This mod is a continuation of XVCV's "Machines & Robot Expansion" , which is/was loved by many. A great addon for Machine empire enthusiasts which I loved playing -- it adds a variety of ascension perks, new playstyles, civics, traits, and much-needed love for Machines & Robots!

Unfortunately, since XVCV has left the Stellaris modding scene, the M&RE mod became unsupported.

This adaptation/continuation will continue to make the original Machine & Robot Expansion compatible with the latest versions of Stellaris. In addition to bug fixes, new features are being added!

Only one DLC is required for this mod: Synthetic Dawn and it will stay that way.




Original mod features (preserved in Continuation):

- Start as non-gestalt Robots (Mechanical Origin)
- Edit ruler traits, councilor traits, build leader with traits you pick
- Automated machine worlds that don't require pops to run, with 4 special planet types
- Switch from gestalt to non-gestalt Machines via AP, and back again
- Switch to/away from Driven Assimilator / Rogue Servitor / Determined Exterminator
- Machine Leaders revive after dying (backup trait)
- Ascend to a new bio-mechanical hybrid species
- Declare total war on the galaxy
- Psionic ascension; touch the Abyss ...
- Non-gestalt robots boost trade and empire-wide amenities with Virtual Reality servers planets
- Malware civic makes spy ops easier and adds new infiltration
- Boost your gestalt empire with Machine Learning civic
- Split open planets and mine them with Orbital Crackers

Added in Continuation:

- Release Machine vassals
- Automate Ringworlds
- Dismantle habitats (if your empire has any habitat tech)
- Extended Machines traits & Overclocked origin (thanks Legit Rikk)
- Reanimate defeated organic armies as a Machine empire
- Roleplay a fully automated pop-less Machine empire with the "World-Machines, Awakened" origin. This has quite a number of technologies, goals, and has its own pop-less versions of base game buildings, with their own lore and mechanics.
- Organoid technology boosting research

And more!

- 15 Civics
- 15 Ascension Perks
- 6 Origins
- 80 Technologies
- 45 traits


Newly moved to readthedocs.io! Read the full overview of features here


Required DLC:

- SYNTHETIC DAWN

Optional DLC:

- GALACTIC PARAGONS: Unlock Leader-Building GUIs and Ruler-Building GUIs
- UTOPIA: Unlock Mechanical Origin (non-gestalt Robot)

Some DLCs provide new things for modders to play with and as such some additional mod features may depend on those DLCs.


🐛 Add your bug reports here 💭 .

💡 Add your suggestions here 💭 .


To chat anytime and follow development updates, and ask questions, visit the machines-robots-expac channel in the Stellaris Modding Den discord. Invite code is 9BkJVZqX Look for me, "Openly Retro"


If you have found this mod outside the Steam workshop, report a bug or share new ideas on the public code repo.


Ongoing:

- Carefully catalogue existing issues and develop fixes
- Address balance issues & player-reported issues

Planned:
- New origins, civics, playstyles, and ascension perks

Update schedule is 2-4 weeks based on bug reports, feature development, my stress levels afer my day job & other life stuff.


Full art credits are listed here


- Korean: Thanks to y1224y1 and Horangye

- Chinese: Thanks FlantingCort, Krukal, and the team at Doves Localization group




- World Machine Origin Vanilla Overwrites, by Legit-Rikk which changes certain vanilla tradition picks to have bonuses for World-Machines
- World Machine Origin Gigastructures Buildings, by Legit-Rikk which adds the automated versions of certain Gigastructural Engineering buildings for use on World Machines.
- More Machine & Robot Trait Points and Picks, by Openly Retro specifically for compatibility with this mod
- World Machine Origin Dawn of Ascension Buildings, by OlegY which adds automated versions of buildings for World Machines
- World Machine Origin ACoT Buildings, by OlegY which changes ACOT buildings and district zones to fully automated, pop-less versions for empires with World Machine Origin


Known issues with other mods:

- Orbital Cracker doesn't block megas from Gigastructural Engineering
- This mod contains an updated version of mute's Extended Machines, if that mod is active, the version in this one will be disabled.


Details of overwrites are in this document: OVERWRITES.md in the mod's github repo