Dyson Sphere star?

[kingcarrot]

I just started a new game, and my home star is a Dyson Sphere....

Anyone who knows if this has any impact? Or is it just a bit of fun?

[Sublustris]

It has like 1% chance to spawn, and even then I believe it effects no more then half of the planets you have in your system, if any, because home systems have own rules in galaxy generation.

[kingcarrot]

I mean more like, can you upgrade or anything? From what I can see it just seems like it only has a visual effect (different picture) and then what composition that the planets have. It does not seem like there is anything more that it effects...
Like white stars have more hot planets, and red supergiants have more cold or whatever. That seemed like the only thing it affected...

[Phaydren]

It's mostly just visual. The only difference is you may notice different BASE stats on your starter planets. I doubt there even is a bonus though.

[Volodyuka]

Originally posted by kingcarrot:

I mean more like, can you upgrade or anything? From what I can see it just seems like it only has a visual effect (different picture) and then what composition that the planets have. It does not seem like there is anything more that it effects...
Like white stars have more hot planets, and red supergiants have more cold or whatever. That seemed like the only thing it affected...

Number and types of planets are dependent on star type (except in the case of start system), so in short dyson sphere has bigger chance to spawn several jungle/terran/forest/atoll planets than, let's say, white dwarf. Big star has a chance to spawn more planets than small, and so on.

So in short, no it has no impact on your starting system, you cannot do anything with it, but if you'll see a dyson star as one of the systems near you, it'll be a better target to colonize than most others in most cases.

[kingcarrot]

Sigh, I guess I am just longing for some impact of such a megastructure, like in Stellaris or Space Empires. Would be cool if it actually had some function or something, other than just being "graphics" or a different kind of planet spawner....

[Phaydren]

Understandable. I certainly wouldn't mind a feature like that too kingcarrot. There are a lot of wonderful events and lore revolving around Endless Space 2 that I think it makes up for it though.

[TheFarReach]

I do think that Dyson Spheres and Artificial Stars should have some sort of impact.