Limited Planet DistanceA new game-level option for v2.6 is Limited Planet Distance. This option has the following effects.
- No planets or asteroids will be created if their perihelion is more than twice the distance of the outer ring of survey locations. That is 12 billion kilometres for Sol.
- Bodies with eccentric orbits that have a perihelion within the limit and an aphelion outside will still be created, but their starting position will be somewhere on the portion of their orbit that lies within the limit.
- Companion stars with a perihelion more than 24 billion kilometres from the primary will be deleted unless they have a planet with a LaGrange Point and either the primary star, or another star within 24 billion kilometers of the primary, has at least one gas giant or superjovian.
- Companion stars with eccentric orbits that have a perihelion within the 24 billion kilometre limit and an aphelion outside will still be created, but their starting position will be somewhere on the portion of their orbit that lies within the limit.
Every current system body in Sol will still be created as they all have perihelions less than 12 billion kilometres.