Hey there!

So i'm trying to create a rather specific galaxy to play with my custom gene hunter faction. Although i got a lot of info from this forum (mostly from CyRob posts) i still need some clarification on some things.

1. Maximum size galaxy with all Major Factions and max values for curiosities count, resource deposits, minor factions, special nodes etc.

2. All 8 unique planets;

CyRob wrote:

The number that appear in a game depends on the galaxy size with only 1 on tiny going linearly to all 8 on Gigantic. 

Found that's not quite true since it's only 7 unique planets on gigantic galaxy size

<ItemDefinition Name="Gigantic">

<KeyValuePair Key="UniquePlanetQuantity">7</KeyValuePair>

But i guess i can just switch this parameter to 8 in WorldSettingDefinitions.xml

3. All luxury resourses;

Got it from this thread https://www.games2gether.com/endless-space-2/forums/68-game-help/threads/27353-question-on-luxury-resources?page=1

Though when i set it all to 8/8/8 i still couldn't get all 8 for each tier.

4. All minor factions with specific (not random) faction traits.

a) Not sure how to make all 16 minor factions to be generated for sure (though i think i once got all 16 even in just a Huge galaxy with a high amount of minor factions). And if u can make at least 2 colonies of each that would be nice.

b) What about specific traits

dobyk wrote:

Notably, when minor factions are generated in a game they can have one of two faction traits for you to assimilate - I call them primary and alternative. Primary traits have a "weight" value of 50 in the xml files and are the traits you will encounter the majority of the time, while alternative traits have a weight value of 20 and will occasionally be chosen instead of the primary trait which is a very nice way to further randomize a game and make it more unique.

 I found Endless Space 2\Public\Simulation\MinorFactionPersonalityDefinitions.xml where u can modify the weight value of minor factions traits but not sure if it's gonna work and will be enough if i just leave (or set) weight on 50 on those i want and set to 0 those i don't want. - works just fine.

5. Is there a way to make a game with Sheredyn and Mezari UE factions as well?

I tried to play with Endless Space 2\Public\Simulation\Factions[Major].xml specifically with this line with Standard and Hidden values, (example):

MajorFaction Priority="50" Author="AMPLITUDE Studios" Standard="false" Name="FactionMezari" Hidden="true">

I was able to see them in game but when i tried to add them as AIs game just won't load. I also tried to create a custom faction and then change it's affinity to Mezari and Sheredyn( <MajorPopulation Count="2" Affinity="AffinityMezari"/> instead of line of numbers in custom faction xml which u can find in your documents) to the same effect, game won't load with them.

6. How do i get most of (all if possible) tactics and special buildings from curiousities in one galaxy?

7. Is there any other values i should consider modifying (like anomalies, curiosities, loot numbers) in order to get most of them and not to break the game since i'm modifying some values? :D

TL;DR: I want to make as much as possible available content in one galaxy, how do i do it?

CyRob, thank u very much for your answer!

1. Yea just basic in-game settings here that i'm gonna use.

2. All good here too, just set it to 8.

3. It actually didn't affect it as i found out today but when I changed resource visibility for the first time yea i guess i got somewhat lucky and got 2 galaxies in a row with all 8 types of first tier (that's why edited my post later). Thanks for that link didn't see that thread before and i can strongly relate to all what written there - i'm having all the same issues. Also i think luxuries gui was fixed in the upcoming patch.

4. a) Tried to set it to 16 and pretty much my whole galaxy was like only minor factions :D

4. b) I'm good with having duplicate traits (they do stack) it's just for some factions i prefer just one specific trait. For example for hisshos i'd rather always have Hunting Culture (+20% Damage on weapon modules) than Mud Stompers I (-10% Troop Manpower cost on Empire). And tweaking weights of those traits as i wrote (edited) works just fine.

5. Yea that make sense. Great idea and thanks for the link!

6. Yea feels like in Gigantic galaxy there are more than enough curiosities as it is.

7. Thanks for all the tips, that helps!