Create a race starting on Tomb worlds?

[TheMac]

I have 2.0.4 plus all DLC, and I can't figure out how to create a race indigenous to Tomb worlds. There are two let's play streams now with these races. I learned during a Google search that it’s possible to create such a race if one chooses the post-apolocyptic trait, though I don’t seem to have that trait as an option, despite the fact that Steam says all the DLC is installed. What am I missing? Thanks.

[General Income Tax]

So you need the Apocalypse DLC to get access to that trait. You said that all DLC is installed but if that was the case you'd have access to the trait. I can only suggest restarting your computer in case the DLC isn't loading for whatever reason.

[TheMac]

Thank you. I checked the game itself, from the starting window -> DLC, and it's definitely installed. This is also a fresh install of the game (few days ago at least). Could I be simply overlooking the trait? If I create a new race, shouldn't I see it as an option?

Would I expect to find post-apolocyptic as one of the traits, the fourth choice when creating a new empire?

[Eminence]

It's a Civic that then grants (automatically for 0 points) the survivor trait.

[TheMac]

I'm sorry, I don't follow you. Would I see something on the fourth screen that says "post apolocyptic", before given the option to select my planet type? Thanks.

[Einargizz]

What Eminence said. When you're creating a new race, you have to pick the Post-Apocalyptic civic. It's basically the opposite of Life Seeded civic.

[Devoras]

Easiest thing is to immediately click on Government & Ethics tab when starting a new race before doing anything else, it's 'post apocalyptic', alphabetical, so it's near the bottom of the starting list you can pick there.

[Eminence]

Originally posted by TheMac:

I'm sorry, I don't follow you. Would I see something on the fourth screen that says "post apolocyptic", before given the option to select my planet type? Thanks.

Go to empire ethics tab of creation. After selecting your ethics and government types to the right is the list of civics. Find 'post-apocalyptic' in this list and select it. Now go to your traits tab and you should see 'Survivor' as a trait that can't be removed.

[TheMac]

LOL! Found it. Thanks. My linear-thinking brain told me the game would logically give me the opportunity to choose post-apolocyptic prior to being forced to pick an incorrect starting world. Well, now I know what civics are. :) I've used them before, but didn't notice the name. Appreciate the patience.

[Eminence]

You still need to pick a starting planet type. It represents your homeworld before it was devastated and determined habitability for all non tomb worlds still.

[TheMac]

Makes sense. Thanks. BTW, is it possible to bombard non-inhabited worlds in order to turn them into tomb worlds? I don't think it is. The reason I ask and the whole pupose of the thread is because of something ASpec said in his latest playthrough. "Considering we are fanatic purifiers, we don't need to know how to terraform. Armageddon bombardment will do that for us."

I think what he is saying is that he plans to expand on worlds he conquers, but only after bombing them into tomb worlds. Is my assumption correct?

[cooltv27]

Originally posted by TheMac:

Makes sense. Thanks. BTW, is it possible to bombard non-inhabited worlds in order to turn them into tomb worlds? I don't think it is. The reason I ask and the whole pupose of the thread is because of something ASpec said in his latest playthrough. "Considering we are fanatic purifiers, we don't need to know how to terraform. Armageddon bombardment will do that for us."

I think what he is saying is that he plans to expand on worlds he conquers, but only after bombing them into tomb worlds. Is my assumption correct?

yes, but its also important to note that only fanatic purifiers can bomb planets into tomb worlds, if you play anything else you wont be able to do that

[TheMac]

Thank you. I figured out how to create them. One thing that is a bit confusing for me is how I might actually take the worlds I conquer. I'm used to landing armies and winning them that way, though I would assume that the bombardment would cease once troops land. Would a fanatic purifier race simply bomb until the target became a tomb world, then send a colony ship or would they bomb, and land troops once it became a tomb world? The latter would make more sense, though I don't know if any pops would survive the bombardment.

[General Income Tax]

Originally posted by TheMac:

Thank you. I figured out how to create them. One thing that is a bit confusing for me is how I might actually take the worlds I conquer. I'm used to landing armies and winning them that way, though I would assume that the bombardment would cease once troops land. Would a fanatic purifier race simply bomb until the target became a tomb world, then send a colony ship or would they bomb, and land troops once it became a tomb world? The latter would make more sense, though I don't know if any pops would survive the bombardment.

You bombard them, and when the last pop dies the world will become a tomb world that you can then colonize. Keep in mind that turning a world into a tomb world will reshuffle all the tiles, so if there is a special resource that you desperately need you're better off not wiping the planet clean, because it'll disappear once the world has been..tombified.

[TheMac]

That's very helpful information. Thank you. I believe there is a doomsday weapon that can kill all the pops on a world or turn it into a tomb world as well. I'll look at the WIKI to see what that weapon does.

[General Income Tax]

Good luck tombifying the universe, you sick fellow you :P