ZBeautiful Battles

This mod improves the battle aesthetics of the game by making changes that alter the flow and spacing of space battles in Stellaris.

• Updated for Stellaris version 2.2 Le Guin (0d1c)
• Mod version 4.4 (PLEASE REFER TO CHANGELOG FOR DETAILS!!!!!!!)

-COMMON\SHIP_BEHAVIORS\STANDARD_SHIP_BEHAVIORS.TXT

• Ship behavior tweaked by changing collision awareness, prefered

attack range, formation distance and return to formation distance. -COMMON\SHIP_BEHAVIORS\00_STRIKE_CRAFT.TXT

• Increased Engagement & Return range to make fighters engage properly instead of

flying outwards. -COMMON\DEFINES\01_DEFINES.LUA (Should not be overwritable - custom file name)

• Increased combat_back_off rate for better spacing in close combat.
• Increased Fleet Base Formation Scale by a small amount to space out ships in

pre combat / sublight / lightspeed formation.

• Decreased Fleet Base Formation Div by a small amount to space out ships in

pre combat / sublight / lightspeed formation.

• Increased Ship / Fighter random height offset by a large amount.
• Decreased Trail durations for Fighters / Ships / Missiles for less visual noise.
• Increased Strike craft regen to make them more practical / present.

-COMMON\SHIP_SIZES\00_SHIP_SIZES.TXT & ALL OTHER SHIP_SIZES.TXT FILES

• Ship speed was reduced to allow for less blobbing & more long range

exchange of fire.

• Ship rotation speed was reduced to eliminate unrealistic / jittery turning

behavior. -COMMON\COMPONENT_TEMPLATES\00_LEVIATHANS_WEAPONS & 00_STRIKE_CRAFT.TXT (AND OTHERS)

• Strikecraft COMBAT speed was reduced to visualize them better / mesh with Ship speed

reductions.

• Strikecraft COMBAT rotation speed was reduced to eliminate unrealistic / jittery turning

behavior. -GFX\PROJECTILES\BALLISTICS.TXT, LASERS.TXT, POINTDEFENSE.TXT, XL_WEAPONS.TXT, ETC

• Decreased duration of all Beam / Laser / Bulletstream weapons for less visual clutter.
• Increased duration of Kinetic projectile weapons to visualize better.
• Decreased speed of Kinetic projectile weapons to visualize better.

-GFX\MODELS\SHIPS\ARTHROPOID_01.TXT, HUMANOID_01.TXT, ETC

• Decreased size of cruiser & destroyer slightly for each faction.
• Decreased size of corvette by a larger amount for each faction.
• Battleships untouched.

The above listed changes alter the battle flow and graphics in a pronounced way and (IMHO) vastly improve the visual quality of battles in Stellaris. With these changes the following should be experienced:::

• Battles are more 3D now!!!
• Battles are clearer and ships move in less jarring ways.
• Much less clipping of ships and generally more space between ships.
• Projectiles, Fighters are generally easier to notice after secondary visual

clutter greatly reduced (trails, beam weapon persistance, etc)

COMPATIBILITY Achievement Compatible :: Not compatible. Save game Compatible :: Should be compatible but no guarantees.