News Liste Stellaris

Preliminary Release Notes​

Grand Archive Story Pack Features​

• Space Fauna capture, breeding, and modification systems
• 151 Specimens to collect and display across events from Grand Archive and the base game [list]
• Over 240 Specimens total including those distributed across other Stellaris content

• Archivism
• Domestication

• Primal Calling
• Treasure Hunters

• Beastmasters
• Galactic Curators

• Cutholoids
• Voidworms

Improvements

• Renamed Shattered Ring "Irreparable Damage" to "Reparable Damage" as once you have researched Mega Engineering. You can now restore it via decision.
• Setting AI Empires to 1 and enabling Randomize will now generate 0-1 empires instead of always generating 1.
• Special Project research order selector from system view now checks all possible projects for the location

Balance

• Made the Nexus storm chonkier
• Significantly reduced storm effect on fleet pathfinding
• Doubled Ranger science to 4
• Subjects that are released from a country now copy the ascension perks of that country

Bugfixes

• Fixed strange boxes around technology icons
• AI should now utilize leader assigned science ships
• Corrected Technology Frames
• Archaeological site Green Skies now requires Cosmic Storms DLC - you should no longer get Storms without the DLC enabled.
• Fixed the Machine Worlds AP accidentally doubling the jobs and housing giving by Generator districts on Shattered Ringworlds
• Reuniting the Pod project now resets tiyankis hostility before and after the project
• Fix tiyankis potentially fleeing the system in Reuniting the Pod
• Cybernetic leader portraits immediately change when the trait is gained
• Fixed Regnal Names for the Fungoid 4 name list. All hail Emperor Globbelius!
• Democratic and oligarchic Storm Chaser empire names can be randomized
• Fixed some event leaders found in anomalies claiming that they were previously employed on your capital on their resumes
• The Operation Exposed event (operation.5037) text no longer uses your country's name instead of the operation's name.
• Added the correct icon to the job_researcher_upkeep_mult modifier
• The Nu-Baol once again spawn with the Hive Mind trait and with the Phototropic Trait if the proper conditions are met.
• Caravaneers cannot ask for a science ship that is exploring an Astral Rift
• Saved StormVisuals as a .txt file
• Synth ascended and Individualist Machine empire can now set the migration rights for mechanical and machine species
• Virtual pops in synth ascended empires are now allowed to auto-migrate
• The Event Eat or be Eaten will no longer select machine pops to be the most delicious in the galaxy.
• Renamed the Government View to Empire View so it is no longer easily confused with the Government UI introduced in Galactic Paragons.
• Fixed the Khan's starbases not showing a correct construction entity
• The Unity tooltip now says Unity can be used to ascend Planets.
• Guided Sapience and Natural Design are now mutually exclusive
• Hid an unlocalized flag inside of the "Rorganize Leviathan Parade" button
• Marauder Fleets now count as mercenaries for the purpose of being in breach of the Neutral Defenders Resolutions
• The Imitator will no longer generate with the Hoarder trait causing immediate consumer goods deficit for gestalt empires.
• Fixed a number of Cybernetic traditions not giving the correct effects if The Machine Age is not active
• Empire generation now will be able to generate random Machine Intelligence empires.
• The relic Crystal of Odryskia uses the correct trait name in the tooltip
• Added the Researchers Upkeep modifier icon
• Fixed empire designs with different randomized names sometimes preventing each other from spawning in galaxy generation.
• add_random_technology_option effect now correctly checks techs weight
• Fixed ships not entering the correct animation state after a combat if there was any incoming projectile animation
• Auto-mod swapped traits won't disappear when loading a save
• Made Genesis Guides and Natural Design mutually exclusive
• Fixed assorted typos in script
• Fixed assorted syntax error in script

AI​

• The AI now has a set limit on the maximum number of habitats it should have, determined by galaxy size and difficulty setting. This limit is doubled for the Void Dweller and Void-Forged origins.
• AI empires and Auto-Best feature now consider adding additional power sources to ship designs if there is no better component
• When in combat, ships stay with their targets a bit longer, reducing the amount of ships flip-flopping on targets and ending not attacking anything.

Performance​

• Updated the way ship modifiers are checked for tooltip display using a static cache

UI​

• Polish for Game Setup UI
• Changed icon for Exploration Vessels.
• Fixed some ship types using the wrong icon in the fleet and combat UIs.
• Game settings for DLC-specific features are now hidden if you don't have the DLC.
• Reworked game setup UI.
• Fixed triggered icons tooltip hitbox in event options

Modding​

• planet_damage for bombardment stances is now a scripted value
• Added on_ship_engulfed on_action
• Added on_specimen_acquired on_action
• Added is_last_acquired_specimen trigger
• Added give_specimen effect
• Allow to override technology name, description, icon and effects based on trigger conditions
• Added centerPosition member to buttonType.
• Smooth listbox's borderSize now affects the list's scrollable length.
• Fixed listboxes' borderSize using X value for both X and Y.
• Starbase building & module icons now use triggered description to allow it to be dynamic
• spawn_planet_effect orbit_distance_offset parameter can now read variables and values
• Concept tooltips can now be auto-generated for static modifiers using the modifier: prefix
• Starbase buildings can now use scripted_effect_cooldown and scripted_effect_cooldown_flag fields to display cooldowns for a scripted action
• export_modifier_to_variable can now be used with dynamic modifiers
• Added on_fauna_capture_ended on_action, fired whenever a capture attempt ends no matter the outcome
• Bombardment stances can now use scripted localization with a base scope of fleet
• create_ship effect now supports rarity argument
• Added is_last_acquired_specimen_rarity trigger
• Starbases now support timed modifiers
• Added ship_size_cost_resource_percent trigger
• Added create_smaller_size_creature_in_fleet effect
• Added component_lifesteal_add modifier
• Added has_dna trigger
• Section templates can now use compatible_with_all_ship_sizes instead of ship_size
• Added mutation_slot_add modifier
• create_nebula effect now generates nebula graphics in the galaxy view without needing to reload the current game
• remove_point_of_interest effect now localizes the point of interest's name key if possible
• Added age parameter to create_ship effect
• Added evaluate_scripted_value console command
• Added planet scope to distance_to_capital trigger
• Added is_ship_category trigger
• Added support to inline_scripts in event files
• set_mia = mia_emergency_ftl now does a complete emergency ftl instead of just going mia, displaying the associated vfx
• Added handled_by_event_tooltip parameter to special projects requirements allowing special projects to not being possible to complete manually
• Added country_specimen_selling_cost_mult modifier
• Added num_exhibits trigger
• Added on_exhibit_unlocked on_action
• Added space_fauna_growth_rate_mult modifier
• Added ship_damage_against_boss_mult modifier
• Added months and years parameters to event firing effects like country_event
• Added monthly_loyalty_from_synthetic_subjects and monthly_loyalty_from_organic_subjects modifiers
• Add detailed description to add_relic effect
• Add trigger field to message variables
• Added "has_any_flag" trigger
• Added graphical_culture_fallback to create_ship effect in case graphical_culture targets an invalid GFX culture
• Added is_core_component_set to component_sets, forcing the use of the core component icon in the technology view
• Added on_colony_destroyed_by_bombardment on_action
• Added timed_flag_days_left trigger

Grand Archive Achievements​

Developer Q&A Today​

Next Week​