If you don't want to design a planet from scratch, you can instead use one of the six stock systems.
To use a stock planet without making any changes to the locations, use the Stock Planet Builder for Windows, to set up the files which you can then submit. You tell the program the system name, planet name and which stock planet you want to use, and it will do the work for you. All you have to do is submit the resulting files.
How to submit the stock planet files
The Stock Planet Builder stores the planet files in a sub-folder of the main program folder. To find the files, click on My Computer, or use the Windows Explorer, and go to the folder in which you saved the program. Then look in the sub-folder called Results. Inside that is a sub-folder named for your system and planet, which contains four files - these are the files you need to submit.
Send the files to feedback@ibgames.com. In the body of the email please give your character name, and the system and planet name.
Customizing a stock planet
If you want to make some changes to a stock planet, then use the Stock Planet Builder program to set up the basic files with your system and planet name, and then use the Fed2 Workbench to make changest to the locations.
If you cannot use the Stock Planet Builder because you are using a non-Windows computer, click here to learn how to set the files up manually.
Biological stock planet
When you get to the rank of Gengineer you can have a biological asteroid added to your system. You can design it from scratch, or use one of the stock planets - or you can use a special biological stock planet. Click here to download it and read the instructions on customizing it.
