@Wiirlak, any chance for a weaker Border Control civic for Starlit citadel with the only benefit being the defence platforms being disabled instead of destroyed?

Does this work with anything that edits Titans? I have the Titanic civ but they're not spawning

with the aether reactors could you make them place-able outside the systems gravity well, with the requirement that an astral rift or astral scar is in the system?

@theglyphstone
It's literally the same buff from the ethic / authority, so I didn't list them specifically.

@wiirlak - Thanks, I figured out the confusion now. I saw the single line in the wiki about empire specialization bonuses at +15, and was looking all through the rest of the wiki for what those bonuses were since the Militaristic/etc. bonuses were described in detail.

Don't remember, but it couldn't be targeted by a construction ship.
Unless that changed, I can't really do it.

what is the rift classified as?

pc_astral_scar, if I remember

do they have their own planet class?

Use the link in the description then - or go into the discussion that's where the wiki is.

Impossible, one is a planet, the other isn't (per the game engine).

also that link doesn't seem to work

Could you make it so Aether Reactors can be built around astral rifts and not just the tears?

Yes, and again there's a whole wiki: steam://openurl/https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/2425550468/5335049597118740209/

is this the mod with the Aether Reactor kilostructure?

ok nvm i found it, it just wasn't showing up due to storm chasers before the situation finished

what are the requirements?

@Stepover34
No, it should appear.
I quickly test it, I can take it.

@Wiirlak, is the storm crisis path currently disabled?

Should be okay ? Not the safe option, but possible I guess.

General modding wisdom, don't touch mods on a running save. I can have intended effects, worse to remove content than adding.

If you try, make sure to have a save to rollback - or you may need to restart a game.

How does this work if you impelented it midgame?

@theglyphstone
At year 15, it's a choice based on ethics / authority, then year 50 / 100 / 150 for military/economic/architectural/etc...

There's a whole wiki for my mod: steam://openurl/https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/2425550468/5335049597118740209/

@wiirlak
The Ambitions are about military/economic/architectural/etc., but I'm talking about the prompt where I picked (Dictatorial) = -20% empire size effect, but could have chosen a Materialist or Authoritarian bonus instead. I was looking for a list of what bonuses are linked to which authorities/ethics but didnt find one.

ngl I'm not sure it is that powerful in the end, given how broken maulers are

Ha, yes, it's.
Both focuses on spatial defences, doubling down would be fun but very powerful.

I was asking if that restriction was there for balancing reasons

@Stepover34
You can't Border Control with the Starlit Citadel Origin.
But you can use the megastructure otherwise.

@Wiirlak, am I right in assuming that Border Control can't be used with starlit citadel for balancing reason?

@theglyphstone
It's the Empire Specialization - Ambitions.

There seems to be a feature (which was there originally) that isnt mentioned or explained in the documentation - at the 15-year mark when Empire Specialization begins, you get a choice of empire bonuses that is linked to your ethics/authority?

Is possible a 3.14 version? i'm playing a rollback version

Wowee lots of content to go through and test, thanks for the update wiirlak!

The long awaited update is done ! 4.0 is here !

I had to check, change, balance and fix things in every files. There's probably things I missed, mainly for balancing, so tell me !

Changelog is available as usual (but not all numbers as writting X => 100X would be boring).


Also, I was selected to participate in the MODJAM 2025. So will be busy with that for a while !

@[INVALID STRING]
Accepted on Steam, but your friendlist is closed on Discord.
Join the Stellaris Modding Den - link in description.

@theglyphstone
Thank you, glad to hear that you like my mod :)

Id like to offer my help to root out the typos in your descriptions, if I may?
I have an advanced understanding of english and of creative writing. I also want to do this willingly as volunteer work. So no payment necessary
I am able to understand english spoken in a non-english accent relatively well, and I am fluent in the website: DeepL in case of translation issues


My Discord tag is: @jackchayn
I have sent you a friend request
@Wiirlak

Worth the wait for the best extra civics mod in the game right now.

@ANIMUS
AI is good for snippet of code; I would kill their server by trying to parse my mod. It's way too big.

@07Gasimli
The tools to code barely got updated to 4.0; and life is very busy right now.
I managed to cut 5/6 of the errors logs at startup. I still have tons of stuff to fix and update.
Be patient.

Pwease pwease

I need this mod to be updated so bad

run the code through ai, this is a top mod

I mainly wait for my tools to update to 4.0 so I can work on the update; and also that Paradox stop updating the game every day (good for players, not for modders).


In the meantime, some statistics - right now, the english localization file is :
- 514 413 characters
- 43 387 words
- 6 830 lignes
- 524 168 octets

In a novel format, that would be over 130 pages (at 325 words per page); about the size of a short adult novel.

ohh ok that makes sense

@Skorri
English isn't my mother tongue, but feel free to fix the localisation file.

there is alot of typos in this mod I hope you guys fix them its not immersive haha

Patiently waiting Wiirlak, take all the time you need

The next update is enormous and will probably crash. This will requires a lot of work to update, be patient.

isn't it the case that Astral Scars start opening in the Mid Game? could've sworn during one of my games Astral Rifts born from Astral Scars did not start appearing until the mid game (Event Rifts excluded)

I see, Thanks for your both responding. I will check my list.

@Mercury！
Shouldn't come from my mod. RNG is probably bad, for you.
You can try to check if they generated by using the console command (survey, for example)

from what i know it isn't this mod

I cant encounter new open astral scars after subscribing this mod except the first one guiding you to the situation. Does this mod change the mechanism or it's just a compatible bug? Thank you.