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I would love to see more planet types, there is already perfect mod for it. Just take it and include in your game. With only 9+1 planet types every planet feels same. Another thing that would be great is making fungoids somehow benefit from colonizing tomb worlds. Muschrooms are not affected by radiation same way as other species and even thrives in places with radiation :)
Unfortunately, if you do that you immediately have to come up with appropriately-balanced bonuses for all the other phenotypes - and a sizeable chunk of the player base do not want their playstyle to be dictated by their phenotype.
 
It would be a good idea I think to allow the breeding of preconscient species without malus diplomatic except for the xenophiles.
Even some people who are outright human chauvinists find the thought of breeding chimpanzees for exploitation pretty distasteful.

And that's basically what you're doing if you're exploiting presentients.
 
this is what was done for medical studies there was not so long time. Even if myself I do not find it very clean, I still make a difference between a race that has a place on the galactic scene or only a flourishing civilization and chimpazee
 
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Terraforming projects to convert gas planets into stars

If there was enough mass in the gas giant to turn into a star it would usually already have done so. Jupiter for example is approximately 1000 times less massive than the Sun.
You're looking at needing multiple gas giants (even super-Jupiters) to get a useful star out of the far end. And you've got to contain all the gas/plasma whilst you ignite the "new star".

That's far beyond anything that could remotely be considered akin to terraforming.


And please give us some kind of Star wars centerpoint station - a station that can move whole stars / planets maybe also star systems from afar.
Ofc this would have to be REALLY late game and you couldnt use it on enemy systems fir example because you have not enough telemetrical data or so.

Moving stars and planets - and especially moving star systems would play havoc with the game. Yes, we already have projects that rebuild systems (ringworlds in particular), but since stars and their locations are part of how the galaxy is structured, and moving them would involve having to remap any distance calculations involving that system (and redraw the hyperlanes), it's probably beyond technical possibilities.

And we NEED a way to invade other dimensions like the unbidden do. For example it would be an idea that you would have to be psionic ascensioned and the unbidden must have been killed. Then you can research some technologies or get an ap or whatever to invade another universe

No, we really don't.
Firstly that means that only one ascension can do it. If it a particular end-crisis has happened.
Secondly, what do you get to take to the new galaxy? How built up do you have it be? How long do you want to sit and wait for the game to simulate another galaxy for - or would it just load up a pre-set (or one of a number of pre-set) "advanced" galaxies?

But no. Once you've won, you've won. Start a new game, try something else.
 
You know, I think there are some issues with synths rights in 1.5. But most of all, I believe Full citizen rights for the AI should be available to all empires, not just materialists. Spiritualists have their psi ways, but others will benefit from robotech and synths more, if rights would be granted easily.

I really hope this will be fixed in Adams, because for me it's crucial. I want to have my UNE with free robots as citizens. Let us remember captain Picard's words:

 
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Can crisis occur when the game is won?
Yes. The only effect of winning the game is that if you're playing on unmodded Ironman, you get the achievement for winning the game.
 
You know, I think there are some issues with synths rights in 1.5. But most of all, I believe Full citizen rights for the AI should be available to all empires, not just materialists.
A good solution is, only materialists can set full AI rights immediately and the others ethos (except spiritualist) need wait for a event like a reworked AI accord for set the AI rights to full citizenship. This will balance the triggers for the AI rebellion with players dont dodging this every game and will create a narrative way for the acceptance of synths rights for empires like the UNE.
 
A good solution is, only materialists can set full AI rights immediately and the others ethos (except spiritualist) need wait for a event like a reworked AI accord for set the AI rights to full citizenship. This will balance the triggers for the AI rebellion with players dont dodging this every game and will create a narrative way for the acceptance of synths rights for empires like the UNE.

No, this can't be decided by an event. Event may be involved, though. I believe, we should consider the possibility of AI sentience and, as such, AI's rights recognition by people of the Empire, i.e. by players themselves. Or do you think the story of CDR Data rights recognition is somehow worse? It's narrative too. Because we're narrators. Not the event pop up protocol.

If I wanna build a state like the United Federation of Planets, then I simply don't need a prolonged political dispute and in-fighting for or against synths rights. I believe, the limitation is fairly lazy on part of Paradox. This won't make spiritualists any more special, however it will practically lock synths from others (non-materialists) for a long time. This isn't right, really.
 
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Space UN sounds rather goofy, with the game already having Federations. How would that Space UN come to be, how would it enforce its authority?

Imo it'd ruin that wild west lawless borderlands feel, that the galaxy has no ultimate authority unless Federation/Domination/Vassalize Everything Victories happen.

Yes, because the real UN has absolute dominion over the earth.

I imagine it would be more like the real UN, largely a diplomatic venture. Fanatic purifiers and the like wouldn't participate or obey, but more diplomatically inclined civs could get together and collectively decide what to do about galactic problems. Any resolutions passed by the space UN wouldn't be automatic and unavoidable like the World Congress in Civilization. Instead they're more like suggestions that carry a diplomatic penalty for ignoring. At least that's how I see it.
 
For my money, war and diplomacy are two sides of the same coin and should be addressed at the same time. Right now I believe they need a complete overhaul as has been the case in internal politics with banks. Great work so far though guys, keep it up :)