Its a code thing. The human portrait (and maybe some others, dunno) have a flag in the files that prevents them from showing up under normal circumstances.
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You said you made 13 custom empires, and you have set 16 empires to spawn, so 3 of them should be random ones. Does it not spawn all the ones you want, is that the problem?
I just happened to be using 16 custom races when i took the screen shot.
The problem is that i set all my custom races as forced to spawn and the game replaces a few of them with random civs... Now imagine trying to play a star trek game and the klingons or valcons are missing... Its not cool.. The game isnt working as intended. I can set every portrait to always spawn and they just wont... even if i set the map to 40 with 20 custom civs all of them still wont spawn.
Are the ones failing to spawn Human?
Do any of them use the same Starting System option (Sol/Deneb)?
I am usully playing as humans so they have never failed to spawn . Humans really arent the problem, neither is the sol/deneb systems...
It feels practically random which ones dont appear, though it may be a coincidence but my Minotaur race i made seems to not spawned like 4 times in a row.
The details on them are in the included text file. though i think i named them Taurians.
What I mean is that the game files have settings for which portrait can be used for random generated empires and the like. However, this also affects custom empires using such a portrait, even when set to forced spawning.
In theory, you should set the number of AI empires to the number of empires you want to force, force the ones you want, and you should only get those empires (plus some primitives, I think). If you're doing that and it's not happening, it's a bug.
You can use console commands to see the entire galaxy while in game, or you could decompress and open the saved game and search it by hand. Worst case scenario, if it's a bug and you really must have that start, you could edit the replaced empires either in the save game or in-game through console commands.
I'm at work now, but I can tell you how this evening if you want.
That would be a huge help. If you could tell me how to replace AI empires with the ones i want.
Potentially if i list all portraits inavailable for random spawns wouldnt that make it so they cant appear anymore as random?... than again that may affect tribal civs...
I force-spawn custom human empires all the time and I've never had any problems. I highly doubt that's it.
Sorry! Couple busy days at work, I'll try to get a long answer in the weekend, but the short version is that you need to go to your save directory, unzip the save, open it with a text editor (notepad++ for instance), search the names of the empires and species you want to change, and change their names, ethics, portraits ... Then save the file and recompress it.
EDIT: Actually, I'm working abroad for a few months, and don't actually have stellaris on my laptop or any saves. If you can send me one, I can point you to where the things to change are.
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Sorry! Couple busy days at work, I'll try to get a long answer in the weekend, but the short version is that you need to go to your save directory, unzip the save, open it with a text editor (notepad++ for instance), search the names of the empires and species you want to change, and change their names, ethics, portraits ... Then save the file and recompress it.
EDIT: Actually, I'm working abroad for a few months, and don't actually have stellaris on my laptop or any saves. If you can send me one, I can point you to where the things to change are.
Do i effectively just copy and paste from my custom empire files into the save file?
I'm not sure, I don't have any files to check.
You mostly want to look for the name of the empire you need to replace, replace the text on top of it for the one you want, and then start looking at the text below that. You should see some data on the empire such as its ethics and the like, which you can change. Say, if you want a spiritual empire to turn fanatically xenophobe, replace ethic_spiritual_1 by ethic_xenophobe_2 (not sure of the exact names of the ethics in the code, but should be something of the sort. You can look for the actual names of ethics, traits, etc in the text files in the game installation directory).
Then go look for the species, and do the same with the species traits, replacing adaptive with resilient or whatever you want, looking for a "portrait" section and replacing portrait_mammalian_2 with portrait_avian_4 or things like that; same with the namelists.
And lastly you'll need to go search for the name of the home planet, and look for a line of numbers that should say something like pop_id. Write them down, look at the section of the code where pops are described by species and ethos, and change their ethos one by one to match the one of the empire they belong to.
It will take you a while, but it should work.
If you can't manage to do that, upload the gamestate file to the forums and I'll help you locate where everything is.
Okay so ... i have the save file here and iv been trying to edit it but its F-ing impossible... i dont know what i am changing as theres so much information here.. I have a save file ware i got the dwarves to spawn and the dwarves are the ONLY race that didnt spawn in the sci fi fantasy save, so i have to somehow get the file for the Iron legion into the scifi fantasy file and delete the randomly spawned civs....
God why cant this game just work the way its suppose too....
God why cant this game just work the way its suppose too....
Alright, I need you to tell me which civilisation you want to be replaced by the dwarves. To delete the other random ones, the simplest way to proceed is the following:
1) Load your saved game
2) Open the console and type "observe"
3) Look at the names of the planets of the civilisations you want to kill off
4) Open the gamestate file of your save and search the names of these planets until you find something like this (these are the humans from your game):
3={
name="Gaia"
custom_name=yes
planet_class="pc_continental"
coordinate={
x=14.220
y=89.010
origin=221
}
orbit=90.000
planet_size=16
bombardment_damage=0.000
last_bombardment="1.01.01"
owner=0
original_owner=0
controller=0
moons={
4
}
pop={
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
}
colonize_date="2200.01.01"
delayed_event={
event="gpm_colony.4500"
days=24000
scope={
type=planet
id=3
random={ 0 2118088887 }
from={
type=none
id=0
random={ 16 922053937 }
variables={
"local_wormholes_num"
=5.000
}
}
}
}
army={
48 49 50
}
timed_modifier={
modifier="capital"
days=-1
}
flags={
planet_earth=62808000
}
entity=1
entity_name="continental_planet_earth_entity"
explicit_entity=yes
has_owner_pops=yes
tiles={
6={
active=yes
resources={
food={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
blocker="tb_decrepit_dwellings"
deposit="d_rich_farmland_deposit"
}
7={
active=yes
resources={
minerals={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
blocker="tb_decrepit_dwellings"
deposit="d_rich_mineral_deposit"
}
8={
active=yes
pop=0
resources={
minerals={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_mining_network_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_rich_mineral_deposit"
}
9={
active=yes
resources={
food={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
deposit="d_rich_farmland_deposit"
}
11={
active=yes
pop=5
resources={
minerals={1.000 1.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_mining_network_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_mineral_deposit"
}
12={
active=yes
pop=1
resources={
energy={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_power_plant_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_rich_energy_deposit"
}
13={
active=yes
pop=6
resources={
energy={1.000 1.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_capital_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_energy_deposit"
}
14={
active=yes
pop=2
resources={
food={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_hydroponics_farm_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_rich_farmland_deposit"
}
16={
active=yes
resources={
energy={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
blocker="tb_decrepit_dwellings"
deposit="d_rich_energy_deposit"
}
17={
active=yes
resources={
society_research={1.000 1.000 0.000}
}
blocker="tb_failing_infrastructure"
deposit="d_society_deposit"
}
18={
active=yes
pop=3
resources={
food={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_hydroponics_farm_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_rich_farmland_deposit"
}
19={
active=yes
pop=4
resources={
energy={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_power_plant_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_rich_energy_deposit"
}
21={
active=yes
resources={
engineering_research={1.000 1.000 0.000}
}
blocker="tb_failing_infrastructure"
deposit="d_engineering_deposit"
}
22={
active=yes
resources={
physics_research={1.000 1.000 0.000}
}
blocker="tb_failing_infrastructure"
deposit="d_physics_deposit"
}
23={
active=yes
}
24={
active=yes
pop=7
resources={
physics_research={1.000 1.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_basic_science_lab_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_physics_deposit"
}
}
spaceport={
}
prevent_anomaly=yes
orbital_deposit_tile=1125917086711811 }
name="Gaia"
custom_name=yes
planet_class="pc_continental"
coordinate={
x=14.220
y=89.010
origin=221
}
orbit=90.000
planet_size=16
bombardment_damage=0.000
last_bombardment="1.01.01"
owner=0
original_owner=0
controller=0
moons={
4
}
pop={
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
}
colonize_date="2200.01.01"
delayed_event={
event="gpm_colony.4500"
days=24000
scope={
type=planet
id=3
random={ 0 2118088887 }
from={
type=none
id=0
random={ 16 922053937 }
variables={
"local_wormholes_num"
=5.000
}
}
}
}
army={
48 49 50
}
timed_modifier={
modifier="capital"
days=-1
}
flags={
planet_earth=62808000
}
entity=1
entity_name="continental_planet_earth_entity"
explicit_entity=yes
has_owner_pops=yes
tiles={
6={
active=yes
resources={
food={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
blocker="tb_decrepit_dwellings"
deposit="d_rich_farmland_deposit"
}
7={
active=yes
resources={
minerals={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
blocker="tb_decrepit_dwellings"
deposit="d_rich_mineral_deposit"
}
8={
active=yes
pop=0
resources={
minerals={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_mining_network_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_rich_mineral_deposit"
}
9={
active=yes
resources={
food={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
deposit="d_rich_farmland_deposit"
}
11={
active=yes
pop=5
resources={
minerals={1.000 1.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_mining_network_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_mineral_deposit"
}
12={
active=yes
pop=1
resources={
energy={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_power_plant_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_rich_energy_deposit"
}
13={
active=yes
pop=6
resources={
energy={1.000 1.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_capital_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_energy_deposit"
}
14={
active=yes
pop=2
resources={
food={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_hydroponics_farm_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_rich_farmland_deposit"
}
16={
active=yes
resources={
energy={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
blocker="tb_decrepit_dwellings"
deposit="d_rich_energy_deposit"
}
17={
active=yes
resources={
society_research={1.000 1.000 0.000}
}
blocker="tb_failing_infrastructure"
deposit="d_society_deposit"
}
18={
active=yes
pop=3
resources={
food={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_hydroponics_farm_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_rich_farmland_deposit"
}
19={
active=yes
pop=4
resources={
energy={2.000 2.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_power_plant_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_rich_energy_deposit"
}
21={
active=yes
resources={
engineering_research={1.000 1.000 0.000}
}
blocker="tb_failing_infrastructure"
deposit="d_engineering_deposit"
}
22={
active=yes
resources={
physics_research={1.000 1.000 0.000}
}
blocker="tb_failing_infrastructure"
deposit="d_physics_deposit"
}
23={
active=yes
}
24={
active=yes
pop=7
resources={
physics_research={1.000 1.000 0.000}
}
building={
type="building_basic_science_lab_1"
modifier=yes
}
deposit="d_physics_deposit"
}
}
spaceport={
}
prevent_anomaly=yes
orbital_deposit_tile=1125917086711811 }
pop={
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
}
Now, inside your game, open up the console and type "kill_pop 0", then "kill_pop 1", and so on until you've killed all pops of that planet.
6) Repeat that for all planets you want to exterminate.
7) Type "play 0" to go back to your original empire
8) No more random empires. Remember to leave one alive to be replaced by the dwarves, but to tell you how to do that it'd be useful if you gave me the name of the empire you want to stay.
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Oh i guess we could replace the "Free Cirrulan Commonwealth" they have a good starting position close to the humans.
Alright. Did you try to kill off everyone else? Did it work properly?
To replace the Cirrulans, there are three things to replace: the species, the actual pops, and the empire.
First search "Cirrulan" in your save file until you find this (line 610 in the file you uploaded):
{
name_list="REP3"
name="Cirrulan"
plural="Cirrulans"
class="REP"
portrait="rep12"
traits={
trait="trait_very_strong"
trait="trait_nonadaptive"
trait="trait_agrarian"
trait="trait_repugnant"
trait="trait_pc_alpine_preference"
}
home_planet=330
name_data="cirrulan"
new_pop_resource_requirement={
type=food_surplus
value=25.000
}
pops_auto_growth=0.000
pop_ethics=random
}
name_list="REP3"
name="Cirrulan"
plural="Cirrulans"
class="REP"
portrait="rep12"
traits={
trait="trait_very_strong"
trait="trait_nonadaptive"
trait="trait_agrarian"
trait="trait_repugnant"
trait="trait_pc_alpine_preference"
}
home_planet=330
name_data="cirrulan"
new_pop_resource_requirement={
type=food_surplus
value=25.000
}
pops_auto_growth=0.000
pop_ethics=random
}
{
name_list="HUM4"
name="Oghren"
plural="Oghren Dwarves"
adjective="Dwarven"
class="HUM"
portrait="humanoid_hp_11"
traits={
trait="trait_industrious"
trait="trait_natural_engineers"
trait="trait_slow_breeders"
trait="trait_solitary"
trait="trait_enduring"
trait="trait_pc_alpine_preference"
}
home_planet=28
new_pop_resource_requirement={
type=food_surplus
value=25.000
}
pops_auto_growth=0.000
pop_ethics=random
}
name_list="HUM4"
name="Oghren"
plural="Oghren Dwarves"
adjective="Dwarven"
class="HUM"
portrait="humanoid_hp_11"
traits={
trait="trait_industrious"
trait="trait_natural_engineers"
trait="trait_slow_breeders"
trait="trait_solitary"
trait="trait_enduring"
trait="trait_pc_alpine_preference"
}
home_planet=28
new_pop_resource_requirement={
type=food_surplus
value=25.000
}
pops_auto_growth=0.000
pop_ethics=random
}
Then, we go for the empire. Search for the line 'name="Free Cirrulan Commonwealth" ' in your save file (line 607212 in the one you uploaded), and start editing there. You want to change:
A) The flag. Replace this:
flag={
icon={
category="domination"
file="domination_2.dds"
}
background={
category="backgrounds"
file="double_hemispheres.dds"
}
colors={
"brown"
"burgundy"
"black"
"null"
}
}
icon={
category="domination"
file="domination_2.dds"
}
background={
category="backgrounds"
file="double_hemispheres.dds"
}
colors={
"brown"
"burgundy"
"black"
"null"
}
}
flag={
icon={
category="human"
file="flag_human_14.dds"
}
background={
category="backgrounds"
file="stripe.dds"
}
colors={
"yellow"
"brown"
"null"
"null"
}
}
icon={
category="human"
file="flag_human_14.dds"
}
background={
category="backgrounds"
file="stripe.dds"
}
colors={
"yellow"
"brown"
"null"
"null"
}
}
Then, replace the name and adjective of the empire, replacing:
name="Free Cirrulan Commonwealth"
adjective="Cirrulan"
adjective="Cirrulan"
name="Iron Legion"
adjective="Dwarven"
custom_name=yes
adjective="Dwarven"
custom_name=yes
I'm breaking the post here to make it a bit more readable, will continue in a minute.