MrFreake_PDX

MrFreake_PDX



26 Nov

Post
Hello Stellaris Community!

We hope you’ve been enjoying the content from Stellaris: Season 08! We’re here to let you know that as of today, November 26th, Season 08 will transition from a Steam Package to a Dynamic Bundle.



What does this mean to me?
If you already own Season 08 then these changes won’t affect you or your content, and you can stop reading now and go back to loading pops into your Synaptic Lathe.

If you only purchased one or more DLCs from Stellaris: Season 08, and want to pick up the rest at a discounted price, changing to a Dynamic Bundle now allows you to do that without paying for content that you already own. If you bought them all individually, and are sad that you don’t get the Rick the Cube bonus portrait, you should also be able to claim it as part of the Season 08 Dynamic Bundle after this change.

Early... Read more

14 Nov

Post

written by Eladrin

Hi everyone!

Today we’re going over the release notes from Tuesday, talking about the further plans for the Circinus cycle, and exploring the reaction to last week’s dev diary, The Vision[forum.paradoxplaza.com].


3.14.159 Release Notes
[expand type=details expanded=false]
We released the 3.14.159 patch on Tuesday, and these were the release notes:
Improvements
  • By popular request, greatly expanded the basement storage of th...
Read more

30 Oct

Comment
    MrFreake_PDX on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
If the game is crashing on startup, it's likely the launcher has forgotten your video settings. In the launcher, go to settings, graphics, and choose borderless fullscreen or windowed mode (the opposite from what it currently is) and see if that resolves it.

There also have been several reports of crashing issues that feature mods not deactivating correctly.

To resolve this:
Go to your Steam Profile, Workshop items, and click unsubscribe from all:

We also recommend clearing your downloaded Steam workshop items, you can find the default install locations here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\281990
and here:
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\mod

Hope this helps!
Comment
    MrFreake_PDX on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Disable your mods, and start a new save. If this issue persists, you can make a bug report here: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forums/stellaris-bug-reports.941/

29 Oct

Post
The Grand Archive Story Pack is available now!



Get it today, or with a discount as part of ... Read more

26 Sep

Post


I’m pleased to announce that the third Episode of Stellaris: Season 08, the Grand Archive Story Pack, will be released alongside the Stellaris 3.14 ‘Circinus’ update on Tuesday, October 29th, 2024. This release completes the Stellaris: Season 08 Expansion Pass.

... Read more

10 Sep

Post
The Cosmic Storms Mechanical Expansion is now available as the second installment of Stellaris: Season 08!



... Read more

15 Aug

Post
A phenomenon is sweeping across the galaxy.


I’m excited to announce that Episode 2 of Stellaris: Season 08, the Cosmic Storms mechanical expansion, will be released alongside the Stellaris 3.13 ‘Vela’ update on September 10th, 2024.


Note: Tooltips shown in the video were from a development branch that has already been updated, more info next week.

... Read more

25 Jul

Comment
    MrFreake_PDX on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
This sounds like a mod conflict.

Can you disable your mods and see if the issue persists? If it does, you will likely need to verify your game files:
Right click Stellaris, Properties, Local files and click Verify Game files. If that doesn't resolve your issue, opening a ticket at support.paradoxplaza.com is your best bet.

Hope this helps!

31 May

Post
Hello,

A hotfix patch is now available via Steam, addressing a crash affecting some players trying to start a new game in 3.12.3.

  • Fixed a crash where the user directory could not be accessed by the game if the file path included certain characters

Thanks for playing Stellaris, and apologies for the inconvenience!

30 May

Comment
    MrFreake_PDX on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
If you check your error.log in documents/paradox interactive/stellaris/logs/ and the last line says:
virtualfilesystem_physfs.cpp:1202]: Could not open file: settings.txt, error: permission denied

Then try this:
On the drive where Stellaris is installed (C:\ in this case), create a new folder called stellarisdata. The path to this file (in this example) should be c:\stellarisdata.

Then, on Steam, right click Stellaris, Properties and in the launch options box, add:
-userdir=C:/stellarisdata

and then load the game. After loading the game, you can move your user_empire_designs.txt and save games from documents/paradox interactive/stellaris into the new stellarisdata folder you've created
Comment
    MrFreake_PDX on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Originally posted by viirinsoftworks: Instead of a million people having to to tedious workarounds because you guys messed up your code, how about instead you have whoever's job it is fix it?

I can't even start a game, I just bought the Machine Age expansion (I have all of them now) and couldn't save even a bio empire without the game crashing. So even creating a new empire and trying to save it crashes everyone.

Such a great game just became 100% unplayable.
This issue has been added to our internal bug tracker, and will likely be addressed soon. In the meantime - if you don't want to wait for the fix - you can use my instructions above.
Comment
    MrFreake_PDX on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Alright, after talking with someone else who was experiencing this, and poking the tech lead we have identified the issue that is likely causing this, and a potential workaround:

This issue is caused by having non-US characters in the path to the user directory, and the game fails to save to the settings.txt file and then crashes.

The workaround:
On the drive that Stellaris is installed on, create a new folder called stellarisdata (I will be using C, but just substitute whatever drive you're using). the path to this folder in my example will be C:\stellarisdata.

Then, in Steam, right click Stellaris, go to Properties, and in the launch options, add this:
-userdir=C:/stellarisdata

Then run the game, and see if the issue persists.

Hope this helps!
Comment
    MrFreake_PDX on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Hello folks, we are seeing an increase in crashes in the crash reporter as well. Can someone who is experiencing this issue try running Steam as an admin, and see if the issue persists?

16 May

Post
Dear Stellaris Fans,

Our first official patch is now ready following last weeks Machine Age release.

3.12.2 is available for download!

This version includes what was made available in the open beta previously, plus a few more fixes and tweaks.

The team is now focusing on the next patch.

3.12.2 Patch Notes
[expand type=details]

Bugfixes
  • Added additional checks to prevent fully virtual pops from being created on the lathe
  • Fix for Hive Mind background unaligned
  • Fixed Sectors released by Individualist Machines having the wrong ethics
  • Fixed virtual pops sometimes being created while planets are being colonised
  • Fixed weapon and strike craft range calculations in ship behavior.
  • If an active relic gets removed the relic cooldown is now reset.
  • The paradox titan will now appear correctly in the ship view
  • ...
Read more

07 May

Post
The Machine Age is a time of unbridled progress.

As cybernetic augmentation transcends the limits of the body, synthetic ascension beckons with the promise of eternal life. Structures of immense size and power appear between the stars with shocking regularity. Scientists race to unlock the secrets of creation even as individual machines compete for resources and prestige.

It is a period of technological marvels, rapid change, and unchecked ambition... But from the ashes of a Fallen Empire, a danger unlike any before encountered is about to emerge, a looming threat that will throw the very meaning of life into question.

Welcome to The Machine Age, a new Expansion for Stellaris developed by Paradox Development Studio!



New Endgame Crisis
A tempest rages in space, a Fallen Empire goes... Read more

03 May

Post
Hello Stellaris Community!

We are now less than a week away from the May 7th release of The Machine Age[http//thehttps], the first release of content included in Stellari... Read more

19 Apr

Comment
    MrFreake_PDX on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
I've talked with the game designers about this extensively. I'm told that this is how it is supposed to work. If I recall correctly, we left off at making reference to the fact that it costs edict cap and monthly unity in the tooltip. I do not know when this will be included in a release, however.
Comment
    MrFreake_PDX on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
With the vanilla outliner, muted notifications will appear at the bottom of the outliner, as long as you have that turned on in the outliner options.

Outliner options are a little cog wheel towards the top right of the outliner UI. No idea where that appears with tiny outliner though.

11 Apr

Post
Hi everyone!

I wanted you to be the first to be introduced to the new End-Game Crisis coming in The Machine Age, but it seems that a Fallen Empire’s fleet beat us to it, let’s see how they’re doing…



The Machine Age is Nearly Here - Announcing Stellaris: Season 08​
As mentioned at the end of the video, The Machine Age will be arriving on Tuesday, May 7th.

It is now available for pre-purchase for $24.99 or regional equivalents.
... Read more