Quick Questions Thread

[Nussor]

I'm interested in having system wide economic effects rather than just planetary and imperial and I'm trying to figure out if that's a possibility.

Also, are jobs that require trade value as an input good possible?

"System" modifiers are attached to the stellar body afaik, so you'd have to go through considerable trouble to add those anywhere but in the system initializer.

Jobs might have trade value as upkeep, but I'd assume they don't. Adding negative trade value could be easier.

 

[Omniscient]

I know particular systems have modifiers that can effect ship shield regeneration, but can they also be scripted to have economic effects? How can system modifiers be assigned, event only or can we have buildings that apply system rather than planetary modifiers?

I'm interested in having system wide economic effects rather than just planetary and imperial and I'm trying to figure out if that's a possibility.

Also, are jobs that require trade value as an input good possible?

Trade is not a resource like minerals and energy, so you can't use it as an upkeep. You can however have a job give negative trade value (see criminal jobs)

 

[Dsingis]

Hey guys, I have a question!

Can anyone tell me if there is (and if yes where to find) some kind of value, that determines the amount of habitable planets within a system? Or more like if a system actually gets a habitable planet during galaxy creation.
And I don't mean in the setup_scenario files, where I can edit " colonizable_planet_odds = 1.0 " I want to leave that value untouched.

What I'm looking for is something like in solar_system_initializers. Where I can for example change the odds of the game using an initializer like in special_system_initializers
under "Primitive Civilizations" "usage_odds = 1.5"

I mean, if there is a value for primitive civilization under setup_scenario files which modifies the "usage_odds" of the value from special_system_initializers, then surely there must be an initializer for habitable planets as well, right?

 

[Mitchz95]

Really dumb question: How do I add a thumbnail? I tried doing it by the book and it worked - before the new launcher was introduced. Couldn't add thumbnails in I:R before as well. Makes me feel really stupid.

You have to put the file in your mod folder, name it "thumbnail.png", then add the line picture="thumbnail.png" to both your .mod and descriptor files.

 

[17blue17]

My Settled Solar Systems mod does this, only with Luna instead of Venus. You're welcome to pick through my code and reverse-engineer it for your own ends.

When I first downloaded your mod recently it worked by accident to make my venus and mars settled because I had them pc continental. Now it does Luna and not Venus and Mars. Did you update something? I have spent hours trying to figure it out. Any way I can get a link to the previous version?

Any help is greatly appreciated.



Edit: Finally figured out the problem of porting the code to my personal mod - the prescripted_species_systems.txt file had to match the special_system_initializers.txt for the triggers to work. I no longer need the old code.

 

[DrNukeLear]

Hi all,

In the same way the rare resource desposits interact with variables which limit the number of rare resource extractor buildings, how do define a new variable for a new resource extractor building type?

 

[dailydose]

Hey there, quick question.
I would like to add a Lithoid civic to my mod (Interplanetary Agriculture) but I don't have the Lithoid DLC and don't plan to get it, so I can't reverse-engineer it. Could anyone tell me how the game restricts lithoid civics to, well, lithoids? Lithoids aren't an authority and, as far as I know, civics can't accept "is_empire_type" as a condition...

@Isilanka add

allowed_archetypes = { LITHOID }

to the civic's potential.

 

[E-WILL]

Any info about modding commands in Game CHAT or custom commands?

 

[sdrasmu12]

Is it possible to make a building have different upgrade paths, e.g. can be upgraded to one of two different buildings. If so, how does this interact with the interface? Will the little triangle pop-up and auto-select one of them?

 

[Mitchz95]

Can anyone help me understand why this sound effect isn't working?

soundeffect = {
   name = pc_k_giant_star
   loop = no
   sounds = {
       sound = pc_star_01
   }
   fade_out = 0.3
   volume = 0.4
}

File name is "mzilli_10x_soundeffects.asset", located in the "sound" folder.

 

[Qilue]

Is there a condition that can be added to init_effect of a planet in a system initializer to prevent a digsite spawning on that planet?

 

[Rodmar18]

Hello. In my game files (common/armies/), some armies don't seem to have any explicit Moral Damage line.

Clone Armies
Defense Armies
Occupation Armies
Primitive Armies
Rebel Armies

Note that robotic variants do have a Damage Moral stat.

Do someone know if this has any consequence on combats, if it is an overlook that should be reported, or if there's some hidden, implicit stat? Though, when Moral Damage is set to 1.00 (conjectured default value), it is explicited for several other armies...

I mean, thousands of battles involving Clones have been fought so far, don't they? So, this shouldn't have any serious consequence, I guess.

 

[Shadowstrike]

Dumb question, but is there any way to see the files inside a Steam mod? I'm curious how people are implementing things, but the whole thing comes as a single merged file.

 

[Mitchz95]

Dumb question, but is there any way to see the files inside a Steam mod? I'm curious how people are implementing things, but the whole thing comes as a single merged file.

It should be in the form of a zip file, no? Just double-click to open it.

EDIT: To clarify, go into Steam / steamapps / workshop / content / 281990, fine the folder with the desired mod's id number (see its Steam url) and open that folder. The .mod file in Stellaris / mod is just some info that helps Steam find the mod.

 

[Shadowstrike]

It should be in the form of a zip file, no? Just double-click to open it.

EDIT: To clarify, go into Steam / steamapps / workshop / content / 281990, fine the folder with the desired mod's id number (see its Steam url) and open that folder. The .mod file in Stellaris / mod is just some info that helps Steam find the mod.

Thanks! Was wondering where the files actually were.

 

[Starless2001]

Hi! Is there a way to modify a custom fleet (like the Dreadnought?). I don't mean by overriding their definition, but modifying them after creation. So, for example, once your empire gets psi-jump-drives, I can replace the dreadnought's drives for psi-jump. Is that possible?

 

[Nussor]

Hi! Is there a way to modify a custom fleet (like the Dreadnought?). I don't mean by overriding their definition, but modifying them after creation. So, for example, once your empire gets psi-jump-drives, I can replace the dreadnought's drives for psi-jump. Is that possible?

Pretty sure its not.

 

[Mitchz95]

Is there any way to create a planet entity where the planet's night side takes up the whole planet? I.e. there's no daylight at all and the city lights are present everywhere.

 

[17blue17]

One Step Ring World?

Has anyone managed to change the ring world construction from 3 steps into one combined? It was fun at first be after a while it feels like micro management to do all three steps game after game.

 

[Rodmar18]

Is 'GetPlanetMoon' deprecated? I just had a few events in my game and text was like "of the ." instead of "of the planet." Is suspect the retrieval to either not being possible anymore, or be incompatible with Real Space mod, because said mod would make modified planet classes not recognizable as a planet or as a moon?

Can someone confirm that the retrieval work in their case?