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Changes to Stellaris: Season 08
MrFreake_PDX 5 months ago
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Hello Stellaris Community!
We hope you’ve been enjoying the content from Stellaris: Season 08! We’re here to let you know that as of today, November 26th, Season 08 will transition from a Steam Package to a Dynamic Bundle.
What does this mean to me?
If you already own Season 08 then these changes won’t affect you or your content, and you can stop reading now and go back to loading pops into your Synaptic Lathe.
If you only purchased one or more DLCs from Stellaris: Season 08, and want to pick up the rest at a discounted price, changing to a Dynamic Bundle now allows you to do that without paying for content that you already own. If you bought them all individually, and are sad that you don’t get the Rick the Cube bonus portrait, you should also be able to claim it as part of the Season 08 Dynamic Bundle after this change.
Early in the New Year, this Dynamic Bundle will be retired and the content added to the Ultimate Bundle, to make way for Season 09. But first, we wanted to give those p... Read more
Stellaris Dev Diary #362 - Overwhelming Power
MrFreake_PDX 5 months ago
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written by Eladrin
Hi everyone!
Today we’re going over the release notes from Tuesday, talking about the further plans for the Circinus cycle, and exploring the reaction to last week’s dev diary, The Vision[forum.paradoxplaza.com].
3.14.159 Release Notes
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We released the 3.14.159 patch on Tuesday, and these were the release notes:
Improvements
  • By popular request, greatly expanded the basement storage of the Grand Archive. You now have 18 slots of overflow instead of 4.
  • Replaced the Mysterious Labyrinth event image
  • The Metalheads AI personality can be gained by Individualist Machines or Organic empires that are Very Strong (instead of just Strong)
Balance
  • The Treasure Hunter Origin now starts leaders with level 3 of Adventurous Spirit, meaning it should no longer constantly be offered as an upgrade.
Bugfixes
  • Add Beastport, Hatchery and Vivarium Tank to orbital rings, and add Shipyard exclusion rules
  • Added a hyphen to the X-Ray Eye Beam mutation
  • Added the miss...
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Stellaris doesn't work now
MrFreake_PDX 6 months ago
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If the game is crashing on startup, it's likely the launcher has forgotten your video settings. In the launcher, go to settings, graphics, and choose borderless fullscreen or windowed mode (the opposite from what it currently is) and see if that resolves it.
There also have been several reports of crashing issues that feature mods not deactivating correctly.
To resolve this:
Go to your Steam Profile, Workshop items, and click unsubscribe from all:
We also recommend clearing your downloaded Steam workshop items, you can find the default install locations here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\281990
and here:
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\mod
Hope this helps! Read more
new update... Crashing ugh
MrFreake_PDX 6 months ago
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Disable your mods, and start a new save. If this issue persists, you can make a bug report here: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forums/stellaris-bug-reports.941/
The Grand Archive Story Pack is available now!
MrFreake_PDX 6 months ago
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The Grand Archive Story Pack is available now!
Get it today, or with a discount as part of Stellaris: Season 08!
The Grand Archive Story Pack includes:
  • Space Fauna capture, breeding, and modification systems
  • 151 Specimens to collect and display across events from Grand Archive and the base game
  • Over 240 Specimens total including those distributed across other Stellaris content
  • 15 new Relics
  • New Megastructure - The Grand Archive
  • Two Tradition trees - Archivism and Domestication
  • Two Origins - Primal Calling and Treasure Hunters
  • Two Civics - Beastmasters and Galactic Curators
  • Two forms of spaceborne life - Cutholoids and Voidworms
  • Mid-game crisis - the Voidworm Plague
  • Three new music tracks
  • Events, Anomalies, Archaeology Sites, Technologies, Galactic community resolutions, and more!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2863080/Stellaris_Grand_Archive/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2863190/Stellaris_Season_08__Expansion_Pass/
New Megastructure - The Grand Archive
The Grand Archive preser... Read more
Expansion Subscription
MrFreake_PDX 1 year ago
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Originally posted by Newsush: well this sucks balls when i heard there going be a subscription DLC i though did this game turn into a mmo over night?
The Expansion Subscription is primarily to lower the bar to entry for new players, if you have all or most of the DLC, its very likely that the subscription will not be worth it for you.
New DLC will *not* be subscription only, and you can still purchase them on Steam (or other platforms) as you could previously. Read more
Expansion Subscription
MrFreake_PDX 1 year ago
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Originally posted by ★REM★:
Originally posted by BazzaroPlays: I'm curious If I host the game do the other players still get access to all the dlc?

People joining the game you host, have access to the dlc you own, if you have the sub, most likely mean they have access to it too.
This is correct, subscription DLC behave the same as normal DLC, and are shared in multiplayer as long as the subscribed player is the host. Read more
It Belongs in a Vivarium - Announcing Grand Archive
MrFreake_PDX 7 months ago
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I’m pleased to announce that the third Episode of Stellaris: Season 08, the Grand Archive Story Pack, will be released alongside the Stellaris 3.14 ‘Circinus’ update on Tuesday, October 29th, 2024. This release completes the Stellaris: Season 08 Expansion Pass.
"The Grand Archive preserves and exhibits the most valuable artifacts we have collected throughout the galaxy..."
The galaxy is vast and filled with artifacts!
Grand Archive adds 151 specimens to the base game, but we have revisited all of the content ever created for Stellaris to add more. The overall total is over 240 unique specimens!
Collect them all and display the prize pieces in your own Grand Archive.

“This is no mere rock collection.”
“…Reserved within is also a dedicated Vivarium for live Space Fauna containment and observation.”
Contained within your Grand Archive, the Vivarium is a controlled environment where wild space fauna can be cared for and studied. Space fauna in captivity will grow faster and breed more easi... Read more
The Cosmic Storms Mechanical Expansion is available now!
MrFreake_PDX 8 months ago
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The Cosmic Storms Mechanical Expansion is now available as the second installment of Stellaris: Season 08!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2863060/Stellaris_Cosmic_Storms/
In Cosmic Storms, the skies teem with eight new storm types filled with peril and promise. From Electric Storms harnessing the power of lightning to the formidable Nexus Storm, a galactic tempest of unparalleled magnitude, these natural phenomena challenge you to make skillful choices to steer your empire safely and profitably through the chaos.
Experience the majesty and menace of these cosmic forces through beautifully rendered art and immersive audio. Navigate the tempest, harness its power, and shape your empire’s destiny. The storms are coming. Are you prepared?
The Cosmic Storms Mechanical Expansion contains:
  • 8 New Space Storms
  • Storm Chasers Origin
  • 3 New Civics
    • Planetscapers
    • Astrometeorology
    • Storm Devotion
  • Galactic Weather Control Ascension Perk
  • Weather Forecasting Map Mode
  • Two new Precursor narratives, with ...
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A Storm is Brewing: Announcing Cosmic Storms
MrFreake_PDX 9 months ago
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A phenomenon is sweeping across the galaxy.
I’m excited to announce that Episode 2 of Stellaris: Season 08, the Cosmic Storms mechanical expansion, will be released alongside the Stellaris 3.13 ‘Vela’ update on September 10th, 2024.

Note: Tooltips shown in the video were from a development branch that has already been updated, more info next week.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2863060/Stellaris_Cosmic_Storms/
Dark Clouds Gather ...
For some time we have been unsatisfied with the Space Storm that currently exists in Stellaris. Cosmic Storms gave us the opportunity to revamp the system entirely, providing a deeper experience with strategically meaningful gameplay and beautiful upgraded visuals.
With this expansion, eight new storms with varying positive and negative effects are set to spiral across the galaxy.
We’ve also added a new weather map mode for forecasting these storms and predicting their motion, with technologies and buildings to attract, repel, or with an Ascension Perk... Read more
Is Paradox stupid? Machines seem to die more often
MrFreake_PDX 9 months ago
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This sounds like a mod conflict.
Can you disable your mods and see if the issue persists? If it does, you will likely need to verify your game files:
Right click Stellaris, Properties, Local files and click Verify Game files. If that doesn't resolve your issue, opening a ticket at support.paradoxplaza.com is your best bet.
Hope this helps!
couldnt start launcher
MrFreake_PDX 2 years ago
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Originally posted by Yank: I dont have steam installed on drive C - and the launcher cant handle this
The launcher can indeed handle custom install paths. It sounds like your launcher install has been corrupted. (In Windows) Go to Add/Remove Programs, and uninstall Paradox Launcher V2. Then try to relaunch the game via Steam, it will automatically redownload and install the launcher again.
Damn the Consequences bug?
MrFreake_PDX 1 year ago
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I've talked with the game designers about this extensively. I'm told that this is how it is supposed to work. If I recall correctly, we left off at making reference to the fact that it costs edict cap and monthly unity in the tooltip. I do not know when this will be included in a release, however.
[Dev Team] 3.12.4 Hotfix patch released (checksum f4eb)
MrFreake_PDX 11 months ago
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Hello,
A hotfix patch is now available via Steam, addressing a crash affecting some players trying to start a new game in 3.12.3.
  • Fixed a crash where the user directory could not be accessed by the game if the file path included certain characters

Thanks for playing Stellaris, and apologies for the inconvenience!
Creating and saving a (new) civic: game crash
MrFreake_PDX 11 months ago
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If you check your error.log in documents/paradox interactive/stellaris/logs/ and the last line says:
virtualfilesystem_physfs.cpp:1202]: Could not open file: settings.txt, error: permission denied
Then try this:
On the drive where Stellaris is installed (C:\ in this case), create a new folder called stellarisdata. The path to this file (in this example) should be c:\stellarisdata.
Then, on Steam, right click Stellaris, Properties and in the launch options box, add:
-userdir=C:/stellarisdata
and then load the game. After loading the game, you can move your user_empire_designs.txt and save games from documents/paradox interactive/stellaris into the new stellarisdata folder you've created Read more
Crash after update
MrFreake_PDX 11 months ago
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Originally posted by viirinsoftworks: Instead of a million people having to to tedious workarounds because you guys messed up your code, how about instead you have whoever's job it is fix it?
I can't even start a game, I just bought the Machine Age expansion (I have all of them now) and couldn't save even a bio empire without the game crashing. So even creating a new empire and trying to save it crashes everyone.
Such a great game just became 100% unplayable.
This issue has been added to our internal bug tracker, and will likely be addressed soon. In the meantime - if you don't want to wait for the fix - you can use my instructions above. Read more
Crash after update
MrFreake_PDX 11 months ago
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Alright, after talking with someone else who was experiencing this, and poking the tech lead we have identified the issue that is likely causing this, and a potential workaround:
This issue is caused by having non-US characters in the path to the user directory, and the game fails to save to the settings.txt file and then crashes.
The workaround:
On the drive that Stellaris is installed on, create a new folder called stellarisdata (I will be using C, but just substitute whatever drive you're using). the path to this folder in my example will be C:\stellarisdata.
Then, in Steam, right click Stellaris, go to Properties, and in the launch options, add this:
-userdir=C:/stellarisdata
Then run the game, and see if the issue persists.
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Crash after update
MrFreake_PDX 11 months ago
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Hello folks, we are seeing an increase in crashes in the crash reporter as well. Can someone who is experiencing this issue try running Steam as an admin, and see if the issue persists?
Stellaris 3.12.2 "Andromeda" now available!
MrFreake_PDX 12 months ago
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Dear Stellaris Fans,
Our first official patch is now ready following last weeks Machine Age release.
3.12.2 is available for download!
This version includes what was made available in the open beta previously, plus a few more fixes and tweaks.
The team is now focusing on the next patch.
3.12.2 Patch Notes
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Bugfixes
  • Added additional checks to prevent fully virtual pops from being created on the lathe
  • Fix for Hive Mind background unaligned
  • Fixed Sectors released by Individualist Machines having the wrong ethics
  • Fixed virtual pops sometimes being created while planets are being colonised
  • Fixed weapon and strike craft range calculations in ship behavior.
  • If an active relic gets removed the relic cooldown is now reset.
  • The paradox titan will now appear correctly in the ship view
  • Updated Resort Workers, Clerks and Cyberdome Spectators to have trade preference for auto-modding
  • Uplifted species will now always have their required traits
  • Blocked Cosmogenesis empires from becoming ...
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The Machine Age is Available Now!
MrFreake_PDX 12 months ago
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The Machine Age is a time of unbridled progress.
As cybernetic augmentation transcends the limits of the body, synthetic ascension beckons with the promise of eternal life. Structures of immense size and power appear between the stars with shocking regularity. Scientists race to unlock the secrets of creation even as individual machines compete for resources and prestige.
It is a period of technological marvels, rapid change, and unchecked ambition... But from the ashes of a Fallen Empire, a danger unlike any before encountered is about to emerge, a looming threat that will throw the very meaning of life into question.
Welcome to The Machine Age, a new Expansion for Stellaris developed by Paradox Development Studio!
New Endgame Crisis
A tempest rages in space, a Fallen Empire goes dark, and a long-forgotten enemy emerges to shake the foundations of power.
Cetana, the Synthetic Queen, promises to deliver the galaxy from suffering. Her reach is immense, and her true aims opaque. Will you... Read more

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