How do you terraform on the game spore?

Answer 1

there is a terraform panel that shows the conditions of the planet. there are 3 circles(surrounding each other) in part of this. A dot on this shows the current conditions of the planet. The farther up it is the denser the atmosphere is, down is thinner, right is hotter, left is colder. The outter most section is T0. the next one is T1, followed by T2 and T3. You need to use tools to get the dot to the center to reach T3. then stablize it with plants and animals that arent already on the planet or else the planet will revert to the highest T# it can sustain.

Answer 2

When you are on the planet surface, The grid has three zones each representing T1-T3 status. The outer ring is T1 status, the inner ring is T2 status and the dot in the middle is T3 status. You want to move the dot into the outer ring to make it stable enough for a colony. If the dot is too far to the left of the outer ring then you need to increase the temperature, or if it is too far to the right of the outer ring then you need to decrease the temperature. If the dot is above the outer ring then you need to decrease the atmosphere and if it below the outer ring then you need to increase the atmosphere. You may need adjust both the temperature and the atmosphere to move the dot into the outer ring, but sometimes you only need to adjust one thing, it depends on the planet.