Quick Questions Thread

Zaltys · Feb 1, 2017

Mitchz95 said:
Where can I find those planet icons, the ones that show up in the outliner to dictate planet class? I've tried searching through the files but can't seem to find them.

gfx\interface\icons\planet_type_icons.dds?

Mitchz95 · Feb 2, 2017

Zaltys said:
gfx\interface\icons\planet_type_icons.dds?

Thanks, not sure how I missed that.

Harmy52 · Feb 2, 2017

Are there any guides/resources on modding existing interfaces? I can't seem to find any.

MrSoulbinder · Feb 3, 2017

How can I determine in an event if a certain building is activated/deactivated?

Qilue · Feb 4, 2017

Is there a way to change the default border colour? I refer to the thin dark band on the edge of your empire's territory.

Mitchz95 · Feb 7, 2017

Is it possible to define a few traits for a species, but leave the habitability random?

atlervetok · Feb 7, 2017

heya, i was wondering how i make an event that gives tech but only to a certain race?
like the star wars mod does.
thanks

Nihil Aeternus · Feb 8, 2017

In system initialization, is there a way to select a random planet class out of a weighted list?

The random_list function seems to disregard any weighting or star preferences.

Thanks for any ideas.

Mitchz95 · Feb 10, 2017

I'm trying to create an event that turns all planets of a Fallen Empire (with a specific ethos) into tomb worlds upon game start. I thought this would work, but it doesn't:

Code:

namespace = missingfe

event = {
   id = missingfe.1
   title = OK
   desc = OK
   hide_window = yes
   #is_triggered_only = yes
   fire_only_once = yes
  
   immediate = {
       every_planet = {
           limit = {
               has_planet_flag = fallen_empire_world
               ROOT = { has_ethic = ethic_fanatic_militarist }
           }
           change_pc = "pc_nuked"
       }
   }
}

What am I doing wrong?

mac2636 · Feb 10, 2017

Could someone please tell which files contain the cost and modifiers for building a Frontier Outpost?

Kingtrin · Feb 10, 2017

Mitchz95 said:
I'm trying to create an event that turns all planets of a Fallen Empire (with a specific ethos) into tomb worlds upon game start. I thought this would work, but it doesn't:

Code:

namespace = missingfe event = { id = missingfe.1 title = OK desc = OK hide_window = yes #is_triggered_only = yes fire_only_once = yes immediate = { every_planet = { limit = { has_planet_flag = fallen_empire_world ROOT = { has_ethic = ethic_fanatic_militarist } } change_pc = "pc_nuked" } } }

What am I doing wrong?

You have no trigger to determine when the event should be firing. Also ROOT is used improperly here as it merely refers to the scope of the event itself, which is galactic and doesn't contain any ethic data. Since it is already scoped to the planet in every_planet you can just use OWNER instead.

Walshicus · Feb 12, 2017

Is there any effect that will change the graphical culture of a specific - existing - ship?

Easy to change the culture of a country, but want to change something for an individual ship...

Kingtrin · Feb 13, 2017

Walshicus said:
Is there any effect that will change the graphical culture of a specific - existing - ship?

Easy to change the culture of a country, but want to change something for an individual ship...

You might be able to save the previous ship as an event target and copy over its details/location to a new ship while changing the graphical culture. As an idea I pulled out of my ass, you could try scoping to the ship in question and doing effect = { graphical_culture = "example" } with likely disastrous results.

Walshicus · Feb 13, 2017

When I say ship, I'm referring to the starbase... so ideally wouldn't want to destroy it given the attached modules...

CD-Rom · Feb 13, 2017

Hey, on the Stellaris Wiki I've read, that the two human empires in the game share the same species, any idea how I can create a new empire that shared the same species, so if my custom human empire meets the united nations of earth, they are the same species?

MensIuguolo · Feb 13, 2017

So I try making a quick mod to allow more traits choices for custom races.
I made common\defines\es_defines.lua
It now has two lines:
"
NDefines.NSpecies.MAX_ETHIC_POINTS = 7
NDefines.NSpecies.MAX_TRAITS = 15
"

When I try to run stellaris, the game crashes at the end of the loading screen (when reaching 100%)
I checked and does work without the mod!

HELP?

Nihil Aeternus · Feb 13, 2017

CD-Rom said:
Hey, on the Stellaris Wiki I've read, that the two human empires in the game share the same species, any idea how I can create a new empire that shared the same species, so if my custom human empire meets the united nations of earth, they are the same species?

If you use the same name, and same traits in the same order then it should be the same species. You could generate a galaxy and observe it to see if it counts your humans alongside any others that spawn.

redomer · Feb 13, 2017

I am trying to make private music mod but my game doesn't seem to want to find the costum music. Can anyone tell me what is going wrong?

~~I converted with VLC to Theora + Vorbis (OGG) but I am not sure this completly correct.~~ Tried it now with audacity but that didn't change anything.

songs.txt

Code:

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_a_kiss"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_after_sarah"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_agents"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_are_you_sure"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_biking_to_school"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_castle_byers"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_cops_are_good_at_finding"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_dispatch"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_eleven"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_fresh_blood"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_friendship"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hallucinations"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hanging_lights"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hawkins"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hawkins_lab"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hazmat_suits"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_joyce_and_lonnie_fighting"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_kids"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_lamps"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_laz_y_boy"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_lights_out"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_nancy_and_barb"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_no_autopsy"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_no_weapons"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_one_blink_for_yes"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_papa"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_photos_in_the_woods"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_run_away"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_she_ll_kill_you"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_stranger_things"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_theoretically"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_walking_through_the_upside_down"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_the_upside_down"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_this_isn_t_you"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_what_else_is_there_to_do"
}

song = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_you_can_talk_to_me"
}

songs.assets

Code:

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_a_kiss"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_a_kiss.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_after_sarah"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_after_sarah.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_agents"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_agents.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_are_you_sure"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_are_you_sure.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_biking_to_school"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_biking_to_school.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_castle_byers"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_castle_byers.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_cops_are_good_at_finding"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_cops_are_good_at_finding.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_dispatch"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_dispatch.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_eleven"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_eleven.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_fresh_blood"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_fresh_blood.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_friendship"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_friendship.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hallucinations"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hallucinations.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hanging_lights"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hanging_lights.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hawkins"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hawkins.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hawkins_lab"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hawkins_lab.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hazmat_suits"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_hazmat_suits.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_joyce_and_lonnie_fighting"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_joyce_and_lonnie_fighting.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_kids"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_kids.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_lamps"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_lamps.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_laz_y_boy"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_laz_y_boy.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_lights_out"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_lights_out.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_nancy_and_barb"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_nancy_and_barb.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_no_autopsy"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_no_autopsy.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_no_weapons"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_no_weapons.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_one_blink_for_yes"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_one_blink_for_yes.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_papa"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_papa.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_photos_in_the_woods"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_photos_in_the_woods.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_run_away"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_run_away.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_she_ll_kill_you"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_she_ll_kill_you.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_stranger_things"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_stranger_things.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_theoretically"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_theoretically.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_walking_through_the_upside_down"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_walking_through_the_upside_down.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_the_upside_down"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_the_upside_down.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_this_isn_t_you"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_this_isn_t_you.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_what_else_is_there_to_do"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_what_else_is_there_to_do.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

music = {
   name = "stranger_things_soundtrack_you_can_talk_to_me"
   file = "stranger_things_soundtrack_you_can_talk_to_me.ogg"
   volume = 0.60
}

Part of error.log

Code:

[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_a_kiss
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_a_kiss
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_lamps
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_lamps
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_nancy_and_barb
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_nancy_and_barb
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_no_autopsy
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_no_autopsy
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_laz_y_boy
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_laz_y_boy
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_lights_out
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_lights_out
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_what_else_is_there_to_do
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_what_else_is_there_to_do
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_kids
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_kids
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_lamps
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_lamps
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_nancy_and_barb
[20:42:07][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_nancy_and_barb
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_she_ll_kill_you
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_she_ll_kill_you
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_run_away
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_run_away
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_photos_in_the_woods
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_photos_in_the_woods
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_stranger_things
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_stranger_things
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_agents
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_agents
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_are_you_sure
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_are_you_sure
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_biking_to_school
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_biking_to_school
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_castle_byers
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_castle_byers
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_cops_are_good_at_finding
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_cops_are_good_at_finding
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_dispatch
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_dispatch
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_stranger_things
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_stranger_things
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_agents
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_agents
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_are_you_sure
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_are_you_sure
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_biking_to_school
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_biking_to_school
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_castle_byers
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_castle_byers
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_cops_are_good_at_finding
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_cops_are_good_at_finding
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_dispatch
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_dispatch
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_eleven
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_eleven
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_agents
[20:42:08][pdx_audio.cpp:1407]: Could not find music named stranger_things_soundtrack_agents

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Kingtrin · Feb 14, 2017

CD-Rom said:
Hey, on the Stellaris Wiki I've read, that the two human empires in the game share the same species, any idea how I can create a new empire that shared the same species, so if my custom human empire meets the united nations of earth, they are the same species?

The game keeps species seperated even if they are identical in all respects. Even if everything else is similar, the game engine knows which is which and keeps them seperate. This is obviously better than the alternative which would result in crazy annoying mixups. We have several modding functions added not too long ago that allow us to identify various levels of similarity between two species.

My experience helping out on the playable robots mod leads me to believe you will probably have to accept certain game engine quirks from them being seperate species (colonizing, making armies etc). On the game initialization the original developer for playable robots had to apply robot-specific traits to the starting pop, but it was not possible to modify the existing species as is. An entirely new one had to be created even though it was the same in every single way. This way newly built robots did not need to have the trait reapplied every time, but it also resulted in the starting pops being their own species. In gameplay terms its fine as even xenophobes would not cause problems here, but from a modding standpoint it is awkward to say the least.

MensIuguolo said:
So I try making a quick mod to allow more traits choices for custom races.
I made common\defines\es_defines.lua
It now has two lines:
"
NDefines.NSpecies.MAX_ETHIC_POINTS = 7
NDefines.NSpecies.MAX_TRAITS = 15
"

When I try to run stellaris, the game crashes at the end of the loading screen (when reaching 100%)
I checked and does work without the mod!

HELP?

One thing that has never ceased to infuriate me about stellaris is how paradox completely neglects to inform people of critical information. You need the correct encoding so the file can be read properly. This is most easily achieved by copying the original defines file, deleting its contents, renaming the file and then using that as your base. Make sure each line has a semicolon as well. If you still run into crashes it may be that those values are too high.

bagalas · Feb 14, 2017

Hi,

Is it possible to add a tile resource in a system initializer to a fixed tile?
I set a planet with 25 tiles and I want to add a specific resource to the middle tile and not a random one.

thanks

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