On a Barren wolrd planet, I placed a terraforming platform. How long does it take for results to appear? because I don't know if the choice was the right one. What structure should I build to start the correct terraforming? (step by step)
Here's how I terraformed a Barren World into a Terran one.
1. I built a terraforming platform like you on the target planet.
2. I built asteroid breaking on 3 different mining stations in the same system (they add extra points) [I Edited the max number of mining stations from 1 to 3 per system btw]
3. I Initiated the transforming ability (need to put it on your bar) and opted to terraform the planet into a frozen one first.
It takes alot of points to go straight from Barren-> Terran, going to a Frozen planet first is actually faster in the long run.
4. I built the atmosphere building and shoved a pristine nanoforge into it for extra points.
5. I built a stellar array for even more points.
6. All of this was generating 40 points a day, if I had more Domain era artifacts I could have built the other structure for even more, but I didn't.
7. At this rate it would have taken about 200 days for the Barren->Frozen Terraform if all the infrastructure was in place before i started, it wasn't so it took a little longer.
8. After it was done I started the 2nd terraforming to change it into a Terran world.
9. That took another 200 days, after it was completed I made the weather mild after another 60 or so days.
10. At this point I was done, but you may have other planetary conditions you want to remove.
11. I Decommissioned all the terraform infrastructure as there were no other planets to terraform in system.
And that's how I did it, be prepared to take an income loss on the targeted colony, all the terraforming gear isn't cheap to run.