Quick Questions Thread

th3freakie · Sep 15, 2020

Rodmar18 said:
You localisation strings seem correct though, as compared to those in apocalypse_l_english and l_english files.
Did you try to comment out HUMAN4 and check if HUMAN5 is clear?

Thank you for your reply. I eventually stopped trying to fix the localisation file and instead deleted the mod and recreated it in the launcher. That fixed the issue. So my gut feeling was probably wrong and it was instead some problem in the mod id file instead, not in the localisation. It was just a coincidence that the issue occurred after I changed the location file.

And unrelated follow-up: what's up with the steam workshop and the thumbnails? What would be so hard about letting us upload a thumbnail directly unto steam?

Mitchz95 · Sep 15, 2020

Do solar systems all generate at the same time, or do they go in a certain order? If the latter, which one spawns first? (I'd assume the player's home system.)

Rodmar18 · Sep 15, 2020

Well, according to save games, solar systems are numbered and stored (I guess this means: generated) at random (be it by location, ownership, even category (i.e. leviathan, ai system, ...)).
Then, their details (space objects, planetary features) seem to be stored player's empire first; perhaps this mean that they are also generated in this order.
Perhaps, you could peer at game saved at day 1, to have a better idea of galactic generation.

Mitchz95 · Sep 17, 2020

Rodmar18 said:
Well, according to save games, solar systems are numbered and stored (I guess this means: generated) at random (be it by location, ownership, even category (i.e. leviathan, ai system, ...)).
Then, their details (space objects, planetary features) seem to be stored player's empire first; perhaps this mean that they are also generated in this order.
Perhaps, you could peer at game saved at day 1, to have a better idea of galactic generation.

Thanks! It does look like the player's solar system is the first to spawn, which is immensely helpful for what I plan to do.

littleraskol · Sep 18, 2020

Anyone know if swap_type will work on origins? Or if swap_type can be triggered on something other than species class? I can't test it out right now unfortunately but when I do I'll post the results if no one knows.

Unendingfear · Sep 27, 2020

Salutations,

I was trying to update a small mod of mine with a new string of code referenced in the Dev Diary #182 for better overall performance. I ran into a roadblock, however. I have two sections of code:

Code:

    demand = {
        title = "CITIZEN_DIVIDEND"
        unfulfilled_title = "CITIZEN_DIVIDEND"
        desc = "CITIZEN_DIVIDEND_DESC"

        fulfilled_effect = 10
        unfulfilled_effect = -0.001

        potential = {
            exists = owner
        }

        trigger = {
            owner = {
                NOT = { 
                    any_owned_pop = {
                        has_citizenship_type = { country = from type = citizenship_full }
                            OR = {
                            has_living_standard = { type = living_standard_stratified }
                            has_living_standard = { type = living_standard_academic_privilege }
                            has_living_standard = { type = living_standard_normal }
                            has_living_standard = { type = living_standard_subsistence }
                            has_living_standard = { type = living_standard_shared_burden }
                            has_living_standard = { type = living_standard_none }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

and

Code:

    demand = {
        title = "CITIZEN_NATURAL_RIGHTS"
        unfulfilled_title = "CITIZEN_VIOLATED_RIGHTS"
        desc = "CITIZEN_NATURAL_RIGHTS_DESC"

        fulfilled_effect = 10
        unfulfilled_effect = -25

        potential = {
            exists = owner
        }

        trigger = {
            owner = {
                NOT = {
                    any_owned_pop = {
                            has_citizenship_type = { country = from type = citizenship_full }
                            OR = {
                                AND = {
                                    has_migration_control = yes
                                    is_robot_pop = no
                                }
                            is_enslaved = yes
                            is_being_purged = yes
                            has_population_control = yes
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

I was trying to replace the any_owned_pop line with any_owned_species and the code essentially stopped working. The first demand remained "green" while living standards were just decent, and I switched on migration controls and the second also stayed "green." They both work fine with any_owned_pop, but I'd like to make things more efficient here if possible. Is this one case where any_owned_species is not a valid scope?

mial42 · Sep 28, 2020

I'm currently running Ariphaos unofficial patch, and I've noticed that the AI will not colonize low habitability planets. According to the patch notes, this is because Ariphaos prevented the AI from colonizing below 50% habitability. I'd like to undo this because it absolutely cripples the AI (they'll have like 1-5 planets by 2250 while I'll have 15-20) but I can't figure out where to change this. Does anyone know what file determines habitability thresholds for AI colonization?

SamyLerari · Sep 28, 2020

Hello all,

Is there a way to customize a country modifier general tooltip ?

I made a starbase module that adds a specific amount to the empire admin capacity via the

Code:

country_admin_cap_add

modifier.
When all my starbases have such modifiers, it appears like this (with starbase module name) which makes sens has they all add the same modifier

However i'd like to add the source (star system name) to the modifier effect.

The usage of

Code:

custom_tooltip

is no good has it only applies to the tooltip of the starbase module itself and not to the associated modifier

I could add, to the name of the module the name of the hosting star system (with brackets [] system) but i can"t find the correct scope

Is there a way to achieve this please ?

Thanks !

Rodmar18 · Sep 28, 2020

There's this line in the defines file:

Code:

AI_MIN_HABITABILITY_TO_COLONIZE = 0.35    # AI will avoid colonizing planets with habitability lower than this.

mial42 · Sep 28, 2020

Rodmar18 said:
There's this line in the defines file:

Code:

AI_MIN_HABITABILITY_TO_COLONIZE = 0.35 # AI will avoid colonizing planets with habitability lower than this.

Thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for.

Rodmar18 · Sep 28, 2020

SamyLerari said:
country_admin_cap_add

Did you read the wiki page on modifiers? It looks like you can create custom modifiers with a hidden tooltip.

SamyLerari · Sep 28, 2020

Rodmar18 said:
Did you read the wiki page on modifiers? It looks like you can create custom modifiers with a hidden tooltip.

I believe i did ; if the page you are referring to is the following and there is no notion of custom modifiers nor hidden_tooltip. I also searched base game without such references.

Or are you referencing "Static Modifiers" ?

Rodmar18 · Sep 28, 2020

Yeah this is the page.

Code:

show_only_custom_tooltip = yes/no - If custom tooltip is specified, setting this to no will hide the generated modifier tooltip.

SamyLerari · Sep 28, 2020

Rodmar18 said:
Yeah this is the page.

Tried

Code:

roberto_modifier = {
   country_admin_cap_add = 2
   custom_tooltip = sm_orbital_administration_1_tooltip
   show_only_custom_tooltip = yes
}

but custom_tooltip is not used to show modifier effect on "Empire extension" top menu element

Rodmar18 · Sep 28, 2020

Ah well. As you want only one, totaling, occurrence of roberto_modifier in the Empire Sprawl tooltip, what about building it the other way? I'm not a modder, but wouldn't it be possible to define one empire modifier by counting the number of administration buildings on each owned starbase (of minimal required level)? Perhaps even using a fleet flag "has_administration_building" to have a handy limit check, to reduce the computing stress for large empires (I don't know)?

SamyLerari · Sep 28, 2020

Rodmar18 said:
Ah well. As you want only one, totaling, occurrence of roberto_modifier in the Empire Sprawl tooltip, what about building it the other way? I'm not a modder, but wouldn't it be possible to define one empire modifier by counting the number of administration buildings on each owned starbase (of minimal required level)? Perhaps even using a fleet flag "has_administration_building" to have a handy limit check, to reduce the computing stress for large empires (I don't know)?

It would, indeed, be possible and limit the number of modifiers to only one however you would have to deal manually with starbases destroyed/captured by another empire along with modules removal for instance. That's what i think i'll try

Thanks

Imnus · Sep 29, 2020

Does anyone knows how to mod the minimum orbit distance of planets from its star? Or of the distance between binary stars?

I modded the stars max size from 35 to 75 and now sometimes the 1st planet is too close or binary stars touch each other.

I thought maybe it would be on '00_defines.txt' but the closest I found there it's "PLANET_ORBIT_DISTANCE_MIN_SIZE" and that doesn't seem to be it.

ReconEyebot · Sep 29, 2020

Hi, I recently found out that random name change when government has changed will not applied to prescripted empires. Can I make name change happen to prescripted empires?

Mitchz95 · Sep 29, 2020

Imnus said:
Does anyone knows how to mod the minimum orbit distance of planets from its star? Or of the distance between binary stars?

I modded the stars max size from 35 to 75 and now sometimes the 1st planet is too close or binary stars touch each other.

I thought maybe it would be on '00_defines.txt' but the closest I found there it's "PLANET_ORBIT_DISTANCE_MIN_SIZE" and that doesn't seem to be it.

In 00_defines, change SYSTEM_SPACE_SCALE_MULT from 10 to a higher number of your choosing. This will "scale up" solar systems, making the distances seem greater while not changing travel time, engagement range, etc.

Imnus · Sep 29, 2020

Mitchz95 said:
In 00_defines, change SYSTEM_SPACE_SCALE_MULT from 10 to a higher number of your choosing. This will "scale up" solar systems, making the distances seem greater while not changing travel time, engagement range, etc.

Thanks, but it doesn't work because it does make things farther away from each other in a solar system but it seems the game can't handle it because the things that are closer just get further away but the things far away like the stuff in the in the solar system get their places all messed up. For some reason the asteroid belts are indeed where they're suppose to be unlike everything else.

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