"In Limbo" Quest

[Yenzen]

Lots of missed chances for long term events, like The Exile.

 

[SolarGuy]

There's nothing you can really do with them... yet.

Now that this is a thing, I just wonder: Is the current implementation anything like what you had in mind earlier?

 

[Jabby]

Maybe this is related to the achievement Then Virgil, now Beatrice. Which requires you to bring a long-dead species back to life.

 

[SolarGuy]

Maybe this is related to the achievement Then Virgil, now Beatrice. Which requires you to bring a long-dead species back to life.

It actually is.

Spoiler: How to get that achievement

Complete the event chain In Limbo, then wait for a xenophile (maybe materialist too, don't know) FE to ask you for that data. Agree to giving them the data and they will create a new species out of that.

 

[Muwatallis]

It actually is.

Spoiler: How to get that achievement

Complete the event chain In Limbo, then wait for a xenophile (maybe materialist too, don't know) FE to ask you for that data. Agree to giving them the data and they will create a new species out of that.

I saw that achievement and thought they must be adding the technology to revive them yourself at some point. Is this going to be added still, or is giving the data to a fallen empire going to be the only way you can ever bring them back? I feel like you should be able to research or earn the technology somehow, even if it was only possible by conquering the FE and finding the tech from an event/anomaly on one of their planets.

 

[Roddo]

Spoiler

You are asked (later on) by a enigmatic observer to pass on the files to them for safekeeping. And if you do you get free reputation with them.. basically.

 

[Angelic_Daemon]

@LordMune will this quest line be continued with what @Wiz put on Twitter earlier?

https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward/status/818373694552674304

 

[Wizzington]

There is a planned continuation in 1.5.

 

[Blackplant]

Thanks for the heads-up, wiz. Does this, incidentally, have something to do with this transcendence thing I remember to have seen in DD #55?

 

[RossMorris]

Is this the same event where you get a ancient scientist or admiral downloaded into your species body, who has extra perks and a five star level?

 

[Angelic_Daemon]

Is this the same event where you get a ancient scientist or admiral downloaded into your species body, who has extra perks and a five star level?

The one I'm thinking of is the one where you can save an entire species' conscience or study it for 500 engineer points.

 

[Belaaron]

Well...that's unfortunate. I tend not to use Fallen Empires anymore in my maps. Having just one is pointless...and every single time the war in heaven starts, it always plays out in the worst way possible. Same with crises...every possible thing that can go badly, does...every...single...time.

 

[TankRush]

With the upcoming Utopia DLC (and free updates), I wouldn't be surprised if the absolute need for a Fallen Empire will no longer be a thing, just that you'll have to research the necessary technology yourself.

 

[henzington]

There is an ascension perk that gives bonus damage versus fallen empires. No clue if it has a second tier like the synth or psoinic perks.

 

[Foefaller]

With the upcoming Utopia DLC (and free updates), I wouldn't be surprised if the absolute need for a Fallen Empire will no longer be a thing, just that you'll have to research the necessary technology yourself.

Actually, some of the text and event triggers might already in the game files, just disabled. Text is the Event_5_I_(language of your choice) file in the localization folder, the event triggers are in anomaly_events_7 in the events folder. For those that don't want search:

Spoiler

There is flavor text and disabled event triggers for the option to upload their personalities into robots. Regular robots can fail, creating Society and Engineering research, or create some free robot pops. Having Droid can fail as well, but if it succeeds or you have synths, depending on your choice and availability of planets, they can either colonize a world for you in your empire, start a new empire called "The Awoken" outside your empire, or leave for good... or you can dismantle the results for a load of minerals. You can also decide to hold off until you get better (or any) robotics tech, with a new event showing up shortly after researching the next tier of robots with the option to try or keep waiting (or giving up if you decide against it)

Of course, until they turn it on, anything in the files is subject to change... or modding

 

[Xoatl]

Looking at the event files, downloading sets a planet flag marking that planet as limbo_planet and an empire flag marking your empire as having limbo_downloaded. Seacrhing the events folder for those two strings returns no other results. So it seems like it sets the flags and then .... nothing. Ever.

Games typically have cut content like this. Seems like they were hoping to add more to it but never got a chance to.

 

[Me_]

Games typically have cut content like this. Seems like they were hoping to add more to it but never got a chance to.

Not in this case. The whole alternate questline was added in 1.4 patch immediately disabled (which temporarily broke Limbo FE path). It was not there at all at release (and neither was the FE route - Limbo was just another flavour event back then).

My guess is they put it on hold when they decided to introduce the option to make your pops into robots in 1.5. And as Wiz said they plan to bring it back, probably changed to adjust for the Ascention perks.

 

[Seth the Atlantean]

It actually is.

Spoiler: How to get that achievement

Complete the event chain In Limbo, then wait for a xenophile (maybe materialist too, don't know) FE to ask you for that data. Agree to giving them the data and they will create a new species out of that.

This achievement is the last one. I have gotten all the rest. But for whatever reason I can't download the neural patterns. Three times the anomaly triggered the special project and all three times the option to download the neural patters is simply not there. Anyone know why this is? Is it related to a tech or ethic? Is this a bug? I have spent way too much time trying to get this achievement. Please advise.

 

[Angelic_Daemon]

This achievement is the last one. I have gotten all the rest. But for whatever reason I can't download the neural patterns. Three times the anomaly triggered the special project and all three times the option to download the neural patters is simply not there. Anyone know why this is? Is it related to a tech or ethic? Is this a bug? I have spent way too much time trying to get this achievement. Please advise.

I haven't seen the event since 1.4, I thought it got disabled but never checked into it.

 

[Seth the Atlantean]

I haven't seen the event since 1.4, I thought it got disabled but never checked into it.

Its still enabled. And I don't know what I am missing.