Orbital Music (Immersive Ambient Mod)

Orbital Music

Orbital Music is a customizable music player for RimWorld 1.6. It lets you add your own .ogg music files, decide where and when they should play, and control everything from a clean in-game music panel. RimWorld already has a strong atmosphere, but long colonies, orbital expeditions, asteroid outposts, menu planning, and quiet surface moments can feel even better with the right soundtrack. Orbital Music is built for players who want more control over that mood. Whether you want calm ambient tracks while managing your colony, cinematic music during orbital operations, darker themes for asteroid bases, or your own personal playlist in the main menu, this mod lets you shape the sound of your RimWorld experience without editing XML files or creating SongDefs. Despite the name, Orbital Music is not limited to orbit. It supports Odyssey-style orbital gameplay, space maps, asteroid/platform maps, ordinary surface colonies, and the main menu. You can decide where custom music is allowed, set a global default track, use shuffle, favorite specific songs, hide tracks you do not want to see, and quickly control playback with hotkeys. If you like building a colony with a specific mood, running long roleplay campaigns, or simply want RimWorld to feel more personal, Orbital Music gives you a simple way to turn your own music library into part of the game's atmosphere.

Main Features

• Add your own custom music without writing XML or SongDefs.
• Playlist detection from the mod's music folder with manual Refresh support.
• Orbital, space-map, surface, and menu playback support.
• Vanilla RimWorld music pauses while Orbital Music is playing.
• Vanilla music resumes when Orbital Music is paused, stopped, or disabled.
• Modern in-game music browser.
• Searchable playlist.
• Play, pause, previous, next, shuffle, favorites, hidden tracks, and default track support.
• Global default track that works across different saves.
• Optional random track selection when entering orbital/space contexts.
• Separate behavior for orbital maps and ordinary colony surface maps.
• Mini player mode.
• Customizable hotkeys.
• English and Turkish interface support.

How to Add Your Own Music

Place your music files here: RimWorld/Mods/OrbitalMusic/Sounds/Songs/OrbitalMusic Supported format: .ogg You do not need to create SongDefs or edit XML files. Orbital Music scans the folder and adds valid .ogg files to the playlist. If the panel is already open, press Refresh after adding or removing files. For best results, use clearly named files such as: My Favorite Track.ogg Space Theme.ogg Colony Night.ogg The file name becomes the track name in the playlist.

Playback Contexts

Orbital Music can react to different gameplay areas:

• Orbital / Space: Plays during orbital view, asteroid maps, platforms, and other Odyssey-style space locations.
• Surface: Optional playback on ordinary colony maps.
• Menu: Allows custom music from the main menu and settings screens.

Orbital and space maps are treated separately from normal planet surface maps. This means asteroid/platform gameplay can use Orbital Music even when surface playback is turned off.

Playlist Controls

The in-game panel includes:

• Play / Pause
• Previous / Next
• Shuffle
• Favorites Only
• Hide / Unhide tracks
• Set Default Track
• Area-specific behavior
• Trigger Random mode
• Volume control
• Progress display
• Mini player mode

Clicking a track once plays it. Clicking the currently playing track pauses it. Clicking it again resumes from the saved position.

Default Track and Shuffle

You can set a favorite song as the global default track. When a default track is set, Orbital Music will use it across different saves. If no default track is set, you can enable random trigger playback so a different song starts when entering an orbital or space context. Shuffle can also be used for manual playback and playlist navigation.

Hotkeys

Orbital Music supports customizable hotkeys for:

• Opening and closing the music window
• Play / pause
• Previous track
• Next track

Hotkeys can be assigned or cleared from the mod interface.

Language Support

The interface supports:

• English
• Turkish

The language can be changed from inside the Orbital Music panel.

Requirements

• RimWorld 1.6
• Harmony
• Odyssey DLC for orbital and space-map integration

Notes

• This mod only controls Orbital Music playback. It does not permanently disable RimWorld's vanilla music.
• Vanilla music is temporarily stopped while a custom Orbital Music track is playing.
• When Orbital Music is paused, stopped, or turned off, vanilla music is allowed to resume.
• Only .ogg files are officially supported.

Recommended Use

Orbital Music works best with atmospheric, ambient, sci-fi, cinematic, or calm tracks that fit long RimWorld sessions. You can use it for orbital travel, colony management, menu music, or simply as a personal RimWorld music player.

Support Development

This mod will remain free. Patreon members can get early previews, experimental snapshots, and behind-the-scenes development posts.