Bombardment

[Krabashik]

I apologize if this seems like a dumb question.

I have been looking around and can't seem to find an up to date mod for allowing the use of Armageddon for regular militaristic/xenophobic empires.

Is there one I haven't seen?

Also what is the reason for only allowing this for fabric purifiers and determined exterminators?

 

[Fisk]

I apologize if this seems like a dumb question.

I have been looking around and can't seem to find an up to date mod for allowing the use of Armageddon for regular militaristic/xenophobic empires.

Is there one I haven't seen?

Also what is the reason for only allowing this for fabric purifiers and determined exterminators?

As for the reasoning, I imagine the idea is that anyone who isn't purifier or exterminator wants to conquer rather than completely annihilate. Doesn't feel entirely reasonable when compared to who can use the planet cracker, but there it is.

I haven't looked for a mod that does this, but I figured I'd just make one. It won't be compatible with anything that modifies bombardment stances, but probably with everything else. Haven't tested it very thoroughly, but it should work from what I can tell. Just extract into your mods folder (documents\paradox interactive\stellaris\mod if you're on windows) and select it in the launcher.

If I understand the code right, the AI still won't use armageddon unless they're purifier or exterminator (wouldn't want regular empires going around creating tomb worlds, right?). In case you want to change that, or otherwise modify it, look at the spoiler. Any questions or concerns, reply here or pop me a pm.

Spoiler: How to change stuff

Inside the mod, locate common\policies\afe_policies.txt (it's the only file, really)
Then, in that file, scroll all the way to the bottom. There are two relevant fields; potential and AI_weight. Potential dictates who can use the policy; as you'll see I've enabled it for militarists and xenophobes, and I threw in devouring swarms too for good measure. The AI_weight one tells the AI which is best, and the "factor = 10" means the weight (goodness) of armageddon is multiplied by 10 for anything inside the following OR bracket.

In short, if you want fanatic militarist AI to use armageddon bombing, add has_ethic = "ethic_fanatic_militarist" to the civics already in the AI_weight brackets.
If you don't want regular militarists to be able to use it at all, remove has_ethic = "ethic_militarist" from the potential bracket.

    option = {
        name = "orbital_bombardment_armageddon"
    
        potential = {
            OR = {
                has_ethic = "ethic_militarist"                 # Everything in here can use armageddon bombardment
                has_ethic = "ethic_fanatic_militarist"
                has_ethic = "ethic_xenophobe"
                has_ethic = "ethic_fanatic_xenophobe"
                has_valid_civic = civic_hive_devouring_swarm
                has_valid_civic = civic_fanatic_purifiers
                has_valid_civic = civic_machine_terminator
            }
        }
    
        policy_flags = {
            orbital_bombardment_armageddon
        }
        modifier = {}
    
        AI_weight = {
            modifier = {
                factor = 10
                OR = {
                    has_valid_civic = civic_fanatic_purifiers        # Only AI empires matching at least one of
                    has_valid_civic = civic_machine_terminator       # these conditions will actually use it
                }
            }
        }
    }

EDIT: I just realized I'd forgotten to include the actual mod. My bad. Here's a link.