Talk:List of top mineral planets

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This is extremely useful. Would it be possible to add a column with the planet types? It'd be nice to know whether a planet is a gemstone world, for cargo space consideration. --Elestan 05:01, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Actually, what would be even more useful would be to have a single table containing every planet in the game, with the following sortable fields:
Cluster System X Y ΔSol Enemies Planet Type RUs BioUnits Risk Weather Tectonics Temp Fuel
Sol Sol 175.2 145.0 0 No Jupiter-A Radioactive 1176 0 2 1 4 0 0.74
Sol Sol 175.2 145.0 0 No Mercury Metals 1060 0 2 1 3 3 0.35
  • ΔSol is the distance from Sol in Hyperspace units.
  • Enemies is "Yes" if the planet's system is within Illwrath, Spathi, Thraddash, Mycon, Yehat, Kzer-Za, or Kohr-Ah space, otherwise "No".
  • Risk is a number equal to the sum of the points greater than 2 in each of the three hazards.
  • Temp is scaled into a 1-8 range to match the other two hazards. From a glance at the code, the surface hazard breakpoints for temperature are at <50,<100,<150,<250,<350,<550,<800, >=800. For reference, the orbital color breakpoints appear to be <-150, <-50, <50, <150, >=150.
  • Fuel is the lander round-trip cost, equal to (PlanetDensity * PlanetRadius)/5000, with a max of 3.0. (this appears to be what the code uses)
For more bonus points, add a column for the total cargo size of the planet's RUs. --Elestan 07:52, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Looks good. I would personally prefer to keep the 'hostile territory' column and remove the 'race territory' column, but no qualms otherwise. You've got my vote of confidence. It would be nice if Zeracles and/or CyberSoul could take a look at your proposal, but I can't guarantee they'll be available anytime soon. --Shiver 15:28, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
For spoiler reasons, I presume? That works...I've changed the column to Enemies. --Elestan 17:38, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Looks like this new format is just about ready to go. Could you wait a few days for other admins to give their input if they so choose? --Shiver 23:55, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Certainly. I wasn't actually sure if I'd be doing it myself or offering this as a suggestion to CyberSoul. Do you know what program he's been using to extract the planet data? --Elestan 00:50, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Nice. I'd only suggest renaming the first column to constellation, with a link to List of constellations. --Zeracles 16:59, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

How about also adding a column to note the danger from life forms? Looking at the Table of bio types, I would suggest the following BioRisk values:

Name Image Type Awareness Value Hit Points Speed Danger BioRisk
Penguin Cyclops Lifes.3.png Coward High 15 2 Fast Low 2
Chicken Lifet.0.png Coward Low 1 1 Fast Low 2
Bug-Eyed Bait Lifex.3.png Coward High 4 2 Slow Low 2
Splort Wort Lifec.2.png Sessile N/A 3 1 0 Low 3
Goo Burger Lifey.3.png Sessile N/A 8 5 0 Low 3
Whackin' Bush Lifed.2.png Sessile N/A 5 3 0 Moderate 3
Evil One Lifeu.2.png Sessile N/A 1 1 0 EXTREME 3
Bubble Vine Lifew.3.png Wanderer N/A 6 2 Slow Low 3
Glowing Medusa Lifei.0.png Wanderer N/A 3 8 Slow Moderate 3
Blood Monkey Lifem.3.png Wanderer N/A 2 2 Med Low 3
Amorphous Trandicula Lifeo.1.png Wanderer N/A 9 12 Med EXTREME 4
Deluxe Blob Lifeh.0.png Hunter Low 2 2 Slow Low 4
Carousel Beast Lifej.0.png Hunter Moderate 10 15 Slow EXTREME 5
Mysterious Bees Lifek.0.png Hunter Moderate 3 3 Med Low 5
Crazy Weasel Lifep.2.png Hunter High 3 1 Fast Low 5
Yompin Yiminy Lifen.3.png Hunter High 4 6 Med Moderate 6
Fungal Squid Lifer.1.png Hunter Low 7 8 Fast Moderate 7
ZEX's Beauty Lifez.0.png Hunter High 15 15 Fast EXTREME 8

Rationale:

  • Anything not listed is Harmless (can't hurt you), and would be hazard level 1.
  • Anything with the 'Coward' type is going to run from you, so you're unlikely to hit it even accidentally, thus hazard level 2.
  • Anything with the 'Sessile' or 'Wanderer' type could hurt you if you accidentally run into it, thus hazard level 3.
    • The Amorphous Trandicula gets +1 because despite not being actively aggressive, it's fairly fast, hard to kill, and very damaging.
  • Anything that's a 'Hunter' will deliberately attack you, making them far more dangerous; thus hazard level 5.
    • The Deluxe Blob gets -1 because it's slow, weak, and does little damage.
    • Yompin Yiminy gets +1 because it's fairly fast and hard to kill.
    • Fungal Squid gets +2 because it's really fast and even harder to kill.
    • Zex's Beauty gets +3 because it's just sick and wrong.

A planet would get the BioRisk value of the nastiest critter present.

That also looks excellent. I would personally go so far as to lower the Deluxe Blob's hazard level to 3 using the same rationale you did. The Crazy Weasel's value might be worth decreasing as well, but my memories of planet crawling with that critter involved are very hazy so I'm unsure. So far so good in any case. --Shiver 23:55, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
I'd be inclined to keep it at 4, just because it's actually trying to collide with the lander. Not real dangerous if you can see it coming and are undistracted, but I think that makes it more dangerous than say, the Bubble Vine, which has the same stats but moves randomly. Let's see if anyone else has an opinion. --Elestan 00:50, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
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