The beta should become the official mainstream game either later this week or next. That should reduce everyone's headaches! Thanks for posting so others know the solution!

thanks eudaimonster, didn't notice beta branch requirement.

Issue Solved. My version was not the public beta 1.3.3.6

Hi dev. I have the same issue as RadiantGamer and Baronaster. I have all DLCs. XL is my first and only MOD installed. I follow the instructions as explained in the description. Subscribe - Start the game - activate the mod - back to OS and restart the game for a new game. I get error messages about a lot of ship models that could not be loaded and a message asking me if I want to continue or not with the new game. After 'continue' selection the game crashes.

Having the same issue as radiant, fresh install, deleted all remaining files in game directory.
I have all DLC.
Issue only exists when the XL mod is selected in mods, and the game was restarted after changing mod selection.
Dhayut the only selectable race in the new game start.
Will keep taking a look to see if I can fix issue myself.

No, I figured it out. I had made a couple of tweaks to the gov bonuses and one of them got renamed. I pasted the whole bonus list into the updated file and it rendered it invalid (my bad).

@Radiant - you must have all of the DLCs for XL to load properly.
@sargantus - I've added extra orbs and ruins in which you can find way of darkness or way of illumination. never messed with those through the editor - it may not show those until they're found? not sure?

Weird... I still don't see the "Way of Illumination" as a government option in the game editor... Let me see what happens if I unsubscribe/resubscribe...

Trying out the mod for the first time and Dhayut is listed as the only playable race. This is the only mod I am using, I've gone through the recommended steps for troubleshooting. When I unsubscribe from the mod, all races are visible and the game works as expected. I get a problem with loading ship hulls when I try starting a game as the Dhayut, and the game crashes.

I started a new game after the update and none of the XL stuff loaded, despite working fine before the update.

@sargatanus - none of the latest betas have been incompatible, not sure where you were drawing that conclusion from?

### v1.34.5
- Requires Public Beta 1.3.3.6
- Adjusted resource base costs (to match latest beta)
- Added an extra general slot per level of Troop Transports
- Gave some maluses to Way of Darkness but also improved espionage
- Hid the XL Orb Artifacts a bit more

Any just like that, 1.3.3.6 is out

Correction: 1.3.3.5

Speaking of public betas, 1.3.3.4 just dropped and it seems the current XL is incompatible.

Yes - this public beta will become the official version soon. They've already announced it's coming - it may well be this version or the next that becomes official.

Private betas - I will never put code in this channel that requires the private betas. Those will remain in my XL Beta mod, and only available to those who participate in the private betas (you must be steam friends with me to see that mod as well).

But I do prefer to keep up with the public betas here. I have made it so future versions will all be published automatically on GitLab (see main description for how to get to XL on GitLab) where you'll be able to download it if you so prefer to stick with a given release (and avoid the public betas).

Okay so Beta is the way to go for now :D

I switched to the Beta version and it works now.

I have the same problem as you guys after reinstalling.

I have the same thing as Antiker, deleted both distant worlds 2 and its workshop folder and after reinstalling I still have the issue.

Okay i just reinstalled after i deleted the distant worlds folder in the steam apps "common" folder ... and i still only get to choose 1 race or random

Yes, under the common folder.

you mean in the steam apps folder?

Simply uninstalling it is sometimes not enough. Uninstall it and then delete the folder completely.
This is because Steam only uninstalls the files that it installed itself. Any settings files created by mods and similar items are not deleted.

I dont use any other mod than XL so that cant be the problem .... the reinstall incl. the mod did not help at all...

Perhaps other mods do interfering?

That's interesting... I just started DW 2 to see if it works. And I don't actually have the problem.
I do have a few other mods running, though.

Same problem. When i activate XL i can only pick random or one race. Deleting and reinstall completely did not solve the problem.

I dont seem to find the problem. Im reinstalling now ... i have all dlc and so on so it should work - worked perfectly on the last save ...

I don't have this problem. I just started a new game the day before yesterday.

Hey guys, anybody else has the bug that you can only choose 1 Species when you start a new game ? - if i disable the mod (only one i use - am happy for more input on a sidenote) i can choose all species. If the mod is active i only get 1 species.

thanks in advance for your help :)

Thank you for the explanation. 😊

Yeah, depending on your game settings - it's not uncommon for some races to simply not spawn in a galaxy.

Ah, I wasn't aware of that. However, I'm already late in the game and have discovered all the systems in the galaxy.
All empires are known and are in contact with me. So I don't know where these two peoples could have come from. Very strange.
But anyway, luckily I can still research diplomatic technologies, even if these two are missing. :)

Both have a full xeno tech tree - but if you happen to get an event that gives you initial level or even enables the initial level - but you have no actual contact with a species - then you can only research that first level and cannot go beyond (until you do have actual contact with the species).
Normal, how the game engine works, seems reasonable (if confusing to a novice) to me.

Is it intentional that the Kiadian and Sluken don't have any further diplomacy tech available? Or is it there but incorrectly positioned so that you can't see it?

https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3614228925

Great job !

From now on, the older versions will be available from GitLab - for all published versions - but the scripting for that didn't work this time - but should be fixed in the future.

### v1.34.4
- Requires Public Beta 1.3.3.4
- Includes data file changes in the latest beta
- Increased maintenance costs for terraformers
- Removed Subspace Disruption Projectors facilities from the game (place hyperspace disruptors on your star bases if you want that sort of thing)
- Teekans now start with improved cargo modules, rather than medium freighters.
- Teekans now have the -20% hull strength malus applied
- Teekans do not get a 20% resource reduction when building ships (unlike Vanilla)
- Haakonish do not get a 20% cost increase (unlike in Vanilla)
- Haakonish start with several economics related early techs, similar to Teekans
- Ion weapons are now 85% raw damage (was 80%) to give them a little more oomph when just trying to blow things up
- Ion weapons also now cost significantly more energy to fire

I've reduced the options - specifically to help guide the AI. They have less subsystems to interface to.

But, I have no real options to help them not be stupid - other than limiting / eliminating their bad options.

I compare all other things being equal, that is, I don’t change the settings, everything is by default. I assume that artificial intelligence does not effectively use the large number of opportunities that have appeared in fashion.

@Uerien - bummer!!! If that's only for me, then that's an unfortunate limitation of Steam. I'll think about how I want to proceed. Not sure if I want to move this line to the beta channel... but perhaps I'll do that. But no matter what I do - "fixing" you means breaking others - forcing them to switch mods to the beta, etc. So I don't love any of it. :/

@Sershil - this mod is aimed at: Very Rare or Rare Indy & Colonies, Very or just Hard, with a solid number of opponents (Say 1 opponent per 50-100 stars). And the difficulty will ramp further if you disable racial stories, and ludicrous wildcards like abandoned ships and such. The more of those story elements you enable, the easier you're making the game on yourself.

There are simply too many variables that all interact in complex ways for me to ensure any "difficulty" standards in XL. As a general rule, AIs are do much better in XL than in V, due to putting some guide-rails under them. However, YMMV depending on all of the above and the RNG gods and more.

Mostly, complaints of "too easy" simply means "I choose too easy of a starting game settings" ;)

Excellent mod, thanks to the authors for their efforts. There is only one drawback: computer players are even further behind than in the original game. Too easy.

Mordachai, Thanks for the support. I did not see any "Revert to.." button in the change notes for each version. I went online to see if I am missing something. Based on what I read only the original mod author can upload or manage different versions of the mod. Steam keeps only the most recent for the rest.

Thank you Mordachai! I’ll try those ideas when I’m back in town. Hopefully I can set it to offline so it won’t auto-update the mod at start.

I have my beta channel - but I normally reserve that for the private betas. Sorry to break your existing game. but use the change notes UI and I think you get exactly what you want.

LOL - EVEN EASIER! that "change notes" tab - each older version - has "Revert To" buttons - just use that!

I've never tried this, AbsZero - but there's a "Change Notes" tab near the top of the steam mod UI (this UI) - choose that - then go to the previous version, and choose "download" (there's a button).

See if that then makes you on that version, or maybe it just dumps a zip file for you in downloads -

If that's the case - then you can unzip it to your <game>/mods/XL-old

make sure that the raw contents of the mod are in that folder - not more deeply nested.

Then, on the mods interface in DW2 - you should see that older 1.34.2 version - deselect the current one - and select/activate that one instead. Exit the game, restart, and see if life is good?