Hello! We are currently 2 days away from the huge 4.0 update for Stellaris, as well as the BioGenesis expansion!
As with previous DLCs and updates, all mods of mine will receive an update when the update releases to ensure compatibility with the latest version of the game.
Empires Expanded v1.6.8
The 4.0 update completely overhauls the planetary management aspect of Stellaris, including jobs, pops, districts and buildings.
The patch for EMEX that will release when the 4.0 update does will alter some parts of the mod for compatibility, but a lot of modifiers had to have been changed or just removed completely because of how some mechanics in-game are now different.
This mainly affects:
– modifiers affecting trade
– modifiers affecting immigration
– modifiers affecting pop growth/assembly
– modifiers affecting priest jobs
This has been a relatively difficult update to adjust and update to, so let me know of anything I’ve missed and any suggestions.
Do expect a follow-up update sometime later that might change balancing or use some of the newly-added features.
EMEX v2.0 Update
I’ve said before about wanting to get this update for the mod out before Stellaris 4.0, but as I’ve said, it was a lot more difficult to update the mod to work in 4.0. As such, expect the v2.0 update out later.
Now, I do want to be clear with the scope of this update; while I initially didn’t plan on working on the existing mod civics, after the changes I made to some of the Hive Mind and default civics, I felt the Machine Intelligence and MegaCorp civics were somewhat lacking, so I felt compelled to expand on those too.
Furthermore, I’ve come up with overhaul plans for the Born of Knowledge origin as mentioned in the last devlog–while a lot more “modern” and overall better than the older mod origins, it’s pretty unclear and confusing to some and lacks a real identity apart from new planet types that don’t do much. Even moreso with how 4.0 is splitting researchers again.
So! Here’s a rough timeline:
| EMEX v1.6.8 [plus patches for my other mods] | May 5th | Compatibility and slight changes for Stellaris 4.0 |
| EMEX Devlog: Updates to Old Civics | May 10th | Going over updates to some older civics in the mod; will have an overview |
| EMEX v1.6.8.1 | May 13th | Patch for EMEX fixing found bugs and making any improvements |
| EMEX Devlog: Overhaul of Seeded Evolution Origin | Mid/Late May | Going over the fully overhauled origin Seeded Evolution |
| EMEX Devlog: v2.0 Patchnotes | June | Full patchnotes and a comprehensive list of changes |
| EMEX v2.0 Release | June | Woo! |
| EMEX Devlog: Plans for v2.1 | Late June/Early July | Going over plans for v2.1, including changes to Born of Knowledge and some other minor details |
Unfortunately, it’s exam season. A pretty important one for me this time around! So, I can’t fully commit to any of those later dates at this point, though I will do my best to work on the mod. I do enjoy doing it in my freetime, so maybe we’ll stay on schedule!
Appreciate everyone for sticking with Empires Expanded, it’s been a while since I’ve wanted to get this v2.0 update out, and hopefully that’ll be somewhat soon now.
See you in the next one.
-MadeinCanada
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