Stellaris News

Announcing #MODJAM2025

[p]by MrFreake_PDX

Hello Stellaris Community!

We’re proud to announce that over the summer, the Stellaris Community Team will be hosting another Mod Jam, with the support of our sponsors at Republic of Gamers!

We’ve had some great results from past Mod Jams, including last year - where for the first time a modder who had never made a mod before placed in the top three. This year, we’ve decided to take a different tack on the classic mod jam setup:

This year you will be choosing the theme!

From now until June 19th, you will be able to vote on the forums, and on discord for one of four themes, and on June 20th, we will officially announce the theme of MODJAM2025 alongside the prizes.

The four themes are:
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[p]Major Event Chain - modders would be asked to make a major event chain similar to the Horizon Signal, that is either associated with a solar system initializer or planet type[/p]
[p]Origins - we have done origins before, back when they were first introduced, but it’s been five years and this theme is a strong contender - modders would be asked to create one unique origin[/p]
[p]Precursor Event Chains - this is another strong contender. With the ability to choose what precursors spawn in the galaxy introduced in 4.0, there’s plenty of room for more (non-canonical) galactic history to be told![/p]
[p]Crisis Paths - since the introduction of Cosmogenesis in The Machine Age, crisis paths have been moddable, but generally require a lot of work to add to the game when it comes to scripting and artwork (which means we might see fewer finished mods). Modders would be asked to create one unique crisis path and final objective - completing the final objective should trigger the victory screen.[/p]

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So be sure to vote here and stop by the Stellaris discord to cast your vote for the theme for #MODJAM2025, and we will be back next week to talk about prizes and the theme.

If you’re a modder, sign ups for #MODJAM2025 are open now and will be open until June 20th! Fill out this form - and join us on discord - if you want to participate![/p][p][/p][p]Tentative timeline for #MODJAM2025. This is subject to change.[/p][p]
We hope you’re all as excited as we are for #MODJAM2025, and we can’t wait to see what the modders come up with this year![/p][p][/p]

New Stellaris beta tests big, experimental changes to the Wilderness origin

The Stellaris Wilderness open beta has just begun, as developer Paradox trials potential changes to the best new origin in the space strategy game. Introduced with Stellaris Biogenesis, Wilderness allows you to inhabit a sentient planet that gradually spreads its biomass to other stars. It's a tremendously creative alternative to most of the game's playable factions, and has become very popular among players as a result. But it's run into a few teething issues, so game director Stephen 'Eladrin' Muray outlines a new test run for a potential solution, and calls on your help to put it through its paces.

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Wilderness Open Beta Available

[p][/p][p]by Eladrin[/p][p][/p][p]The Wilderness Open Beta we wrote about in Dev Diary #386 is now available on Steam.[/p][p][/p][p]This Open Beta experiments with a different, more robust model for handling Wilderness' mechanics. We believe that it also better captures the spirit of being the planet itself, and provides more control over your economic production. Please see the linked Dev Diary for more details.[/p][p][/p][h3]Wilderness Open Beta Release Notes[/h3][p]Feature[/p]

[p]Experimental changes to Wilderness:[/p]
- [p]To prevent issues with biomass not being available on planets due to construction, all Wilderness jobs are now automatically worked without requiring biomass. These jobs are worked by your primary species.[/p]
- [p]Jobs for Wilderness are now also properly represented instead of being worked by a single pop with massive workforce bonuses, you now see exactly how the job is worked, and the sliders are also now usable to customize how much of each job will be worked.[/p]
- [p]These changes are intended to prevent situations where some jobs would go unworked, make Wilderness less bug-prone, and are intended to give you more control over your economy in deficit situations. Please provide feedback![/p]
[p]The experimental fast save transfer for multiplayer is included in this build.[/p]

[p]Bugfix[/p]

[p]Fixed ringworlds colonized by gestalt empires having a mysterious city district that shouldn't exist.[/p]

[p]To opt into the Wilderness Open Beta, go to your Steam library, right click on Stellaris -> Properties -> Betas -> select "wilderness- Wilderness Open Beta" branch in the Beta Participation dropdown. You may need to restart Steam to get it to appear.[/p][p][/p][p]Our intention is to run this Wilderness Open Beta for the rest of the summer so we can gather feedback on these changes.[/p]

4.0.20 Hotfix Released (checksum a73a)

[p][/p][p]by Eladrin[/p][p]One more before the weekend!

We have another patch today to fix the save game crash once and for all. (I hope.) This one made up 95% of the crashes that occurred in the last 24 hours, so we're feeling good about it. If you're still seeing crashing after this hotfix, please post your save in the bug report forum - it helps a lot.

4.0.20 is deploying now and should make it to all platforms today.
[/p][h3]Spoiler: STELLARIS 4.0.20 HOTFIX NOTES[/h3][p]Stellaris 4.0.20 Hotfix[/p]

[p]Stability: Fixed a remaining issue with loading savegames crashing or freezing the game.[/p]

[p]Have a nice weekend![/p][p][/p][p]Edit: stellaris_test has been updated with this as well, with the faster save game transfer. We've added a toggle in settings so you can turn it on and off (defaults to fase), and if this weekend goes well we're expecting to include it in next week's patch.[/p]

4.0.19 Hotfix Released (checksum 51ef)

[p][/p][p]by PDX-Loke [/p][p]Hello once again,

The team has created one more patch for you, including a select few fixes to high impact issues discovered in the last patch.[/p][p]4.0.19 is ready for download now.

STELLARIS 4.0.19 HOTFIX NOTES[/p][p]Stellaris 4.0.19 Hotfix[/p]

[p]Improvement: Habitats once again can build Archives in their habitation districts[/p]
[p]Stability: Fixed issue with loading savegames crashing or freezing the game.[/p]

[p]We keep fixing and tweaking based on your feedback, accumulating improvements for another proper patch next week.[/p][p]Until then![/p]