Happiness Overhaul
MOD LINK: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=683489804
[Also if anyone knows how to change the main picture of a Steam Workshop mod that'd be great to know because I can't find the damn button.]
This mod reworks how happiness works in Stellaris. Happiness now gives bonuses every 5% away from the 60% base POP happiness. This mod is a re-balance of the Happiness mechanic, so your game experience may differ greatly compared to the base game. Here is the current active changes in the mod.
- 90-100%: +30% on all tile yields. -20% Ethos divergence.
- 85-89%: +25% on all tile yields. -15% Ethos divergence.
- 80-84%: +20% on all tile yields. -10% Ethos divergence.
- 75-79%: +15% on all tile yields. - 5% Ethos divergence.
- 70-74%: +10% on all tile yields.
- 65-69%: +5% on all tile yields.
- 45-64%: No positive or Negative effect.
- 40-44%: -5% on all tile yields. +5% Ethos divergence.
- 35-39%: -10% on all tile yields. +10% Ethos divergence.
- 30-34%: -25% on all tile yields. +15% Ethos divergence.
- 25-29%: -50% on all tile yields. +20% Ethos divergence.
- 20-24%: -75% on all tile yields. +25% Ethos divergence. Energy capped at -50%
- 0-19%: -100% on all tile yields. +30% Ethos divergence. Energy capped at -50%
Edict Changes:
Social Welfare Programs
- +10% Happiness [Down from 15% Vanilla values]
- -20% Minerals and Energy.
Developer Musings
I may have to shift all the bonuses up a 5% notch. This would make the +30% max out at 95% happiness. I feel this may be more balance than the current set up however I will await feedback before I make a decision on this.
I will also have to dig in the files and find every single thing that affects happiness to re-balance them. I know there is an event that gives you a +15% Happiness modifier and that will probably have to get dropped to 10% because it seems a bit to strong with how my mod changes the mechanic.
I may also shift the Ethos drifts down in the penalties part of the Negative happiness tree depending on my experience with the mechanic and feedback from players using the mod. If you have thoughts on this or any other part of the mod please let me know.
Compatibility Conflicts
- This mod uses the vanilla 00_static_modifiers.txt in it. Any mods also using this will be incompatible with this mod.
- This mod uses the vanilla 00_edicts.txt in it. Any mods also using this will be incompatible with this mod.
- This mod appears to be compatible with saved games.
- This mod may not be compatible with future game releases.
Planned Changes
I plan on looking at every single instance of Happiness modifiers that exists in the game to find any file that references or uses the happiness mechanic please let me know if you find one so I can further develop this mod to be more balanced and interesting.
List of files[That I know of] with happiness mechanic.
- 00_edicts.txt
- 00_static_modifiers.txt
dskod1: I basically cannibalized his work in the Linear Happiness mod to get me off the ground. Just by reverse engineering his work using Notepad++ I managed to cobble together something functional and without his mod this mod wouldn't exist.
Installation Instructions.
Extract the files to C:\Users\Username\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\mod
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