[MOD REQUEST] See biomes and resources in planet scanner

[srgtofstomp]

When setting up outposts you always try to get them on the border or 2/3 biomes for maximum efficiency. Finding these borders is a pain in the neck, I would like to see biomes highlighted instead of resources in planet scanner, and the resources by hovering them if it is at all possible.

[mauvecloud]

Not just for outpost efficiency (though whether you want to see resources or biomes for that depends on whether you plan to set up a mining or farming outpost I imagine) but also for the sake of surveying. On an earlier playthrough, I got stuck on a survey quest with 3/4 fauna scanned, but everywhere I landed, it said "biome complete". IDK if the quest/planet was just bugged or if there was a small patch of some other biome I didn't find, but being able to view the biomes as a secondary highlight mode or something would allow me to check.

[Strokend]

Not just for outpost efficiency (though whether you want to see resources or biomes for that depends on whether you plan to set up a mining or farming outpost I imagine) but also for the sake of surveying. On an earlier playthrough, I got stuck on a survey quest with 3/4 fauna scanned, but everywhere I landed, it said "biome complete". IDK if the quest/planet was just bugged or if there was a small patch of some other biome I didn't find, but being able to view the biomes as a secondary highlight mode or something would allow me to check.

A fun little trick: When you click on the planet, it tells you what that landing zone's biome would be and what percentage you've completed it. I found the last alien species for a world that way.

 

Still, improving the scanner would also help a ton, knowing if you're already near the other biome and whatnot.

[mauvecloud]

I forgot to mention it, but I was actually already aware of that biome percentage trick you mention. However, it doesn't help much if I keep seeing biomes I've already visited that show 100% (or ocean, where I can't land the ship). On a side note, there doesn't seem to be a way to show the biome name for previous landing sites, pre-generated landing sites, or wherever I'm standing after I've landed.