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Forerunner - A Traditions Overhaul

Compatible with 3.8 (Gemini).


Forerunner - A Traditions Overhaul is a complete overhaul of the game's tradition system, designed to mirror the balance of the base game while introducing brand new gameplay options. It reworks existing Tradition trees with more compelling perks and choices in order to reinforce existing playstyles or create entirely new ones.

The new Path mechanic gives players increased freedom when it comes to pursuing Ascension Perks, by allowing Paths to be paired within a Tradition category or in between Tradition categories, letting the player define how their Ascension Perks should be obtained.

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• Forerunner overhauls all Traditions in the game with more compelling perks and choices, supporting unique bonuses for standard empires, machine empires, hive empires, Lithoids, Necrophages, and more. Adding in total 11 Tradition categories, 60 Paths, and 198 new Traditions!
  
  
• A new way to gain Ascension Perks. Instead of gaining Ascension Perks from finishing a Tradition, gain them by pairing Paths. Choose the bonuses that are relevant to you and your playthrough!
  
  
• Redesigned layout and icons for each Tradition, featuring the beautiful artwork found in Stellaris.
  
  
• Lightweight and compatibility friendly. Forerunner was designed with compatibility in mind. See the compatibility section for more information.
  
  
• Clean implementation. No game errors.

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The content of this mod can be seen below.

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Ascension Perks are now gained by pairing a Path with another Path (6 Traditions in total). Note that any Path in any Category can be paired in this way. Paths from Supremacy can be paired with Paths in Commerce, and so on.

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Forerunner was designed to be as lightweight and non-intrusive as possible and as such makes no direct changes to any base game file. This is a huge improvement from Traditions+ and how many files it was forced to edit.

Forerunner does, however, make indirect changes to the Tradition files found in the \traditions and \traditions_categories folders by overwriting those files on startup, mainly to hide the original Traditions from player view and "replace" them with Forerunner Traditions.

Forerunner overwrites the following game files on startup.

\traditions

• (127)_mercantile.txt
  
• (127)_diplomacy.txt
  
• (127)_prosperity.txt
  
• (127)_supremacy.txt
  
• (127)_expansion.txt
  
• (127)_domination.txt
  
• (127)_discovery.txt
  
• (127)_unyielding.txt
  
• (127)_subterfuge.txt
  
• (127)_politics.txt
  
• (127)_cybernetics_assimilator.txt
  
• (127)_cybernetics.txt
  
• (127)_genetics.txt
  
• (127)_psionics.txt
  
• (127)_synthetics.txt

\tradition_categories

• (127)_mercantile.txt
  
• (127)_adaptability.txt
  
• (127)_diplomacy.txt
  
• (127)_prosperity.txt
  
• (127)_supremacy.txt
  
• (127)_expansion.txt
  
• (127)_domination.txt
  
• (127)_discovery.txt
  
• (127)_unyielding.txt
  
• (127)_versatility.txt
  
• (127)_subterfuge.txt
  
• (127)_synchronicity.txt
  
• (127)_harmony.txt
  
• (127)_politics.txt
  
• (127)_aptitude.txt
  
• (127)_statecraft.txt
  
• (127)_synthetics.txt
  
• (127)_psionics.txt
  
• (127)_genetics.txt
  
• (127)_cybernetics_assimilator.txt
  
• (127)_cybernetics.txt

\council_agendas

• (127)_council_agendas_traditions.txt

This means that Forerunner is compatible with a vast majority of other mods, even mods that add new Tradition trees or mods that touch the Tradition files, although for the latter it is not guaranteed that they will play along nicely, as such mods are only technically compatible.

I would recommend using Forerunner as your only Tradition mod to maintain a cohesive game balance and game experience when it comes to the Tradition system itself.

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• PATCH: Gigastructural Engineering
  
• PATCH: Ascendant Stars
  
• PATCH: Aesthetic Cinematic Gameplay

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• English (official version)
  
• Japanese Translation
  
• Chinese Translation
  
• German Translation

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All of my mods are completely free to use. You can patch, edit, or change anything that you like. You don't have to ask me for permission.

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Stellaris and its assets are owned by Paradox Interactive.
Building icon(s) for Neurolab and Holosuite retrieved from Stellaris Modding Assets[github.com]