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The Colored Orbits mod allows to color the planets orbits to make them easier to identify ingame.
This is particularly helpful when you chain fly-bys:
The orbits colors are chosen automatically based on the planet color. I've made sure to make the orbit and the planet name easy to distinguish in any case. As an example, here is an overview with two famous planet packs (Eternia 2 and Truly Terrained Solar System):
How do I install it?

Source code available here.
This is particularly helpful when you chain fly-bys:
The orbits colors are chosen automatically based on the planet color. I've made sure to make the orbit and the planet name easy to distinguish in any case. As an example, here is an overview with two famous planet packs (Eternia 2 and Truly Terrained Solar System):
How do I install it?
- Open your mod folder (from the game, go into the mod loader menu, then click "Open Mod folder")
- Download ColoredOrbits.dll
- Drop it into your mod folder
- Restart your game and activate the mod (make sure UI Tools is activated, otherwise the mod won't show up)
Source code available here.