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Aesthetic Cinematic Gameplay (ACG)
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Stellaris: Apocalypse
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Description
NOT yet Compatible with Stellaris 3.12.* - UPDATE IS WORK IN PROGRESS:


Meanwhile ONLY compatible with Stellaris 3.11.*
NOT Save game compatible
NOT Achievement compatible

MOD LOAD ORDER
1. UIOD (required)
2. UIOD Extended Topbar (required)
3. other mods (do NOT put other mods below ACG!)
4. ACG (required)
5. ACG Return of the Ancients (optional)
6. ACG Icons UI Addition (optional)
7. ACG Revert mods (optional)

Links / Contact

📌 FAQ / Addon Patches / Legacy Versions
🛠️ Compatibility List / Comp. Patches / Comp. Check Requests
☎️ Bug Report / Help Service
✏️ Suggestions / Other Questions
💡 Changelog

If you want to share your thoughts, opinions or even influence my decision making on future changes for ACG or if you just want to get more information about ACG and get in touch with other ACG mod users then i highly recommend to join the:
[discord.gg]

You think this mod deserves to be supported? You want to help me argue with my wife why it's a good idea to spend so many hours on modding? Then please check out the links below

[www.paypal.com][www.ko-fi.com]

⚠️ W A R N I N G ⚠️
ACG is a huge overhaul mod => don't treat it like a simple graphical mod that you can mix with any other mod you like => you can get an exceptionally good gameplay experience if you read this mod's description, follow the instructions and check out the compatibility list provided in the 🛠️ Compatibility Thread. Or you can get an exceptionally bad experience if you ignore it. If you encounter problems visit the ☎️ Bug Report/Help Service. Prior to asking questions check out the 📌 FAQ



TIP: How to get the best out of ACG
Try to minimize the amount of other mods you use with ACG => check out the features of ACG and then look if you really need all those other mods that you previously wanted to add to your playlist with ACG. One of the most common mistakes i see is that people use a lot of unnecessary mods that only cause issues. Also make sure to only use mods that are listed as compatible here: 🛠️ Compatibility Thread.

TIP: Watching Space Battles
This mod's cinematic features shine even more when using slow speed during watching Space Battles. Try it out.

Introduction
This mod is the successor mod of Aesthetic Cinematic Graphics. I am basically working on ACG almost since vanilla but just decided to make the first ACG mod public in early 2019 to share how i personally like to enjoy playing stellaris.

Combined with my old ACG mod (which works as foundation for this mod) i have spent 3000+ hours on working on this mod by now (ACG contains more than 200 folders and 7000 files). Graphical finetuning + Performance improvements alone took hundreds of hours and the time and thoughts that i spent on this mod is just growing because i continue improving and working on this mod constantly.

Nonetheless it's very important to note that this mod is by no means my work alone. I have built this mod upon a lot of feedback of users and many ideas and content of other great modders - reworked and refined it to fit into my personal taste. Without such a great community and helpful modders this mod would never have been possible.

About this mod
This mod is built on 4 pillars:

1. Immersive, Cinematic Graphics
2. Improved Performance
3. New Content
4. Better Balance and Progression

Graphics will be more realistic and cinematic with significant performance improvements included. Only added new content that the AI can use properly. High focus on a well-balanced and smooth gameplay progression. Nothing really overpowered is added with this mod.

There are many graphic and content mods on the workshop but most of them are focused around one single aspect of the game. By restricting yourself on one aspect of the game the risk of causing imbalance, bugs or inconsistencies increases dramatically with each mod you add to your mod's list. This mod tries to avoid that by offering one consistent graphical overhaul incl. new balanced, performance adjusted content.







If you have questions regarding compatibility then please take a look at the compatibility list, which includes hundreds of mods and can be found in the 🛠️ compatibility thread. If you can't find your desired mods in the compatibility list then let us know and we will check them for you! You can also use the 🛠️ compatibility thread to ask for compatibility patches with incompatible mods. You can find several comp. patches included in the compatibility list within the 🛠️ compatibility thread and Revert-submods/addon patches in the 📌 FAQ / Addon Patches




[discordapp.com]

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Ronin 11 hours ago 
Hey Ajey, we really appreciate you taking time out of your daily life to commit to this mod. Just like the other guy below your comment, I can't play Stellaris without this mod anymore so I will indeed wait for the update before playing again. You're one of the very few modders out there that give consistent updates and set proper expectations which makes subbing to this mod even all the more worth it.
Ajey  [author] 11 hours ago 
thank you so much for your positive feedback! it does mean a lot to me and it's really motivating :)
for those of you that aren't part of the ACG discord server and hence can't read what i am announcing there:

this update does require a tremendous amount of time and work. it's definitely the biggest workload i ever received after a Stellaris DLC/update was released. so even though i was working on the ACG update more than a full-time job since the new DLC and Stellaris update was released, there is still a lot of work left. i will provide more details on the ACG discord server dev diary within the next 1-2 weeks.

but meanwhile in order for everybody to have reasonable expectations for how long this might take i announced on discord that i currently expect the new ACG update to be released between end of may or early june . i hope for your understanding and thank you for your patience
Don Puzur 19 hours ago 
Yeah a new update just means waiting patiently for this excellent mod to be brought up to speed. There are some mods that I have gotten rid of in the past, but this one has stuck and I believe will remain so. Thanks for the mod!
TheWalruzz May 12 @ 7:45am 
I can't play vanilla Stellaris without this mod. This is pure quality. With some other essential QoL mods, this makes the game actually fun at later stages
Geeza May 11 @ 7:09am 
Stellaris without ACG is not Stellaris. Thank you for the mod, and for keeping it updated.
Donout May 11 @ 6:44am 
i love you and your work Ajey. Really looking forward to the next update.
Gimp May 10 @ 7:20pm 
Thank you for this amazing mod. All of your time and hard work has expand my enjoyment of the game immeasurably.
overrclocked May 10 @ 6:34pm 
Tried playing vanilla. Couldn't even finish a game lol. You spoiled me with this mod.
пердеж гавнеж May 10 @ 1:51pm 
A new update has been released, I tried to play without this mod, but I couldn't. We'll have to wait for the release :D
Fabian0s May 10 @ 4:53am 
I don't even play Stellaris without ACG. It's a work of art.