Habitats require 1 level lower of starbase tech and the mega engineering tech now only needs level 3 starbase tech (instead of 5), fusion power (instead of zero point power), and no longer needs battleship tech. Ascenion perk now only needs 2 previous perks, instead of 3.

The mod did a few other things previously, before 2.1 - but vanilla already implemented those changes.

So what are the requirements for the mega engineering tech in this mod? Description is a little vague :P Sounds interesting though. I've been wanting more "realistic" megastructure build times since they came out.

Sweet, ill check the new times today (hopefully) and see how they feel

Dyson Sphere: 121 years
Ring World: 93 years
Science Nexus: 84 years
Sentry Array: 77 years
Habitat: 15 years

These are the new time requirements. Down by about 15-25% of previously, and costs slightly increased to match vanilla again, except in the case of habitats that still remain a little easier to get.

Happy to help :)

Ill keep playing with it because i still feel that even in its current form, this mod is better than vanilla.

I've pretty much come to the same conclusion during my game. I'll get an update out when i find a bit of time. Appreciate the feedback.

Oh and this was played in 2.0.2 beta build

2a. Or allow player to build 2 megastructures at the same time (if its even possible to do that)


This ofc is just from one not finished game with one particular play style and a quite lucky start.
I played tall with unity/minerals being my main focus.

I spawned in a corner of the galaxy with only 2 entrances to my area of space, one entrance being occupied by a friendly empire and the other by a hostile one but early game was guarded by a 6k npc fleet and after that, I fortified the entrance.

I avoided wars and thus never needed a big fleet, i only relied on fortresses.
This was played on Hard/Aggressive

Ok, so ive finally managed to play a bit with megastructures.

This is just from a "partial" game as in i havent finished it yet. Im at year 2350 and I've got a ringworld and a nexus partially built.

What ive noticed so far:

1. Costs should be higher. I had 0 issues at affording both the nexus and the ring world. Altho this might also be due to my build this game and the fact that i was rather lucky of where i spawned, avoided all wars so i never built a large fleet.

I would suggest upping the cost a little bit, not by much so its not too expensive.

2. Build times are too long. They wouldnt be too long if you were able to build multiple megastructures are the same time (even 2 at the same time would be fine i think).

Maybe reduce build times by 20% or 25% but dont go lower than 15% or higher than 25%.

I'd definitely appreciate some experiences with the mod post-2.0. In my current game I ended up getting my first megastructure rather late I feel, but I may just have been unlucky. It's pretty tricky testing a game that is as dynamic as Stellaris all alone.

Good point. I will be starting a new game soon and ill run with this mod. I will return here once i get a feel for it.

Vanilla megastructures come way too late, they are pretty much pointless by that time, not quite sure how they balanced that ...

@test It's definitely a long time, but i personally think it works pretty well. Or atleast it did before 2.0. Might need a couple tweaks now, we'll see. Haven't finished my 2.0 game yet. My vague goal was to have you finish your first megastructure around the time you would be starting one if vanilla. I think that might be a little off now, not sure.

It's important to keep in mind you finish parts of the structures much earlier, so you still get benefits along the way.

Nice, this is exactly what i was looking for. Ill test this one out when im done with my current game.

I however do suspect 100 years is way too much? I wont know until i try it i guess :)