This would be an item that allows you to pick one of the other art palettes for a planet. So like, if you have an Ocean planet and use the item, you can pick one of the other Ocean planet skins instead.
This way if you convert a planet and don't like the new skin, you could re-do it.

Maybe it could be provided by a repeatable mission that used Planetary Time Vortices

YES! too bad there is no such thing as a good looking barren.

I saw this thread, and all I can think of is this

Good idea, but the cost would have to be low though.

I to love this idea.

heh, I'd quite enjoy this.

Main use for me: Gas/Oceanics. Some really nice ones there!

Just to point out something... We know when you transform planets, they keep the same number in the .png. Meaning a Gas2 becomes a Plasma2 and a Volcanic4 becomes a Demon4 and a Terra1 becomes a Gaia1. There may actually be a coding/server reason for this beyond simple convenience. Perhaps the planet inventory is broken down into 5 "blocks" on the server represented by the image number. All planets with Xxxxx1.png are grouped together, etc and switching them to a different "block" would cause issues if it's even possible without major code changes. I dunno, maybe I'm wrong on that, but it's something to consider.

Never knew about that, casts some doubt over the idea, but I still think if it's not bad for the coding/game it's a good idea.

Wow, you people would actually pay just to change the picture of a planet? Seems it's easier to make money on web games than I thought... Then again, I never really understood the need to change the name of a planet either. It's something I might play with if it was easy enough to do, but at the point it uses GP... well I have better uses for them than that.

Then don't do it... Why come on here and post this when it doesn't effect you at all. Its fun for us so we will do it if its not fun for you then simply don't do it.

I wasn't having a go, I am just a bit dry sometimes.

I just don't get it is all

This will take care of that. You can get it without GP too!

Well, I think it's easier to code 1 to 1, 2 to 2 changes regardless of code strucutre (text replacement call on the string of the png name)
In the very least, it's 1 RNG less in coding

It makes no sense to me to construct a planet in such a way that switching png would be hard, I can see no advantage in coding it in a block-by-img fashion~

So while it is defintely possible to have a code block, I really doubt that's the case.

Thats even worse though, that just means that some of my AP points would be going towards an artifact I have absolutely no interest in, making the ones I want harder to come by. I really don;t have a problem with the idea, but it is very similar to the name change one and cosmetic changes like that I think should be on the GP list... I know the way a planet looks has been the subject of many conversations in my legion, so I am sure there is a place for it, but I still just don't get it lol.

DOH, I hadn't even seen the image until it posted as part of the quote. Thought it was part of your sig and you were still talking about the suggestion.

Ah well. it will give you a laugh at least lol

Sorry wasted AP points, did you not see the word mission, as in optional thing that takes up no AP?

...did you not see the quote which took up 3/4 of the post? It wasn't aimed at what you wrote.

wait.... I dont see the mention of AP anywhere on the quoted post....
in fact.. i dont see it anywhere in the thread except when you said it