Render Distance

This is a small mod that lets you change the distance to a planet at which its assets get rendered.
It will also allow you to view remote planets in the current solar system in Planet View mode.

remote Planet View mode

Render distance

Changelog

0.5.0

• initial release
• included the Render Distance slider in settings and its functionality

0.6.0

• changed positioning code for slider in settings
• increased max render distance to 10.0
• render priority of gas planets is the lowest now.
• added a feature to view remote planets in Planet View mode
• known bug: viewing remote planets may change icarus size a little bit.

0.6.1

• fixed a bug that would teleport the player to a remote planet. (thanks to cdeath-zz for finding and reporting it)

0.6.2

• fixed a bug that prevented Planet View mode on remote planets while in space (thanks to cdeath-zz and GreyHak for reporting it)
• fixed a visual bug in the settings (thanks to Taki7o7 for reporting this to me)

0.6.3

• fixed the debug message spam, sorry!

0.6.4

• fixed a bug that would teleport you next to the sun when opening planet view "the normal way" and then pressing esc. (thanks to Nordblum for reporting and testing)

0.6.5

• fixed a bug that would teleport you to a remote planet when opening planet view mode on a remote planet repeatedly while in space.
• prevent remote planet view mode when construction drones are still working. (thanks to cdeath-zz for reporting)