First off let me say that this terrain mod looks great
As far as the subject of making single terrain tiles into planets, and making sea and ocean tiles into space, and deep space respectively...
--Is it possible that some coastal graphics don't need to be converted, but rather "not use them" since planets would be a single tile with a planet in it?
I don't know exactly how coasts work... If each terrain type (Tundra, Grassland, Plains, etc...) have their own coast image, or if all the terrain shares the same coast PCX?
-- I would like to hear suggestions on how this could be done...
-- And if it is done, I think it would be limited largely to naval (space) battles, and ground combat would be used to symbolize anphibious assaults (Planet Drops- like in Starship Troopers) on the planets, wich is not a bad thing, since we could create a variety of space ships and make use of "ship movement" bonuses in the editor over and over, as to add +1 ship movement when each new tech is deiscovered (representing advances in warp drive technology), and many other neat things....
Anyhow I think it would be awesome if someone found a way to create a mod like that.
I for one, would be more than jazzed to play a mod consisting mainly of spaceships & single tile planets to colonize... I know it's alot of work, but MAN IT WOULD TRULY KICK ASS.