Faster City Growth
This mod lowers the population thresholds for city previews to grow in Planet View. For example, you only need 15k pops to display a full metropolis, instead of 24k on vanilla. It only affect the UI and has no effect on gameplay.
The mod is ludicrously simple (it only contains a single line of code), but I got tired of planetary capitals looking like tiny villages. I’ve actually been using it for quite a while, but decided to post it here since 4.0 made it even harder to reach growth thresholds.
Note: the planet background in the thumbnail is from Planetary Diversity, which I highly recommend.
You can add or remove this mod mid-game without messing anything. It shouldn’t conflict with any other mod, regardless of load order.
Should be 100% achievement friendly, but I haven’t validated if that was actually the case.
Lvl 1 – Outpost:
- Vanilla: 1 pop
- FCG: 1 pop
Lvl 2 – Small Settlement:
- Vanilla: 2,000 pops
- FCG: 1,000 pops
Lvl 3 – Small City :
- Vanilla: 8,000 pops
- FCG: 4,000 pops
Lvl 4 – Large City :
- Vanilla: 16,000 pops
- FCG: 8,000 pops
Lvl 5 – Metropolis :
- Vanilla: 24,000 pops
- FCG: 15,000 pops
Council Position Diversity: Adds custom councilor titles to replace the default Head of Research, Minister of Defense, and Minister of State based on your government type. Includes a few extra governments as well.
Detox Technology: Removes the Detox ascension perk from the Toxoids DLC and replaces it with a tech.
Precursor Selection Advanced: Allows the selection of precursor and rebalance the trigger rate of initial discovery.
Hive Name Diversity: Adds a massive quantity of new name variants for hive minded civilisations.
All Rooms Selection: Allows selecting most leader rooms that are normally unavailable when creating a new empire.
Name List Collection: A compilation of custom-made name lists for empires.
