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No Gaia Worlds

Gaia Worlds have never sat very well with me. The idea of a "perfect" planet that's equally well-suited to every species in the galaxy just seems implausible, and the game's rationale that the planet has lots of biomes contrasts with its interpretation of the other planet classes as also having different biomes. So I wrote a mod that writes these paradise planets out.

In addition to preventing Gaia Worlds from appearing randomly, it also replaces the ones in pre-scripted systems with random conventional planets (Fallen Empire colonies/homeworlds will now match their preferred climate). Baol Life-Seeding will now turn planets into your preferred climate type, if one exists. Finally, the mod adds the Gaia texture to the roster of Tropical Worlds just because it's a beautiful texture and I didn't want it to go to waste.

The only exceptions to this are the Life-Seeded and Idyllic Bloom origins/civics, whose functionality is unchanged, and Astrocreator Azaryn's unique terraforming mechanic, which will likely be changed once I have a solid grasp on how it works.