[Dev Team] stellaris_test beta branch updated with a ton of new fixes [checksum 555a]

[Jamor]

Hi all, Jamor here. As promised, we're ready with the latest update to the stellaris_test branch. It includes all the fixes from the previous posts, plus a bunch of new stuff. Try it out over the weekend and let us know how it goes...we'll watch your feedback carefully and continue to push new fixes when we have them.

Checksum is now 555a.

Spoiler: Check out the latest changes here.

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# 2.2 ‘Le Guin’ Free Features
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* Ether Drake Shrine/Monument has been converted to a special Planetary Deposit with the same effects as before
* Improved Nanite Transmutation description for tech/building
* Art Monument has now been revamped into a planetary Decision
* Hive minds will once again have unemployed drones rather than a Scavenger drone job
* Renamed Empire Size to Empire Sprawl, and renamed Administrative Cap to Administrative Capacity (previous wording did not make it clear enough that they are soft caps)

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# Balance
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* Rescaled the Consecrated World Worship modifier: it now goes higher, with smaller value increments between each step
* Shared burden Civic and Living standard allow pops to demote in social strata much more rapidly
* Ruined arcologies take longer to clear and cost more
* Reduced Gateway cost
* Increased rate at which admirals and ships get XP from suppressing pirates
* Science nerd faction is no longer jealous of the Successor Khanate
* Ship upgrade cost reduced by increasing the refund amount from older components, and upgrade time reduced
* Mega Art Installation restoration build time increased from 3600 to 4800
* Strategic Coordination Center restoration build time increased from 3600 to 4800
*Strategic Coordination Center effect on naval cap reduced from to 50/100/150, effect on starbase cap reduced from to 2/4/6, and effect on platform capacity reduced to 4/8/12
* Science Nexus effect on research output increased from 75/150/225 to 100/200/300, and increases research speed by 5%/10%/15%
* Science Nexus build time increased from 2400 to 3600, and alloy cost increased from 12500 to 15000 for all levels
* Proles know their roles, are less likely to be researchers
* Synthetic Evolution ascension perk now also reduces modify species cost by -50%
* Administrative Efficiency (repeatable) tech effect on Admin Cap increased from 10 to 15
* Mitigated some Machine Uprising issues slightly

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# AI
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* AI now manages to correctly assess budget for building upgrades on planets
* Made sure AI is not blocked from building things that decreases budget deficits if deficit is too large, because you gotta have money to make money, champ
* Scriptable possibility to use parent economic category for AI budgeting. AI now has a single pool for energy upkeep for most things, making it much better at building up its empire
* AI is now budgeting some exotic resources to planet development, allowing them build upgrades and buildings that require them
* Made AI a bit less maniacal about stomping out every iota of crime to allow the criminal megacorp playstyle

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# Performance
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* Fixed performance drop in the resettlement view
* Fixed one source of lag on daily ticks
* Reduced needless daily job related calculations

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# UI
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* Fixed overlapping GUI elements for Science Nexus Megastructure
* Updated production/upkeep GUI elements in Megastructure view
* Faction issues now display as red or green depending on if the demand is fulfilled rather than if the effect of the issue is positive, negative or neutral
* Fixed so that all decimals of amenities and trade value are shown in the UI

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# Modding
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* Renamed old "can_resettle_pop" game rule to "can_resettle_planet", Add a new "can_resettle_pop" game rule that works on Pop scope
* Added on_slave_sold_on_market on action

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# Bugfixes
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* Fixed robot pops being unable to resettle
* Fixed the Consecrated World Worship modifier disappearing when a certain combination of planets are consecrated
* Caravaneers should not join a colony before it is fully established
* Some moon-related events had their triggers improved after the startling realization that Habitats also count as moons. That's no moon...
* Fixed Aberrant and Vehement lacking starting anchor starbase rendering their portals indestructible
* Fanatic Materialist Fallen Empire is no longer wrongfully DLC-locked behind Synthetic Dawn
* Fixed broken text for Dark Matter deposits
* "Pollen Aphrodisiac" event chain is no longer available to Ecumenopolis worlds
* Fixed an event option tooltip relating to the Science Nexus reporting incorrect resource amounts
* Fixed Automated Colonization Units tradition not granting an extra pop on colonization for machine empires
* Fixed issue with the Artisan troupe dialogue windows not popping up
* Fixed crash when trying to reroute a trade route
* Totalitarian faction demands should be satisfied by either having a stratified living standard on everyone, or by purging/enslaving pops
* Fixed a crash when opening the megastructure build list with a Dyson Sphere you cannot afford at midnight on the Summer Solstice atop Barad-dûr
* Fixed text grey out function to actually grey out texticons instead of only cheekily putting "_grey" into the text
* Fixed a crash when tooltipping power in diplomacy view while not observing as a country
* Fixed duplicate Simplified Chinese ship design names
* Fixed a possible crash when showing event windows
* Fixed issue where system ownership change on actions were executed in a unsafe environment potentially causing CTDs and/or OOSs
* Fixed an OOS at game start when the client is playing in a different language than the host
* Fixed a crash related to extremely long trade routes
* Fixed CTD from trying to update invalid planets
* Fixed the Caravansary Home Station being indestructible after it is re-established, because that which has died once can die again
* Fixed a missing ship design name for the Caravansary starbase
* The Numistic pops sold by the Numistic Order will now have the same traits as their original owner but the ideal planet class of their buyer
* Fixed Vassalization Wars unhelpfully not creating Vassals
* Subsidiaries can now have branch offices and open branch offices in their overlord's territory. Commercial pact trading is also done automatically just as when in a federation when you're a subsidiary
* Merchants now properly produce Unity for empires with Merchant Guilds civic
* Fixed a number of Special Projects occasionally displaying unintended event images in the Situation Log
* Fixed some Governor traits that were wrongly empire-wide in their effect
* Hyperplanes are now correctly colored on OSX
* Drone Megastorage now correctly checks that you are a Machine empire
* No resettlement policy now actually means no resettlment
* Fixed Observation Posts producing no science
* Sector automation now includes hives and nexus
* Technologies for lvl 2 buildings no longer appear before you have the resources to build them
* Fixed the Numistic Order fleet having the wrong name
* Alleviated some issues with Caravaneer fleets getting "stuck", as their jump distance when escaping hostiles is now randomized
* Fixed an edge case where Consecrating a world would not result in a modifier, making the planet impossible to un-consecrate
* Fixed literally unplayable typo in Cyto-Revitalization Center tooltip
* Fixed Solid Liquidity faction issue stating the wrong amount of Energy Credits
* Private Prospectors civic effect description now shows the correct Administrative Cap increase

This is a beta patch on Steam, and the new live version on Paradox Launcher and GOG. We're continuing to work on the performance issues that have been reported, they are proving elusive, but we'll keep at it. Thanks everyone. Have fun.

Please note stellaris_test is an opt-in patch. You have to choose to activate it.

Steam library -> Right click on Stellaris -> Properties -> Betas tab -> choose "stellaris_test"

 

[Moah]

Let's try it then.

How bad a stutter are we talking about? Is it a microfreeze like we see in the video posted earlier, or are we talking about seconds? Does it happen on a new game? What galaxy size, how many AIs? What game settings are you using in the "video" section? do you have vsync enabled, for example?

 

[Moah]

thanks, but there is no "test branch" in the paradox launcher! I am not talking about steam

Aww, no update for plaza version?

Because we don't have a ways to easily do betas on the launcher, we update the main version directly. If you g

Not sure if this is related to the patch or not, but since I'm running the beta version, I figured I should post it here: I've been getting a consistent CTD every time I load one of my saves, it happens exactly on 2531.12.01, every time, no matter what I change.

Please post this in the bug forum, including the save file.

 

[Moah]

Your sentence just ended, what were you saying about the GoG/Paradox/Plaza version?

I don't remember exactly but I assume I was going to say "if you got the standard version on these platform you're on par with the steam beta (and should be able to cross play with the steam beta).

@Jamor would it be possible to mark the new updates to the patch notes in a different color, maybe yellow so that we can easily see what's changed

The patch notes only included what's changed since the previous beta, I believe.