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!

As of Stellaris 4.3.6, Synthetic Dawn has been merged into the base game and is no longer a separate requirement for this mod.





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:

- As of Stellaris 4.3.6, NO DLC ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS MOD

Optional DLC:

- GALACTIC PARAGONS: Unlock Leader-Building GUIs and Ruler-Building GUIs

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



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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