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[a1s]

Another artistic decision that deeply affected the visuals of the ship designs was the choice of having visible turrets on the ship. Since we want them to be visible to the player if they are zoomed out a bit, they also have to be a fairly large, and mainly placed on the top of the ship. The turrets aim towards their target and gives a satisfying broadside at times.

Honestly though, this, I think, will end up being a proud addition to my 4X library.

Yarr. And early space ships should use solar sails.
Now we just need stealth ships that rise out of deep space to shoot torpedoes at you, and I'll be satisfied.
(You can take ships out of the sea, but you can't take the sea out to space. Alright, I'm done, honest.)

[LoSboccacc]

manly placed on the top of the ship

ftfy

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[BFEL]

Is that a ship wielding a katana? A kilometer long katana? A kilomatana?

[Majestic7]

The commander of that ship must have a really microscopic penis to feel the need to compensate so.

Agh, all this Stellaris talk has made me hungry for 4X. Been playing Distant Worlds, but somehow I'm a bit bored of it. Makes me considering installing Sword of the Stars II, a shame it was never finished. I mean, it is playable as a space war simulator, but the lack of functioning diplomacy and so forth makes it somewhat annoying.

[umiman]

Isn't that the Battleship Yamato?

[Retropunch]

So excited for this - every time I hear more it seems to be getting better.

Conversely, did anyone see the TERRIBLE trailer for MOO3!? looks seriously awful, and whatever they were trying with the robots missed the mark by quite a stretch.

[MrWiggles]

The World of Tanks and World of Battleships currently has the MOO franchise and is currently working on a game.

[Shadowlord]

I'll just write that off right now then...

[Culise]

I'll just write that off right now then...

That's essentially my own reaction.  But, if you buy the collector's edition, you can get a special rare species: Terrans. 
...
Yeah, I know Humans are in the base game.  Still, that was a bit of a rude shock to me when I checked in on their website and saw that. 

At any rate, back to the main topic: ooh, pretty.

Spoiler: Dev Diary 3: Galaxy Generation (click to show/hide)

Good news everyone!

Today we are going to share some details with you on how the galaxy is generated in Stellaris. When discussing this we will also touch on some of the different features of the galaxy and how we try to anticipate what modders will want to do with the galaxy generation in this game and making sure that they will be able to.

When you start a new game you can specify the size and shape of the galaxy as well as the number of (normal) AI empires. Sizes currently range from 200 - 1000 stars. The amount of AI empires only affects how many AI controlled empires that are generated from the start, a lot more will spring into existence during your game. Currently we have three different types of shapes for the galaxy; spiral, elliptical and ring. Spiral galaxies have the stars placed in arms that extend out in a spiral pattern (see “Pinwheel Galaxy”). A spiral galaxy provides an interesting geography, with voids between the arms that might be difficult to pass in a straight line. Elliptical galaxies have the stars placed in a ellipsoidal pattern (see Wikipedia), resulting in a more evenly distributed geography. Ring galaxies have the stars placed in a ring shape around the galaxy core (see “Hoag's Object”). If you play with a ring galaxy you know that other empires have to approach you either clockwise or counterclockwise within the ring, making it easier to cut other empires off from the rest of the galaxy than it is with any other shape. All of these options are of course moddable, both in regards to looks and available options.

Once you are satisfied with your options and decide to start the game, we begin the process of generating the galaxy. When we generate the stars we also decide what class each star should be. Most stars will be star classes with the different spectral types B,A,F,G,K,M. Some star systems can however be more special, like a black hole, pulsar or a neutron star. Every system with a certain star class has a given set of rules that controls how the star system is generated; you will, for example, have a hard time finding habitable planets close to a black hole. All of this is very moddable, you can add your own star classes and remove the existing ones if you want to.



We also generate some galactic features other than stars. One of these are nebulas. Nebulas are visible on the galaxy map and often contain a bunch of interesting star systems with special rare resources. In a nebula you can expect to encounter some special events and experience certain penalties and bonuses that may impact your decisions when it comes to colonization and fleet movement.

When we generate the contents of each star system we use different system initializers depending on what the system is being used for. If you, for example, were to start as a pre-scripted human you will be placed in our solar system, on Earth. Yes, all of this is moddable also. These initializers allow us to make sure that you, as a player, will always have something interesting to do within a system. They also provide us with ways to create a more balanced start, by being able to affect the content of your star system and systems that are neighboring to yours. It is worth knowing that these initializers have a certain random factor attached to them, so you should never expect the exact same setup between game sessions.

We generate a lot of interesting special content in the different systems, including the ones that no empire is controlling. This content ranges from debris to ships of unknown origin, that could be friendly or not so friendly... Speaking from personal experience when it comes to the “not so friendly” ships, I recommend all players to scout systems before going there with their science ships to survey a potential future colony. It is not fun having your science ship blown out of existence with your most skilled scientist aboard.



Next week we will talk about the different FTL types.

[forsaken1111]

ptw

[RedKing]

Hmm, that indicates they plan on different races having different locomotion mechanics, something I thought was brilliant about SotS.

[Teneb]

Hmm, that indicates they plan on different races having different locomotion mechanics, something I thought was brilliant about SotS.

They already stated there will be three forms of travel that you can pick at the start (and gets randomized for the AI): "lanes" like SotS Humans, No FTL but can build teleporters like SotS Hivers and Warhammer 40k style Warp travel (including dangers like the "natives" deciding to attack you and such), IIRC.

[sebcool]

Hmm, that indicates they plan on different races having different locomotion mechanics, something I thought was brilliant about SotS.

They already stated there will be three forms of travel that you can pick at the start (and gets randomized for the AI): "lanes" like SotS Humans, No FTL but can build teleporters like SotS Hivers and Warhammer 40k style Warp travel (including dangers like the "natives" deciding to attack you and such), IIRC.

There has to be a 40k mod for this game.

[Kot]

Hmm, that indicates they plan on different races having different locomotion mechanics, something I thought was brilliant about SotS.

They already stated there will be three forms of travel that you can pick at the start (and gets randomized for the AI): "lanes" like SotS Humans, No FTL but can build teleporters like SotS Hivers and Warhammer 40k style Warp travel (including dangers like the "natives" deciding to attack you and such), IIRC.

There has to be a 40k mod for this game.

There surely will be one.
It will be fucking amazing proably.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Hmm, that indicates they plan on different races having different locomotion mechanics, something I thought was brilliant about SotS.

They already stated there will be three forms of travel that you can pick at the start (and gets randomized for the AI): "lanes" like SotS Humans, No FTL but can build teleporters like SotS Hivers and Warhammer 40k style Warp travel (including dangers like the "natives" deciding to attack you and such), IIRC.

There has to be a 40k mod for this game.

There surely will be one.
It will be fucking amazing proably.

... H-heresy?