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!Stellaris Realism - Don't try with 2.2 yet - I'll update this name when it's ready!

No longer working on mod, working on a game instead (named Ascendance, it's on Steam).


The mod is being actively worked on - updates and questions are best covered on the mod's discord channel in the Stellaris Modding Den (worth joining as many other mods are hosted there):
https://discord.gg/xmxnFbm

The mod has been completely rewritten and for now continues to focus on the economy and empire finances aspect (politics, diplomacy and combat will be covered in a standalone game). Colonisation and population work similarly to previous version, while government finances have undergone significant changes, and the economy functions completely differently (based on production and consumption at the system level). Cool factor changes include the freighting of resources and goods, new graphics and new GUIs.

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This mod replaces many of the base game's mechanics with new systems that provide the feeling of running an empire. Overall, management is streamlined and centralised, with the focus being on managing an empire as a whole. It predominantly affects the economic side of the game, but will increasingly add political and social elements.

- New colonisation, population, migration, industry, finance, infrastructure, and science systems.
- Colonisation and industry operate autonomously.
- Demand-driven economy with 14 industries and a resource overhaul (will rework in 2.2).
- Empire budget to manage, potential debt, many new policies for management.
- Management moved from predominantly planet level to empire level.
- New method of ordering ships from the new GUI.
- Standard of living, approval and order replace happiness.
- Increasing number of political, social and economic events provide flavour (early days).
- Various UI tweaks, including new GUI management screens.
- Pops and buildings will return to core worlds when vanilla 2.2 is released.

- The mod needs to be played in English for now; stats won't currently appear in other languages.
- The mod makes huge changes and works very differently to vanilla; if you just jump into the game, you'll probably have no idea what is going on. Watch the youtube videos, or read the help topics (pops up when you start a game).

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If you want to get an idea of the mod is about, check out the Youtube playlist of beta playthrough
Any major updates are covered in the first few minutes of each episode.


I really recommend the video to get a feel for the mod and its recent changes. There are also tooltips, a quick tutorial and a help menu provided in-game.

List of changes
FAQ