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Coolguye: Jul 6, 2011; Required by his programming!

god no do you have any idea how bad that would make the harder difficulties/AI aggressiveness levels where they're not only cheating in resources but also loving time too by using those resources to build extra IC or ship slipways? loving kill me.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 23:25

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# ? May 13, 2024 19:18

Bohemian Nights: Jul 14, 2006; When I wake up,
I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer, vision
I should start living today; Clapping Larry

BabyFur Denny posted:

Window key + left/right

Thanks but this doesn't work for me, maybe because there's a different resolution and aspect ratio on the screens.

Bohemian Nights fucked around with this message at 01:09 on Feb 8, 2017

# ? Feb 8, 2017 01:07

Nuclearmonkee: Jun 10, 2009

The food centralization change will be amazingly good for everything. Slave species that farm for the masters, frontier colonies that don't spend 5 years being worthless trash due to having to prioritize food instead of those +sci tiles you actually wanted to work, blockading/invading a breadbasket and sending an empire into starvation and unrest.

EDIT: Actually, how will starvation work? Will it select random pops or will it just start starving in some kind of order?

Nuclearmonkee fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Feb 8, 2017

# ? Feb 8, 2017 01:34

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

Nuclearmonkee posted:

The food centralization change will be amazingly good for everything. Slave species that farm for the masters, frontier colonies that don't spend 5 years being worthless trash due to having to prioritize food instead of those +sci tiles you actually wanted to work, blockading/invading a breadbasket and sending an empire into starvation and unrest.

EDIT: Actually, how will starvation work? Will it select random pops or will it just start starving in some kind of order?

Yeah I was curious about that. Starvation just stops growth and is a happiness penalty, maybe it will be empire wide? Also I wonder if blockades will effect the flow of food.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 02:07

Archonex: May 2, 2012; MY OPINION IS SEERS OF THE THRONE PROPAGANDA IGNORE MY GNOSIS-IMPAIRED RAMBLINGS

Mister Adequate posted:

The current estimation by the Strategic Collective is that the Imperium's mobilization would have to increase 500% to stand a realistic chance of resisting the full might of the Tyranids. That would entail every single living person in three of the five Segmentae. I want Prethoryn to be that dangerous and enduring a threat in Stellaris, requiring a total galactic mobilization to beat

Imagine if we get an expansion that lets multiple concurrent galaxies run in a single game once the game has several years worth of supporting DLC. Y'know, just do what most sci-fi series like Stargate and Mass Effect do and give the player/ai empires the option to have the game be about exploring all new galaxies once you're all set up in your home galaxy and want to set your sights further. Or to just find a new place to survive if poo poo goes south like in Mass Effect.

Sending an ark ship containing your species to a new galaxy only to discover that this galaxy was once filled with it's own vibrant empires only to be overrun and converted into infested planets, barren death worlds, and various solar debris from all the insane doomsday weapons getting deployed as every empire fought a grueling war and lost would be a pants making GBS threads moment. Especially if it was possible to trace back where the ark ship came from if the Prethoryn analyzed the debris.

Would really nail the whole "galactic horror" thing the Tyranids represent if a game goes really badly. Yeah, they're from another galaxy. And another galaxy. And another. They ate them all, and you just poked the goddamn bear by showing them there's more food out there. Who's ready for Starship Troopers 4: This Time It's the Apocalypse?

Edit: Also having multiple galaxies would open up a mod or expansion to counter-invade the Unbidden's home dimension like they're the Undine from Star Trek. Imagine all the crazy poo poo that you could discover and get up too with a whole different set of physics from an alternate reality to work off of.

Not that I ever expect anything like all that to happen, but yeah. There's my dream DLC.

Archonex fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Feb 8, 2017

# ? Feb 8, 2017 02:42

GlyphGryph: Jun 23, 2013; Down came the glitches and burned us in ditches and we slept after eating our dead.

Custom fallen Empires don't seem to be working, and reading up online it doesn't look like anyone else can get them working either.

Wiz, is this bugged?

# ? Feb 8, 2017 03:01

Deceitful Penguin: Feb 16, 2011

GlyphGryph posted:

Custom fallen Empires don't seem to be working, and reading up online it doesn't look like anyone else can get them working either.

Wiz, is this bugged?

drat, and I just finished these, as I couldn't believe no-one had done them before:

SPECIES SUBMISSION

FALLEN EMPIRE

http://pastebin.com/tyU8Vmer

edit: whoops also included my gimmick space babe race but that one doesn't work because space elves just ain't 50's space babe enough

also might be missing a bracket

# ? Feb 8, 2017 03:05

Azuth0667: Sep 20, 2011; By the word of Zoroaster, no business decision is poor when it involves Ahura Mazda.

Archonex posted:

Imagine if we get an expansion that lets multiple concurrent galaxies run in a single game once the game has several years worth of supporting DLC. Y'know, just do what most sci-fi series like Stargate and Mass Effect do and give the player/ai empires the option to have the game be about exploring all new galaxies once you're all set up in your home galaxy and want to set your sights further. Or to just find a new place to survive if poo poo goes south like in Mass Effect.

Sending an ark ship containing your species to a new galaxy only to discover that this galaxy was once filled with it's own vibrant empires only to be overrun and converted into infested planets, barren death worlds, and various solar debris from all the insane doomsday weapons getting deployed as every empire fought a grueling war and lost would be a pants making GBS threads moment. Especially if it was possible to trace back where the ark ship came from if the Prethoryn analyzed the debris.

Would really nail the whole "galactic horror" thing the Tyranids represent if a game goes really badly. Yeah, they're from another galaxy. And another galaxy. And another. They ate them all, and you just poked the goddamn bear by showing them there's more food out there. Who's ready for Starship Troopers 4: This Time It's the Apocalypse?

Edit: Also having multiple galaxies would open up a mod or expansion to counter-invade the Unbidden's home dimension like they're the Undine from Star Trek. Imagine all the crazy poo poo that you could discover and get up too with a whole different set of physics from an alternate reality to work off of.

Not that I ever expect anything like all that to happen, but yeah. There's my dream DLC.

This would be hilarious because what if the end game crisis is actually us being inflicted on a poor unsuspecting nearby galaxy?

E: Also 1.5 checkbox to enable all disasters?

# ? Feb 8, 2017 03:06

GlyphGryph: Jun 23, 2013; Down came the glitches and burned us in ditches and we slept after eating our dead.

Okay, it might turn out that particular settings does absolutely nothing, but there might be another way to do the same thing... let's see if this works...

# ? Feb 8, 2017 03:11

GlyphGryph: Jun 23, 2013; Down came the glitches and burned us in ditches and we slept after eating our dead.

Okay, so, if you want an FE added, I need the following:

An entry added for this file defining your empire

code:

# Materialist
fallen_empire_1 = {
	graphical_culture = "fallen_empire_02"
	initializer = "fallen_1_1"
	
	create_country_effect = {
		create_species = {
			name = random
			class = random
			portrait = random
			traits = random
			extra_trait_points = 2
			allow_negative_traits = no
		}
		create_country = {
			name = random
			type = fallen_empire
			ignore_initial_colony_error = yes
			government = stagnated_ascendancy
			species = last_created
			ethos = {
				ethic = ethic_fanatic_materialist
			}
			flag = random
			effect = {
				set_country_flag = fallen_empire_1	
				add_minerals = 5000
				add_energy = 5000		
				# must initialize global designs here
				add_global_ship_design = "Alpha"
				add_global_ship_design = "Beta"
				add_global_ship_design = "Gamma"
				add_global_ship_design = "Theta"
				add_global_ship_design = "Tau"
				add_global_ship_design = "Omega"
				add_global_ship_design = "Sigma"			
			}
		}
	}
}
# Spiritualist
fallen_empire_2 = {
	graphical_culture = "fallen_empire_01"
	initializer = "fallen_2"
	
	create_country_effect = {
		create_species = {
			name = random
			class = random
			portrait = random
			traits = random
			extra_trait_points = 2
			allow_negative_traits = no
		}
		create_country = {
			name = random
			type = fallen_empire
			ignore_initial_colony_error = yes
			government = stagnated_ascendancy
			species = last_created
			ethos = {
				ethic = ethic_fanatic_spiritualist
			}			
			flag = random
			effect = {
				set_country_flag = fallen_empire_2
				add_minerals = 5000
				add_energy = 5000								
				# must initialize global designs here
				add_global_ship_design = "Eternal"
				add_global_ship_design = "Avatar"
				add_global_ship_design = "Zealot"
				add_global_ship_design = "Penitent"
				add_global_ship_design = "Bulwark"
				add_global_ship_design = "Faith"
				add_global_ship_design = "Pilgrim"
			}
		}
	}
}
# Xenophile
fallen_empire_3 = {
	graphical_culture = "fallen_empire_03"
	initializer = "fallen_3"
	
	create_country_effect = {
		create_species = {
			name = random
			class = random
			portrait = random
			traits = random
			extra_trait_points = 2
			allow_negative_traits = no
		}
		create_country = {
			name = random
			type = fallen_empire
			ignore_initial_colony_error = yes
			government = stagnated_ascendancy
			species = last_created
			ethos = {
				ethic = ethic_fanatic_xenophile
			}			
			flag = random
			effect = {
				set_country_flag = fallen_empire_3
				add_minerals = 5000
				add_energy = 5000								
				# must initialize global designs here
				add_global_ship_design = "Keeper"
				add_global_ship_design = "Custodian"
				add_global_ship_design = "Warden"
				add_global_ship_design = "Watcher"
				add_global_ship_design = "Sentinel"
				add_global_ship_design = "Seeder"
				add_global_ship_design = "Builder"
			}
		}
	}
}
# Xenophobe
fallen_empire_4 = {
	graphical_culture = "fallen_empire_04"
	initializer = "fallen_4"
	
	create_country_effect = {
		create_species = {
			name = random
			class = random
			portrait = random
			traits = random
			extra_trait_points = 2
			allow_negative_traits = no
		}
		create_country = {
			name = random
			type = fallen_empire
			ignore_initial_colony_error = yes
			government = stagnated_ascendancy
			species = last_created
			ethos = {
				ethic = ethic_fanatic_xenophobe
			}			
			flag = random
			effect = {
				set_country_flag = fallen_empire_4
				add_minerals = 5000
				add_energy = 5000						
				# must initialize global designs here
				add_global_ship_design = "Imperium"
				add_global_ship_design = "Supremacy"
				add_global_ship_design = "Glory"
				add_global_ship_design = "Reaper"
				add_global_ship_design = "Devastator"
				add_global_ship_design = "Servitor"
				add_global_ship_design = "Destiny"				
			}
		}
	}
}

A solar system initialization either from or based on this file:
http://pastebin.com/3t1Y50bA

(I would personally recommend just telling me to steal one of the existing ones)

And a personality from this file (or one of your own based on it)

code:

fallen_empire_spiritualist = { 
	aggressiveness = 1.5
	trade_willingness = 0.5
	bravery = 2.0
	
	threat_modifier = 0.0
	threat_others_modifier = 0.33
	friction_modifier = 0.0

	behaviour = {
		conqueror = no
		subjugator = no
		liberator = no
		opportunist = no
		slaver = no
		uplifter = no
		purger = no
		dominator = no
		infiltrator = no
		robot_exploiter = no
		robot_liberator = no
		propagator = no
		ideologue = no	
		multispecies = no
		holy_planets = yes # special for spiritualist FE
		isolationist = yes # always keep borders closed
	}
	
	allow = {
		is_country_type = fallen_empire
		has_ethic = "ethic_fanatic_spiritualist"
	}
	
	weight_modifier = {
		weight = 100	
	}
}

fallen_empire_materialist = { 
	aggressiveness = 1.0
	trade_willingness = 0.75
	bravery = 2.0
	
	threat_modifier = 0.0
	threat_others_modifier = 0.33
	friction_modifier = 0.0

	behaviour = {
		conqueror = no
		subjugator = no
		liberator = no
		opportunist = no
		slaver = no
		uplifter = no
		purger = no
		dominator = no
		infiltrator = no
		robot_exploiter = no
		robot_liberator = no
		propagator = no
		ideologue = no	
		multispecies = no
	}
	
	allow = {
		is_country_type = fallen_empire
		has_ethic = "ethic_fanatic_materialist"
	}
	
	weight_modifier = {
		weight = 100	
	}
}

fallen_empire_xenophobe = { 
	aggressiveness = 2.0
	trade_willingness = 0.0
	bravery = 2.0
	
	threat_modifier = 0.0
	threat_others_modifier = 0.15
	friction_modifier = 1.0

	behaviour = {
		conqueror = no
		subjugator = no
		liberator = no
		opportunist = no
		slaver = no
		uplifter = no
		purger = yes
		dominator = no
		infiltrator = no
		robot_exploiter = yes
		robot_liberator = no
		propagator = no
		ideologue = no
		isolationist = yes # always keep borders closed
	}
	
	allow = {
		is_country_type = fallen_empire
		has_ethic = "ethic_fanatic_xenophobe"
	}
	
	weight_modifier = {
		weight = 100	
	}
}

fallen_empire_xenophile = { 
	aggressiveness = 0.5
	trade_willingness = 1.0
	bravery = 2.0
	
	threat_modifier = 0.0
	threat_others_modifier = 0.5
	friction_modifier = 0.0

	behaviour = {
		conqueror = no
		subjugator = no
		liberator = yes
		opportunist = no
		slaver = no
		uplifter = no
		purger = no
		dominator = no
		infiltrator = no
		robot_exploiter = no
		robot_liberator = no
		propagator = no
		ideologue = no	
		multispecies = yes
	}
	
	allow = {
		is_country_type = fallen_empire
		has_ethic = "ethic_fanatic_xenophile"
	}
	
	weight_modifier = {
		weight = 100	
	}
}

awakened_fallen_empire_spiritualist = { 
	aggressiveness = 1.5
	trade_willingness = 0.5
	bravery = 2.0
	
	threat_modifier = 0.0
	threat_others_modifier = 0.0
	friction_modifier = 0.0

	behaviour = {
		conqueror = yes
		subjugator = no
		liberator = no
		opportunist = no
		slaver = no
		uplifter = no
		purger = no
		dominator = no
		infiltrator = yes
		robot_exploiter = no
		robot_liberator = no
		propagator = no
		ideologue = yes
		multispecies = no
		holy_planets = no
	}
	
	allow = {
		is_country_type = awakened_fallen_empire
		has_ethic = "ethic_fanatic_spiritualist"
	}
	
	weight_modifier = {
		weight = 100	
	}
}

awakened_fallen_empire_materialist = { 
	aggressiveness = 1.0
	trade_willingness = 0.75
	bravery = 2.0
	
	threat_modifier = 0.0
	threat_others_modifier = 0.0
	friction_modifier = 0.0

	behaviour = {
		conqueror = yes
		subjugator = yes
		liberator = no
		opportunist = yes
		slaver = no
		uplifter = no
		purger = no
		dominator = no
		infiltrator = no
		robot_exploiter = no
		robot_liberator = no
		propagator = no
		ideologue = no	
		multispecies = no
		crisis_fighter = yes 	# special for awakened fallen empires
	}
	
	allow = {
		is_country_type = awakened_fallen_empire
		has_ethic = "ethic_fanatic_materialist"
	}
	
	weight_modifier = {
		weight = 100	
	}
}

awakened_fallen_empire_xenophobe = { 
	aggressiveness = 2.0
	trade_willingness = 0.0
	bravery = 2.0
	
	threat_modifier = 0.0
	threat_others_modifier = 0.0
	friction_modifier = 0.0

	behaviour = {
		conqueror = yes
		subjugator = no
		liberator = no
		opportunist = no
		slaver = no
		uplifter = no
		purger = yes
		dominator = yes
		infiltrator = no
		robot_exploiter = yes
		robot_liberator = no
		propagator = no
		ideologue = no
		multispecies = no
		isolationist = yes # always keep borders closed
	}
	
	allow = {
		is_country_type = awakened_fallen_empire
		has_ethic = "ethic_fanatic_xenophobe"
	}
	
	weight_modifier = {
		weight = 100	
	}
}

awakened_fallen_empire_xenophile = { 
	aggressiveness = 0.5
	trade_willingness = 1.0
	bravery = 2.0
	
	threat_modifier = 1.0
	threat_others_modifier = 0.0
	friction_modifier = 0.0

	behaviour = {
		conqueror = no
		subjugator = yes
		liberator = no
		opportunist = yes
		slaver = no
		uplifter = yes
		purger = no
		dominator = no
		infiltrator = no
		robot_exploiter = no
		robot_liberator = no
		propagator = no
		ideologue = no	
		multispecies = no		# they like other races, but they're not taking orders from them
		crisis_fighter = yes 	# special for awakened fallen empires
	}
	
	allow = {
		is_country_type = awakened_fallen_empire
		has_ethic = "ethic_fanatic_xenophile"
	}
	
	weight_modifier = {
		weight = 100	
	}
}

# ? Feb 8, 2017 03:18

Deceitful Penguin: Feb 16, 2011

wait lol I forgot there wasn't an individualist FE for some reason

My Decadent FE is therefore not applicable, just disregard it

# ? Feb 8, 2017 03:23

GlyphGryph: Jun 23, 2013; Down came the glitches and burned us in ditches and we slept after eating our dead.

Deceitful Penguin posted:

wait lol I forgot there wasn't an individualist FE for some reason

My Decadent FE is therefore not applicable, just disregard it

There not being an individualist FE is no barrier to you making an individualist FE, you just need to insert your values into the FE template instead of the empire template.

Although thinking about it custom FEs probably won't generate special events either... I wonder if War in Heaven will work with them?

Anyway, I'm just gonna do the FE races as normal races for now.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 03:25

Archonex: May 2, 2012; MY OPINION IS SEERS OF THE THRONE PROPAGANDA IGNORE MY GNOSIS-IMPAIRED RAMBLINGS

Azuth0667 posted:

This would be hilarious because what if the end game crisis is actually us being inflicted on a poor unsuspecting nearby galaxy?

E: Also 1.5 checkbox to enable all disasters?

Yeah, that was the other thing I was thinking about. I didn't want to make the post too much of a run on wank-off though.

Imagine some xenophobic empire showing up on your galaxy's doorstep and figuring that it's an end game crisis only to discover that oops, nope. It's just that they're basically galactic fanatical purifiers in all but name.

Edit: Also, a 1.5 checkbox to enable all disasters would be awesome provided there was some tech or policy that could mitigate an inevitable AI rebellion in your empire. Otherwise building synthetics would just be an eventual catastrophe.

Archonex fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Feb 8, 2017

# ? Feb 8, 2017 03:29

Psychotic Weasel: Jun 24, 2004; Bang! You're dead.

Archonex posted:

Otherwise building synthetics would just be an eventual catastrophe.

I believe after you research the Synthetic Personality Matrix tech and can set AI rights to full citizens you may get an event that allows you to fully integrate synthetics into your society (which means you can't ever change that law) but also prevents your snyth POPs from revolting in the event of an AI rebellion. Pretty handy to have, though in all my play throughs I've yet to have an AI rebellion.

Seems like the Prethoryn Swarm is the 'go to' crisis with the Unbidden coming in a distant second.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 04:40

Cyrano4747: Sep 25, 2006; Yes, I know I'm old, get off my fucking lawn so I can yell at these clouds.

I e gotten the synths and it's just an unfun slog of having your space stations blow up with no way to stop it until a timer based event fires. gently caress that crisis.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 05:33

PittTheElder: Feb 13, 2012; Yes, it's like a lava lamp.

lol what, that sounds so dumb. Glad I've never had to deal with that, I was expecting my fleets to suddenly get taken over by their computers and defect and stuff.

Psychotic Weasel posted:

Seems like the Prethoryn Swarm is the 'go to' crisis with the Unbidden coming in a distant second.

In terms of frequency you mean, or enjoyability? I'm with you on the former, but I've seen their AI break so hard it's not even funny.

All I wanted to do was weaponize them by driving them before me, crippling their neighbors, and letting them purge all the filthy xenos for me without having to worry about truce timers but no, just keep flying your fleet into the same trap system on one side of my empire over and over again...

:smith:

# ? Feb 8, 2017 07:14

ulmont: Sep 15, 2010; IF I EVER MISS VOTING IN AN ELECTION (EVEN AMERICAN IDOL) ,OR HAVE UNPAID PARKING TICKETS, PLEASE TAKE AWAY MY FRANCHISE

Cyrano4747 posted:

I e gotten the synths and it's just an unfun slog of having your space stations blow up with no way to stop it until a timer based event fires. gently caress that crisis.

You forgot about your buildings blowing up too.

On average that crisis will result in you losing / having to rebuild every spaceport and one tile on every planet if I read the events right.

It's the most annoying.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 07:30

dioxazine: Oct 14, 2004

AI rebellion is probably my least favourite crisis in that regard. It creates too much micromanagement and not really all that much crisis outside of dialogue panels.

It would be funny if they took over your fleets in a percentile dice roll on rebellion. Just started a civil war brawl within your deathblob that would leave you appropriately horrified.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 08:48

Milkfred E. Moore: Aug 27, 2006; 'It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.'

Heartcatch posted:

AI rebellion is probably my least favourite crisis in that regard. It creates too much micromanagement and not really all that much crisis outside of dialogue panels.

It would be funny if they took over your fleets in a percentile dice roll on rebellion. Just started a civil war brawl within your deathblob that would leave you appropriately horrified.

They really should if you've researched Sentient AI battle computers or whatever.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 09:08

3 DONG HORSE: May 22, 2008; I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

In two separate games, the Unbidden spawned and got murdered by an AE within 10 years each time. Soo I've never actually had a proper end game experience yet.

Also learned that by around year 150 my computer just can't handle the game. I had to disable a bunch of stuff to get it to run. Kind of a huge pain in the rear end.

@Wiz, can you guys add more graphics and performance options in the menu for broke rear end dudes like myself?

# ? Feb 8, 2017 09:20

Roland Jones: Aug 18, 2011; by Nyc_Tattoo

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/829261049354399745
https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/829284934577688577

The Shroud thing is looking really interesting.

Also, Domination time:

https://twitter.com/dmoregard/status/829267739449638918

Edit: And since I didn't see them posted earlier, the other Exploration perks:

https://twitter.com/dmoregard/status/829001084760969219
https://twitter.com/dmoregard/status/829016366749474817
https://twitter.com/dmoregard/status/829030118697869312

These aren't quite as impressive to me as what some other trees get, though Faith In Science seems kind of nice. Not something you'll get a ton out of, maybe, but for the planets you do have scientists assisting it'll be useful maybe.

Roland Jones fucked around with this message at 12:07 on Feb 8, 2017

# ? Feb 8, 2017 11:13

Korgan: Feb 14, 2012

ulmont posted:

You forgot about your buildings blowing up too.

On average that crisis will result in you losing / having to rebuild every spaceport and one tile on every planet if I read the events right.

It's the most annoying.

I got the AI rebellion once (because I deliberately triggered it by abusing my roboslaves). I had to rebuild every space station three to five times, no idea how many buildings got nuked. I ragequit before ever seeing the event.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 11:38

Aethernet: Jan 28, 2009; This is the Captain...

Our glorious political masters have, in their wisdom, decided to form an alliance with a rag-tag bunch of freedom fighters right when the Federation has us at a tactical disadvantage. Unsurprisingly, this has resulted in the Feds firing on our vessels...

Damn you Huxley!; Grimey Drawer

Yeah, the Exploration tree looks like one you'll get the opener for and then the left branch, then leave the rest until later in the game.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 12:45

BabyFur Denny: Mar 18, 2003

GlyphGryph posted:

Hey guys, since that Goon race pack never actually happened, I'm gonna throw my own together.

Submit your custom empires now!

Anyone who wants to contribute, feel free to post in this thread and include the words "SPECIES SUBMISSION" and then put the actual data for the race in pastebin or a code tag or something (I'm just gonna search through the thread later looking for those words and I don't want to miss yours). Also include a screenshot of the details if you want. Resubmitting your previous submissions is fine. I'm going to try to push this out by next Friday. Include a description or your entry will be REJECTED.

You can get the data for your custom race from "Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/user_empire_designs.txt"

Just put the whole mod on github and let everyone contribute through pull requests. It's a lot less work for you and keeps the thing alive even if you at some point get tired of it.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 14:10

canepazzo: May 29, 2006

More domination:

https://twitter.com/dmoregard/status/829289970951143425

https://twitter.com/dmoregard/status/829317588475854852

Who wants to play space-Mafia?

# ? Feb 8, 2017 14:16

ProfessorCirno: Feb 17, 2011; The strongest! The smartest!
The rightest!

I forget if it's been asked - and/or answered - but is there any chance something will change so I don't aggro on every goddamn wormhole generator or mining station when I just want to conquer some rear end in a top hat? Chasing enemy fleets goes from "ok that's viable" to "this is a pain in the loving rear end" when my entire fleet slows to a crawl because there was an energy mine on their sun.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 15:02

Bold Robot: Jan 6, 2009; Be brave.

ProfessorCirno posted:

I forget if it's been asked - and/or answered - but is there any chance something will change so I don't aggro on every goddamn wormhole generator or mining station when I just want to conquer some rear end in a top hat? Chasing enemy fleets goes from "ok that's viable" to "this is a pain in the loving rear end" when my entire fleet slows to a crawl because there was an energy mine on their sun.

I think they've said that this has been fixed but we don't know a ton of details.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 15:04

GlyphGryph: Jun 23, 2013; Down came the glitches and burned us in ditches and we slept after eating our dead.

BabyFur Denny posted:

Just put the whole mod on github and let everyone contribute through pull requests. It's a lot less work for you and keeps the thing alive even if you at some point get tired of it.

I am regular user of github for most of my stuff and this would, no joke, triple the amount of work I would have to do. It would also make it harder for other people to submit, and wouldnt make it any easier for someone else to take it over if I poof since doing that now is literally pressing two buttons and moving one file.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 15:05

Coolguye: Jul 6, 2011; Required by his programming!

GlyphGryph posted:

I am regular user of github for most of my stuff and this would, no joke, triple the amount of work I would have to do. It would also make it harder for other people to submit, and wouldnt make it any easier for someone else to take it over if I poof since doing that now is literally pressing two buttons and moving one file.

i used google docs with anonymous suggestions enabled for something like this on a design doc for rimworld mods i was considering. worked great. i'd get an email every time someone put something in and i'd have to click literally one button to either accept or reject and that was it.

e: i mean obviously do whatever you please, i'm not the target audience here because my stellaris games are basically universally humans clowning on fool aliens in some way or another, but it may make things easier.

Coolguye fucked around with this message at 15:37 on Feb 8, 2017

# ? Feb 8, 2017 15:29

Soup du Jour: Sep 8, 2011; I always knew I'd die with a headache.

https://twitter.com/martin_anward/status/829340045043724289

Do not do this.

I think I'm going to be messing around with Spiritualists/Psionics for the first time in 1.5.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 16:01

Serf: May 5, 2011

Soup du Jour posted:

https://twitter.com/martin_anward/status/829340045043724289

Do not do this.

I think I'm going to be messing around with Spiritualists/Psionics for the first time in 1.5.

This is some of the coolest stuff I've seen in the game, and I hope the other paths have equally cool things going on.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 16:06

Coolguye: Jul 6, 2011; Required by his programming!

Coolguye posted:

Also, I've found...not sure it's quite a bug, but it's definitely a quirk that might gently caress my achievement run. I used gene engineering to add Strong and Rapid Breeders to my species, and went 'select all' on the pops to modify screen. This ended up being a mammoth project (I think it was like 600-700 months) but I did it anyway because I was really sick of the lack of population problem, and to give me the edge I wanted in ground combat.

The humans that were born while that gene tailoring process continued were not included in the project, which I didn't notice until much later. Now I have ~760 pops that are enhanced, but another 230 that are not. And the unenhanced humans are still considered my founding species.

I'm currently undertaking a followup project to enhance the rest of my race. If I enhance all the humans, will they be subsumed properly and become my founding race?

update on this:

i finished catching up the rest of humanity to my stronger, faster-breeding version of itself and everything was indeed properly and correctly subsumed into my founding race, which now is more populous than the next 4 species in the galaxy combined.

i finished liberating the poo poo out of the AE so next time i play i'll be gobbling up all the various powers i liberated away from them into my empire. then at that point i'll probably start thinking about how to butcher a lot of the xenos because jfc i'm gonna own half of the galaxy here very soon and EVERYONE is evaluating as pathetic to me now.

Coolguye fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Feb 8, 2017

# ? Feb 8, 2017 16:12

Dallan Invictus: Oct 11, 2007; The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes, look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.

Soup du Jour posted:

https://twitter.com/martin_anward/status/829340045043724289

Do not do this.

I STILL have never had Horizon Signal fire so I'm glad to see the malign influence of Fallen London Guy spreading.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 16:16

PittTheElder: Feb 13, 2012; Yes, it's like a lava lamp.

Soup du Jour posted:

https://twitter.com/martin_anward/status/829340045043724289

Seems legit. Imma take option 1.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 16:16

Aethernet: Jan 28, 2009; This is the Captain...

Our glorious political masters have, in their wisdom, decided to form an alliance with a rag-tag bunch of freedom fighters right when the Federation has us at a tactical disadvantage. Unsurprisingly, this has resulted in the Feds firing on our vessels...

Damn you Huxley!; Grimey Drawer

Seemingly, they've taken the really dark note from Horizon Signal and just ran with it. I am so hyped right now. Apocalyptic magic geckos are a go.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 16:18

Sarmhan: Nov 1, 2011

50 years of doubled output? What could go wrong?

# ? Feb 8, 2017 16:20

Magil Zeal: Nov 24, 2008

I hope these kind of events result in something a bit meatier than the current batch of endgame crises in terms of threat. I can't imagine the Swarm or Unbidden actually taking over the galaxy unless you just sit back and allow it to happen (and that's assuming there are no Awakened Ascendancies around to stop them for you).

# ? Feb 8, 2017 16:24

dioxazine: Oct 14, 2004

This is definitely one way to alleviate peace fatigue.

# ? Feb 8, 2017 16:30

Lum_: Jun 5, 2006

SPECIES SUBMISSION

code:

"Otterman Empire"
={
	key="Otterman Empire"
	name_list="MAM2"
	ship_prefix="OES"
	species_name="Otterman"
	species_plural="Ottermen"
	species_class="MAM"
	species_adjective="Otterman"
	species_bio="A peaceful species that just wants to splash around a lot, spread the joys of the Fishlamic faith, and be scratched behind the ears. The Otterman Empire is a relative newcomer to the galactic stage, but is already known for its spicy fish kebabs and very large temples called Molluscs."
	portrait="mam6"
	name="Otterman Empire"
	adjective="Otterman"
	government="enlightened_monarchy"
	ftl=wormhole
	weapon="tech_lasers_1"
	planet_name="Fishtanbool"
	planet_class="pc_ocean"
	system_name="Splashyness"
	initializer=""
	graphical_culture="molluscoid_01"
	city_graphical_culture="mammalian_01"
	empire_flag={
		icon={
			category="spherical"
			file="flag_spherical_8.dds"
		}
		background={
			category="backgrounds"
			file="00_solid.dds"
		}
		colors={
			"brown"
			"black"
			"null"
			"null"
		}
	}
	ruler={
		gender=female
		name="Barim den Adasga"
		portrait="mam6"
		texture=0
		hair=0
		clothes=3
	}
	spawn_as_fallen=no
	ignore_portrait_duplication=no
	spawn_enabled=yes
	ethic="ethic_xenophile"
	ethic="ethic_pacifist"
	ethic="ethic_spiritualist"
	trait="trait_rapid_breeders"
	trait="trait_charismatic"
	trait="trait_weak"
	trait="trait_quick_learners"
}

code:

"Glorious Imperial Majesty of Birb"
={
	key="Glorious Imperial Majesty of Birb"
	name_list="AVI3"
	ship_prefix="GIBS"
	species_name="Birb"
	species_plural="Birbs"
	species_class="AVI"
	species_adjective="Birb"
	species_bio="The Glorious Empire of Birb, led by Eternal Dear Father Leader Screaming Avocado of Pain Birb XIV, will bring the galaxy to heel beneath its iron claw, just as soon as it figures out the mysteries of pointing a starship in the correct direction."
	portrait="avi15"
	name="Glorious Imperial Majesty of Birb"
	adjective="Birb"
	government="despotic_empire"
	ftl=hyperdrive
	weapon="tech_mass_drivers_1"
	planet_name="Screaming Avocado"
	planet_class="pc_alpine"
	system_name="Eyrie of Pain"
	initializer=""
	graphical_culture="avian_01"
	city_graphical_culture="avian_01"
	empire_flag={
		icon={
			category="domination"
			file="domination_14.dds"
		}
		background={
			category="backgrounds"
			file="stripes.dds"
		}
		colors={
			"indigo"
			"red"
			"null"
			"null"
		}
	}
	ruler={
		gender=male
		name="Birb XIV"
		portrait="avi15"
		texture=3
		hair=0
		clothes=0
		ruler_title="Dear Leader"
		ruler_title_female="Glorious Leader"
	}
	spawn_as_fallen=no
	ignore_portrait_duplication=no
	spawn_enabled=yes
	ethic="ethic_collectivist"
	ethic="ethic_fanatic_militarist"
	trait="trait_slow_learners"
	trait="trait_communal"
	trait="trait_rapid_breeders"
	trait="trait_weak"
	trait="trait_industrious"
}

code:

"Byzantine Empire"
={
	key="Byzantine Empire"
	name_list="HUM4"
	ship_prefix="BIS"
	species_name="Elf"
	species_plural="Elves"
	species_class="HUM"
	species_adjective="Elven"
	species_bio="The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium). It survived the fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, at which point a secret cabal used holy Roman powers to flee to a new world and plot galactic dominance. Also, they're space elves now, because we're already through the looking glass, people."
	portrait="humanoid_05"
	name="Byzantine Empire"
	adjective="Byzantine"
	government="despotic_empire"
	ftl=warp
	weapon="tech_missiles_1"
	planet_name="New Constantinople"
	planet_class="pc_continental"
	system_name="Elysium"
	initializer=""
	graphical_culture="mammalian_01"
	city_graphical_culture="reptilian_01"
	empire_flag={
		icon={
			category="human"
			file="flag_human_2.dds"
		}
		background={
			category="backgrounds"
			file="stripe.dds"
		}
		colors={
			"dark_purple"
			"grey"
			"null"
			"null"
		}
	}
	ruler={
		gender=female
		name="Johanna Sauer"
		portrait="humanoid_05_female_01"
		texture=0
		hair=3
		clothes=3
		ruler_title_female="Queen-Empress"
	}
	spawn_as_fallen=no
	ignore_portrait_duplication=no
	spawn_enabled=yes
	ethic="ethic_militarist"
	ethic="ethic_fanatic_spiritualist"
	trait="trait_deviants"
	trait="trait_sedentary"
	trait="trait_venerable"
	trait="trait_charismatic"
	trait="trait_slow_breeders"
}

# ? Feb 8, 2017 16:41

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# ? May 13, 2024 19:18

Kinetica: Aug 16, 2011

Soup du Jour posted:

https://twitter.com/martin_anward/status/829340045043724289

Do not do this.

DO IT

# ? Feb 8, 2017 16:44

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