A Full Guide To ACOT! | Ancient Cache of Technologies Mod Showcase

[@michael_stellaris]

THIS COMMENT IS RESERVED FOR ANY INACCURACIES, UPDATES, OR THINGS THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION IN THE VIDEO 2:34 The Curators can be hired multiple times, as their mechanics are now cooldown based, this also means that you can have more than 1 archon. 9:51 Precursor Escorts, Battlecruisers, and civilian ships have inbuilt cloaking capabilities, which can be enhanced further with cloaking components (speaking of cloaking, ACOT also has new cloaking components!) 17:59 The Herculean cannot be killed, even if you technically managed to destroy it, it always respawns 18:49 The Disruption Pulse Generator can be used to reduce hostile ship's shields, and kill machine pops if unshielded, and the Rift Generator spawns a rift which sucks in hostile ships and deals some damage. To use them create a marker in a system with a construction ship (they're built instantly, and you'll receive a notification when they activate/ when their cooldown is over) 22:55 You need the Dark Matter Dimensional Reactor, not the Delta Reactor. 23:08 A'merigo Restoration requires the Precursor Databank, I added a caption in the video but in case ppl missed it I'm adding it here 23:26 The FE ships spawned by the relic/ arc site are also stronger than their normal counterparts, so don't get rid of them! 29:13 Phanon Corps will also send retaliation fleets through the Dimensional Mirror, and if you lose the space battle, the same outcome happens. 32:18 This event gives you the Star Dominator II ship type, however it has a different design, which utilizes alpha weapons with the exception of the Yamato Cannon. Delta Forts, and Planetary Shields Generators can retaliate against bombarding fleets Some features are gated behind DLC's, for instance: - The Curators are locked behind Distant Stars/Leviathans DLC so if you don't have one of these, all of the Curator features will be inaccesible - Ancient Relics is required for all minor artifact decisions, so the self assembly option won't appear if you don't have it The ACOT video is finally out! I put A LOT of effort into it , in fact this project was so large that my PC couldn't render it at first lol. Hope you guys enjoy the video, and the anticipation was worth it!

[@parkerrichmond1754]

Question, if you have all the steps to build delta tech buildings on planets done, but it doesn't allow you to build any of them, is this a mod big or a loading bug?

[@michael_stellaris]

Well if you have the Enigmatic Palace on a planet, and you have unlocked a delta tier building you should be able to build it. I have no clue, maybe you have a mod conflict going on, or you missed something, I can't really give an answer without more details.

[@parkerrichmond1754]

Ok, thanks

[@parkerrichmond1754]

Also thanks for going over void spheres, I never could figure out how to get them until now.

[@parkerrichmond1754]

Fixed the problem, it was mod load order.

[@htf5555]

the mod is an essential for me now. this should have been the natural progression of stellaris due to the fallen empires being a thing, like when you first see their glowing buildings and tall sleek ships, you’re thinking,”man I could be like that one day. no more smashing atoms together like a fucking monkey. sexy ass dark matter reactors and shit”. nope, vanilla blue balled me when I was still mining for coal like a peasant even as I bombarded the fallen empires’ magic mineral makers

[@ultraflopp2802]

That’s why I play with gigastructural engineering, mo more mining peasants, only star lifters, Dyson spheres and hyperforges

[@JenkoRun]

Every time I see the Hyperion mentioned I smile despite myself, because I was the one who suggested the name for the ship when Chiru was thinking about ship names. Plus that new look it got just grabs me.

[@michael_stellaris]

Oh really, you were the one who suggested it? That's really neat, and yeah the new Hyperion model looks amazing, it's much better and a lot more unique than the previous one

[@Noctazar]

One of the best Stellaris mods ever made

[@michael_stellaris]

Yup, definetely agree on that!

[@ALVACCION]

Nop, no localisation for other languages, at least it could be English for other languages 😢

[@Zathurious]

Agreed. I can't really play the game without it. It's why I dread every new game update...

[@marsmelon24_official]

​@@ALVACCIONGetting someone to translate costs money

[@ALVACCION]

@@marsmelon24_official It is not that the texts are read in a language other than English, it is that they can be read even if it is in English instead of reading a code. That even if you play the game in another language, the mod is at least legible and reads in English instead of a gibberish with dashes and signs strange to ordinary people. No translators, it's something that many mods have to make them compatible with versions of the game in other languages, even if the mod texts then remain in the original language, at least it can be read.

[@mashroomghost8456]

Genuinely speaking my friend, this video is an art in stellaris community. I knew about ACOT since overlord dropped, but I was always hesitant as it was a gargantuan mod. Thanks to you my friend it is much more simpler now. Keep up the good work!

[@michael_stellaris]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate your kind words! Glad the video helped you with figuring out ACOT!

[@potato88872]

The mother of all stellaris mod ( if you can ignore some tecs being.....memey )

[@lazutovlad]

if you ignore some performance being.... memey...

[@potato88872]

​@@lazutovlad yeah, meme lag can kill any fun

[@bitbucketcynic]

ACOT is a very deep rabbit hole, and yet every step of the way is glorious.

[@isuckatusernames4297]

5:20 on a sidenote, by the time you unlock dark energy it's more than likely you already have a large amount of dark matter pdoduction, so it's advised that you aim for more dari energy production. not to mention that unless you have the ressource patch mod, you won't see your monthly dark energy income.

[@michael_stellaris]

I mean yeah, you can't find DE anywhere in the galaxy, so you should focus on Dark Energy I guess. Although they're equally as important, only in Alpha the usage of Dark Energy increases Well all modded resources won't be displayed without URP, I think ppl are aware of that.

[@isuckatusernames4297]

@@michael_stellaris yeah, it's just that personally, I always struggle with dark energy production for quite a while.

[@callumlindars]

Fantastic video. You are definitely one of the best stellaris content creators!

[@michael_stellaris]

Thanks, I really appreciate that ❤

[@UltraSpinkie]

Wow I am glad I found this video when I did. Currently in a game myself and had no idea how to use the celestial forgers. This beats going through the outdated PDF. Great work, as ACOT is a bit more complicating then the more understandable gigastructures IMO.

[@michael_stellaris]

Glad you found the video helpful!

[@emilianomorales9810]

I love how this mod gives some lore to the npc factions, that part of the curators asking for a scientist implies they are formed by members of civilizations that undertood dark matter

[@Tekisasubakani]

ACOT is such a work of love. Maybe someday I'll have a computer that will allow me to play it past delta [sometimes alpha] tier. "I put a lot of work into the video." Yeah, you did. This is excellent, and broken up well so viewers can see what parts they want and avoid spoilers. Nice job!

[@michael_stellaris]

Thank you :D I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@tungstenerian8699]

I know our comment is old friend, but I wanted to say you can easily play this mod and all its sub mods as well as have the mod gigastructures on a simply standard stock laptop. I've been doing it for years 😅. The only real recommendation would be that to install a mod that makes the galaxy size smaller like 50-100 stars and minimal alien empires like 3-4. Not the best but it works. 😅

[@Tekisasubakani]

@@tungstenerian8699 This might help someone else out there, I've dropped out of Stellaris entirely since Pdox pissed me off with their treatment of HBS. Not opening a thread for discussion here, it's just my opinion.

[@reign6870]

​@@TekisasubakaniMay I know what the Issue is with Paradox?

[@Tekisasubakani]

@@reign6870 From what I've seen and read [I haven't done a deep dive], they basically forced HBS to make Lamplighters League, and then when it didn't perform to Pdox's expectations, they cut 80% of HBS and then kicked them to the curb. I'm still going to play Stellaris with some friends, but not buying anything further from Pdox. BattleTech has been my fav setting since I was a child, and I was really looking forward to HBS putting out a sequel to BattleTech [2019]. Don't see that happening now that they have been gutted and no longer have the monetary backing of a publisher.

[@dalton191]

Wow, never was able to really use ACOT before nor progress in it as the PDF was just too confusing Used this video and holy cow its so easy now, thank you 🙏

[@michael_stellaris]

You're welcome, glad you found the video helpful :D

[@christiannipales9937]

I always head canon that Dark matter is the the stellaris game irl tapping into my computer to power the empire, considering how loud my fans get by the time I get the damn tech.

[@michael_stellaris]

That's way too accurate lmao

[@cyprys2137]

Thank you SO MUCH for this!

[@michael_stellaris]

Wow 3 minutes in, and there's already a comment :000 You're welcome, and hope you enjoy the video!

[@nikifor69]

Great guide, thank you! By the way, when a fallen empire demands you to get alpha-tier technologies, there are actually more ways to say no. Once I had a ruler with charismatic trait if i remember correctly, and then the option to deceive them appeared. We pretended to give them technologies but actually sent them a bomb that blew the hell up their capital xDD it became a cracked world lmao. They still declared war on me tho but without the capital they became a lot weaker. May be there are even more hidden options like this?

[@michael_stellaris]

You're welcome! Oh yeah Chiru told me about it on the ACOT discord server, I had no idea this was actually a thing. You do need a leader with the charismatic trait, however they need to be at level 10. Ngl this is pretty hilarious lmao Who knows if there's more stuff like this hidden within the mod, you'll have to scour through the mod's files to find out ig

[@SwitchyWitch_]

@@michael_stellaris I've delved through the mod's files before on multiple occasions and I tell you, there really is a lot of funny stuff that can happen at random

[@o-mauler-o3021]

A while ago, I would play, and runic would be the really **enigmatic** tech, with stellarite being very normal to happen upon... it wasn't until later that I found out that they essentially switched around the technologies, with Sigma being the highest tier, and runic being the 2nd highest.

[@roscar3154]

Finally a guide video of this mod, I always ended up stuck on this mod and there weren't many helpful videos about it. Thanks for your great job!

[@moritz7797]

Finally i can understand Acot progression and features

[@MrKimidoriMK]

You should do a mini episode on the Universal Gateway Origin mod. I say mini cause it doesn't add too much but I think it's great for what it is. I'd love for the mod to get more attention as I see a lot of potential. Best way I can describe it is an immersive cheat mod with new techs, events, and megastructures. It's an awesome mod to get right into things and try stuff you'd normally not be able to realistically do like printing star systems, building the quasi-stellarcraft, fighting the Lux Aetreum, Infinite Probability Kaisar, or even fighting the Obliterator Blokkats, or whatever other max powered faction/crisis you'd ever wanna brawl it out with and atleast have a fighting chance. Oh and there special lore and interactions with the Kaisar too which I think is awesome. And the origin flavor is just broad enough to where you can play any kind of empire immersively. And you do have to research everything which I see as a good thing because stuff like playing as the Stellarborn who have everything unlocked right away tend to break the game. Aka never touch unlock_all_technologies if you use a lot of mods especially but it'll break some vanilla stuff too.

[@michael_stellaris]

Huh I swear I left a reply here, KZbin is acting weird again lol I think i've seen it before on steam, I could include it in the "Mods For Something" series (god I really need to come up with a better name for it) in a video about origins or overpowered mods. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

What a great video. It's sad that all the big youtubers have barely touched the biggest mods, basically non-official DLCs, but where they fail, people like you can thrive! But, my guy, you really do need to explain yourself at 12:04, where you say how effective Precursor Oracles are "in the early game." Not that anybody would disagree that having basically an invincible Science Ship would be amazing in the early game, how in the hell would you even have them in the early game, unless you just use console commands to unlock all those techs at the beginning?

[@michael_stellaris]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video :D At 12:04 "The Precursor Oracle is something that we all thought about before, and something that would be very useful especially in the early game." I'm aware of that, this was meant to be hypothetical because as you said who wouldn't want an invincible science ship. That's why I said "would be useful" and not "is useful".

[@VivoY-pv9zq]

guilli's planet modifiers please 😭😭😭

[@willbx000]

Great work on the breakdown of the mod thank you

[@paradoxfelipegutierrez1336]

Gracias por tu esfuerzo en este video, gracias a ti pude avanzar en el Mod

[@colecook834]

Damnit. I forgot she was in the contacts. I have the birch world and was waiting for the next trigger for acot

[@vrabeldawg]

Great work 👍👍

[@michael_stellaris]

Thank you!

[@ErshErshovich]

Played a year ago, couldn't breach Phanons even with the sigma level and all the forces of my empire and a Hercules 😢 How is it even possible to defeat them on level 7 of techs? Still, a brilliant mod and GIGASTRUCTURES makes it only better (oh that awesome Birch Void Sphere, the moment when your PC is burning because of calculations and you LOVE IT❤)

[@michael_stellaris]

Well defeating them with Alpha is a bit harder, but it is doable. You can definetely do this with the sigma tier, I used a sigma herculean to do exactly that, and I didn't need anything else

[@ultraflopp2802]

With ACOT and Gigastructures you can really feel yourself as if you are the Aeternum

[@dinglemccringleberry9019]

ACOT + GE = *Chef's kiss RP as the Phanon Corps with QSO living on a Birch World.

[@malakifraize4792]

Truly wonderful.

[@user-lk6ms2pz1u]

I'm happy to watch this ACOT video

[@trythis2006]

what an absolute insane mod lol thank you a lot for this guide

[@shadowgical6854]

Little inaccuracy on the « Big Catch » Event : the Star Devastator you got out of it is a special one = The Kylo-Ren Class. It has Runic components and a Yamato Cannon but his weapons are Phi. (Dunno if this is still the same because I played with the version before the fractured worlds looked like that but oh well)

[@michael_stellaris]

Yes it's the Kylo-Ren Class. Also did you have AOT installed? Normally Phanon ships are not supposed to use Phi weapons. The Phi tier is only used by the player, as it's a reinterpretation of Phanon tech with DM and DE

[@shadowgical6854]

I don’t think so, can’t really check but I’m certain that I remembered it having weapons that are not runic or maybe it had Alpha Weapons, they nearly look the same so I could be mistaking both

[@michael_stellaris]

I'll verify this later, although i'm pretty sure it shouldn't have Phi/Alpha weapons.

[@samfaber5378]

@@michael_stellaris Except for the Yamato Cannon and Reactor it should be entirely Alpha components since it was nerfed a while ago. From what I remembered of lore (which could be very inaccurate and old so do not trust entirely, it might be misremembered or it might just be nonsense and even i don't remember where I got this info from) the full Phanon tech Star Dominator II was too expensive for the empire that bought it so they had to settle for Phanon reactor and Yamato Cannon and the hull only, and fitted it with their own tech and then sent it to fight over the A'merigo during the A'merigo incident.

[@michael_stellaris]

Ok just launched the game, and you guys were right. The Kylo Ren class does have alpha weapons except for the yamato cannon and the reactor. I didn't describe phanon ships in great detail, my point was that you can get the ship type from the relic as well, but I'll add a disclaimer in the pinned comment that it has a different design.

[@SwitchyWitch_]

You should DEFINITELY also go through the addons for ACOT, those being Acquisition of Technology, Sins of the Fallen Empires / Secrets Beyond The Gates, and Secrets of the Shroud + SotS: Soul Birch specifically I absolutely love how ridiculous Secrets of the Shroud becomes, but it's a fairly difficult mod to start and I'm sure many people would know how to actually do the events related to it, keep in mind though that these are like, super end-game mods and throw the balance out the window (but that's what makes them so fun!)

[@michael_stellaris]

I skipped SBTG because it's supposed to be reworked in the future, so making a video about rn would be pointless. AoT also wasn't included since a lot of ppl mistake base ACOT features with AoT's content. I'll probably make a video on ACOT's submods in the future!

[@SwitchyWitch_]

@@michael_stellaris oh I didn't know SBTG is getting a rework, now I know what to be excited for!

[@miyatenmeiritsu1810]

25:08 Love that FF14 reference right there. It's been years since I last played the game, but anyone who had queued into the Praetorium countless times won't ever forget these quotes.

[@darkbeetlebot]

It should be noted that if you have the Acquisition of Technologies mod, the progression of ACOT changes so that you get Phanon tech by building a phanon dimensional mirror after getting a shitload of research points per month, so you don't necessarily have to beat the actual phanon fleet, just a few smaller versions. The entire blue phi tech tree is just removed as well. And after you get stellarite, if you have SBTG/ZOFE, you can fight the Outer Gates/Stellarborne crisis to get light matter tech which is the strongest tech in just about any mod save maybe the blokkats tech.

[@michael_stellaris]

Yeah this videos covers base ACOT only, since people often confuse these two mods.

[@pabloruansabino3933]

Wow amazing content +1 subs

[@michael_stellaris]

Thank you!

[@celsetialarchives5909]

18:43 Supercharged stellar cascade Sounds fun

[@VersusPretor]

This is what cosmogenesis should have looked like

[@marsmelon24_official]

The modders do a better job then Paradox interactive

[@gabriel_cooper]

this video was amazing! loved it!

[@michael_stellaris]

Thank you :D

[@roshidex]

I played ACOT a lot of times, and didn´t knew half of this content

[@Kroq-gar]

Man… just imagine if we had this tech in real life… It kinda makes me giggle in disbelief.

[@michael_stellaris]

Oh yeah, the world would be a really interesting place with such advanced technologies available to humans. I'm curious what we would do with them, would we create a better society or instead annihilate ourselves with dark matter weaponry? (probably the latter lol) Stellaris, and this mod in particular really makes you wonder

[@thorshammer7883]

Nah, I think the world is better without those kinds of things existing. Better for lower possible capabilities of lawlessness happening.

[@Kroq-gar]

@@thorshammer7883 True but we would be better defended if something like the Blokkats or the Unbidden were to happen.

[@thorshammer7883]

@@Kroq-gar Which is why it would be best for the cosmology of creation to be orderly that nothing as destructive and chaotic such as the Blokkats and Unbidden do not exist in real life. Though in Sci Fi and much fictions authors and writers create alot of chaotic cosmology settings within their narrative causing those conditions situations. Which is why it is best for such a reality to not be real life. Human writers in the modern days create the conditions and set the parameters for those situations and it's pretty bad once you think about it from this perspective.

[@king_mega1670]

@@michael_stellaris I Mean, if humanity ever unifies into a singular government, then expands into the interstellar age, then, those types of technology might be necessary to have, if not, then humanity may be threatened by other more powerful foreign species

[@helo8859]

I'd suggest getting the "ACOT: Secrets from beyond the gates" submod

[@lazutovlad]

Wohooo! Im happy

[@michael_stellaris]

Yay! I hope the video was worth the wait

[@lazutovlad]

@@michael_stellaris yes, it is extremely good video

[@Fierann2]

Oh god Full guide This mod is harder than the war and peace

[@michael_stellaris]

Yeah it can be a bit confusing at first lol

[@peerawat9x]

I still think the author of this mod must be some kind of lazy panda who doesn't do anything but sleep and be lazy. We should terraform him immediately.

[@sophiaorr12]

And it's writer is some dumb A.I who steals everyone's hat.

[@kalimatronix]

13:17 Wait, they can do THAT!!?? God damn it, having multiple Voidspheres was this easy all this time!

[@michael_stellaris]

Yeah, you can create enigmatic worlds with the Emissary if you have the tech for them! Even before Enigmatic Worlds were introduced, you could create Fractured/Ultrafractured worlds with the Emissary, and then turn them into a Voidsphere.

[@evilded6792]

fallen empire ascensions in Stellaris: ZoFE: We just want to be powerful. Machine Age: Speedrun tech. This galaxy stinks. We are leaving. ACoT: There is always more!

[@StarboyXL9]

This mod is bonkers. Love it. Afraid it might break my other 100+ mods

[@marsmelon24_official]

It won't trust me

[@Rhino-Prime]

Combine this with giga engineering you are gonna have to play on the hardest difficulty for a challenge

[@syawaltdl7360]

How long does phanon vault lockdown, becauce i can only attack it once after that the desicion is not showing up

[@michael_stellaris]

The phanon cooldown modifier scales up with each stage. The further you go through the vault, the longer it is. The first cooldown lasts a year if I remember correctly.

[@syawaltdl7360]

@@michael_stellaris thanks

[@syawaltdl7360]

​​@@michael_stellarisanother one how do i upgrade void palace to phanon palace. I already has it tech researched, it does not show upgrade icon

[@michael_stellaris]

In regular ACOT there are no phanon buildings, so i'm assuming you're using AOT as well. Idk maybe you don't have enough pops on the planet , or you need more resources. If you got the tech, you should be able able to upgrade it.

[@syawaltdl7360]

​@@michael_stellarisHei, is there a way to build phanon ship for gdf/armada's fleet

[@ExcellentEmperor]

Have you thought of also trying the Beyond the Gates addon for ACOT?

[@michael_stellaris]

I skipped SBTG because it's going to be completely reworked soon, therefore it made no sense to include it here if the information would become outdated in like a month or two The video was already long enough on it's own anyways, if I had to edit a 40+ minute video I would've lost my sanity lmao. If I ever do an update on the ACOT video, i'm probably gonna include SBTG with the base ACOT changelog.

[@ExcellentEmperor]

@@michael_stellaris Oh wow I wasn't aware it was getting a rework. Glad you brought that up. Thanks.

[@theonesithtorulethemall]

This mod literly adds soo many technologys into the game, i culdnt unlock my gigastructura bebecourd a normal 50% turnen into a 0.5% chance

[@michael_stellaris]

I mean yeah, 520+ technologies is a lot

[@brandonmidkiff8200]

THANK YOU, YOU LIVING DEMIGOD!😂

[@michael_stellaris]

You're welcome!

[@bushuckwald6967]

If you use the recorce patch mod to see the recorces such as dark energy and stellarite, there's another resource called light energy. It's used by the "stellarborne" which I belive is a crisis of some sort. Is the light resource/stellarborne an incomplete feature or did you skip it?

[@michael_stellaris]

The Stellarborne are not in base ACOT, they're from a submod called Secrets Beyond The Gates. I didn't include it in the video because the said mod will be reworked soon. Besides the video is already long on it's own, I would've lost my sanity trying to edit a 40+ minute video lmao

[@bushuckwald6967]

​@@michael_stellaris Ah I see now, I think because I have the two (extra and defines) it added thr resource but not the stellarborne themselves. Do ever plan on covering secrets beyond the gates and/or that shroud one?

[@michael_stellaris]

Perhaps if I update the ACOT video in the future, i'll also include SBTG in it. Idk about Secrets of the Shroud, maybe I could do a video on unofficial ACOT submods, but not right now.

[@morallygray3405]

Oh bro, if you ever do my mod, you will be very busy.

[@michael_stellaris]

Which mod are you referring to?

[@Joel-qo6gt]

Count the StarCraft references, everybody!

[@syawaltdl7360]

Hei, is there a way to build phanon ship for gdf/armada's fleet

[@michael_stellaris]

I'm not sure, with how much naval cap you can have with acot, gdf is kind of useless, so I never tried that.

[@mr.magnuss9072]

УРАААА. Жаль что у этого мода адекватный перевод на русский только на 3.3. Кстати а что делать если Геркулес пропадает сразу после постройки?

[@michael_stellaris]

That's probably due to overflow. Basically with the herculean you can surpass the vanilla limit of hull points, which causes the ship to take damage and disappear. To prevent this don't get too crazy with hull regen components, and repeatables.

[@mr.magnuss9072]

​@@michael_stellaris Возможно вот только изменить я это не могу по ещё более идиотской причине, у меня в проектах кораблей нет Геркулеса хотя проект на него я изучил.

[@lazutovlad]

yeah, would be cool if mod also had Ukrainian translation

[@andresrivera6096]

So,I just got to Delta in my game and the reactor tech has the danger warning about the fallen empires getting mad, and I thought that that only happens on alpha tech. So before I do something stupid I just wanted to ask.

[@user-ol4dl9ks2o]

What about the light energy? How can I get it?

[@michael_stellaris]

Light Energy is from Secrets Beyond the Gates, which is an ACOT submod

[@verngenesisabrillo3858]

Sad to say but my herculean crash the game when i use the empire killing weapon

[@michael_stellaris]

From what i've heard this happens when the cascade hits a system with a habitat, although ACOT has been updated recently so maybe they fixed it. I think it also depends on the size of the targeted empire, since the Cascade targets all hostile systems it has to replace a lot of planets and stars, so maybe that is the reason idk.

[@georgeknight153]

Great vid! Where are the Koolaid vats? How do you get that event triggered? Can machine empires get this?

[@michael_stellaris]

Kool Aid vats are from AOT like any Runic Tier buildings. You can get them by raiding the vault, like any Runic Tier technology. One of the stages (idk which one exactly) allows you to research a tech which later allows you to roll techs for phanon buildings (it has a caption which says "unlock runic economy" or something like that). So i guess you have to get lucky and research kool aid vats when they appear in the research tab. Take this with a grain of salt tho, I didn't delve that much into AOT, so I might be wrong. Besides you can probably check the prerequisites for this building in the code.

[@MrChief-kv9wc]

Hey Michael, I think there was an "Omega" tier technologies also or not? What are the mechanics of that then? Please corret me if I'm wrong. Great vid btw

[@michael_stellaris]

The Omega Tier exists, it's from a submod called Secrets Beyond The Gates, the one which also adds the Stellarborne. I never used it, but from what I heard you have to defeat the Stellarborne to unlock it. The reason why SBTG got excluded from the video is because it will be reworked in the future (that is if Chiru decides to start working on it) Oh and thanks, glad you enjoyed the video :D!

[@RavAlexy]

I can’t build the precursor ships after re imaging them I have them in the designer though. Do I need a special shipyard

[@michael_stellaris]

Yeah, that's why the Databank tech contains a special starbase building

[@fernandowilsonsimao119]

great work, I used to play with this mod but never reached these techs, I wonder if there was some sort of incompatibilities

[@michael_stellaris]

Thanks! Just curious, which techs did you never reach? Also some of the things like aux and sigma Herc components, enigmatic worlds, etc. are new so maybe that's why

[@fernandowilsonsimao119]

@@michael_stellaris not even the delta, I used to play it with ZOFE, maybe that was the problem

[@fernandowilsonsimao119]

and I don't even have all the DLC's

[@michael_stellaris]

Yeah ACOT isn't really compatible with ZOFE. Acquisition of Technology used to be a patch between them, but now compatibility between these two has been dropped. I think this might be the reason idk. Dlc's don't really restrict a lot of ACOT's content, aside from cloaking components, curator related features and the self assembly option for the Databank

[@stormlordeternal7663]

So Im not sure if this is just me or an update changed something but Twilight Soils doesn't let me stabilize and colonize a ultrafractured world. I have the tech but all it does is raise habitability by 20%

[@michael_stellaris]

Ignore the tech description, this is simply outdated localization. The tech does not allow you to colonize Ultrafractured Worlds (that's why I don't mention that in the video). It allows you to stabilize an Ultrafractured World, which becomes a Fractured one, allowing you to colonise it. Just checked the changelog, and no changes had been made since April, so maybe it's a bug on your end.

[@turbocharger1663]

I’m a little late comment but do you know how compatible this is with ancient empires by chance 🤔 I tried with ZOFE and it seems to work

[@michael_stellaris]

They should be compatible, Ancient Empire doesn't really touch ACOT content I think

[@Sevethat]

What is the console commando to start the databank event? Please, its not happening to me

[@michael_stellaris]

Sorry it took me so long to reply, but here's the command. If its not what you're looking for you can visit C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\281990\1419304439 and look in the events folder (you have to open the files in your notepad) event acot_alpha_matter_events.1

[@Sevethat]

@@michael_stellaris thank you very much for the command!

[@michael_stellaris]

You're welcome!

[@itzjustkris7964]

how do you get the mystery of the precursors thing to pop up

[@michael_stellaris]

The event should trigger once you have the delta reactor, so overall as you delve deeper into the Delta Tier, the event should appear. The event also triggers if you have a Fractured World within your borders, or a fallen empire neighbour. Alternatively, type in: event acot_alpha_matter_events.1 to trigger the event with console commands

[@EyeofNoxus]

Secret of Shroud...

[@rickfox4068]

2213 - 993K energy, 1k science, 1M alloys and food.... how the hell did you do that?

[@michael_stellaris]

instant_build and max_resources

[@mrcage8722]

Can you please go into more detail on setllarite? I never seem to be able to find this tech and yet my A.I components get this very early on and out class me pretty quick...

[@VVopal]

Whats the general strength of the runic stuff when compared to late game gigastructures? I sort of want to try a pure precursor ship gigastructure run rather than spam out system craft

[@michael_stellaris]

I would argue that the runic tier is stronger, since it's the second most powerful acot tier (if you exclude sbtg), and some phanon ship designs are very powerful. However you should take this with a grain of salt, I haven't compared these two mods together so i'm only guessing.

[@parkerrichmond1754]

What about the dimensional mirror gigastructure, I got the research to build my own and built it, is this new?

[@michael_stellaris]

Do you have AoT, you're not supposed to build one in base ACOT

[@parkerrichmond1754]

Yes, I have AoT

[@michael_stellaris]

So that's why you can build one, iirc AoT gives you the tech for it in an event of some kind? I'm not sure about that. Anyways, this submod adds a bunch of new content to the Runic tier, so if you unlock stuff that I didn't mention, it's definetely from AoT (I checked specifically which techs can be unlocked through the Vault Raids so I'm more than certain that I haven't missed anything)

[@parkerrichmond1754]

Also how long does the vault lockdown last, my game wont show the time and I would like an idea of when the next raid can take place.

[@michael_stellaris]

Oh I don't remember the exact figures rn, I think the wait time increased with each stage? I'm gonna verify this later, when I get on my pc

[@pabloruansabino3933]

I watch the full mods explain and just know i discover that my mod of acot are buged, because doesn't show any description of the things. Lol i play like 5-6 games blinded haha now i will try to fix it. You know who to do that ?

[@michael_stellaris]

What language are you using? ACOT only supports english localization, so if you're using another language it may not work

[@pabloruansabino3933]

@@michael_stellaris LOL you are completely right, I just change the game to english and work perfectly. Jeeez I'm a donkey OMG. Thank you. By the way, can you made a video about combinations of mods? I really like ACOT, DOA and AOT but i always have afraid of missing some mods that can improve the quality of the late game and have dificulty to find videos about it and to find colections. All are rapidly outdated by upgrades so it is very dificult to find mods that work and compatible with each other. You can make tons of videos about mods kkk i will loved!

[@michael_stellaris]

I never thought about that actually, i'll add that to my list.

[@suryaveermehra1011]

I don't have the option to put individual scientists, only the option of a head scientist. What should I do?

[@michael_stellaris]

You still need a level 6+ leader to get the required techs. Before 3.8 you had to use three leaders for each research department, now you only need one, which makes it even easier. Simply assign a head of research that meets the requirements, and hope you can roll one of the techs.

[@franz6891]

sorry, haven't the "minor artifacts options, Where can i find it?

[@michael_stellaris]

If you don't have the Ancient Relics DLC, you can't access them

[@franz6891]

​@@michael_stellarisso wothout this dlc i cant activate the 6.5 technology

[@michael_stellaris]

No, there are other ways of obtaining the Databank, just watch the video

[@franz6891]

@@michael_stellaris sorry, but if another civilisatio have built a gigastructural shipyard in the syste where is locate a poin of interest that the curators have assigned to me, have i lost the point?

[@dragons4real254]

By chance us there a discord fir this mod? I wanna know if it works for multiplayer

[@michael_stellaris]

Yeah, the link is on the mod's workshop page

[@dragons4real254]

sorry to bug you again but how the heck do u bulid liberty prime is there a special buliding you need?@@michael_stellaris

[@michael_stellaris]

@@dragons4real254 You need the delta tier fortress building

[@juliealuotto1206]

How do you get more storage for dry energy? I am trying to build a Birch Void Sphere.

[@juliealuotto1206]

Dark Energy, sorry.

[@deusexmemeshina1303]

If you want to construct Birch Void, you probably have Gigastructures. And Gigastructures have Kugelblitz Containment Silo, this is probably the most effective way due cost and outcome. Even in Fractured worlds there is no storage, welp.

[@franz6891]

Where can i find the light energy?

[@michael_stellaris]

Light Energy is from the Secrets Beyond the Gates submod

[@franz6891]

@@michael_stellaris how can I open the gates? I can't find it on the map

[@guilhemraboud7808]

I love the mod but..... My game crash everytime I look at a fleet battle. Edit: it appear that the precursor databank events require the precurs to be around in order to get. So if anyone play this mod without a precursor, well you are stuck in the delta tier untill you start a war with phanon.

[@MrMisties]

Why does the AI seem to get Stellarite when I never get it even though I get alpha tech way before them?

[@michael_stellaris]

Each time you start a new game with ACOT, you can configure how much help the AI gets with acot related things. The menu always appears at the beginning, but you can always activate it with an edict. I think this might be the reason, but i'm not sure, you should check the mod menu and find out. Also if you're referring to FE's, they always have all technologies researched, that's how paradox designed them.

[@MrMisties]

@@michael_stellaris Nah it's always some random vassal of mine. But the help does make sense since I already massively buff the AI empires in my game (They usually get the techs around the same time as me) thanks!

[@perion9217]

Can I use this two mods together or separately. (ACOT x Extra ship components NEXT)

[@michael_stellaris]

They're compatible with each other, so there should be no issues. Although from my experience it's better to pick one of them. With ACOT, ESC NEXT becomes useless and only takes up space in the tech tree. It's a great mod, don't get me wrong, but ACOT component techs are stronger. After all ACOT adds 5 new tech tiers, while ESC NEXT expands upon different areas of vanilla Stellaris or adds new weapons that could potentially fit in with vanilla.

[@perion9217]

@@michael_stellaris Okay, I just saw in your series that you are using both mods (ACOT x Extra ship components NEXT and without mods that override the vanilla)

[@stormlands]

do the ai also get this tec? or only player.

[@michael_stellaris]

Technically ai can acquire them, if only it wasn't so dumb. Stellaris AI overall has difficulty in acquiring modded techs, in ACOT at the beginning you can configure how much help AI gets if I remember correctly

[@marsmelon24_official]

The ai in stellaris has -2 Iq So no

[@guilhemraboud7808]

And what about the "light energy" ressources?

[@michael_stellaris]

It's from the Secrets Beyond The Gates submod

[@hopedream11]

This mod causes incompatible issues like crazy. So be mindful while using it. I kept crashing either mid loading or while loading up a new game, even with correct load order. Don't use ACOT Override as it crashes your game. Great mod tho, when it works.

[@michael_stellaris]

Strange, I've never had this happen before

[@ExtraPorkin]

@@michael_stellaris It only happens to those who ultra mod or don't read. Merger Of Rules fixes A LOT of incompatibilities.

[@hopedream11]

@@ExtraPorkin I use Merger of Rules and still get crashes even on an almost all 3.7 build

[@ExtraPorkin]

@@hopedream11 All settings high and Direct x9? ACOT, AOT, GIGA break if you lower graphics

[@hopedream11]

@@ExtraPorkin nag those are fine. Seems it was a mod conflict. Which mod exactly I have no idea

[@bigpp6692]

ay so im tryna play acot but with the gigastructures mod, they seem to work fine together (so far) but the UI overhaul dynamic is not working when combining the mods for some reason. It works great with each mod themselves but not when combining them. anyone got some ideas why or how to solve it? please help

[@michael_stellaris]

What is your mod load order? UI Overhaul should be placed below ACOT and Gigastructural Engineering

[@bigpp6692]

@@michael_stellaris Hello, sorry for not really understanding but by mod loader do you mean the playlist in the stellaris opening menu? imma try placing the UI overhaul at the bottom, maybe it will work lol. Thank you for responding so quickly :)

[@bigpp6692]

@@michael_stellaris yeah it worked, sorry to bother you im not very big brain :(

[@michael_stellaris]

Yeah, that's what I meant And also you're welcome :D

[@michael_stellaris]

No worries! I don't get that many comments anyways, so it's fine :D

[@tuongduyly8007]

#AugmentedOwl

[@BiggyBig889]

I'm having trouble upgrading my enigmatic palace to void palace, anybody know how?

[@michael_stellaris]

Do you have the tech for it?

[@BiggyBig889]

Yea I researched the society tech for void palace and I can see the upgrade if I click on the enigmatic palace, but the actual upgrade arrow/button is grayed out

[@michael_stellaris]

Maybe you don't have enough pops on your colony? Also do you have any mods, which add new tiers of capital buildings (beside ACOT), maybe it's a conflict of some kind.

[@BiggyBig889]

I do have the production mod that converts pops to manpower that's prolly it

[@michael_stellaris]

Is it production revolution? I looked it up, and there's a giant compatibility patch for many mods including acot, but it's outdated. One of the comments mentioned a similar bug, so this must be the reason. Production Revolution changes pop requirements into manpower, therefore modded buildings using said requirements will be broken.

[@fives3230]

Does this lag your pc badly or no?

[@michael_stellaris]

Depends on what kind of PC you have, obviously if you have a potato PC it's gonna lag. It also depends on how many mods you run in total, there are also other factors which might impact your performance, like pops, the amount of habitats (i think) , the amount of empires, galaxy size, etc. I haven't checked how many FPS I get with or without ACOT so I don't have a definite answer.

[@fives3230]

@@michael_stellaris Alright I’ll take that into consideration also the guide is very useful

[@thorshammer7883]

I can tell this Stellaris galaxy is something which the Tyranids from Warhammer 40k can never be able to beat with all their extra galactic biomass combined. It would a slaughter house for them that they can never adapt against. And so would the forces of Chaos fall before this power. It's no wonder why the Blokkats from Stellaris Gigastructures never stood a chance against the Stellarborne. Omega technology is pretty much on par with average Xeelee craft from Xeelee Sequence. At that point we have pretty much surpassed the War In Heaven C'Tan, Old Ones, Necrons, Eldar, and Krorks in attack potency and durability in space-time battles. We even surpassed the Forerunners from Halo Silentium and the Culture in attack power and durability. The Flood Gravemind wouldn't be foolish enough to underestimate the nations and peoples who would wield these powers. Ancient Cache of Technologies is such a amazing built-up of a mod from the ground up with a firm foundation. This is a mod I have only heard about and seen few videos about.

[@heavylokhust8158]

Any idea if this compatible with gigaengineering?

[@michael_stellaris]

They're compatible, in fact Gigas has some features designed to make them work together. For instance, the difficulty for modded crises is increased when using ACOT + GIGA

[@heavylokhust8158]

Oh that’s awesome this definitely a download for me THANK YOU

[@michael_stellaris]

You're welcome :D

[@heavylokhust8158]

Totally just wanna play talk with 10-20 systems since you can build planets and the just play like a fallen empire but hasn’t fallen but is still ascending. The machine is Eternal

[@heavylokhust8158]

Now that I’m thinking about it what other mods would you recommend? It seems like you’ll need more than 8 ascension perks for this mod.

[@umberto1510]

When ancient Empire and lex Video?

[@michael_stellaris]

I just posted a poll about the next mod showcase. So far, Ancient Empire is the winner so perhaps i'll cover it next About Lex, isn't it an outdated mod?

[@TBCN69]

If only my game would crash at 2300

[@littlevoice530]

sooooo it is like the "eternium" mod but for the 3.7 version of stellaris ?

[@michael_stellaris]

Eternium is a modpack, which contains ACOT

[@littlevoice530]

@@michael_stellaris I know that much i was just surprise by how much they upgrade it

[@alex39977]

ah yes, the asian cache of technologies.

[@caelestigladii]

Uhm… would you even be able to enjoy acot in a normal playthrough? With the required resources all 3 crises would have been long dead before you can unlock the projects.

[@michael_stellaris]

Yeah you can, it all depends on how well you play the game, and what choices you make. Besides if the whole process of obtaining these techs wasn't challenging, then the whole experience would become a lot more boring. That's how this mod is balanced, it has powerful techs, but you have to do some work to obtain them. It also depends on what kind of empire you're using, certain builds will definetely have an advantage. Your luck also plays a big part in the overall experience (just like in vanilla Stellaris lol) , like if you find the Curators you can get the Delta Tier and the Databank faster than you normally would. Also you should install the Defines submod, which changes certain values to make vanilla fit better with ACOT, for example it raises the level cap to 20, increases leader experience gain, etc.