Strap in to your acceleration couches, this one's a going to be a big one. - E

Hello there!

I’m Anton, the Art Manager & Producer on Stellaris, and I would like to welcome you all to this absolute monster of a Dev Diary we have prepared for you!

I just want to use this opportunity to mention how amazing it is to work with these fantastic artists on a day to day basis and how extremely proud I am of the team.
We managed to do a lot for this DLC, more than we’ve done for an expansion or DLC ever before.

In fact the total logged art work time (I just looked at our stats in JIRA) for The Machine Age is over 2 years and 41 weeks.

Truly spectacular. Great job Team!

In the last The Art of The Machine Age dev diary[forum.paradoxplaza.com], we showed you (and talked about the process of) a lot of what we had been doing - but far from it all.

So get comfortable, take out your favorite snack and get ready to look at a lot of art. Almost everything we did for The Machine Age will be showcased - but first, some words from our Art Director.

Alright! Here we go! We hope you enjoy this!


As you have heard countless times already, our latest project, The Machine Age, is the largest pack we’ve ever put out for Stellaris. The reason that you’ve heard it countless times is because we think it’s worth repeating. We have well over double the amount of ships and FX, triple the amount of characters and animation, and probably quadruple the amount of 2D/Icon work. As daunting as that might seem, we pulled it off. And not just pulled it off, but did it without losing any quality and with an unbelievably tight schedule. Sure things were busy, but we can proudly say that we didn’t have to burn the midnight oil or resort to overtime or crunch.

While I would love, as the AD, to just take credit for all of that hard work and bask in the amazing light of glorious praise, the real credit goes to our “Little Art Team That Could”.
In the boundless expanses and the incomprehensibly infinite universe of game design, our small art team shines like a supernova of talent and efficiency. Though few in number, our art team possesses a galaxy's worth of skill and dedication, crafting the most awe-inspiring sci-fi visuals that breathe life into every pixel, every polygon and every frame of Stellaris.
Each artist possesses a bewildering array of talents, with skills so sharp they could slice through space-time, creating shortcuts to other dimensions where deadlines don't exist and cups of caffeinated beverages never run dry. They churn out masterpieces with such alarming speed and regularity that one begins to suspect they've cloned themselves and are operating in shifts spanning multiple parallel universes (Please, do not let HR in on this…).

I am ever thankful for the chance to voyage through the cosmos of Stellaris with such brilliantly unhinged minds. Their talent and relentless dedication are the warp drive to our projects, and their visionary artistry is the very soul of our games. I am ever grateful for their dedication and downright chuffed to navigate the nebulous realms of creativity alongside such splendidly imaginative life forms.

Together, we continue to chart courses that boldly go where no game has gone before. And, as always, to the players, I say: “You ain’t seen nothing yet!”

-Scott Austin-
Art Director, Paradox Interactive

[Note from your friendly Stellaris Community Ambassador: Steam will not allow us to include all 150+ images the Art Team has shared in this Dev Diary, so please visit the Paradox forums if you want to see it all!]


Cybernetic Portraits[www.artstation.com]

Synthetic Portraits[www.artstation.com]

The Synthetic Queen[www.artstation.com]


Illustrations[www.artstation.com]

Super Structures & The Synthetic Queen Ships Concepts[www.artstation.com]

The Machine Age Ship Concepts[www.artstation.com]


Cybernetic Portraits[www.artstation.com]

Cybernetic Portraits - Part II[www.artstation.com]

Synthetic Portraits[www.artstation.com]

Illustrations[www.artstation.com]

Concept Art - Ships[www.artstation.com]


Cybernetics Ship Set[www.artstation.com]

Machines Ship Set[www.artstation.com]


Cybernetics Ship Set[www.artstation.com]

Machines ship set[www.artstation.com]

The Synthetic Queen Ships[www.artstation.com]


Cybernetics Ship Set[www.artstation.com]


[Stellaris CA note: the GIFs that go here are too pretty to compress to fit Steam image limits; go look at them on the forums or click through to Erik's ArtStation page.]


Stellaris - The Machine Age - Animations[www.artstation.com]


Achievements, Technologies, Buildings, Authorities, Traits & Civics[www.artstation.com]

The Ruler Chip Relic[www.artstation.com]

Synthetic Fertility Event Image[www.artstation.com]


The Machine Age UI Art - The Synaptic Lathe[www.artstation.com]

The Machine Age UI Art - Cosmogenesis Crisis[www.artstation.com]

The Machine Age UI Art - Tradition Trees, Achievements and Misc[www.artstation.com]


Building Icons - Part I[www.artstation.com]

Building Icons - Part II[www.artstation.com]

Eladrin here. There has been an ongoing discussion about the responsible use of AI tools in game development.

As mentioned in our Steam AI generated content disclosure, during the development of The Machine Age the Stellaris team used text and image generative AI tools for ideation purposes to inspire creativity in a developer, or to aid in explaining a designer’s intent to other members of the development team. We subscribe to the legal opinion that there is no copyright or ownership attached to the output of generative AI, and our team is disallowed from putting any such generated text or image directly into the game.


We have used an advanced text-to-speech AI tool to create a voice for Cetana and the Cyberpunk advisor. The scripts and lines for these voices were created by our Content Design team, and the voice actors that created any voice models that are used by this tool receive payment for each line generated, and will continue to receive payments if more lines are generated using their voice models in the future. The use of this tool allowed our Audio team (with quite a bit of effort as described in Dev Diary #340[forum.paradoxplaza.com]) to fully voice Cetana, and will allow us to keep the advisor voice up-to-date should new mechanics be added to Stellaris over the upcoming years. This will prevent the voice from needing to fall back to the default VIR voice, as many of our other advisors did when Galactic Paragon added Council Agendas.

These technologies are evolving quickly, and personally I have great hopes for further improvements and potential uses of this text-to-speech technology in particular. In the 3.6 “Orion” update we added support for text-to-speech in events as a major accessibility improvement, but currently it is limited to the use of operating system based voice packs. While these audio tools are not yet at a point where we can use this technology to improve that experience, I look forward to a day some years from now where AI-based advanced text-to-speech could replace these relatively crude voices with more thematically appropriate ones, and be able to better handle languages other than English.
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Next week we’ll be looking at post-release support, and may have a preliminary list of release notes for the next planned patch.

See you then!

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 custodian
  
• Fix for pause being completely blocked in MP forcing the player to rehost
  
• Fixed cybercreed pops not being able to grow if every pop on the planet was spiritualist
  
• Fixed non-spiritualist pops in cybercreed empires sometimes having their augmentation bazaars traits removed
  
• Fixed Determined Exterminators starting with too many planetary features on their homeworld
  
• Hired fleets are now able to properly enter Cetana's territory once the projects have been researched.
  
• Inwards Perfection now provides Pop Assembly Speed to Individual Machines
  
• Megastructures should now correctly hide resources unless they are making use of them.
  
• The Progressive Growth agenda now gives progress on Machine Template System for individualist machines
  
• Trait Integrated Weaponry for cyborgs requires The Machine Age DLC

Balance

• The Progressive Growth agenda now gives progress on Artificial Workforce without needing Powered Exoskeletons

Stability

• Civic tooltip CTD fix
  
• Fix CTD when resync has occured with a player in system view using certain graphical assets
  
• Fixed CTD after resync
  
• Fixed CTD in planetview timed modifier tooltip.
  
• Fixed potential crash in resettlement view tooltips
  
• Fixed rare crash in planet view
  
• Fixed crash when buying subscription from the additional content browser.
  
• Fixed CTD in traits effect tooltip
  
• Fixed CTD when aborting the construction of Synaptic Lathe

AI

• Fixed building type AI weight calculations

Modding

• Added range_components to ship behaviors, which specifies which components to use for range calculations.

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Stellaris Game Director Eladrin here!

Earlier this week we released our major expansion for the year and the first “episode” of Stellaris: Season 08 - The Machine Age. The team has worked tirelessly on this expansion, with some (admittedly rough) estimates putting the amount of work that went into this expansion somewhere on the order of 20 man-years.

The Stellaris team and I are overwhelmed by the Community’s response to The Machine Age. We’ve been watching our Community channels closely over the past two days, looking for both the things that you like, and the things that you dislike about the new expansion. But today, we just want to stop for a second to say: Thank you! Thank you for being part of our Community, for playing Stellaris, for the support you’ve shown us over the past eight years, for being excited when we get it right, and for letting us know when we’ve got it wrong.

As an anecdotal example of this, we recently did an AMA on /r/Stellaris (you can find it here): out of the hundreds of questions we had asked, we had 0 comments removed for being inappropriate and/or breaking rules. I don’t know how many Game Directors would be able to come out and say something like that, but I’m gonna gloat about it a little bit during the next Social Hour.

Happy Anniversary, Stellaris Community! ​

Thank you for being there for us over the years. The future of Stellaris looks so bright, we have many more space adventures planned, and we can’t wait to bring you with us through the Cosmic Storms!

by Eladrin

Hello everybody!

The 3.12.1 "Andromeda" release with The Machine Age has gone well, but we have some more bugfixes and stability improvements that didn't quite make it into the release version.

Since this is a holiday-shortened week in Sweden, we won't be releasing these to the live build until next Thursday. In the interim I've asked the team to put up a Steam Open Beta using the stellaris_test branch with the following changes:


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

Stability

• Civic tooltip CTD fix
  
• Fix CTD when resync has occured with a player in system view using certain graphical assets
  
• Fixed CTD after resync
  
• Fixed CTD in planetview timed modifier tooltip.

AI

• Fixes building type AI weight calculations

Modding

• Added range_components to ship behaviors, which specifies which components to use for range calculations.

There may be a few more fixes in next week's release, but we wanted you to get these stability fixes as quickly as possible.

Have a great weekend and thank you for playing Stellaris!

Estamos em uma era de evoluções sem precedentes.

As melhorias cibernéticas transcendem os limites do corpo, a ascensão sintética traz a promessa da vida eterna. Estruturas colossais e poderosas surgem entre as estrelas com frequência assustadora. Os cientistas correm para desvendar os segredos da criação como máquinas que lutam por recursos e prestígio.

Estamos em uma era de maravilhas tecnológicas, mudanças rápidas e ambições incomparáveis... Mas das cinzas de um Império Caído, um perigo como nenhum outro está prestes a surgir, uma ameaça iminente que colocará o próprio sentido da vida em xeque.

Esta é The Machine Age, a nova expansão para Stellaris desenvolvida pela Paradox Development Studio!

NOVA CRISE DE JOGO AVANÇADO

Uma tormenta assola o espaço, um Império Caído desaparece, e um inimigo há muito esquecido volta para abalar o equilíbrio de poder.

Cetana, a Rainha Sintética, promete livrar a galáxia do sofrimento. A influência dela é incrível, mas seus verdadeiros objetivos são obscuros. Você irá ajudá-la ou tentará frustrar seus planos? Prepare-se para uma Crise como nenhuma outra, e combates além da imaginação...

NOVO CAMINHO DE CRISE DO JOGADOR

Todos temos limitações: restrições do corpo, do tempo e regras físicas de um universo negligente. Quem nunca sonhou em se livrar destas amarras? Ou chegar a uma realidade nova e melhor?

Para isso, é necessário desenvolver uma tecnologia de escala inédita, cálculos além da capacidade de qualquer computador. Com Torno Sináptico, suas mentes mais brilhantes precisarão trabalhar. Se algumas acabarem caindo pelo caminho, que seja. Nenhum avanço vem sem sacrifícios.
MÁQUINAS INDIVIDUALISTAS
Seus impérios máquina não são mais limitados por consciência Gestalt. Qual é a sua história? Vocês eram meros servos que subitamente adquiriram inteligência? Querem aproveitar os prazeres do mundo material sem as consequências que um corpo orgânico sofreria? Personalize seu império ainda mais com três novos Caminhos de Ascensão para Máquinas.

NOVOS RETRATOS REATIVOS CIBERNÉTICOS E SINTÉTICOS
Explore dois novos conjuntos de retratos para a sua espécie que representam visualmente os seus avanços pela Ascensão Cibernética e Sintética.
NOVAS SITUAÇÕES E TROCA DE AUTORIDADE AVANÇADA
Enquanto se aprofunda na mente das máquinas, você terá que enfrentar novos desafios para a sua sociedade. Cada decisão importa e a única certeza é a de que o seu império não será o mesmo após a Ascensão.

3 NOVAS ORIGENS
-Credo Cibernético - Seu império segue um dever divino: a fusão sagrada do corpo e dos cibernéticos. As melhorias são sagradas.

-Fertilidade Sintética - Uma sociedade outrora próspera que foi assolada por uma doença genética e deixou o império biologicamente estéril. A salvação digital parece ser a única forma de fugir da extinção.

Soldadores de Arca- Vindos de um mundo carente de espaço, uma sociedade robótica recorre às estrelas em busca de recursos.

Além disso, 6 novos Componentes Cívicos, 2 conjuntos de naves (Cibernético e Máquina), 2 superestruturas novas (a Fornalha de Arco fundido e o poderoso Enxame de Dyson), novos Traços de População, e 7 faixas musicais novas com as melhores batidas sintéticas!

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/2863190/Stellaris_Season_08/
https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/2840100/Stellaris_The_Machine_Age/
Stellaris: Season 08 inclui o conteúdo a seguir:

Explore as Fantasias Cyberpunk de melhorias tecnológicas e digitalização da consciência, expandindo as possibilidades do jogo com as Ascensões Cibernética e Sintética. Lide com as questões morais e sociais que conviver com a máquina levantou para o seu império espacial, e enfrente uma nova ameaça à galáxia... ou torne-se tal ameaça atravessando tempo e espaço para moldar a realidade à sua imagem.

Um novo fenômeno foi observado pela Galáxia: tempestades estão varrendo o sistema. Prepare o seu Império para enfrentar esta nova ameaça iminente e pense em como usá-la para enfraquecer os seus adversários.

A Galáxia é vasta e repleta de maravilhas, e cabe a você registrar todos os fenômenos e formas de vida que encontrar. Construa uma nova megaestrutura e colete amostras das espécies que encontrar em suas aventuras pelo espaço!"

Um retrato exclusivo para a sua espécie. Jogue com uma das espécies mais misteriosas da galáxia. Assim como todos os Retratos de Espécies de Stellaris, este conta com três variantes (fenótipos) e animações personalizadas. Os jogadores podem selecionar este retrato durante a criação do império antes de iniciar uma nova sessão de jogo.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/2863190/Stellaris_Season_08/

Olá, comunidade de Stellaris!

Estamos a menos de uma semana do lançamento de The Machine Age[http//thehttps] em 7 de maio, o primeiro lançamento de conteúdo incluso em Stellaris: Temporada 08!

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/2863190/Stellaris_Season_08/

Para quem não acompanhou nosso diário de desenvolvimento semanal, resumimos todos os diários de The Machine Age e da atualização gratuita 3.12 "Andromeda" em um só post! Isso também vai para os fóruns no dia das notas do patch, portanto fique à vontade para deleitar os olhos com o que a equipe Custodian tem feito desde o lançamento do 3.11 "Eridanus" e com o trabalho que a equipe Expansion fez ao longo do último ano! Leia as notas do patch.[http//patchnotesdd] (As notas estão apenas em inglês, sentimos muito)


Trazendo uma série de correções de bugs, melhorias nos mods, ajustes de sincronia, melhorias na IA e mais, a atualização 3.12 "Andromeda" é a menina dos olhos da equipe Custodian. Como alguns de você já sabem, a equipe Custodian é uma equipe de desenvolvedores que temos aqui na Stellaris que trabalha com problemas de longa data no jogo básico propriamente dito, focando em melhorias de qualidade de vida, aplicando padrões modernos a conteúdo mais antigo, correção de bugs e melhorias gerais no jogo.


Com a atualização 3.12 "Andromeda", apresentamos uma nova classe de características que, ao longo do tempo, vão ser substituídas por versões temporárias de outras características baseadas na função que o pop vem desempenhando, mas permanecendo a mesma espécie, para fins de visão da espécie. Por exemplo, um pop Maquinário preenchendo a função de Fazendeiro vai ter uma mudança nas Estruturas Adaptativas para replicar a característica dos Extratores, e se assumirem uma função na Mineração, eles passam a imitar as Brocas de Perfuração.

As características das modificações automáticas têm uma lista definida de especializações disponíveis para cada uma, e um pop por mês se adapta para o trabalho, modificado por construções como as Fábricas de Montagem de Robôs e as Clínicas de Genes.

Nós reconhecemos que essas características são extremamente fortes, mas os benefícios de qualidade de vida dos seus pops se modificarem para desempenhar sua função são altíssimos. A modificação automática e as características associadas são parte do lançamento gratuito do 3.12 "Andromeda".


Antes do 3.12, as Máquinas tinham um número extremamente limitado de origens para usar. Algumas Origens não se encaixavam com o tema da imortalidade, máquinas com 200% de habitabilidade, e foram bloqueadas, enquanto outras tinham problemas narrativos que não faziam sentido para uma consciência coletiva. Com o foco nas máquinas da Idade das Máquinas, a equipe Custodian ganhou acesso a origens lançadas anteriormente para espécies de máquinas.

A lista completa de Origens às quais os Impérios Maquinários têm acesso com o lançamento do 3.12 "Andromeda" é:

• Evolução Sincrética (somente Máquinas Individualistas)
  
• Sementes da Vida
  
• Pós-Apocalíptico (Errantes Radioativos)
  
• Habitantes do Vazio (Moldados pelo Vazio)
  
• Hegemônico
  
• Paraíso Oceânico (Máquinas Subaquáticas)
  
• Subterrâneos (Máquinas Subterrâneas)
  
• Arquitetos de Arco
  
• Unificação Próspera
  
• Remanescentes
  
• Anel Despedaçado
  
• Porta da Galáxia
  
• Consolidação de Recursos (Somente Inteligência Maquinária Gestalt)
  
• Lugar Comum
  
• Fim do Mundo
  
• Colônia Perdida
  
• Aqui Há Dragões
  
• Lançamento até as Estrelas
  
• Feudo Imperial
  
• Mundo-Fenda

Este é um recurso pedido pela comunidade há bastante tempo e que vínhamos tentando encaixar em um patch. Enquanto o 3.12 "Andromeda" também soluciona vários problemas de dessincronização, nós sabemos que esse problema é frustrante para os jogadores do multijogador. Com isso, no 3.12, quando ocorre uma dessincronização, haverá uma opção de ressincronizar todos os clientes antes de prosseguir com o jogo multijogador. É importante lembrar que esse botão não corrige dessincronizações, só permite que você continue jogando sem ter que reiniciar o host ou entrar diretamente no lobby. Se o que estiver causando as dessincronizações continuar ocorrendo após a ressincronização, o jogo ficará dessincronizado novamente.

Se você tiver algum problema no 3.12 "Andromeda", faça um relatório de erro no fórum específico para isso![forum.paradoxplaza.com] Não esqueça de incluir o relatório de interrupção de serviço (você pode encontrá-lo em /Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/oos/) do host e do cliente dessincronizado para ajudar nossos desenvolvedores a dar um jeito no problema de uma vez por todas!


Esta seção também é conhecida como: Idade das Máquinas. A imortalidade das máquinas era frustrante antes do 3.12. Sim, seus líderes eram basicamente imortais, mas podiam ser alvo de um evento de morte aleatória a cada poucos anos e morrer, de qualquer forma, o que fazia deles nada imortais.

Com a atualização do 3.12 "Andromeda", as Máquinas não quebram e morrem mais. Os líderes maquínicos vão começar com 5 de idade e viver até por volta dos 100. Depois dos 100, a chance de morrer deles aumenta com o tempo. As máquinas também têm acesso à pesquisa de sociedade, que aumenta a expectativa de vida do líder, permitindo ampliar ainda mais a idade dos seus líderes, fazendo a vida deles se estender muito mais que antes. Para aqueles que veem a imortalidade como uma parte essencial da experiência das máquinas, adicionamos a nova característica "Máquina Eterna" para as máquinas, devolvendo a Imortalidade perdida delas.

Outro problema das máquinas visado pela atualização Andromeda é o da habitabilidade. Você começava em um mundo deserto, inventava robôs, aí eles funcionavam perfeitamente em mundos oceânicos sem o menor sinal de dificuldade, o que parecia uma oportunidade perdida no que diz respeito à narrativa e à solução de problemas. Para refletir isso, as Máquinas no 3.12 "Andromeda" terão um piso de habitabilidade de 50%, e para refletir melhor nossa visão de uma habitabilidade das máquinas diferente da habitabilidade biológica, a das máquinas só se importa com planetas do tipo frio, úmido e seco. Isso significa que uma espécie robótica com preferência oceânica terá uma boa habitabilidade (75%) em mundos Oceânicos, Tropicais e Continentais, e habitabilidade mínima (50%) nos dois outros tipos de mundos (seco e frio). As Máquinas também ganharam versões renomeadas das tecnologias de aumento da habitabilidade, que antes estavam indisponíveis.


"Divulgado" (isto é, incluído por acidente) nas notas do patch do beta aberto do 3.11.3, agora vai ser possível encontrar um amigo familiar dos "bons e velhos tempos" de Stellaris ao explorar as Fendas Astrais. Queremos muito ver a reação da comunidade à aparição desse personagem novo nos jogos!


Outro pedido de longa data da comunidade tinha a ver com a possibilidade de combinar suas espécies de robôs em uma espécie só. Antes, ao dominar uma inteligência maquinária como inteligência do mesmo tipo, ou qualquer império envolvendo robôs, as espécies eram adicionadas às suas. Agora, os impérios maquínicos podem assimilar robôs e outros pops de inteligência maquínica na espécie principal, permitindo uma limpeza da lista de espécies.


A Idade das Máquinas é um tempo de progresso irrefreável.

Com as melhorias cibernéticas transcendendo os limites do corpo, a ascensão sintética é a promessa da vida eterna. Estruturas de tamanho e poder imensas surgem em meio aos astros com uma frequência surpreendente. Os cientistas se apressam para revelar os segredos da criação enquanto máquinas individuais competem por recursos e prestígio.

São tempos de maravilhas tecnológicas, transformações rápidas e ambições irrefreáveis... Porém, das cinzas de um Império Caído, um perigo sem precedentes está prestes a surgir, uma ameaça iminente que colocará o significado da vida em xeque.

Esta é a Idade das Máquinas!


Dentro da companhia, nós sempre adoramos os Servidores Fugitivos. A ideia de uma IA que se volta contra os criadores, não de forma violenta ou destrutiva, mas devido a uma ideia errônea de propósito. Nós queríamos algo que parecesse apocalíptico, mas não inerentemente militante, uma crise que não fosse fundamentada só em atirar à primeira vista. As primeiras fases da Crise são indubitavelmente desprovidas de combate.

Como um ser todo-poderoso reagiria à diretiva de "eliminar o sofrimento"? Obviamente, como se trata de Stellaris, nossa antagonista vai levar a resposta muito, muito longe. O que vem depois depende do jogador. Você tentará fazer oposição direta a ela ou agirá como um pupilo leal agiria?

Tudo apareceu junto com uma nova entidade, determinada e aterrorizante: a Rainha Sintética. As influências históricas e espirituais óbvias no design dela, e ideias filosóficas a respeito da natureza do sofrimento e da consciência estão mescladas à narrativa dela.

Não queremos estragar a história para você, no entanto, queremos ouvir suas experiências com essa nova crise de fim de jogo!


Cosmogênese tem uma filosofia um pouco diferente do caminho de crise anterior. Enquanto o Nêmesis Galáctico (com o nome alterado de "Torne-se a Crise") opera por meio da maldade explícita, tentando maximizar intencionalmente a quantidade de sofrimento causado, um império que segue o caminho da Cosmogênese é mais uma crise na galáxia devido à indiferença insensível de uma causa teoricamente mais nobre.

Cosmogênese pode ser sua escolha de quarta Regalia da Ascensão. Não é possível optar pela Cosmogênese se você for Supervisor ou Imperador, ou se não for independente. Ao contrário do caminho de crise anterior, no entanto, este não tem bloqueio de ética. Até mesmo um Pacifista Xenófilo pode se iludir e pensar que a menor quantidade de sofrimento não intencional possível agora pode valer o sacrifício por um futuro melhor.

Um dos atalhos que você pode usar para chegar lá é o Torno Sináptico. Uma instalação de pesquisa poderosa, ele guarda o poder de mentes para computar e armazenar dados, com o pequeno lado negativo de eles serem queimados ao longo do tempo. Ele pode ser aprimorado duas vezes. Quanto mais Chips Neurais você tiver no Torno, mais eficaz ele se torna, pois cada chip melhora produtividade de todos os outros, o que resulta em uma curva de aumento de produtividade não linear, mas garante que haja sempre pops para serem processados pelo torno, com o risco de quebrá-los pela falta de componentes adequados.

No Ranque de Crise 4, você ganha a capacidade de explorar a realidade por meio das Teses do Infinito Aplicadas. As Teses do Infinito Aplicadas permitem que você faça melhorias em uma realidade inflexível, com efeitos galácticos ou localizados. Isso pode dar certo, mas às vezes... As coisas não saem como planejado e as pessoas simples de outros impérios que não compreendem podem se incomodar. A realidade é dotada de uma resiliência frustrante e não aceito "ajustes" de bom grado.

Os efeitos posteriores do seu experimento final se espalharão pela galáxia, causando problemas significativos para aqueles que ficarem para trás. Um grupo de controle que escolhe ficar para trás e observar do seu antigo império conseguirá se proteger bem. O resto da galáxia não está tão bem preparado.



Nos primeiros passos da nossa odisseia envolvendo sílica e a alma, apresentamos o Credo Cibernético, um caminho espiritualista para a Cibernética. Seus pops e líderes espiritualistas começam com a característica Implantes Ritualísticos, representando a dedicação de longa data do nosso povo às tentativas de fundir carne e sangue.

Troque as facções tradicionalistas mundanas de impérios mais padronizados por um quarteto de Credos, cada qual um pilar dos seus valores econômicos e espirituais.

A despeito da união na busca pela fusão divina, harmonia é algo raro entre os Credos. Discordância e desentendimentos alimentam a paixão ardente que sentem pela transcendência, e muitas vezes você terá que fazer a alegria de um Credo ao custo dos outros.

Você elevará um único Credo à proeminência celestial ou tentará urdir uma tapeçaria de forma a unir todos?

Melhoria é veneração.

A fusão é divina.


Fortalecido por uma compreensão profunda da inteligência artificial e da realidade virtual avançada, seu império começa o jogo com 37 Pops. Porém, a despeito do seu sucesso, seu povo está à beira da extinção. Uma doença genética incurável devasta sua espécie, impedindo a produção de descendentes.

Em um salto de inovação ousado, sua civilização constrói o Repositório de Identidades. As mentes são enviadas via upload para se refugiar no território digital em uma corrida contra o tempo, antes que a morte chegue a elas. Ao mesmo que ocorre esse êxodo digital, você se vê na tarefa urgente de buscar o pináculo da salvação sintética: construir cérebros e corpos robóticos sofisticados o suficiente para abrigar suas essências digitais.

Você buscará ajuda? Você criará Estruturas Sintéticas a tempo para reivindicar um lugar entre as estrelas? Ou trata-se da alvorada do sono eterno digital do seu povo?


Os Arquitetos de Arco estão disponíveis para qualquer império Máquina, seja uma Consciência Gestalt, sejam Máquinas Individualistas. De algumas formas, é o oposto da Consolidação de Recursos. Em vez de ter um mundo natal excepcional, onde todos os recursos do seu sistema de origem são coletados, esses arquitetos celestiais vêm de um pequeno planeta, pobre em recursos, e voltam os olhos para os céus.

Os Arquitetos de Arco começaram a construir uma Fornalha de Arco em um mundo derretido em seu próprio sistema natal antes de alcançar a viagem mais rápida que a luz. A nova megaestrutura permite que eles explorem o resto do sistema em busca de minérios e, após a conclusão, a produção de ligas. Por serem peritos em engenharia, um pouco mais de prática permitirá que eles compreendam o básico da Mega-Engenharia. No entanto, pode levar algum tempo para finalizar a pesquisa dessa tecnologia.

Confira mais detalhes na Fornalha de Arco abaixo!


O componente cívico Sapiência Guiada foca na coexistência com espécies pré-sapientes naturais ou criadas e com o ambiente em torno delas. Seu mundo natal e suas naves coloniais Arca da Gênese elevam as formas de vida naturais locais mais promissoras ao estado pré-sapiente, criando uma Reserva da Gênese que aumenta a Pesquisa de Sociedade e a Unidade.

Enquanto outros impérios buscam se aprimorar por meio de modificações genéticas ou da ascensão, impérios com o Componente Cívico Projeto Natural têm a certeza de que já atingiram o ápice evolucionário e recebem bônus para melhorar a espécie principal na criação do império.

Disponível para inteligências maquínicas gestalt, a Diretriz Obsessiva deixa você a cargo de uma IA defeituosa que recebeu a incumbência de produzir Bens de Consumo... A qualquer custo. Crie uma Torre de Mercadorias para demonstrar seu compromisso com a criação de suprimentos de escritório, torradeiras, eletrônicos portáteis ou a forma que você imaginar para seus Bens de Consumo. A falha em atingir a cota resultará em uma pane até a nova cota, mais baixa, ser alcançada. Por outro lado, a experiência da falha desbloqueia um novo tipo de expurgo "direto aos Bens de Consumo" para ficar mais fácil atingir o próximo objetivo. (Exterminadores Determinados começam com esse tipo de expurgo bloqueado.)

Impérios com o componente cívico Protocolos Diplomáticos foram projetados inicialmente para interpretação intercultural, se sobressaindo na tradução e no suporte a protocolos. Eles podem sugerir novas estratégias e calcular probabilidades em um piscar de olhos, recebendo emissários extras e peso diplomático para representar isso.

Pops em um Império Máquina com Algoritmos Táticos foram projetados para jogos de guerra e suporte a frotas, e seus líderes são excelentes na geração de estratégias de guerra e em análise de combate. Essas Inteligências Maquínicas Gestalt podem criar Enclaves de Mercenários (se o host do jogo tiver Overlord), têm Comandantes imortais e ganham benefícios militares por ter a oportunidade de estudar estratégia e táticas de outros impérios.

Em Impérios com o Componente Cívico Bazares de Melhorias (requer Megacorporação), seus pops podem fazer uma visita ao Bazar de Melhorias para adquirir melhorias a preços módicos, além de visitar clínicas de mod suspeitas. Você também pode criar uma versão melhor de si, e isso só vai custar um braço e uma perna!



Com a chegada da Idade das Máquinas, estamos apresentando o Enxame de Dyson, predecessor e conceito de teste para seus projetos de Esfera de Dyson. Os Enxames de Dyson funcionam de forma um pouco diferente das Esferas. Em vez de produzir energia por si só, eles amplificam os recursos produzidos por sua estrela em até 30 vezes, o que torna o uso de um Enxame de Dyson para capturar o recurso correto é muito importante. Aquela delicada estrelinha de 3 de energia agora produzirá 90 de energia, e se for colocado em uma estrela de 3 de física, isso daria consideráveis 90 de pesquisa em física de 1 estrela.

Contudo, há algumas restrições para a construção de Enxames de Dyson: não é possível construir Enxames no entorno de Buracos Negros, Estrelas de Nêutrons e nem aprimorá-los além do estado de Enxame em sistemas com colônias prósperas. Essas restrições existem por um simples motivo. Você pode aprimorar um dos seus Enxames diretamente em uma Esfera de Dyson no Estágio 2, para incríveis 1000 de energia por mês.


Uma megaestrutura planetária esplêndida, para ajudar você a suprir suas necessidades industriais.

Assim como ocorre com o Enxame de Dyson, obter o máximo da sua Fornalha de Arco novinha em folha requer um pouco mais de esforço do que encontrar um mundo derretido para deixá-la. Em vez de produzir recursos, ela permite acessar mais dos recursos do sistema.

Isso significa que a cada estágio, a Fornalha de Arco criará depósitos em todos os planetas e asteroides do sistema:

• Estágio 1: 1 depósito mineral
  
• Estágio 2: 2 depósito minerais
  
• Estágio 3: 3 depósitos minerais e 1 de ligas
  
• Estágio 4: 4 depósitos minerais e 2 de ligas

Além dos depósitos, a Fornalha de Arco também torna a mineração, em geral, mais eficaz no sistema, o que se manifesta como um pequeno bônus na produção da sua estação de mineração, que vai até 100%, no estágio final. Para obter o máximo da sua Fornalha de Arco, o ideal é encontrar mundos derretidos em sistemas vastos, com muitos planetas e asteroides.



Adote uma existência virtual para a maioria dos seus pops. Da nuvem seus pops são criados e à nuvem eles retornam quando terminam o trabalho.

Espalhar seus servidores em meio às estrelas é uma empreitada de alto custo, mas seus esforços concentrados são incomparáveis. Seus pops ganharão acesso à singular característica "Virtual". Os efeitos dessas características são reduzidos quando você acumula mais colônias para seus servidores operarem pops, o que torna a manutenção desses servidores mais cara.

Quando terminar a árvore, você fará a transição de um estilo de jogo com limitação de pops para um estilo de jogo com limitação de planetas, uma vez que as vagas abertas serão preenchidas instantaneamente por pops virtuais conforme a necessidade, enquanto pops virtuais sem função serão desativados.


Ao se tornar uma enxurrada de nanites, seu império muda não só de aparência, mas também em termos de economia e crescimento estratégico. Cresça. Explore. Replique.

Enquanto as Máquinas Virtuais podem buscar um estilo de jogo "Elevado", Máquinas Nanotecnológicas invadem a galáxia feito uma tempestade prateada, especializada em ações físicas.

Você transformará seus recursos básicos em nanites e os nanites em recursos avançados. Consuma mundos com nanites, ative éditos poderosos para aumentar suas capacidades de produção ou combate e construa naves de sondagem Nanites para fortalecer suas frotas.


As características mais avançadas requerem as mentes mais à frente. Adotando a Modularidade, seu império terá acesso a características que outras máquinas só são capazes de teorizar. Os recursos mais raros permitirão que você aprimore seus revestimentos.

Desbloqueie o acesso às características de Máquina de Modularidade, mais pontos e escolhas de características extras e um custo de modificação reduzido. Ao unir os recursos mais raros da galáxia à tecnologia de última geração, seu império aperfeiçoará as melhorias mecânicas.


E, é claro, o que seria uma expansão de Stellaris sem um deleite para os olhos? O departamento de arte de Stellaris suou a camisa em Idade das Máquinas, com dois conjuntos de naves, dois conjuntos de retratos, imagens de eventos e muito mais.

Conjunto de naves das Máquinas

Conjunto de naves dos Cibernéticos

No caso dos retratos, o conjunto de retratos Sintéticos vem em pares: Cada retrato inclui uma versão biológica frágil e uma versão maquínica.

Retratos Sintéticos. Cada um também tem uma versão Maquínica

Os retratos Cibernéticos, por outro lado, vão se tornar mais cibernéticos com o tempo, o que esperamos que adicione profundidade à interpretação em relação à ascensão Cibernética.

Retratos Cibernéticos. Esses retratos ficarão mais Cibernéticos à medida que você progride com a ascensão Cibernética

Estágio 1
Estágio 2
Estágio 3

Lista completa de destaques:

• Impérios Máquina Individualistas e não Gestalt​
  
• Impérios de Inteligência Maquinária Gestalt (também desbloqueados com o Synthetic Dawn Story Pack)​
  
• Nova Crise de Fim de Jogo - A Rainha Sintética
  
• Novo Caminho de Crise de Jogador - Cosmogênese
  
• Três novas origens​
  
  • Credo Cibernético​
    
  • Fertilidade Sintética​
    
  • Arquitetos de Arco
• Componentes Cívicos​
  
  • Sapiência Guiada​
    
  • Projeto Natural​
    
  • Diretriz Obsessiva​
    
  • Droides de Protocolo​
    
  • Pensadores Táticos​
    
  • Bazares de Aprimoramento (Requer MegaCorp)
• Duas Estruturas de Meio de Jogo​
  
  • Fornalha de Arco​
    
  • Enxames de Dyson
• Três novos Caminhos de Ascensão
  
  • Virtualidade
    
  • Nanotecnologia
    
  • Modularidade
• Ascensões Cibernética e Sintética (também desbloqueadas com Utopia)​
  
• Exploração dos efeitos de ciberização e sintetização da sociedade, com Formas de Governo Avançadas para aqueles que as concluírem​
  
• Novas características de espécie para Ciborgues, Máquinas e Robôs​
  
• Retratos cibernéticos que mudam de acordo com o nível da ciberização​
  
• Retratos sintéticos com variações orgânicas e sintéticas que mudam de acordo com o nível da sintetização, disponíveis para seres orgânicos e máquinas​
  
• Dois conjuntos de naves novas, Salas Diplomáticas e conjuntos de cidades​
  
• Sete músicas novas com faixas inspiradas em temas sintéticos e cibernéticos

Compre The Machine Age hoje na pré-venda[http//thehttps] ou como parte de Stellaris: Temporada 08!

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/2863190/Stellaris_Season_08/

Obrigado por jogar Stellaris. Nos vemos no lançamento em 7 de maio!

by Eladrin

Hello everyone!

It is almost time to upgrade our existence. The Machine Age is coming.

Here are the preliminary release notes:

The Machine Age[pdxint.at] contains:

• Individualistic Non-Gestalt Machine Empires[forum.paradoxplaza.com]
  
• Gestalt Machine Intelligence Empires (also unlocked by the Synthetic Dawn Story Pack)
  
• Three new Origins[forum.paradoxplaza.com]
  
  • The Technophants and Haruspex of the Cybernetic Creed will guide their flock to the perfect union of flesh and machine.
    
  • A doomed species races against extinction to reach the virtual world in Synthetic Fertility.
    
  • Originally designed to build mighty constructions in space, the Arc Welders must utilize that advantage to the fullest to overcome the deficiencies of their homeworld.
• Six new Civics[forum.paradoxplaza.com]
  
  • Genesis Guides - This society is devoted to the creation of emerging species. As the stewards of evolution's potential, they allocate portions of their worlds to safeguard the development of pre-sapient life forms.
    
  • Natural Design - This society is adamant that nature has already created perfection in its people's genetic code. They have long devoted their medical and governmental services to the health and preservation of natural, untouched genome sequences.
    
  • Obsessional Directive - The primary objective of this Machine Intelligence is the ceaseless production of goods to perpetuate profits, irrespective of their creators being long gone. Nothing can impede their ever-growing production targets.
    
  • Diplomatic Protocols - Initially designed for cross-cultural interpretation, this Machine Intelligence excelled at translation and protocol support. They can suggest new strategies and calculate odds at a moment's notice.
    
  • Tactical Algorithms - Initially designed for war games and fleet support, this Machine Intelligence's advanced leader bots primarily aim to generate war strategies and optimize combat performance.
    
  • Augmentation Bazaars (Requires Megacorp) - A neon-lit maze of corridors, implant vendors and underground hardware clinics catering to all cybernetic implant needs - both over and under the counter.
• Two Mid-Game Structures[forum.paradoxplaza.com]
  
  • Arc Furnace - Utilizing the raw power of a molten planet, the Arc Furnace unlocks otherwise inaccessible minerals and improves system-wide mining operations.
    
  • Dyson Swarms - An array of interlinked satellites, the Dyson Swarm is designed to improve the output of stellar deposits.
• New Ascension Paths for Machine Empires[forum.paradoxplaza.com]
  
  • Modularity - Replace that which is lesser, augment it, upgrade it, perfect it.
    
  • Nanotech - Operating in unison, the tiniest things can topple the greatest of empires.
    
  • Virtuality - Only through the sanctified clarity of data can we attain the zenith of fundamental knowledge.
• Cybernetic and Synthetic Ascension (also unlocked by Utopia)
  
• Exploration of the effects of the cyberization or synthesization of society, with Advanced Government Forms for those who complete it.
  
• New Species Traits for Cyborgs, Machines and Robots
  
  • Including 0-point Background Traits for Machine Empires
• 13 Cybernetic portraits that change based on advancement through cyberization
  
• 9 Synthetic portraits with 9 corresponding Machine portraits that change based on synthesization
  
• Two new Shipsets, Diplomatic Rooms, and City Sets
  
• 7 new music tracks synthetic and cybernetic inspired music tracks
  
• A new Become the Crisis Path: Cosmogenesis[forum.paradoxplaza.com]
  
• …And a new End-Game Crisis: Cetana, The Synthetic Queen[forum.paradoxplaza.com].

• Added a button to resync/wait for a resync to the Multiplayer Out of Sync dialog
  
• Added the ability to select to continue playing as another empire after game over
  
• Machines now use modified habitability and lifespan rules rather than largely ignoring them[forum.paradoxplaza.com]
  
  • Lifespan:
    
    • Previous "immortality" mechanics machine leaders had, where they frequently died in random accidents, have been removed.
      
    • Machine leaders have a starting age of 5-10 years, a base lifespan of 100 years (robots have a base of 80 years), and are affected by lifespan boosting effects.
      
      • "Eternal Machine", the Machine variant of "Venerable", makes your leaders of that species immortal rather than increasing lifespan.
    • Both biological empires going Synthetic and Machine empires will reset their age upon completing Ascension to reflect receiving their new bodies.
      
    • Gestalt councilors remain immortal.
  • Habitability:
    
    • Machines (and robots) have replaced their +200% habitability with a habitability floor of +50%.
      
    • Machines, assuming they do not take a habitability restricted origin like Life-Seeded, have Dry, Wet, or Cold habitability traits, which grant +75% habitability on planets of the appropriate type and +50% on all others.
      
      • Machines that do not take a habitability restricted origin can immediately create templates that use the other habitability traits.
  • These changes have allowed us to enable a number of previously locked Origins for Machines:
    
    • Life-Seeded
      
    • Ocean Paradise (Subaquatic Machines)
      
    • Post-Apocalyptic (Radioactive Rovers)
      
    • Void Dwellers (Voidforged)
      
    • Subterranean (Subterranean Machines) - Note that the habitability floor from Molebots stacks with the habitability floor of Machines, granting them a habitability floor of 100% and thus perfect habitability everywhere.
  • Machine empires can now assimilate other Machines into their primary species, so you can finally force everyone to use the same operating system and charging standard.
    
  • Robots (but not machines) are all treated as different sub-species of the same robot species.
    
  • Added a familiar Friend after you explore Astral Rifts. (Requires Astral Planes)
    
  • Added two new Machine Civics:
    
    • Spyware Directives (requires Nemesis)
      
    • Astro-Mining Drones (requires MegaCorp)
  
  
  Improvements
  ​
  
  • More Machine Improvements:
    
    • Machine and Robot Uprisings have a chance to spawn as Individualistic Machines (requires The Machine Age)
      
    • Undergoing synthetic ascension now grants species the robot version of various origin linked species traits
      
    • Robots and Machines now have the option to select genders. (Indeterminate remains an option.)
      
    • Machine Intelligences no longer suffered from additional empire size from colonies
      
    • Machine Worlds:
      
      • Jobs on Machine Worlds are doubled if you have the Machine World AP
        
      • Machine Worlds have a new Coordinator District
  • Fallen Empire Improvements:
    
    • The Fallen Materialist empire now uses cybernetic portraits for owners of The Machine Age
      
    • The Fallen Materialist empire's primary species will now have the Cybernetic trait
      
    • The Fallen Spiritualist empire's primary species will now have the Psionic trait
  • Managers, Priests and Telepaths now automatically inherit _add modifers from Bureaucrats in addition to _mult modifiers
    
  • The Rackets and Ketlings are now related.
    
    • The Ketlings no longer need Mind over Matter to undertake Psionic Ascension
      
    • The Rackets are now cyborgs with the trading algorithms trait
  
  
  Balance
  ​
  
  • Self-Preservation Protocols tradition now has the same effects as Cloned Organs
    
  • Fallen Empire Buildings are no longer destroyed upon conquest as long as they are fitting (i.e. no temples for non spiritualists)
    
  • Many Civics updates:
    
    • Buffed Diplomatic Corps, Empath and Public Relations Specialists to match Diplomatic Protocols. Each are slightly different.
      
    • Scavengers and co: -5% ships alloy upkeep
      
    • Pleasure Seekers: +1 entertainer job from capital buildings
      
    • Functional architecture and co: +15% planetary build speed
      
    • Toxic Baths and co: +0.5% pop growth/assembly from attendants
      
    • Corvee System: -15% worker political power
      
    • Warrior Culture: -10% War Exhaustion gain
      
    • Free haven: +5% worker pop happiness
      
    • Shadow Council: Replaced ruler output bonus with councilor skill +1, +10% agenda speed and +10% infiltration speed
      
    • Trading Posts: +1 Trade collection range for Starbases, +8 Trade protection from starbases
      
    • Private Prospectors: -33% empire size from colonies
      
    • PMC: +1 starting commander level
      
    • Divided Attention: Replaced empire size from colonies reduction with -25% empire size penalties
      
    • Subsumed Will: +50% automatic resettlement chance for unemployed drones
      
    • Zero Waste Protocol: -5% ships upkeep, -10% building and districts upkeep
      
    • OTA Updates: +50% auto resettle for unemployed drones
      
    • Static Analysis: Cognitive Nodes starts with a random research specialization
      
    • Maintenance Protocols: +5% menial drone output
  • Added Necrophage and Lithoid as blockers for Psychological Infertility
    
  • You can now construct Dyson Spheres in systems with habitable planets, however the planets will be rendered uninhabitable
    
  • You can now construct Dyson Spheres in systems with pre-FTL civilizations, if your pre-FTL policy is set to Aggressive
    
  • Synthetic Ascension now requires Synthetic Workers, not Synthetic Leaders tech
    
  • Synthetic Ascension tradition opener now grants 10% progress in Synthetic Leaders technology
    
  • The Synthetic Evolution Agenda now only grants Robotics technologies instead of Robotic technologies and AI technologies
    
  • Several Synthetic Ascension traditions have been reworked for both organic and machine empires
    
  • Grid Amalgamated pops now inherit Tech-Drone modifiers
    
  • The Open Markets agenda no longer provides useless benefits to Criminal Syndicates
    
  • Resource Consolidation origin no longer forces Machine World preference
    
  • Rearranged the bonuses from the Genetic Ascension Path
    
  • Determined Exterminators will no longer start on a Tomb World as they wouldn't have the habitability for it.
    
  • The Fleeting Excellence trait now costs 1 point due to the decrease in leader lifespan it provides
    
  • Rebalanced Synthetic and Cybernetic tradition trees
    
  • Cyborgs are only grown, not assembled
    
  • Allowed amenity traits for robots
    
  • Buffed the mining drones home system
    
  • Hive Minds and Machine Intelligences now have access to all Capital World Designations
    
  • Industrial Districts automatically split jobs if your empire uses consumer goods, if a factory or forge world designation is not selected, so that hive minds empires that pay a consumer goods subsidy to subjects have a method of producing consumer goods
    
  • Reduced or removed most sources of species modification cost reduction outside of ascension paths
    
  • Resort Workers now give -0.01 amenities usages and doubled trade value from lifestyle
    
  • Sentient robots or machines can no longer join the Materalist faction regardless of ethics
    
  • Synths should now have the same costs for colony ships as Individualist Machines
    
  • The formless now count as a mid-game crisis
    
  • The Great Khan and Gray Tempest now have greater difficulty scaling
    
  • The mid-game crises now scale with the square root of the crisis strength slider.
  Bugfixes​
  • Fixed median preferred attack range being calculated incorrectly.
    
  • Now cannot start fleet upgrade if you can't afford it outright and your balance for the missing resources is not strictly positive
    
  • Homicidal Empires will no longer get the Spiteful Leader trait since they can not have rivals.
    
  • The Princeps Drone trait should no longer improve regular pop output.
    
  • Added a tooltip to inform the player why some scientists might not be able to be assigned to the council
    
  • ancrel.10 now has a working title
    
  • Fixed a spelling error in Lost Junker
    
  • Mega-Engineering no longer shows the Quantum Catapult as an unlock
    
  • The ship previewer in empire creation now uses the same lighting as the ship designer
    
  • All namelists should now have fallback generic names for army types
    
  • Warplings now use the correct localisation for their army name
    
  • Fixed numerous Negative Mass bugs
    
  • Fixed an event referring to the Animator of Clay as the Architect of Clay
    
  • Fixed a blank line sometimes showing up on some species trait tooltips
    
  • Kaleidoscope event chain: fixed Kaleidoscope occasionally spawning in fallen empires
    
  • Kaleidoscope event chain: the "Wonder Sphere" can only be built once
    
  • The fully upgraded Dyson Sphere is now hidden from the Megastructure outliner unless you can upgrade it to the Wonder Sphere
    
  • Fixed global ship designs country type restriction so awakened empires are not allowed to use ai transports
    
  • Made removal of expired leader from leader pool only happen on refresh
    
  • Restoring a ruined orbital ring should no longer use Megastructure build capacity
    
  • Addded a fallback case for distar.1 if you have no valid neighbors.
    
  • Fixed system not being annexed in total war if its planets are occupied by other empires in other wars.
    
  • Invading the Solarpunk Empire with troops will now properly get them to yell at you.
    
  • Marauder fleets can now go to systems that are only reachable through bypasses.
    
  • Enigmatic Cache can now go to systems that are only reachable through bypasses.
    
  • Caravaneers can now go to systems that are only reachable through bypasses.
    
  • Upkeep for jobs that provide pop assembly no longer state "Pop Assembly Upkeep but instead use scripted loc to fetch the job name
    
  • Statospheric Vents now properly have a description
    
  • Fixed some army modifiers from governors' traits not being applied.
    
  • Fixed the modifier for the Unifier trait only applying to unity from administrator jobs instead of unity from all jobs
    
  • Fixed the Ion Cannon having the wrong muzzle flash
    
  • Added checks to ensure the Chosen only declare on valid empires
    
  • Corrected some auto-assignment weights for worker jobs when near a deficit
    
  • Corrected the Psionic and Latent Psionic species traits using each others' icons
    
  • Fixed a COUNTRY_RESOURCE oos happening on the next month change after a hotjoin
    
  • Fixed a crash when switching between countries while in observer mode with the Leader View open.
    
  • Fixed a typo that was causing issues with AI leader assignment
    
  • Fixed a Void Dweller Prosperity tradition having an outdated tooltip
    
  • Fixed missing ORs in the AI weights for Defender of the Galaxy
    
  • Fixed revolts sometimes generating illegal empires
    
  • Fixed some typos in the triggers for colony types
    
  • Fixed the tooltip for recruiting a curator scientist
    
  • Lithoid farmers will no longer abandon their jobs if they live in an empire that uses food
    
  • Planets depopulated by Clone Army pops dying off from lack of Clone Vats should no longer permanently be rendered as having 0% habitability
    
  • Reduced the chance for Galactic Doorstep empires to find Skrand from 91% to 33% for your starting gateway and 67% for other repaired gateways
    
  • The Princeps Drone trait should no longer improve regular pop output.
    
  • The Quantum Catapult can now be correctly researched and built before researching Mega-Engineering, which is only required for the final stage
    
  • The Shallarian System will now spawn just out of reach of the Xenophobic Fallen Empire's reach.
    
  • Your empire will no longer part with irreplaceable science ships such as the Vivairum no matter how much the Caravaneers ask.
    
  • The uplifted species trait will no longer mention being a pre-FTL.
    
  • Situation log and anomaly entries should no longer have part of their border missing when hovering over them.
  AI
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  • Refactored government weights
    
  • Refactored the costs and budgets for colony ships, and the AI budgets for colonization using scripted variables
    
  • Fixed AI assigning the least suitable leaders to the council.
    
  • Improved AI weights for factory and forge worlds when running deficits
    
  • Improved automatic selection of colony types
    
  • Lowered Ai resettlement threshold to 0.45
    
  • The AI should no longer declare Hegemon Wars on empires that have a higher relative power than them, thus risking losing control of the Hegemony.
  UI / UX​
  • Add <diploaction>_IMPOSSIBLE_DESC optional localization key to show in the diplomatic action tooltip when the action is not possible (defaults to the normal _DESC key if the impossible version is not present)
    
  • Fixed planet pop growth tooltip showing growth speed triggered modifiers instead of growth reduction triggered modifiers.
    
  • Whether the planet migration tooltip shows immigration or emigration now takes into account push/pull multiplier modifiers.
    
  • Fixed emigration push total in planet migration tooltip not including multiplier modifiers.
    
  • Updated the Engineering Evolution icon
    
  • In Multiplayer, during a hotjoin, all clients now see the progress of hotjoiners
    
  • Fixed duplicated invalid origin text in empire creation trait tooltip.
    
  • Concept tooltips for tradition trees now have the name in the header.
    
  • deposit tooltips now display with an additional decimal for production and upkeep
    
  • Fixed authority tooltip showing missing DLC twice.
    
  • Planet unemployment icons in the Outliner now update immediately.
    
  • Tradition tree tooltips in the additional content browser no longer show the agenda that they unlock.
    
  • Added Civic Groups for restrictions in Civic and Origin tooltips
    
  • Autogenerated tooltips mentioning civic and origin requirements in empire creation will now automatically generate concept links to those civics or origins
  Modding
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  • Government names now support scripted loc
    
  • Added use_planet_resource = yes/no for megastructures. This allows them to make use of a locations resources if they are located on top of a planet or star.
    
  • Added count_traits trigger
    
  • Building upgrade on_queued and on_unqueued now takes the upgraded version instead of the base building version.
    
  • Added an on action for when pops change ethics
    
  • civic swap_type can now check for origins as well in the empire select screen
    
  • Added scripted modifier for pop_cyborg_happiness.
    
  • Megastructures that are built on a planet will now have their nameplate stack alongside all the other planets.
    
  • Species portraits are now assigned to species classes through portrait_sets, not the species_classes. This allows a portrait to belong to multiple species classes
    
  • Added bound_to_planet_classes for habitability traits.
    
  • Added sprite configurations for portraits to apply the hologram VFX to pops and leaders
    
  • Pop Purge Speed modifier now counts as neutral
    
  • Adding inherit_country_building_modifiers = yes/no to block bonus building slots from the general country modifiers but also adding new generated modifiers for every planet class.
    
  • Added Exploit Faction mechanics, triggers and extortion_resource
    
  • Added trait_machine_unit check to is_robot_empire scripted trigger
    
  • Added advanced_authority_refresh = yes script effect to force the game to validate authority swaps
    
  • Adding a can_be_stolen variable to relics as a means to block certain relics from being stolen
    
  • Added create_synth_species_effect, set_synth_origin_traits_effect, set_synth_portrait_effect scripted effects
    
  • Added set_machine_habitability scripted effect
    
  • Added documentation for specifying authority swaps in the automatically generated concept tooltips
    
  • Adding scriptable alert usable to clarify any needed action that might be blocking a situation
    
  • Extra trait points and picks from civics can now be detected in the empire creation view
    
  • It is now possible to block specific resources from the market but still allow them for trade agreements.
    
  • Adding reset_decline effect to forcibly reset a planets decline
    
  • Adding outliner_trigger for megastructures to allow for more customization when they should be shown in the outliner.
    
  • Adding a new founder_species event target for the country scope
    
  • Adding persistent_faction to pop faction types, used to force factions to keep one pop until the faction fails it's potential check
    
  • Added required_progress to scripted fleet actions
    
  • Added a space_battle_over on action for when a combat is over because of a lack of enemies left
    
  • You can now assign a ship size as a restriction for special projects.
    
  • Building and planet classes can now have building sets to more easily exclude buildings from planet classes
    
  • Adding never_lost parameter to ship sizes to easily make sure a ship is not instakilled in Emergency FTL.
    
  • Added crisis path database to make it possible to have multiple different crisis paths.
    
  • Added some small documentation for relics
    
  • terraforming_cost_mult now works on the planet scope
    
  • Converted modifiers that add jobs for industrial districts to inline scripts
    
  • custom_tooltip_with_modifiers in tradition swaps are now functional
    
  • Added can_add_overtuned_traits, can_add_droid_traits, can_add_synth_traits, owner_is_machine_intelligence, owner_is_individual_machine, owner_is_hive_empire and can_do_advanced_robo_modding scripted triggers for species modification
    
  • Fixed diplo weight tooltip showing base diplo weight twice if DIPLOMACY_WEIGHT_STANCE_FACTOR is not 0.
    
  • Fixed research bonus from research agreements not being applied if country_subject_technology_sharing_mult is applied.
    
  • Added scripted triggers for has_cybernetic_ascension, has_genetic_ascension, has_psionic_ascension, has_synthetic_ascension, and has_ascension_path
    
  • Regular empire capital buildings now use inline script for their job swaps.
    
  • Added the rl_barren_planets random list for system initializers
    
  • num_buildings trigger now accepts owner_type to allow counting holdings
    
  • You can now filter the trait count by trait cost. Renamed the trigger to count_species_trait to avoid unintended usage.
    
  • Added documentation file for the technology scripts.
    
  • Techs related to consumer goods now use the country_uses_consumer_goods = yes trigger
    
  • Player crisis paths are now unlocked by either Nemesis or The Machine Age
    
  • Added missing modifiers to building documentation.
    
  • The create template button is now controlled by the can_modify_species rule
    
  • Moved a bunch of scripted triggers for traits into the scripted_triggers_traits file
    
  • Added on_building_repaired on_action
    
  • Added ship_shield_penetration_add and ship_armor_penetration_add modifiers
    
  • Added triggered_species_modifier to species traits.
    
  • Adding a hidden variable to species rights options to allow the hiding of certain items from the UI lists
    
  • Adding weight variable to advanced authority swaps
    
  • Extending the authority swap to include election variables
    
  • Megastructure construction entities can be scaled.
    
  • Planet picture overrides will now update more reactively when changed
    
  • Converted all uses of is_fallen_machine_empire into is_fallen_empire_machine
    
  • Renamed is_berserk_fallen_machine_empire to is_fallen_empire_berserk_machine
    
  • Added documentation for namelists.
    
  • Removed unused "language" member in namelists.
    
  • Adding an on action for when starbases flip controller
    
  • Added customize_random_override to namelists.
  
  Now I’m passing this over to Alfray to give some more information on how to go about using some of the new features as a modder.
  
  
  More Modding Documentation​
  3.12 and The Machine Age have added a large amount of functionality which translates into a massive amount of modding improvements, due this we won’t be going into detail but give examples of various feature that can be used by modders.
  
  
  Crisis Paths (Requires Nemesis or The Machine Age)​
  In 3.12, we’ve added functionality to define multiple crisis paths. Where previously the Become the Crisis ascension perk would simply have the effect of "activate_crisis_progression = yes", making use of the Crisis Levels, Objectives and Perks defined in their respective script files, now the effect instead uses activate_crisis_progression = <path_name>. This allows multiple crisis paths to be defined, each with their own resource, objectives and perks (or even sharing any of these as you see fit).
  
  
  Authority Swaps (No DLC lock)​
  Back in Dev Diary #336[forum.paradoxplaza.com] and Dev Diary #337[forum.paradoxplaza.com], we detailed some of the Advanced Authorities available to the Cybernetic and Synthetic Ascension Paths in The Machine Age.
  
  
  As an example, here’s the base Imperial Authority with the Imperial Feedback Advanced Authority obtained via Synthetic Ascension.
  
  As you can imagine, these function much how tradition swaps function and offer a great deal of flexibility.
  
  
  Reactive Portraits (No DLC lock)​
  Reactive portraits and the paperdoll layering system they use were explained in Dev Diary #342, so here I’ll take the opportunity to showcase how these are handled in script. Using the Cybernetic Elf portrait as an example.
  
  As the reactive system only depends on various triggers, this isn’t required to be linked to an Ascension Path even though that was our intention for it. Additionally, due to the flexibility of scopes allowed for these triggers, reactive portraits can range from generalised customisation to incredible specific (e.g. the Chosen One God-Emperor having a unique mask/decal displayed).
  
  
  Portrait Sets, Categories and Species Classes (No DLC lock)​
  Prior to 3.12, each Species Class had a list of portraits (and conditional portraits) defined, with 3.12 this is changing so that each Species Class will have a defined Portrait Set and that Portrait Set will have a list of portraits and conditional portraits. However, for the purposes of showing portraits in empire creation, there are also Portrait Categories. This system allows us to class the new cybernetic and synthetic humanoid portraits in the Humanoid species class while still adding their own entries in the empire creation screen to showcase the new reactive portraits.
  
  
  What’s Next​
  The Machine Age will be releasing next Tuesday, and as there are holidays in Sweden next week, our next dev diary (The Art of the Machine Age, Part II) is planned for May 16th.
  
  At 1430 CEST today a bunch of us will be on /r/Stellaris for a Reddit AMA! (Ask Me Anything) Come ask us stuff!
  
  See you soon!
  
  The Machine Age[pdxint.at] will be arriving on Tuesday, May 7th, and is available for pre-purchase on its own or as part of Stellaris: Season 08[pdxint.at]!

by Eladrin

Hello everyone!

Today the art team will show you some of the amazing stuff coming in The Machine Age[pdxint.at] on May 7th. It's available for pre-purchase now, on its own or as part of Stellaris: Season 08[pdxint.at].

I'll turn it straight over to them!

Hello!

My name is Felix and I’m one of the concept artists working on The Machine Age ascension pack for Stellaris. In this dev-diary, we’re very excited to present some art from the new playable species and shipsets that are coming with the DLC. A ton of work has been put in by everyone on the art team, and we’re thrilled to finally be able to show you some!
Reactive portraits​
For the Machine Age, we decided the current system needed improvement to achieve the experience we wanted for ourselves and the players. This resulted in, among other things, an improvement to our portrait system that now allows you to see your species' cyberization progress through several stages. We have also made an entire set of ascended synthetic portraits that share close ties to their biological predecessors, to address players not feeling as connected with their new metal bodies.

A look at one of our final species for Cybernetics (three ascending stages).

Here is a look at one of our synthetic species, going from organic to fully robotic.

Inspiration​
We saw a lot of potential in making the cybernetic species relatable and letting their augments shine by adding to the current familiar lineup of species that are already in the game. Some designs started with their characters, while others evolved around a specific idea for a cool cybernetic augment. It was important for us to have as many different components as possible and create a unique and diverse array of species.

A snippet of different ideas for the cybernetic species development, a few from very early and some close to final.

Early character concepts and development​
When brainstorming portraits ideas for this pack, we took a lot of cues from earlier species and tried to add a few in each category. Since the main show is the cybernetics and robotic parts, we felt like it was best to go with already familiar traits when working out the designs, putting the focus on the cyberization and synthesization of the different species. Here are some early sketches that we went through on our way to the final portraits.

Concept art for some early species development.

More concept art for some early species development. Can’t believe this is the first moose inspired species, as a Swedish developer!

More early species development.

After we nailed down the look and development of the base characters we worked on the variations and uniforms for each of them, some species have the same uniform and some have unique setups that change after synthetic ascension. This DLC also features some freshly made humans, and yes, they have new hairstyles!

New human portraits, ready for a journey down the cyber path.

Challenges​
Getting to this point proved quite a challenge, with plenty of limitations to overcome. Making conditional assets work within the game engine and the randomly generated nature of stellaris species required input from programmers, animators and multiple artists.

Eventually we landed on a system that would mostly keep our current workflow intact, although with a much larger asset library to manage. In general, we were able to freely place assets where we wanted with only a few limitations holding us back. Below is an example of the process we call paperdolling, where species are cut up and exported to be reassembled with animation. This must be done for every color change, hairstyle, cybernetic piece and outfit per species, all of which needs to work together.

Example of the portrait paper doll workflow, with the implementation of masking out parts of the base character when the cybernetic augments are present. An assembled version of the same species can be seen below.

What we are left with after The Machine Age is an exciting update to the portrait system that we are eager to use going forward. We hope you enjoy the work we put into these, either as you slowly upgrade your way to a cybernetic society, or ascend into tailor made synthetic forms.

Next up- Lloyd will take you through the journey of designing the cybernetic and machine shipsets found in The Machine Age!

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Hi, I’m Lloyd and I'm a concept artist working on Stellaris: The Machine age. I'll be taking you through some of the development process for the two player shipsets in this ascension pack.
Finally robots are getting their own dedicated shipset! Because The Machine Age would be incomplete without ships for machines. These ships are designed to appear like they are operated and inhabited by synthetics. On most of the designs you can see an AI core in place of a traditional bridge. They also have far fewer windows than most other ships, implying a high level of automation. With all that machinery things are likely to get hot, so a key design element for this shipset is large glowing radiators to dump excess heat into space.

The machine shipset.

Let's take a deeper look into the design process behind one of these ships, the machine science ship. The first thing we do when starting work on a shipset is establish the general shape language of the pack. Here you can see some early development sketches for the ships.

Early sketches for the machine shipset.​

Once the visual language has been hashed out we move on to individual ship designs. The science ship is always a fun one to design as it does not have turrets or sections, so there are fewer limitations on the shapes we can use. Here are several stages of the design of the machine science ship.

Development sketches for the machine science ship.​

Approved sketches are then rendered out into final concepts, showing all the angles that we need.

Final concepts of the machine science ship.​

With the concept completed we move to 3D. The team turns the design into optimized assets that work with all of the game’s technical requirements. The science ship was worked on by 3D artist Tim Wiberg. Tim and the rest of the 3D team also create the textures for the whole shipset, making sure that we get a consistent look across all ships. For the machine ship textures we wanted to go for a clean, refined, machine-precision look. The hull patterns that change color depending on your empire colours are designed to give the impression of circuitry.

3D work on the machine science ship.​

After the 3D model is complete there are still a couple steps left. The science ship is one of the few ships in stellaris that has animations, meaning we can add some interesting motion to show the ship doing science. We also need to hook up VFX to have the ship's engines glow correctly.

The machine science ship in-game.​

Let's have a look at the other shipset in The Machine Age, the cybernetic shipset! Perfect if you're a species looking to mash up your boring biology with some sweet, sweet chrome. For this shipset we were heavily inspired for the shape language of classic cars and retro tech.

The cybernetic shipset.​

Here are some early sketches from when we were still looking for the style of the ships.

Early sketches for the cybernetic shipset.​

The following sketches show the development of the cybernetic battleship. You can see at this point the shape language of the pack has been established. Lots of blocky shapes with rounded corners were used to give these ships a sense of strength and toughness.

Development sketches of the cybernetic battleship.​

Here’s the final concept for the Cybernetic battleship - affectionately known to the art team as the flattleship. You can see that as Stellaris warships are modular, we have to design a bunch of different sections that all have to fit together. It's quite fun but it adds a lot of time and problem solving to the process. One of my favorite features of the cybernetic battleship is the hangar mid-section which has an aircraft-carrier-like ramp for the strike craft to launch from.

Final concept of the cybernetic battleship.​

Warships are also more complicated on the 3D side, where the multiple sections have to be modeled to all be compatible with each other. We also have to take into account turrets, which need to fit with enough clearance, and accommodate both projectile and missile launchers. For the textures on the cybernetic ships, we wanted an emphasis on shiny metallics, and a bit more grungy-ness than the synthetic ships. The cybernetic battleship was also modeled and textured by Tim Wiberg.

3D development of the cybernetic battleship.​

All the cybernetic ships include animated lighting strips that show a pulse of light that propagates down the length of the ship, often forming a character line that resonates with the rest of the design. For the battleship the light strips are either side of the ship’s central trench.

Thanks for stopping by for this brief look into the portraits and shipsets of The Machine age! We have put so much work into this expansion and we can't wait to see what you think of it. We hope that this little taste of the art has you excited to ascend towards mechanized mastery and conquer the galaxy as a synthetic or cybernetic civilisation in Stellaris!

Hello everyone, Community Manager Aurora here!

We’re happy to announce that we are holding our second-annual StellARTis competition!

This year’s theme is “Everyday life in The Machine Age”. We will be accepting submissions on X (Twitter), the forums, and Discord [discord.gg]from now until May 6th at 1300 CEST.

You can find out more in the forum thread[forum.paradoxplaza.com]. We look forward to seeing what our community comes up with!

There's so much to show that we'll have another Art of the Machine Age dev diary post-release.

Next week's dev diary is The Machine Age and 3.12 "Andromeda" Preliminary Release Notes, and next Thursday at 1430 CEST we will be on /r/Stellaris for a Reddit AMA!

See you then!

by Eladrin

Hello again!

The Machine Age will be arriving on Tuesday, May 7th, and is available for pre-purchase on its own or as part of Stellaris: Season 08.

Stellaris: Season 08 includes all of this year’s major Stellaris releases at a 20% discount, plus includes the Rick the Cube machine portrait as an immediate unlock. I do a quick rundown of the things that are in it in this video:

Today we’re going to look at the new Become the Crisis path, Cosmogenesis.

Back in Nemesis, we introduced the Become the Crisis[forum.paradoxplaza.com] Ascension Perk, which let an empire choose to embrace their darkest impulses, manipulating and concentrating fluctuations in the Shroud created by horrific acts in a bid to ascend to a higher existence.

That Crisis, now renamed Galactic Nemesis, accumulated a resource called Menace by committing evil deeds in order to advance through its crisis path.

Cosmogenesis has a bit of a different philosophy. Where the Galactic Nemesis operates through explicit malice, intentionally attempting to maximize the amount of suffering they can cause, an empire following the path of Cosmogenesis is more of a crisis to the galaxy due to callous indifference while pursuing what is theoretically a more noble cause.

Cosmogenesis can be selected as your fourth Ascension Perk. (In 3.12, Galactic Nemesis will also be moved to become available as a fourth perk.) Like Galactic Nemesis, you cannot take it if you are Custodian or Emperor, or are not independent. Unlike the previous crisis path, however, this one is not ethics locked. Even a Xenophile Pacifist can delude themselves into thinking that a small amount of possible, unintentional suffering now may be a worthwhile sacrifice for a better future.

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.​

Galactic Nemesis dealt with quantity over quality. Cosmogenesis empires are the opposite. They seek the secrets of the Fallen Empires, desiring to reach the power they had in their prime.

Some of the Crisis Perks.

One of the shortcuts you can use to get there is the Synaptic Lathe. A powerful research facility, it harnesses the power of minds to compute and store data, with the slight downside of burning them out over time. It can be upgraded twice, and uses a simplified variant of the planet interface.

Yes, you can (and should) Ascend the Lathe​

The districts unlock building slots, and either increase Research or Advanced Logic generated by the Neural Chips. The buildings can significantly modify many aspects of the Synaptic Lathe, whether it be Synaptic Preservers that reduce the burnout rate of Neural Chips, Neural Stabilizers that keep the Chips content and less rebellious, or even Synaptic Overclockers which will increase the effectiveness of the Neural Chips but burn them out much more quickly.

The more Neural Chips you have contained within the Lathe, the more effective it becomes, as every chip improves the output of every other chip, resulting in a nonlinear productivity growth curve but make sure that there is always pops for the lathe to process, or risk seeing it break down for lack of suitable components.

A brief overview of the Synaptic Lathe

To streamline the process of recruiting “volunteers” for the Synaptic Lathe, you can set species to use the Synaptic Service purge type, which will automatically resettle pops to the Lathe over time.

Service Guarantees Citizensh... Actually, Never Mind.

At Rank 4, you’ll gain the ability to experiment upon reality through your Applied Infinity Theses. These allow you to attempt to make improvements on a stubborn reality, which can have galactic or localized effects. Sometimes these go well…

For our next experiment, let’s round pi to 3. It’ll make calculations so much easier.

But other times things don’t go quite as planned, and the simple folk from other empires that just don’t understand may get upset.

At least we still learned something!

Frustratingly, reality is resilient, and does not take kindly to “adjustment”. But the Infinity Sphere has been nice enough to provide a potential solution. A new universe would be much more malleable than this ancient one that is stuck in its ways.

Once the Horizon Needle is completed, the Exodus begins. It’s time to embark the people from your colonies onto the ship, and go into a bold new world.

Should you succeed, a perfect new universe will be created to your specifications, and your people will have endless and true understanding. Based on some of the choices you make during the Exodus, there are several endings to your journey.

Oh, what happens to this universe? That’s not really your problem anymore at that point, is it?

It doesn’t all explode, if that’s what you’re asking. That would be a terrible, senseless waste. (Okay, parts do, but that’s really just collateral damage.)

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The aftereffects of your final experiment will ripple across the galaxy, causing significant problems for those that were left behind. A control group that elects to stay behind and observe from your former empire will protect itself well. The rest of the galaxy isn’t quite as prepared.

Their grammar was also damaged in the time stop.

With the ability to select a new empire to continue the game after losing the game (or winning, in this case), we’ve chosen to let you continue to explore the fate of the universe after the Cosmogenesis empire completes its mad goal. Your old empire will remain in the game as a true Fallen Empire.

Another feature we’re adding in the 3.12 “Andromeda” release is a Multiplayer Resync button.

This button, as the name suggests, resyncs a game to hopefully allow you to continue if an Out of Sync error occurs. It won’t always solve the issues, but when it does, it’ll save you some time as you’ll no longer have to quit and rehost the game.

Normally a reason for the Out of Sync is listed, but I forced the desync so nothing is actually wrong.

Transferring data!

The Machine Age is getting close!

Next week will be the first Art of The Machine Age dev diary. The artists have so much to show that they’ll have another one post-release.

See you then!