Infestation – A Hive Mind Origin Mod

Infestation – A Hive Mind Origin Mod

Description:

This Mod adds a new Origin for Hive Minds that lets you Play as a proper Infestation. You will start on an Infested World, which has special Districts to produce all the resources you will need to spread the infestation to the whole Galaxy.
Infested Worlds have three stages, all of which with a different look. Every Planet you colonize will start at stage one (only a small amount of infestation) and you will need to use special Decisions to spread the infestation. Every stage also has a corresponding Planet Modifier which gives penalties and/or bonusses depending on the amount on Infestation present.
Planets conquered form Enemies will have no infestation to begin with and have massive penalties, be sure to use your decisions infest those Worlds.
Infested Worlds can´t be invaded, they will turn into Tomb Worlds once the Devastation reaches 100%. The thing is, they are quite a lot sturdier than regular Planets.
The biggest change however is that all your Districts, Buildings and Ships now cost significantly less Alloys/ Minerals but have an added cost of organic materials (Food) an Exotic Gasses.

There also is an optional Total War Casus Belli added for non-Devouring Swarm Hive Minds. When you star a new game as an Infestation Hive there will be an Event Popup which will let you choose if you want to use it ore not. It permanently enables or disables the Casus Belli on your Safe file.

All of this is done with Modifiers and Events, to ensure maximum compatibility with other Mods. Please see the Compatibility Sections for further information.

Important Notes:

• The AI can not use this Origin, because they can´t handle the modifies resource costs. So, you shouldn’t force spawn one of your Empires which has the Origin.
• Some Vanilla Events give you the option to terraform your planet (The Abandoned Terraforming equipment for example). I have not touched these events, so you could terraform a Planet that way and not have the penalties. I have provided a free Decision to turn the planet back into a stage one Infested World.
• The possibility that another Empire gets into possession of an Infested World is very very small, I have however included a Decision for Empires without the Infestation Hive Origin to remove the Infestation. The AI will always use this Decision.
• This Mod was partially inspired by Guilliman’s which sadly is no longer in development.
• The Cost and Upkeep values are probably not final, so please leave feedback.

General Compatibility:

• Ironman Compatibility = Yes
• Achievement Compatibility = No

Mod Compatibility:

Some entries had to be changed to ensure proper functionality of the Mod. The entries and the changes to them are listed below.

• ap_hive_worlds – Infestation Hives don’t have access to Hive Worlds, because they already have a special Planet Class.
• decision_baol_life_seed – The Decision does not show up on Infested Worlds, because they can´t be Terraformed.

The following technologies have been modified so that they don’t show for Infestation Hives, because they would do absolutely nothing. There are other Technologies added in their place, some even having the same Name and Icon, just a different effect.

• tech_mining_1
• tech_mining_2
• tech_mining_3
• tech_mineral_purification_1
• tech_mineral_purification_2
• tech_repeatable_improved_tile_mineral_output
• tech_power_plant_2
• tech_power_plant_3
• tech_power_plant_4
• tech_power_hub_1
• tech_power_hub_2
• tech_repeatable_improved_tile_energy_output
• tech_mountain_range
• tech_volcano
• tech_dangerous_wildlife
• tech_dense_jungle
• tech_quicksand_basin
• tech_noxious_swamp
• tech_massive_glacier
• tech_toxic_kelp
• tech_deep_sinkhole

Mod Support:

• – Is supported. The Modifiers for it only get added to your Empire when NSC is actually used. Thumbs Up for Mods that add a global_flag on Game Start.
• – Is supported.
• – Is supported.

  Please let me know of other Mods you want support for.

In the Next Update:

• Specialised Hive Worlds – Confirmed
• support – Confirmed
• Resource Balancing – Confirmed
• Bugfixes – Confirmed
• Terraforming – Currently worked on
• Adding a Colossus Weapon – Currently worked on
• New Bombardment Stance – Currently worked on

Ideas for the Future:

• Infested Habitats and Ringworlds
• Special Event-Chains for Infestation Hives
• Optional Crisis Submod

Troubleshooting:

Fresh Install:

• Unsubscribe from the Mod.
• Go to Steamsteamappsworkshopcontent281990 and delete the Folder named 2087384056.
• Go to DocumentsParadox InteractiveStellarismod and check if you have a File named ugc_2087384056.mod, if so, delete it.
• Resubscribe to the mod and get a fresh install of it.

This Mod took over 50 hours to make, so please respect that and ask for permission before using it, or parts of it, in other Mods. Thank you 😊