Slightly More Celestial Objects

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Author: Arnix (Ahelex)

Last revision: 20 Sep, 2020 at 02:05 UTC (4)

File size: 53.04 MB

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Description:

• Added new types of rogue planet spawn mechanisms, so those that do not like having possible lag spikes associated with the default method of spawning rogue planets can change.

Note 1: This mod is not iron-man nor achievement compatible. Technically save-compatible until 2.8 update, where this mod will undergo some non save-compatible changes, but you will lack access to most of this mod’s contents
Note 2: Thumbnail background taken from the Stellaris start-up screen, then edited by myself
Note 3: For compatibility patches, click on the collection above

SMCO introduces a few celestial objects that are not in the game (save for one, but has a modifier added to it), which includes:

• Also known as starless planets, they do not orbit a star, and instead orbit around the galactic centre
• Includes sub-brown dwarfs, which form like stars but do not have enough mass for thermonuclear fusion
• Requires Experimental Subspace Navigation to travel to Empty Space (if Default or Hybrid spawn selected), where rogue planets are (see images), then another tech to build starbases, habitats etc. near them
• New anomalies and events associated with rogue planets and sub-brown dwarfs

• Four types of black holes: Schwarzschild (the vanilla black hole, remodelled a bit), Kerr (i.e.: rotating, spinning), Reissner-Nordström (i.e.: charged), and Kerr-Newman (i.e.: rotating-charged)
• Kerr, Reissner-Nordström, and Kerr-Newman black holes have additional system weather effects
• New starbase buildings associated with Kerr/Kerr-Newman (requires both Subspace Sensors and Self-Evolving Logic) and Reissner-Nordström black holes (requires Subspace Sensors and a new event, stated below)
• A new event associated with Reissner-Nordström and Kerr-Newman black holes (requires Quantum Energy States as one of the requirements)

• Dark nebulae, and sometimes referred to as ‘stellar nurseries’
• If you built an outpost in those systems, and play for long enough, you may get to see something rather interesting…

SMCO alters the following entries (in italics) in the following vanilla files:

• common/game_rules/00_rules.txt (system_blocks_sensors)
• common/scripted_effects/system_ambient_effects.txt (entire file)
• common/scripted_triggers/00_scripted_triggers.txt (has_no_non_gate_megastructure) (Not recommended to overwrite)