Any way to build another Dyson Sphere if i already built one?

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[Elitewrecker PT]

Unless it was changed: lose it (dismantle outpost, give to a vassal) build a new one, take it back.

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Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

Unless it was changed: lose it (dismantle outpost, give to a vassal) build a new one, take it back.

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[Justin848]

Gigastructural Engineering Mod lets you choose the max amount of Dyson Spheres you can build in a game, from 1,2,3 or unlimited. It's all modular, so you can disable all of the additional structures that the mod adds, and just keep the vanilla ones.

[Ryika]

Whether you've built a Megastructure or not is tracked via a flag that persists for the rest of the game, so once you've built it, you shouldn't be able to build another one. Don't think there's a workaround either.

If you're willing to cheat directly though, the following console command should do the trick:

effect remove_country_flag = built_dyson_sphere

You can use this as soon as the initial frame is complete, and if your megastructure capacity allows, immediately start another one.

[Forblaze]

Originally posted by Ryika:

Whether you've built a Megastructure or not is tracked via a flag that persists for the rest of the game, so once you've built it, you shouldn't be able to build another one. Don't think there's a workaround either.

I've definitely destroyed a starbase around a matter decompressor i built and then built another one. This was even after 3.0.

[Ryika]

Originally posted by Forblaze:

I've definitely destroyed a starbase around a matter decompressor i built and then built another one. This was even after 3.0.

Yes, interestingly enough that may indeed be possible.

Like with the Dyson Sphere, the Matter Decompressor adds a flag to the country when it is built:

on_build_complete = {
		from = { set_country_flag = built_matter_decompressor_site }
		[...]
	}

However, this particular flag is not accounted for in the matter decompressor's possible = {} check, and instead it checks for existing megastructures in your territory. So it should indeed be possible to build multiple of them by making sure you're not "owning" the original anymore.

For the Dyson Sphere this is not the case though - the flag is checked properly, and it should prevent the construction of further copies of the wonder.

I can only assume that this is an unintentional oversight.

[hellbringer]

does this only check for a finished sphere or would just starting construction trigger it? If the former you could just build 3/4 of the sphere, lose the system, start another one and then reclaim the original system again.