Store Page
Stellaris
All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews

Stellaris

Store Page
Stellaris >  Workshop > Easy Pete's Workshop
304 ratings
Orbital Economy Overhaul
Description Discussions0 Comments534 Change Notes
8
6
4
   
Award
Favorite
Favorited
Unfavorite
Balance, Economy, Gameplay, Military, Spaceships, Technologies
File Size
Posted
Updated
12.695 MB
Feb 7, 2024 @ 2:08am
Aug 2 @ 4:50am
327 Change Notes ( view )
Required DLC
This item requires all of the following DLC
Stellaris: Utopia
Stellaris: The Machine Age
Created by
Easy Pete
Offline
See all 2410 collections created by Easy Pete and other people (some may be hidden)
34,530 Unique Visitors
11,598 Current Subscribers
1,378 Current Favorites
You need DLC to use this item.

Subscribe to download
Orbital Economy Overhaul

In 1 collection by Easy Pete
Easy Pete's Mods
6 items
Description
This mod is intended to be a vanilla friendly expansion of megastructure mechanics and related systems. The mod adds a large selection of kilostructures, several megastructure mechanical changes, a new archaeological site, new star systems, new civics, a new origin, and a new tradition tree. The goal is to not overly affect base game power balance. Please direct balancing feedback to my discord.


Documentation:
Full documentation can be found there:
https://discord.gg/CqAMhCRbUs

Features
Hectostructures
No build limit.
  • Asteroid Fortification
  • Orbital Fortification
  • Asteroid Miner
  • Orbital Research Lab
  • Orbital Prospector Station
  • Orbital Hydroponics Station
  • Orbital Solar Array
  • Orbital Industrial Station
  • Orbital Refinery
Kilostructures
Uses Kilostructure Build Limit
  • Orbital Core Drill
  • Orbital Arcology Ring
  • Orbital Shipyard Ring
  • Star Lifter
  • Matrioshka Brain
Megastructures
Uses Megastructure Build Limit
  • Star Heaver
  • Dyson Computer

Ascension Perks
  • Orbital Economies of Scale
  • Logistical Prerogative
  • Capacity For Exceptionalism
  • Civil Ascendancy

Civics
Megastructure themed civics.
  • Ingenious Architects (Regular)
  • Armed Neutrality (Regular)
  • Construction Contractors (Megacorp)
  • Private Fleetyards (Megacorp)
  • Architectural Programming (Machine Intelligence)
  • Iterative Construction (Machine Intelligence)
  • Engineering Synapses (Hivemind)
  • Biomass Reconstitution(Hivemind)

Origin
Megastructure themed origins
  • Offworld Industry (Regular)
  • Offworld Focus (Hive Mind)
  • Null Gravity Infrastructure (Machine Intelligence)

Tradition Tree
Megastructure themed tradition
  • Mega Construction Tradition Tree
  • Focused on megastructure buffs
  • Adopting the tradition prevents choosing Galactic Wonders AP
  • Final upgrade is the same as Galactic Wonders AP

Quality of Life Changes
Full list in documentation.
  • Orbital Rings can be dismantled through a planetary decision.
  • Uninhabited Habitats can be destroyed via planetary decision
  • Dyson Swarms can be built in binary and trinary systems
  • Vanilla megastructures can coexist in the same solar system now.
  • Fixed vanilla game issue with ruined orbital rings incorrectly spawning restored rings.
  • Added tooltip to track megastructure build limits
  • Added edicts to toggle megastructures in the outliner

New Megastructure Mechanics
  • All megastructures now have their base upkeep changed to trade
  • Megastructures that had no upkeep have been given a reasonable trade upkeep
  • Megastructure trade upkeep, build time, and unity/influence cost scales with empire sprawl.
  • Megastructures now have a combined limit allowing for multiple of the same end game megastructures.
  • Kilostructure build limits now combined together

Vanilla Files Affected
Read the documentation for full list of specific vanilla overwrites and for explanations as to why a particular file is overwritten
  • Various vanilla megastructures
  • Several vanilla events
  • Several scripted triggers and effects
  • The megastructure view GUI

Translation
French translation by Stern
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3278230336

Credits
Credit to discord users DarkCrimson, Agent 9, Moros, and Paradox for large amounts of feedback and ideas that have greatly influenced this mod.

Credit to discord user Quollveth for giving me permission to use their shell world model: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2691400632

Credit to Emperor Scorpio for giving me permission to use some of their planet textures: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1704586879

Discord:
Documentation and changelogs can be found there:
https://discord.gg/CqAMhCRbUs

FAQ:
Is this compatible with (insert mod name here)
If it is a non megastructure mod, probably. If it is a megastructure mod, it most likely will not be compatible. (Yes that includes being incompatible with Gigastructures)

Can you make a compatibility patch for (insert mod here)?
No, I only make patches for mods I actively use. Maintaining a patch for someone else’s work that may change without me knowing is tedious if I’m not using the mod regularly. If anyone wants to maintain a compatibility patch between this mod and another mod, I will be more than happy to help you with it.

Other Mods:
Terraforming Spawn Menu: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3477854332
Defense Platforms Disable: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3480363687

Beta Branch:
Experimental testing branch of Additional Mega-Engineering Projects.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3479001707
534 Comments
< >
Easy Pete  [author] Aug 3 @ 12:26am 
@Stern thank you, I added your link to the description

@Ikaza The only way for you to get the previous version would be for me to directly send you the files or reupload a new mod with those older files. I recommend joining my discord since I announce when I’m updating the mod there and let people know they should save a local backup ahead of time.
Ikaza Aug 2 @ 5:26pm 
Is there any way to get the previous version of this mod? My current game is no longer working since the update today.
Stern Aug 2 @ 3:16pm 
this https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3278230336
Stern Aug 2 @ 3:15pm 
I resumed the translation of your MOD in French. It is up to date and will be maintained.
Easy Pete  [author] Aug 2 @ 6:12am 
@Stern What do you need help with?
Stern Aug 2 @ 5:53am 
Au secours ^^
Easy Pete  [author] Jul 30 @ 2:31am 
@Align the structures with no build limit require influence because it helps limit spam and it is the same design choice used in vanilla megastructures
Align Jul 27 @ 1:42pm 
Ah, just researched the Matrioshka brain and saw the tooltip saying it's upgraded from Dyson Swarms, and looking at one I can also see the Star Lifter upgrade. So no issues here.
Align Jul 27 @ 12:00pm 
Though, I don't mean that as a complaint exactly - the mod feels very balanced.
Align Jul 27 @ 11:58am 
I researched the Star Lifter, but can't see it in the list of megastructures for my construction ships. Is it built some other way? Other structures added by the mod show up and I've been able to build them without issue.

I gotta say that requiring influence rather than unity makes building most of the new structures kinda painful, especially with the empire sprawl penalty increasing the cost further. Are they mainly intended for tall empires?