still working now？

Slightly off? Science amounts were increased by a factor of 4 with 2.1->2.2, so if not updated, the Techs will be 75% cheaper than they ought to.

Thank you for doing this.

Probably not, but I'm still going to just roll this into the base Stellar Expansion for 2.2 when it's released.

It's likely safe to use though, but the tech costs may be slightly off.

I'm guessing 2.2 doesn't really affect this?

"be surprised by" - like the AI would ever do that.
surprise - you mean jump straight to their capital

Jump drives had no disadvantage, the game still converged on jump drives anyway.

@Entropy My damned thoughts exactly. WHY would you take away all forms of FTL aside from Hyperdrive?! Being able to use warp gates, jump drives, and all that other stuff from the previous versions was one of the things that allowed this game to catch my attention.

Getting rid of everything aside from the Hyperdrive was a terrible idea in my opinion, since it just gives me the feeling that the dev behind that blunder was having a Star Wars fanboy wank or something.

Let me be able to surprise (and be surprised BY) my enemies in my campaigns because my civ and theirs use different FTL methods! It gives more fun and in-depth options when waging a war, since a civ with jump drives can circumnavigate all known systems at the risk of being eaten by the Warp, while hyperdrive-using civs are safe but constrained only to known Hyperlanes.

Isn't that the point of grand STRATEGY games? To have advantages and DISadvantages because of the civ and choices you make?

Really, people don't like having their FTL altered? 2.0 removed all other FTL as starter techs and left warping to science ships, and gates to megastructures. Either way i like the idea of the mod research options.

This still works, yes.

Its still work right ?

@All hail the Cartlord
https://github.com/CoFH/StellarExpansion/tree/4029000e7ad96d430b3b40f0bad3b5a3abd08830/archive/1.9

(Note that this may be listed compatible somewhere, but I'm asking this question on every mod I have because screw 2.0)
Is this mod compatible with V1.9? Or is there a seperate version, possibly?

Don't mean to spam replies but... I'm taking a look at the contents of your mod to see if I can modify this myself. Which numbers do I need to change to make it do what I want it to do?
Thanks!

I just double checked and the mod I mentioned hasn't seen an update since 1.5 so yhea, outdated :p

There was an instant retreat mod (which is outdated) but is it possible to add a technology that would do pretty much the same? Maybe make it expensive or with a high rate of being lost but I would love to see that option!

Thanks!

Kingdark

Any chance you could make a mod where Wormholes are traversable at game start?

Okay, that makes sense.

I wasn't actually asking for a fix here, was just kidding, they'll probably balance out some quest timers with the increased travel times now.

Not the department of this mod, I'm afraid. Although I'm considering adding Micro-Warp Drives as a tech option/tree. Not sure how I would balance them out, since presumably a fleet moving MUCH faster would need some sort of combat penalty.

Maybe Thrusters with lots of speed increase but no evasion?

Still not enough to reach far away systems for events.

I don't think it's really all that much, tbh. If anything, I question if 50% is even a really noticable boost, since Warp isn't a thing anymore.

The base hyperlane speed is quite fast, so realistically it saves you a couple of days here and there. That can add up over time, but it actually isn't much compared to the time you now spend inside individual systems getting to the lane entrances.

HyperNavigation Calibration gives +50% FTL speed, and +1 Sensor range.

Isn't the +50% a little much? Maybe tone it down to +33%?

Cool.

Yeah. +1 Sensor range.

One Tech gives +25% Sensor Range. What have you translated that to in 2.0-speak? +1 system Sensor Range?

Many thanks to you for this mod, and for his support.

Glad you like it!

I'm going to see about possibly adding some Micro-Warp Drives as Aux components too - just *something* to help ships move a bit faster.

Thanks! Great mod.

Updated for 2.0. :)

Tweaked a couple of modifiers to fit with the new FTL system, but these techs actually held up pretty well.

Given the massive changes to FTL in 2.0+, I'm unsure what exactly I will be doing with this. It needs a bit more thought.

Patience please. :)

This is AWESOME. Well done, THANKS MUCH!!

Yeah. Well I already consider them the best early game.
Jump drives only get comparable range when they have tier 3, but at that point their wind down is just as long as the wormhole chargeup.

Maybe you could make a technology that negates the vanilla change which increases times based on how far away from your home systems you are?

While that's true, you can get around it pretty easily with some micromanaging. And they have a TON of other advantages. Reducing their charge time just makes them unquestionably the best.

Wormholes main problem is charge time.

Alright. I'll get it updated.

Russian localization (сhange without caps):

tech_cofh_se_reduced_ftl_windup:0 "Продвинутая подпространственная калибровка"
tech_cofh_se_reduced_ftl_windup_desc:0 "Улучшение наших подпространственных датчиков должено позволить нам уменьшать время, требуемое для сверхсветовых путешествий."

tech_cofh_se_reduced_ftl_winddown:0 "Демфирование пространственно-временного резонанса"
tech_cofh_se_reduced_ftl_winddown_desc:0 "Управление пространственно-временными калебаниями, образующимися после сверхсветового прыжка, уменьшит время задержки после сверхсветового прыжка."

Russian localisation update:

tech_cofh_se_reduced_energency_ftl_damage:0 "Поля структурной целостности"
tech_cofh_se_reduced_energency_ftl_damage_desc:0 "Измененная технология щитов должна напрямую обеспечивать усиление корпусов кораблей."

tech_cofh_se_reduced_energency_ftl_time:0 "Срочная калибровка датчиков"
tech_cofh_se_reduced_energency_ftl_time_desc:0 "Усовершенствованные методы калибровки датчиков должны обеспечивать возможность быстрого реагирования в чрезвычайных ситуациях."

First content update for this one in a long time - I thought about it a bit and realized that the balance point wasn't where I wanted it to be.

Now, the techs are simple one-offs, and they're a fair bit cheaper. They are rare, but not extremely so, and having higher tier FTL will give you a HUGE boost to drawing them.

Also, I added a couple of new techs which affect Emergency FTL.

Still thinking on the Wormhole stuff, but I'm going to add *something*.

I sort of prefer Warp myself, just the freedom of it is nice.

There are some interesting things you can do with stations and auras, effectively creating "Mass Relays," but since I can't introduce comparable mechanics for the other FTL types, it's not something I've added yet.

I used to use wormholes due to that (for experts) label, but as I started going towards the 200-hours played mark and went through dozens of playthroughs, it kinda got tiring to always build wormholes all the time. Plus hyperlanes kinda make the game more strategic and the player more attentive to spacing.

Yeah, and if I had a way to bring that back as a rare tech, I would. Jumping from mid-system is one of those things that was just fun.

I think the rationale for removing it was that it made them situationally superior to Jump Drives, and Paradox didn't want that.

If I recall hyperlane drives were severly nerfed since their ability to jump without needing for ships to go to the edge of a system was either removed or no longer exclusive to them? This'll work thanks.

update for 1.5.0??

Any way you could make Wormholes generate faster? Have to wait up to half a year with my big ole' fleet. :<

an alternative would be reducing the rate at which each wormhole charges...there is a value for that.

@cleanTechnologist - I don't have a modifier for that unfortunately.

you could make it increase the cost to run each station with each added wormhole at a rate of 1:2.25

@DarkThoughts - I actually found a modifier in the code that will allow for this. I'm looking at adding Tier IV techs for all 3 FTL types, and the Wormhole one would be +1 Wormhole/Station.

I'm really hesitant to do much beyond that, since it's literally doubling the capability as is. We'll see though. :)

@Dark Thoughts the Defines file in the main stellaris folder cotains the max number of incoming/outgoing wormholes in it.

I appreciate the quick response and thanks.