually get into the game right now, due to some file corruption, but I look forward to seeing my suggestion at work nonetheless.

Congrats ! ;)

Right now it is THE feature i would like to see in game ! 

Unfallen, for example, should have roots in every planets, not just on the main one !

Heya,

Something like that was already implemented to some degree in ES with the Endless Wonders, but it would be awsome to have race-specific stuff on/in Orbit of the Planet. I wouldnt mind to even see big Megapoleis on the planets, but yea, a MOO would be ugly... Just in theory, could we be able to zoom more into the planets as done, when you click on a starsystem for the first time? 

I was thinking about this myself today and I'm glad I wasn't the only one. Congrats on it being greenlit OP! 

If I were to elaborate it wouldn't necessarily be structures jutting out of planets, unless that was a feature fitting to a certain race in the game, but i'd like to see at least lights on the surface of the planet and seeing it visibly populated with large cities covering more and more of the planet as the population increases. Maybe change the make up of it depending on what FIDSI structures are built (more green fields for agricultural focused planets) or which resource it's focused on. 

Oh dear, your last point is basically the idea I have just posted today. Glad to see this got green lit

This is my posted from today: https://www.games2gether.com/endless-space-2/ideas/346-unique-artwork-for-settlement-levels

+1, some lit up cities/colonies and ships/satellites orbiting the planet would be awesome!

Maybe you would be able to choose in the option the what kind of feedback you want to see (structure, starship, nightlight, nothing, etc...) and like that you would be able to customize howw you can see your colonies.

Interesting Idea, however the I believe its the realism that really captures the players imagination while playing games like this, and realistically from the view you see the planets in the system overview you wouldn't see much, if you start adding graphical features to the planets or systems that look unrealistically scaled then the immersion the player feels begin to disappear, don't miss understand but I do like this idea personally but not to a point where you have buildings and other features extending into orbit that wouldn't be there realistically... like on the new Master of Orion.

I like the idea of tiny space craft randomly orbiting around the planet showing advanced habitation and maybe a small space station, an awesome idea from lo_fabre of having urbanization effect lighting on the night side of the planets. but having oversized not to scale objects on the planets surface/orbit would do the game a discredit I believe. the Graphics and UI is amazing in this game and like most amazing things if you mess with it too much you will ruin it.

Nice idea!

Endless Space has this feature. There you can see different textures on a planet and -depending on constructed buildings - even some space stations orbiting the planets! So it should be possible.

yes please!

Ive just wanted to contribute the exact same idea but since you elaborated the problem quite well I will just upvote your contribution. :)

Ive also come from EL and at the moment there truly is no visual indicator of system development. (except the thicker border of the system name rofl) The nice visuals of EL kept me playing for 400 h in singleplayer only and I would really like to have the same motivation for ES2 since the already created factions are at least as interesting as the ones from EL as well as the setting of course. Without any changes to the visuals I dont see myself playing ES2 for more than 50 h although I had about 500 in EL so please do something devs. :(