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Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

Is there a bug with spiritualist factions where they won't acknowledge that my Holy Tribunal is sufficiently religious? I still have the "Secular State" malus and I don't know what I'm supposed to do.

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TacMan: Aug 8, 2002; Vert used Hyperbeam,
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I think you specifically need a spiritualist government civic to avoid a secular state penalty.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 04:17

Hav: Dec 11, 2009; Fun Shoe

I'd love the fleet lock camera to trigger super-slow, then go back to the previous speed setting.

I like some space battle porn. More space battle porn

# ? Apr 19, 2017 04:45

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

TacMan posted:

I think you specifically need a spiritualist government civic to avoid a secular state penalty.

I tossed on Exalted Priests and they still said the state was secular. I suspect everything has to be spiritual, so gently caress em.

Also the Star Trek mod is a lot of fun. Ships are invaluable; I have destroyers that cost 1100 minerals and take up 11 fleet capacity.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 05:10

DMW45: Oct 29, 2011; Come into my parlor~
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Dallan Invictus posted:

Honestly it looks like they would be compatible. Basically the main issue for mod compatibility is "do they change the same vanilla files?" and in that specific case it doesn't look like they do - Guildencrantz' mod changes some techs and Ascension Perks, Utopia Expanded adds more techs, but mostly changes the vanilla Megastructures.

Looks like they do conflict, at least a bit, Terraforming tech is showing up in Society research when it shouldn't.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 05:21

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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

I tossed on Exalted Priests and they still said the state was secular. I suspect everything has to be spiritual, so gently caress em.

Also the Star Trek mod is a lot of fun. Ships are invaluable; I have destroyers that cost 1100 minerals and take up 11 fleet capacity.

One of the most impressive things about that mod is that it has dramatically rebalanced ship strength and costs, and done so successfully.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 06:14

peak debt: Mar 11, 2001; b& :(; Nap Ghost

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

Is there a bug with spiritualist factions where they won't acknowledge that my Holy Tribunal is sufficiently religious? I still have the "Secular State" malus and I don't know what I'm supposed to do.

Do you have philosopher king active? That makes governments a monarchy.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 09:23

Strudel Man: May 19, 2003; ROME DID NOT HAVE ROBOTS, FUCKWIT

peak debt posted:

Do you have philosopher king active? That makes governments a monarchy.

The demand is fulfilled by being one of

code:

					has_government = gov_theocratic_monarchy
					has_government = gov_theocratic_dictatorship
					has_government = gov_theocratic_oligarchy
					has_government = gov_theocratic_republic
					has_government = gov_celestial_empire
					has_government = gov_divine_empire
					has_government = gov_holy_tribunal
					has_government = gov_celestial_empire

supposedly, so it looks like holy tribunal should indeed work?

# ? Apr 19, 2017 09:35

Guildencrantz: May 1, 2012; IM ONE OF THE GOOD ONES

BenRGamer posted:

Looks like they do conflict, at least a bit, Terraforming tech is showing up in Society research when it shouldn't.

I've looked at Utopia Expanded and it should be fully compatible. By Terraforming tech do you mean the basic one (Terrestrial Sculpting) or anything further down the line? Because TS is supposed to show up for everyone.

Eiba posted:

I would really like an earlier version for RP reasons. It feels good to have people living in orbitals. My proposal for earlier habitats would be to make their buildings less effective at the start, and have them upgrade over time automatically (their build-'em-and-forget nature is a great feature that keeps them from being overwhelming when you spam them everywhere).

This seems like it could work out pretty well. You can't make buildings auto-upgrade, but you can scale their outputs with techs and AP's. This would make early habitats way less efficient than just settling a planet, but eventually unlock into being super good. Do you mind if I steal this idea?

# ? Apr 19, 2017 10:03

A Tartan Tory: Mar 26, 2010; You call that a shotgun?!

I assume this is a bug, but apparently you can still keep the effects of inwards perfection and agrarian idyll despite faction converting away from pacifist and xenophobe, as long as you don't reform your government.

Time to abuse the poo poo outta some bugs I guess.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 12:30

GenericOverusedName: Nov 24, 2009; KUVA TEAM EPIC

Strudel Man posted:

The demand is fulfilled by being one of

code:

					has_government = gov_theocratic_monarchy
					has_government = gov_theocratic_dictatorship
					has_government = gov_theocratic_oligarchy
					has_government = gov_theocratic_republic
					has_government = gov_celestial_empire
					has_government = gov_divine_empire
					has_government = gov_holy_tribunal
					has_government = gov_celestial_empire

supposedly, so it looks like holy tribunal should indeed work?

My gov holy tribunal right now and my spiritualist faction is happy, sounds like a bug for him

# ? Apr 19, 2017 12:53

Anticheese: Feb 13, 2008; $60,000,000 sexbot

What are the ways to cultivate a spiritualist movement in your empire?

# ? Apr 19, 2017 12:56

GenericOverusedName: Nov 24, 2009; KUVA TEAM EPIC

Settling a Gaia world works super well!

# ? Apr 19, 2017 12:56

Dog Kisser: Mar 30, 2005; But People have fears that beasts do not. Questions, too.

So here's a weird question: having conquered the entire galaxy/eaten everyone else, is there a way I can split my vast empire into bits? I mean, can I release parts of it to become its own empire?

# ? Apr 19, 2017 13:05

Samopsa: Nov 9, 2009; Krijgt geen speciaal kerstdiner!

~~I don't think there's an option for it,~~ (see below) but you can just tank happiness on certain planets and let them rebel!

Samopsa fucked around with this message at 13:12 on Apr 19, 2017

# ? Apr 19, 2017 13:09

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

There is a "create vassal" button on your government screen which lets you release any homeworld as a vassal empire. You can then gift them planets in trade.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 13:12

Demiurge4: Aug 10, 2011

I haven't even seen a Gaia world spawn since Utopia. Even when I start next to a Holy Guardians FE.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 13:15

Nordick: Sep 3, 2011; Yes.

Anticheese posted:

What are the ways to cultivate a spiritualist movement in your empire?

Go conquer some spiritualist primitives

# ? Apr 19, 2017 13:39

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

Was the Vultaum precursor chain introduced in 1.5? I don't recall it from before, and it is a very amusing dig at the 'we are all in a simulation' crowd.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 13:54

CrazyTolradi: Oct 2, 2011; It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

Aethernet posted:

Was the Vultaum precursor chain introduced in 1.5? I don't recall it from before, and it is a very amusing dig at the 'we are all in a simulation' crowd.

Nah I remember these guys from 1.2, easily.

In regards to Precursor chains, there actually are set areas where anomalies for Precursor artifacts can be found. If you use debugtooltips, you'll see a precursor_X flag for some systems, I think there's up to 6 different ones?

# ? Apr 19, 2017 14:07

Truga: May 4, 2014; Lipstick Apathy

Aethernet posted:

dig at the 'we are all in a simulation' crowd.

Pretty sure we are, seeing how a space 4x game has a better developed political system than reality, pretty sure that's a bug in the matrix.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 14:14

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

Strudel Man posted:

The demand is fulfilled by being one of

code:

					has_government = gov_theocratic_monarchy
					has_government = gov_theocratic_dictatorship
					has_government = gov_theocratic_oligarchy
					has_government = gov_theocratic_republic
					has_government = gov_celestial_empire
					has_government = gov_divine_empire
					has_government = gov_holy_tribunal
					has_government = gov_celestial_empire

supposedly, so it looks like holy tribunal should indeed work?

Yeah, I guess it's a bug. Oh well. The militant faction of my Klingon Empire is happy and that's all that matters. :black101:

Mister Adequate posted:

One of the most impressive things about that mod is that it has dramatically rebalanced ship strength and costs, and done so successfully.

Yeah it's pretty incredible. It makes piracy in the early game really loving scary since ships take so long to construct, and every single one of your ships is valuable and important. On top of that the ships are far more customizable and the combination of hardpoints makes the various technology choices very meaningful. When a single destroyer costs more than a cruiser does in the vanilla game it really changes things (and for the better).

# ? Apr 19, 2017 14:17

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

Truga posted:

Pretty sure we are, seeing how a space 4x game has a better developed political system than reality, pretty sure that's a bug in the matrix.

I certainly felt my happiness increase by 5% when aliens were permitted entry into our core territories.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 14:21

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

I fell off the Stellaris wagon again, but after spending six decades building a Dyson Sphere only to get 400 energy/month out of it, I'm considering getting back on the wagon.

Also, gently caress the bug which makes it impossible to quit a federation with a Fallen Empire in it if you and the FE are the only members.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 14:32

Nordick: Sep 3, 2011; Yes.

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

Yeah it's pretty incredible. It makes piracy in the early game really loving scary since ships take so long to construct, and every single one of your ships is valuable and important. On top of that the ships are far more customizable and the combination of hardpoints makes the various technology choices very meaningful. When a single destroyer costs more than a cruiser does in the vanilla game it really changes things (and for the better).

This sounds really drat good and definitely my jam, the problem is I can't bring myself to care about Star Trek. Here's hoping some other mod comes around that does the same to ships but without a specific universe setting (Or at least a setting I like).

# ? Apr 19, 2017 14:37

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

Also, gently caress Fallen Empires in general. Assholes all. I just finish saving the galaxy from the energy beings BY MYSELF THX REST OF THE GALAXY and as soon as I sacrifice half my fleet for a last-ditch run at the portal, the FE next door declares war on me.

I save-scummed the poo poo out of that war, delaying it long enough to develop arc-emitter technology and retrofit a 150K fleet with it and then mow down the FE fleets like dandelions.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 14:38

Vivian Darkbloom: Jul 14, 2004

Applewhite posted:

Also, gently caress Fallen Empires in general. Assholes all. I just finish saving the galaxy from the energy beings BY MYSELF THX REST OF THE GALAXY and as soon as I sacrifice half my fleet for a last-ditch run at the portal, the FE next door declares war on me.

I save-scummed the poo poo out of that war, delaying it long enough to develop arc-emitter technology and retrofit a 150K fleet with it and then mow down the FE fleets like dandelions.

Yeah, I just defeated the Unbidden (after they wiped out half the galaxy) and for my troubles I got a huge swath of planets taken to be purged. Frustrating end to this game, though I suppose I already "won".

# ? Apr 19, 2017 14:41

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

Vivian Darkbloom posted:

Yeah, I just defeated the Unbidden (after they wiped out half the galaxy) and for my troubles I got a huge swath of planets taken to be purged. Frustrating end to this game, though I suppose I already "won".

The game I played before this one had like, four different Unbidden factions show up one after the other and duke it out. It was pretty funny until my empire got wiped out in ten seconds by the last one standing.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 14:42

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

Seriously though, a Dyson Sphere only gives you 400 energy? WTF. It's the total power output of a star. I get over 100 energy from an energy-focused space-habitat, and four of those are way cheaper and take less time to build than a DS.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 14:45

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

There should definitely be some sort of diplomatic penalty called 'Opportunist Dickheads' that anyone who jumps on someone who's lost their fleet fighting a crisis should get.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 14:46

Bholder: Feb 26, 2013

Aethernet posted:

There should definitely be some sort of diplomatic penalty called 'Opportunist Dickheads' that anyone who jumps on someone who's lost their fleet fighting a crisis should get.

But that's every AI

# ? Apr 19, 2017 15:04

GotLag: Jul 17, 2005; 食べちゃダメだよ

Applewhite posted:

Seriously though, a Dyson Sphere only gives you 400 energy? WTF. It's the total power output of a star. I get over 100 energy from an energy-focused space-habitat, and four of those are way cheaper and take less time to build than a DS.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=905109700
I made a quick and dirty mod the other day that halves megastructure built times, costs, and doubles output.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 15:08

Solarflare: Apr 21, 2008

I was very disappointed last night to find out that once you've undergone synthetic ascension you can't upload any further organics you encounter. Kinda derailed my whole lategame plan to be honest.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 15:12

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

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/854697698838138881

Get ready to drain those greedy sectors!

# ? Apr 19, 2017 15:14

A Tartan Tory: Mar 26, 2010; You call that a shotgun?!

Aethernet posted:

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/854697698838138881

Get ready to drain those greedy sectors!

Still not gonna use them Wiz. :colbert:

# ? Apr 19, 2017 15:17

Splicer: Oct 16, 2006; from hell's heart I cast at thee
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Aethernet posted:

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/854697698838138881

Get ready to drain those greedy sectors!

Oh thank ~~god~~ the shroud. No more governors sitting cackling on their piles of hoarded energy credits.

WIZ if you're reading this I want a third option of "Respect tile resources unless you can't build a unique if you do". Also "Redevelopment only to swap generic buildings out for uniques".

# ? Apr 19, 2017 15:17

peak debt: Mar 11, 2001; b& :(; Nap Ghost

Applewhite posted:

Seriously though, a Dyson Sphere only gives you 400 energy? WTF. It's the total power output of a star. I get over 100 energy from an energy-focused space-habitat, and four of those are way cheaper and take less time to build than a DS.

Well if they wanted to be realistic they'd cost like a trillion minerals and then produce a billion energy but that'd hardly make for good game design...

# ? Apr 19, 2017 15:22

Truga: May 4, 2014; Lipstick Apathy

Splicer posted:

Oh thank ~~god~~ the shroud. No more governors sitting cackling on their piles of hoarded energy credits.

I'd like it even more if sectors hitting cap just throw all overflow to you. AFAIK the overflow just gets lost now?

# ? Apr 19, 2017 15:27

Splicer: Oct 16, 2006; from hell's heart I cast at thee
🧙🐀🧹🌙🪄🐸

peak debt posted:

Well if they wanted to be realistic they'd cost like a trillion minerals and then produce a billion energy but that'd hardly make for good game design...

Make it a matryoshka brain. Spits out some energy, lots of science, occasionally turns into an endgame crisis when it works out how to reprogram reality.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 15:28

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Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

peak debt posted:

Well if they wanted to be realistic they'd cost like a trillion minerals and then produce a billion energy but that'd hardly make for good game design...

I'd settle for 1000 energy.

400 for such a huge investment in time is practically an insult.

# ? Apr 19, 2017 15:30

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