by EladrinHappy Thursday! Thanks to everyone who answered our User Research survey as well as to everyone posting in our Custodian Diplomatic AI Feedback thread.
Originally I was planning on just talking about what was going into 3. 7. 4, with a potential release date next week, but things went a bit better than expected and as of this morning the 3. 7. 4 patch has been released.
Unless something major crops up, the next Stellaris update is expected to be the 3. 8 ‘Gemini’ release during Q2.
This patch includes another adjustment to pre-FTL civilizations being too keen on destroying themselves in atomic fire (they now have a significant chance to have a “close call”, and we've adjusted some of the possibility weights some more), but we have a larger solution planned for 3. 8.
STELLARIS ‘CANIS MINOR’ 3. 7. 4 PATCH NOTESShow
MoreConceptsAs part of our ongoing efforts to make the game less daunting for new and returning players, we’ve discovered a UX Insight Technology while observing the pre-FTL games made by our sibling studios.
In 3. 8 we’ll be introducing Concepts as a variant of the nested tooltips you may be familiar with from Crusader Kings or Victoria.
Our primary goal with Concepts is to simplify tooltips while providing the means to get more information than before.
Instead of cluttering the base tooltips with complete details, you can dig down to learn more about key terms as desired.
While it may change for the final release, Concepts are currently planned to always be shown in a specific Teal color.
After a brief delay (or after clicking the middle mouse button), a tooltip that possesses in-line Concepts will lock into place as shown below.
Our initial efforts in introducing these have been focused on the Galaxy Settings before starting a new game to further explain some details that might not be obvious at first glance, but to fully explain would bloat the normal tooltip into a wall of text.
An Example of ConceptsWhile Concepts in 3. 8 will initially be limited exclusively to Galaxy Settings, we’re planning on expanding the use of Concepts to Empire Creation and beyond during the Custodian releases over the next year.
SPOILER: CONCEPT DETAILS FOR MODDERSShow MoreNext WeekNext week we’ll start going through the main features we’ll be adding in Gemini, and (hopefully) some details on our planned 3. 8. 0
Gemini Open Beta. Tofu’s been studying.
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