What does "spawn_as_fallen=yes" do in user_empire_designs.txt?

[miggoycor]

Basically, custom empires can be modified in user_empire_designs.txt
I have seen the trait

spawn_as_fallen=no

I've tried to change it to

spawn_as_fallen=yes

But I have not yet seen any spawn as a fallen empire.


So what does it do? Does it really spawn as fallen?

 

[ParasiteX]

Interesting, it might be a future feature they are working on. To allow us to customize look of fallen empires that generate on game start.

From a lil quick testing it doesn't seem to do anything. Even when i set spawn_enabled to always

 

[Seomis]

 

[ParasiteX]

Ah, it only gives them a chance to spawn as a fallen when set to yes. Unfortunately it doesn't seem possible to set it as "always" to ensure they are guaranteed to always spawn as a fallen empire..

 

[miggoycor]

Thanks. I think I understand now that only the custom species spawns but not the system, ethos, or name.

 

[Elimdur]

If you want to set up a specific fallen empire you handcrafted beforehand it is easier to do it with an on_gamestart event instead of hoping the galaxy creation uses that specific entry from your empire pool. Also that way you have far more control over ther system they spawn with as well as their ethos.

 

[Seomis]

The Fallen Blorg are reliably Xenophile. Maybe that's hardcoded, but it could also be the case that the Fallen version of an empire chooses one of its original ethics and will additionally always opt for the fanatic one if present (and not Pacifist).

 

[Elimdur]

The Fallen Blorg are reliably Xenophile. Maybe that's hardcoded, but it could also be the case that the Fallen version of an empire chooses one of its original ethics and will additionally always opt for the fanatic one if present (and not Pacifist).

Absolutely possible. But they still only use the standard fallen empire system initialisers, do they?

 

[Seomis]

Right, there's no planet Blorg for Fallen Blorg.