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[Echonian]

Best I can suggest right now:
- Lower the colony expedition cooldown (colonyExpeditionInterval in exerelin_config.json)
- Don't use alpha core admins; I expect Alex will eventually add consequences for them, but they're not in now
- Use Starfarer mode, which slows player colony growth

(The NPC colony expedition interval is currently fairly long so NPC factions don't grow like weeds all over the place and become annoying to put down, but I'm open to reducing it, even by large amounts)

Avoiding the use of Alpha Core admins would be a fix I suppose, but am I correct in assuming the NPC factions do not suffer from the same penalties as a player does regarding colony limitations? The stability penalty from having more than a handful of colonies without having the Alpha AI Cores would make it impossible to form a reasonable set of colonies, I think.

Slowing player colony growth would be a good idea. Though I didn't personally feel that my colonies expanded too quickly - it was the lack of AI expansion and sheer number of colonies I could run that caused the main issues. So a combination of issues, but I'll consider that.

I'll take a look at the colony expedition cooldown as well.

My hope is to get to a point with the mods I use and the balance where I can do a play-through eventually where the AI is able to actually pose a credible threat in the late game, without that threat making them absolutely destroy you earlier on. But I'll have to consider more of what I have considered as the problem, and then probably will end up tweaking a lot of mod settings in advance.

[Arcagnello]

1) This. I've come two planets away from purchasing Governorship of all my commissioned faction's planets and I would love for the Governorship options to not have a size limit. Requiring cooperative status and a very high mark-up for planets bigger than size 4 would more than balance it.

2) I've got 6 HMI planets under my (and my administrators') governance and an AI inspection was never sent to them. Only the usual busywork of raids, invasions and saturation bombardments.

See post above yours

Edit: speaking of AI inspections, wouldn't it be nice if Nex made the Hegemony not only inspect your factions but the other ones too, namely Tri-Tachyon? Has anyone else ever suggested this before?

I could implement something like that in the future, yeah. Need to think over details like "does the target faction pay bribes, and if so, when?" and "if the faction resists, is the inspection likely to actually succeed?"

Edit 2: one last thing. I remember having a Hegemony raid succeed on my home planet and requisition some 10 AI cores. I managed to catch the two inspection fleets going back to their base, defeated them both making sure not ONE ship escaped but said cores were never to be found again. Could it be possible for Nex to actually have the requisitioned AI cores remain on the inspection fleet until they dock into their origin planet and NOT magically disappear the moment they're taken away?

Maybe in the future. Assuming the cores are not destroyed on the spot by inspectors anyway...

Oh,just saw the reply above. Thanks

Other compatible factions getting AI inspections would be really nice, especially because you could use it as a stepping stone for new missions. Example: Tri-tachyon offering a mission for a "third party" defending their AI-Free^TM planet alongside their station, with even bigger mark-ups if you defeat the Inspection force before they get to the planet, before they enter the same system or, god forbid, if their assembling location gets a very unfortunate and totally unexpected raid juuuuust before they depart.

As for the Hegemony, I don't think they destroy the cores on the spot. Luddic Church/Pathers definetly do but I'm pretty sure those hat fetishists would probably lock them up somewhere for anyone but them to use, like a "vault planet" of some sort.

On a side note, I'm getting a crash just before a Saturation Bombardment force enters my system. How do I access the crash code for me to show you?

[Histidine]

On a side note, I'm getting a crash just before a Saturation Bombardment force enters my system. How do I access the crash code for me to show you?

starsector-core/starsector.log (if file extensions are hidden, the file will just look like "starsector")
Open with Notepad++ or similar (plain Notepad works but ugh) immediately after getting the crash, and scroll to the end for the error message.

[TerranEmpire]

@Histidine

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude for your work. This is a truly awesome mod.

However, during the course of my numerous playthroughs, I had realized the game misses one mechanic, that I think absolutely necessary for 4X games.
I think the game needs some kind of vassalisation mechanic.

I think currently the autonomous colonies are next to useless. They generate next to nothing and they are defenseless without player protection. They can't improve themselves without player intervention. Usually, I think it's more useful to give them away if you are over the admin cap.

But what about adding a new option? What if when we establish a new colony we could create a vassal faction?
This faction, while subservient to us could improve its planets, add new buildings, etc.
Every time we create, purchase, give away, or conquer a new market, we could give it to our vassal.
This would be a nice addition because this way our vassal would have the power of several markets, could improve itself, and could defend itself or help the player in wars.

I know it's a lot of work, but this would make much more sense compared to the autonomous markets, who are powerless, requiring constant babysitting and player intervention, and so on. I know that these vassal markets might be suboptimal when it comes to building new industries etc, but I think it's not really a big deal since autonomous markets are next to irrelevant revenue-wise.

[Chairman Suryasari]

• Is it possible to modify the size cap at which you can purchase governorship of planets? I checked, but didn't see an option for it in the configs, and being limited to size 4 means most planets will continue to collect dust in the hands of the AI. And it also puts me on a timer to grab what I can before size 4 colonies grow to size 5.
• If you purchase governorship of a planet with Free Port, will the Hegemony/Luddic Church send expeditions as if it's a player colony, or will they only send invasion fleets/etc. as normal?

To work around this use console command and turn the planet to size 1, 2 , or 3 then buy it and resize it to original size :DD

[AcaMetis]

Minor bug: Tri-Tachyon send a relief fleet to a planet they just colonized, despite (I'm assuming?) that planet having low stability due to being recently settled, not because it actually had any unrest. When the relief fleet arrived I got a message that the fleet delivered aid and reduced the unrest on that planet by 0.

[Arcagnello]

On a side note, I'm getting a crash just before a Saturation Bombardment force enters my system. How do I access the crash code for me to show you?

starsector-core/starsector.log (if file extensions are hidden, the file will just look like "starsector")
Open with Notepad++ or similar (plain Notepad works but ugh) immediately after getting the crash, and scroll to the end for the error message.

I tried replicating the crash but it actually did not happen (sorry for the late reply by the way, you're always so helpful I actually felt bad not being able to reply to you for this long xD) but I'll make sure to send you the crash report next time something I think is involved with nex happens!

Edit: It's possible the last sentence before this edit actually summoned a crash because I just got one, no clue if it's related to Nex (asking for forgiveness in advance if it's not).

Code

7102971 [Thread-4] ERROR com.fs.starfarer.combat.CombatMain  - java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.fs.starfarer.ui.A.new.super(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.ui.A.new.<init>(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.ui.String.<init>(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.ui.P.super(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.ui.oOOo.addIconFor(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.ui.oOOo.<init>(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.ui.impl.StandardTooltipV2$9.public.float(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.ui.impl.StandardTooltipV2$9.beforeShown(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.C.o00000(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.CampaignEngine.advance(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.CampaignState.advance(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.BaseGameState.traverse(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.state.AppDriver.begin(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.combat.CombatMain.main(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

[KMS]

Hi gang,

When I did my first Nexerelin playthrough, I remember finding some section of the UI that told me how many markets each faction had. Now that I'm playing the game again, I've been looking for a long time, and I cannot find this information anymore. I can only check how many markets a faction has if they're in an alliance. I've looked in intel, inside the colony, diplomatic profile, and trade menus, but I cannot find any sign of it. I feel like I'm going insane. Did this feature ever exist, and if so, where is it?

Brilliant mod by the way, I love how configurable it is.

[Chairman Suryasari]

It's either Z, X, C, or V i forget, then check market option.

[KMS]

It's either Z, X, C, or V i forget, then check market option.

Ah, there it is, it's on Z. Thanks for such a quick reply!

[Phoenixheart]

I apologize if this has been asked/covered before, but 225 pages is a lot to read through and my searches did not pull up a conclusive answer.

Couple questions, and the answers to some may answer others as they're all related:

1. Is there a difference between having a commission with a faction and having no colonies (no player faction) and having a commission with player colonies? (not governorship-purchased worlds, but settled by the player directly)
2. Is purchasing governorship the only way to have colonies and stay a part of your starting faction from a mechanics perspective?
3. If you have a commission from a faction and then colonize a planet for yourself, does that take you out of their faction but keep your commission? Like, for war declaration purposes, is the player faction and their commission faction linked so a war with one causes a war with the other?
4. Are governorship-purchased colonies functionally identical to player colonies in the base game, just with a different color scheme?
5. Is there any risk to losing governorship of a colony without it being invaded with normal invasion mechanics?

[Arcagnello]

I apologize if this has been asked/covered before, but 225 pages is a lot to read through and my searches did not pull up a conclusive answer.

Couple questions, and the answers to some may answer others as they're all related:

1. Is there a difference between having a commission with a faction and having no colonies (no player faction) and having a commission with player colonies? (not governorship-purchased worlds, but settled by the player directly)
2. Is purchasing governorship the only way to have colonies and stay a part of your starting faction from a mechanics perspective?
3. If you have a commission from a faction and then colonize a planet for yourself, does that take you out of their faction but keep your commission? Like, for war declaration purposes, is the player faction and their commission faction linked so a war with one causes a war with the other?
4. Are governorship-purchased colonies functionally identical to player colonies in the base game, just with a different color scheme?
5. Is there any risk to losing governorship of a colony without it being invaded with normal invasion mechanics?

1) I actually don't fully comprehend what you're asking here. I do not think you can get a commission from your own colonized planets, and how would you colonize a planet without creating your own faction as a result? I don't think Nex has introduced colonization missions just yet (but it would be nice if it did!).
2)You can actually keep a commission with a faction while at the same time creating your own. Just be aware that colonizing/invading a planet will hurt your reputation with the faction you're commissioned by 25 points each time. On a side note, I would need confirmation for this next statement, but I think you need to resign said commission with a faction if you want your own faction to enter an alliance with them instead.
3)see answer number two
4)They are functionally identical to player owned colonies aside from the fact the AI will babysit it for you somewhat, sending relief fleets and whatnot. I will need confirmation on this next statement by someone else, but I believe that while your own colonies do not alter sector-wide market demand (this is a thing from Vanilla), colonies you have a Governorship of do since they're not really "yours".
5)Speaking of colonies you own governorship of not really being yours, resign your commission and all of your governorships of planets of that faction will be revoked. I have not experimented with them possibly getting restored if you get commissioned once again but sense would dictate otherwise.

[Histidine]

If you have your own colonies while holding a commission, the player faction will be subordinated to the commissioning faction in a bunch of ways: your faction relations remained synced to the commissioner, you don't get random diplomacy events of your own and can't form/join alliances, that sort of thing.

Governed colonies use the commissioning faction's ship quality settings instead of the player's, and can pass on quality bonuses to player production. For technical reasons they're also immune to the vanilla punitive expeditions and Hegemony AI inspections.

You lose the governorship if you lose your commission for whatever reason (resigning or low reputation).

[Phoenixheart]

Perfect, thanks!

[Phoenixheart]

Also, I'm getting a repeatable crash and I am not sure why. This is the exception from starsector.log (and a few lines above it for context) but it doesn't appear to be pointing a finger at any particular mod:

315321 [Thread-4] INFO  data.scripts.campaign.bases.VayraRaiderNonEventFleetManager  - Cleaning up orphaned fleet [Stormhawk mercenary scout] of

• ships

315321 [Thread-4] INFO  data.scripts.campaign.bases.VayraRaiderNonEventFleetManager  - Cleaning up orphaned fleet [Stormhawk mercenary scout] of

• ships

315321 [Thread-4] INFO  data.scripts.campaign.bases.VayraRaiderNonEventFleetManager  - 0 out of a maximum 9 nonevent fleets in play for [warhawk_republic]
315323 [Thread-4] INFO  data.scripts.campaign.bases.VayraRaiderNonEventFleetManager  - Spawning fleet via SpawnFleet, spawnMarket: [New Conclave], target: [Airin L5 Backwater], combat points: [16]
315323 [Thread-4] INFO  data.scripts.campaign.bases.VayraRaiderNonEventFleetManager  - Spawned fleet via SpawnFleet, Actual Fleet Points: [33], Fleet Size: [7]
315326 [Thread-4] INFO  data.scripts.campaign.bases.VayraRaiderNonEventFleetManager  - Spawned nonevent raider fleet [Stormhawk mercenary scout] at hyperloc Vector2f[6847.0, -10805.0]
315354 [Thread-4] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.api.impl.campaign.events.OfficerManagerEvent  - Removed officer from market_system_395:planet_0, 40 total available
315357 [Thread-4] INFO  exerelin.campaign.intel.specialforces.SpecialForcesIntel  - Picking task for Alisa's Fleet
315668 [Thread-4] ERROR com.fs.starfarer.combat.CombatMain  - java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
   at com.fs.starfarer.loading.specs.HullVariantSpec.getSizeWithModules(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.fleet.CampaignFleetMemberView.<init>(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.fleet.CampaignFleetView.createItemView(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.fleet.CampaignFleetView.createItemView(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.util.CollectionView.sync(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.fleet.CampaignFleetView.advance(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.fleet.CampaignFleet.advance(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.BaseLocation.advance(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.StarSystem.advance(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.CampaignEngine.advance(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.starfarer.campaign.CampaignState.advance(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.starfarer.BaseGameState.traverse(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.state.AppDriver.begin(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.starfarer.combat.CombatMain.main(Unknown Source)
   at com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher$1.run(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

It definitely triggers when moving to a specific area in the system, and I can avoid it by NOT going to that area.