Release Notes for Stellaris

3.14.15926 Patch Notes

Bugfix​

• Fix to AI machine empires spawning as Despicable Neutrals without The Machine Age
• Fixed a Linux issue where the save game directory could not be properly accessed

3.14.1592 Patch Notes

Balance​

• Added energy activation cost to Propagandosphere
• Cloaking strength on Camouflage mutations are now consistent throughout sizes
• Gave -15% cloning cost and -10% fauna upkeep to Beastmasters civics
• Reduced Space Fauna cloning cost by 10%
• Reduced Space Fauna energy upkeep by 25%
• Removed minor artifacts production from Decentralized Research edict
• Reworked Mutated Voidworms fleets content and scaling, aligning them similar to Prethoryn Brood Queen fleets

Bugfix​

• Accelerated juveniles animation speed
• Added Insider Trading and Trade Focus traits to each other's opposites block to stop them appearing together since they almost cancel each other out.
• Added Orbital Ring variants for Beastport/Hatchery/Vivarium descriptions in all supported languages
• Civics added in Grand Archive can now be swapped from the regular to corporate version and vice versa
• Clone Soldier Ascendants can now cyberize
• Clarified the texts of the Cultivated Worldscaping decision and planet modifier
• Deleting a design now keeps you in current designer type
• Enclaves and Marauders satisfy Xenoist Contact Demand
• Extreme Contortionist DNA now gives rare crystals instead of motes to be more consistent with the event that gives it
• Fixed AI that was not willing to build Shipyards
• Fixed an issue where Cognitive Node should be selected by the Leader Infected event
• Fixed blocked Tiyanki Graveyard event chain when capturing them
• Fixed Boarding Cables capturing literally anything - thanks for the fun screenshots
• Fixed Breeding Status displayed in view that was not always correct
• Fixed Fossilized Endoskeleton specimen localization
• Fixed Mercenary Enclave Stations unable to build ships
• Fixed Cloaked Patternwalker missing string
• Fixed scoped localizations for Memorial For Bubbles specimen
• Fixed an unlocalized string showing up when you tried to return starbases at times. Also added linebreaks to the same tooltip.
• Fixed recommended DLC tooltips in multiplayer
• Fixed a bug with too wide portrait on Empire Design Selection View
• Fix to AI machine empires spawning as Despicable Neutrals without The Machine Age
• FX for ship auras are now displayed
• Improved Cordyceptic Drones fauna damage modifier text in tooltip to make it clearer what it exactly affects
• Life Tree Protectors now don't move away from their system
• Lost colony parents using Sol as their system will no longer spawn two Siriuses if the guaranteed habitable worlds slider is set to 1.
• Mutated Voidworms fleets now don't use naval capacity
• Mutated Voidworms now don't show they can upgrade anymore
• Necrophages no longer create an endless series of replacement pops when purging on the Synaptic Lathe
• Orbital Assembly Complex holding now correctly boost Beastport and Hatchery on Orbital Ring
• Precursors can no longer be discovered on Astral Scars
• Prevent duplicate specimens from being found in the same empire
• Removed the unused h_dna string
• Stop showing upkeep part of message when leader upkeep is zero in hire leader confirmation dialog
• The Diplomacy Tradition Finisher now properly refers to Officials and not Envoys.
• Voidworms now stop bombarding if the Immunity technology is researched (before crisis)
• Worm-Riddled Gate is now correctly accessible if Voidworms are captured instead of killed

Stability​

• Fix a crash when a tooltip references the concept of a tradition that doesn't exist
• Fix crash when Voidworms try to act on empty fleets
• Fix OOS when riftworld station is built
• Fix saves affected by the crash when an AI without a Grand Archive tries to capture a Space Fauna
• Fix Voidworms CTD
• Fixed issue with resolving the user home dir on linux that leads to CTD

3.14.159 Patch Notes

Improvements

• By popular request, greatly expanded the basement storage of the Grand Archive. You now have 18 slots of overflow instead of 4.

• Replaced the Mysterious Labyrinth event image

• The Metalheads AI personality can be gained by Individualist Machines or Organic empires that are Very Strong (instead of just Strong)

  Balance

• The Treasure Hunter Origin now starts leaders with level 3 of Adventurous Spirit, meaning it should no longer constantly be offered as an upgrade.

  Bugfixes

• Add Beastport, Hatchery and Vivarium Tank to orbital rings, and add Shipyard exclusion rules

• Added a hyphen to the X-Ray Eye Beam mutation

• Added the missing loc to Sapient Specimen species rights

• Added the missing space in the credits' title

• Added the missing word "Food" to the Arboreal World planet modifier

• Adjusted perfected genes concept tooltip to align with reality

• Cyber Democracies no longer get leaders without upkeep

• Fallback to Weapon ranges if strike craft is used but there's no strike craft component range

• Fix a bug where, under certain circumstances, a Grand Archive was still considered destroyed after being rebuilt

• Fix a crash where an AI could capture fauna even if they shouldn't be able to.

• Fix Captain Ness not being legendary

• Fix Large Shard Accelerator tags

• Fix livestock modifier for Wrangler jobs

• Fix Mutations' Strike Crafts behaviour

• Fix Mysterious Chart event chain that could get blocked

• Fix Primal Leaders not being renowned

• Fix scores for Grand Archive Relics

• Fix Space Amoebas being hostile to Beastmasters bespite Amoeboid Pacification

• Fixed some Black Needle ships not displaying their bow section

• Fixed 2 cosmic storms projects not requiring scientists

• Gravity Snares can now only re-target to fleets they can capture

• Gravity Storms no longer cause Obsessed Gestalts to crave consumer goods for their drones

• Habitat Orbitals should no longer attempt to evade enemy fleets

• Habitat System Control now provide a Roboticist job for Individual Machines.

• It is now possible to use Space Fauna as the federation's fleets

• Reanimated space fauna uses half ship size of their living counterpart

• Removed tooltip for GOG and MS store achievements to require login to paradox account since this is not the case.

• Rogue Servitors are now also on energy duty during Gravity Storms

• Ships modifiers are correctly updated with their new fleet's modifiers before fleet's values calculation

• Space Fauna uses every components to calculate range

• Specimens acquired from trades now don't trigger Galactic Curators' unity bonus

• The Alien Box Event no longer has a nonsensical tooltip for gestalt empires.

• The Tachyon Beam mutations have found their way to the Tachyon Lance technology.

• Told the Artillery combat computers to stay at max range

• Voidworms shouldn't attack empires with Voidworm Immunity before crisis

  Stability

• Defensive check for nullobj when dealing with auto exploration orders

• Fix crash when Voidworms try to act on empty fleets

• Fixed issue with diplomatic distances differences after hotjoin/resync leading to OOS

• Fixing potential crash when trying to create a ship from a scripted design that contains unusable components for the creator

• Fixed potential CTD when using FromFromFrom scope in "on_planets_zero_pops" on action

• Fixes CTD on espionage operation phase tooltip

• Fixes CTD when ship is killed by missile