If you are starting your first Space Exploration game you should stick to only the recommended mods + quality of life mods you can’t do without, otherwise you won’t have the background knowledge to see what gameplay is broken by other mods. It is easy for other mods to disrupt this balance, especially if the mod has ways to generate power that don’t rely on solar or scarce resources. One of the main themes is interplanetary logistics, and that is driven by different resource and energy balances in different locations. The mod focuses on experience and challenge over modular content, this means that Space Exploration does not work well with many other mods. You want gradual progression and new mechanics introduced over a 100+ hour game. You want some genuinely new and unique game mechanics and challenges. You want a refined, balanced, cohesive experience from a minimal mod list.

You want to explore new worlds, and new civilizations. Wiring a circuit condition to an inserter is too much for you.

You don’t want to start a new game and you don’t like long games. You don’t care about game balance, and don’t want a mod to balance things. You want to use lots of mods at the same time, conflicting mods, or other overhaul mods. There may be occasional bugs, but they get resolved quickly. For this reason the mod is considered to be in Experimental Status (see below).

There's a lot in the mod already, but it is still in heavy development and things are changing rapidly. You build an expansive space station as your main research facility, explore new planets and moons, outpost for special resources, and gradually progress into the darkness of deep space as you expand your interstellar empire. After you launch a rocket you start discovering new planets, moons, asteroid belts, and other stars. Space Exploration is an overhaul mod about unique experiences and challenges. Version 0.6: See what has changed: Welcome to Space Exploration.

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