Stellaris 3.8.2 [947b] - Gestalt empires do not get leader-type-specific experience benefits.

[SushiSquid]

Description
Gestalt empire do not get leader-type-specific experience benefits.

Game Version
3.8.2

What version do you use?
Steam

What expansions do you have installed?
Synthetic Dawn, Utopia, Leviathans Story Pack, Apocalypse, Megacorp, Distant Stars, Ancient Relics, Lithoids, Federations

Do you have mods enabled?
No

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
General leader experience modifiers work fine for gestalts. Leader-type-specific modifiers, such as found in the Discovery and Domination traditions, do not work and actually don't even appear. I see nothing in the game files or patch notes to make me think this is intentional. Gestalts simply do not get these effects.

Steps to reproduce the issue.
Start a game. Use console command Unity to quickly unlock Discovery and Research Path Optimization/Mindlink (this bug affects both machines and hives). See that the tradition lists +1 Research Alternatives but does not list the scientist experience like it should. Look at any scientist's experience bar and see that they genuinely are not getting a +20% modifier.

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[A Grumpy Gamer]

I posted yesterday that the game would not let me create a new game if I tried to make a build with Gestalt and Machine. I get the error "Ruler has a Class that is not allowed for the Selected Government Authority'. Sounds to me like you are just backdooring that same error but with Gestalt and Hivemind.

 

[SushiSquid]

I can't speak to whether these issues are related, but the problem I'm reporting is with the game engine itself (so a mod can't fix it), and your issue sounds like it probably is too.

 

[SushiSquid]

Based on another comment I tried reinstalling the game. I even wiped out my Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris directory and still this error remains.