Delta branch testing was a success! Now this mod has the same changes and is up to date for v4.0.*. For those that were still in v3.14 please use the backup in the auxiliary folder, erase contents before pasting them (do not simply replace or funky stuff could happen!)

Thanks for the support and suggestions! Testing build is already available here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2976573664

I will merge the changes here after your feedback and when after the PDX patch scheduled for this week.

Just popping my head in to give A-Sartek the big hoo-rah support chant.
We love you, bro!!

@A-Sartek: Small world is a 3rd picker ascension that literally bring any 6 slots to 15 by magic. It's absolutely huge by itself. Sure it aligns with Mastery of Nature but Mastery of Nature is an expensive limit pusher while small world is an equalizer. Or at least I see it that way. I personnaly always picked it up 3rd whenever I got to colonize a small planet.

@A-Sartek cool, love u bro

@Ch0mpD13 I'm currently testing it, making sure y'all have a smooth experience.

I thought the mod was going to be updated on Tuesday, did something happen?

@A-Sartek Bro just temperate remove and leave those perks that are no good in upcoming update, release those good babies, hahahahaha ,can't wait!

@A-Sartek
- Maybe it could give you a set base number of disctricts on planets of a certain size and smaller or... And this is an idea I came up with on the spot, the perk could make your planets of size 15 and smaller have certain % of extra resources while having bigger planets receive a penalty of the same amount, so the smaller your planets are, the better.

- I actually came here to say that I really like the mod and to see if it was updated.

@Hiztaar That sounds good but it sounds like a Mastery of Nature AP 2.0 without the planetary decision, there are some perks that are somewhat generic just like Small Worlds and I'm still thinking about how to make them more appealing.

@A-Sartek

Given how 4.x works, maybe Small World should not change the planet size but add a bonus number of districts based on the difference between the planet size and 15 ? As to not change the actual size of the planet on the map suddenly but remain in line with the philosophy of the districts in stellaris?

@A-Sartek Hey big boss, thanks for the updating!

@everyone, thank you for your patience, I'm still reviewing the mod and I'll hold any updates until Tuesday when PDX gets Stellaris out of the latest beta.

@leslie.drew The new 4.0.x update completely reworks numerous things. Nearly any mod that has not yet been updated will simply be incompatible. Give A-Sartek time to get things back in line with 4.0, and we'll be able to enjoy their mod again at that time (likely with improved features, yay!)

Hey there mod author. It seems like your mod is making my game crash. I was wondering what was causing it at first. After an investigation, I found out that your mod was making it crash. I think it's because this mod is still in 3.14 and some of the new features are messing it up...

Thank you for your hard work.

This is my most looking forward updating mod

@BrotherFang Yep, as I mentioned in the Delta branch of this mod over here . I'll start working on this mod during the weekend, thank y'all for your patience.

Will the be mod be updated soon?

@Ultragrunt777 Nope but I have some features planned for 4.0 related to Cosmogenesis which by extension related to Fallen Empires.

Question does have anything related to fallen empires?

I'm still testing both mods together, I just have three questions:

Are you using Expanded Stellaris Traditions 3 (Updated by Hydra) and this mod?
Are you using Expanded Stellaris Traditions (Outdated) and this mod?
Have you tried using ESAP - Delta Version ?

My current advice is to delete Steam's download cache for now, depending on how long you have been subscribed to this mod it could temporarily help you out until further testing is done.

Can confirm the lagging.

I have several outdated, runs fine with those. Runs poorly with just Enhanced Ascension and Traditions. Posting the logs of just EA and ET running

Nevertheless, I'd be quite surprised if it is this mod causing lag due how modular and compatible friendly it is. Unless of course you combine outdated mods, do you have any outdated mods?

@abo998 That is not normal, but you can post your error log in the Bug report discussion (sometimes the error log is huge so you can use other means to share i.e. Pastebin), more than likely is a mod incompatibility issue

Is it normal for this mod to effect performance? I have the same problem with Enhanced Traditions. I lose close to 40 fps when the game is paused and sim speed is noticeably slower.

@MajorGeneralPike Yes, next major update will be needed when Paradox releases 4.0 Phoenix in Q2 this year (probably), until then, this mod works flawlessly with current 3.14.*

is this mod still updated?

@Desperatu: It could also be related when someone uploads as a collaborator, I do have a mirrored version here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2976573664

Try it out, both versions are the same at the moment but it could work...

@Desperatu I just tested this a couple of minutes ago, I have been hovering over the archive, the three different categories (Geology, etc), the items that I've gathered, activated Archaeotech AP and the 25% bonus shows up as expected; so I feel ya, it is frustrating when something doesn't work as expected but I can't replicate any CTD or any other bugs that you are reporting.

My only advice I can give you is to redownload contents from this workshop item; just delete all contents from folder 1067631798 and then resub. Because knowing how the mod works internally, the only way that could happen is with an outdated version (3.13 and earlier) and Steam might not download stuff due to folder restrictions, user restrictions (silly things like not launching Steam in admin mode), Geforce experience issues and many other reasons.

With only this mod enabled, i get a guaranteed CTD when opening grand archive and putting cursor over one of the artifacts on display - not the item itself, but the category it belongs to. Latest version, all dlc's enabled, no ui mods, no other mods, nothing. Just this single mod blows up the game, and it sucks since it is one of my "essential" mods i play with. PLEASE fix it so i can continue my playthrough, i don't wanna play without it.

Thank you for the quick update - much love!

Update is online! Enjoy!

Thanks for the reports, the mod is not updated for 3.14 just yet.

Also getting crashes going into the archive.

Looking forward to a update to this mod.

I also have a lot of crashes with this mod and the Grand Archive DLC

This might only be my experience, but I think this mod has a conflict with grand archive. It causes a lot of instability with opening the grand archive itself

@LastQuinsyMZFK https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1941510469

Hi all *
Is there some legasy version of this mod for Stellaris v.3.3.x or less?

@Princezilla Lol, once I'm able to get back to my main PC I'm going to take care of that.

Heya "The Pillar of Society" policy names seem to be mixed up Celestial Soul gives Engineering, Sanctity of Life gives Physics and Dux Ex Machina gives Society which i'm pretty isn't right heh

so I looked at the mod and saw "on_survey_planet = { " and wondered if this could be overwritten by a later mod. Made it the very last mod and now it works - my bad

I cannot get ap_esap_materialist_1 to work and have not been able to get it to work for a long time. If I take the AP whenever a science ship surveys a celestial body I get NOTHING, no stored research points - yes I know I get stored research and not actual. For well over a year this has been the case. Am I the only one suffering this? ap_esap_materialist_2 works fine.

This mod is now fully updated to 3.13 (and is also synced with Delta version loc fixes)!

There is now a Spanish translation for this mod for anyone interested!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3281293498

Nevermind, it seems like I misunderstood the origin. It's all good

Hey, it might be an issue on my end, but I started a run with the Synthetic creed origin and I can't seem to pick the Ascension Perk. My guess would be that the issue is with this mod, but I'll check again, I guess.