[Paint a Galaxy] Milky Way v3 (New Features!)
**NEW UPDATE**
I made a few changes to enhance the gameplay and replayability!
Key points:
1) Space is big, but now it’s a little more interconnected with a few sparse hyperlanes in between the galactic arms.
2) Nomad Update should be supported now with the new file from Oatmeal Problem
3) Fixed some (frankly a lot) of the spawns that were letter spawns rather than regular spawnable systems. Also added a few more!
4) Recentered and recalibrated Infinity Machine
5) Removed glitchy Titawin system near Sol. It was a left over from testing.
P.S: Thank you to everyone who opens up and looks at this mod. It brings me so much joy to see that I’m not the only person who wants to see Stellaris follow through in the Milky Way. My only wish is that I were smart enough to realize more of the ideas I’ve had with this wonderful game and community over the years! Thank you all! Have fun!
This is [now V3!] of my stylized Milky Way galaxy. It’s still WIP, but it includes a preferred spawn which you may use to play as a Sol Empire such as the UNE. I managed to make a workaround for accurate Sol Neighbors by placing them using Real Space. Therefore, REAL SPACE IS AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR THIS MAP.
This mod is built off of the wonderful work of Oatmeal Problem’s Paint A Galaxy mod. It is built off of the heavily stylized milky way image you see in the thumbnail. I took creative liberties in making the thinner clouds less dense and therefore more "void like" to make interesting terrain for stellaris. In real life (and Elite: Dangerous) most galaxies are closer to what stellaris depicts in Elliptical galaxies, but that’s not very aesthetically similar to the Milky Way. I wish I could make it more accurate, but Stellaris has it’s limits. Moreover, I don’t think anyone has taken any pictures of the Milky Way from that angle (you’re welcome to try 🙂
My goal with the map was also to make interesting geography. IRL, Sol is in the Orion spur, a drift of stars in between two large arms. I wanted that to feel special in a way- particularly in the sense that an empire formed near the core should feel different from an empire formed in the outer rim.
I am still actively working on this map and will make occasional improvements. If you have any ideas on how to make it better, please let me know!
Required items:
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Paint a Galaxy — Steam Workshop
Real Space 4.0 — Steam Workshop
