Stellaris - Forgotten Hivequeens (The Best! Non-Official Expansion)

[@Mankorra_Gomorrah]

I remember mentioning a bug to him when it first released and like an hour later he friended me on steam and i helped him fix this very minor bug and a few others of the course of like 6 hours lmao the guy is seriously dedicated and holds his mods to pretty high standards.

[@thedmr6417]

Dont know the guy but I already like him.

[@davizitopa7252]

He is like that. I still have him as a friend.

[@Mankorra_Gomorrah]

Davizito PA Hell ya same!

[@1perspective286]

He's literally my only friend on steam, and he friended me after I was complaining about Over-Minds being under powered, which he immediately changed. A genuinely decent human being if ever there was one.

[@cjmarion6350]

one thing i want from hive minds is a psionics path because it never made sense to me that they were locked out of that. i mean out of all civic types they should have the most psionics cause how else are all those minds linked besides some kind of special psychic power? im not saying i want the same tech tree exactly and just renamed techs but i feel there should be some kind of options for them

[@KyuubyMaster]

I have never seen Aspec this excited about a mod since gigastructural engineering

[@A_Spec]

For good reason

[@Cybersharky_]

Degenerate

[@thecynic75]

*ALL FULLY AUTONOMOUS HIVE MIND CORES OF THOUGHT ARE QUEENS*

[@jacksonl.2201]

IF THERE'S ONE BRAIN TO MORE THAN ONE BODY, SHE'S A THOOOOOOT

[@noahcarlton4625]

with a hivemind both could be true

[@A_Spec]

Does this mean that the drones are simps?

[@joseywales6168]

@@A_Spec SIMPle drones

[@A_Spec]

That explains it

[@wiih8ubob]

Love that you've been doing more Mod spotlights.

[@toddkes5890]

I wonder what a Hive Mind would be like vs the Prethoryn Scourge

[@kamaha0010]

I remember seeing this guy advertising his mod on the forums. It was trash back then, but became good over time and the quality and polish really went in there over time. So the fact you didn't play with it a year ago is probably for the better.

[@TheNebulaEffect]

yes i had severe issues with it and most new updates would completely break it. I used to play parasites and it got removed/remade at some point. I'm glad its gotten a lot better.

[@davizitopa7252]

He has a series of mod, all of them evolving steadily. You should check out his work once in a while Complex certainly has a great creative mind.

[@kamaha0010]

@@davizitopa7252 The only mod of his I've played with was Complex Origins, which imo adds mods that should largely be in the base game already (Psionic start, Cyborg start, etc). I should give his Collectors one a try, but eh? I never felt Hive Minds. At most I will probably see if I can make a good Force Start TW Hivemind that puts up a good fight.

[@cortster12]

@@TheNebulaEffect Is Parasites back? It's the only thing I liked about it.

[@souzouker]

When is the mod review of the yoda death sound for every personalities's death?

[@A_Spec]

It's this a tseench reference?

[@cjmarion6350]

@@A_Spec well that depends on if you consider it a matter of fate that you saw that comment

[@onlycorndog6322]

You should cover *Zenith of Fallen Empires* , it adds an Ascention Perk that lets you become an Ascended Empire; basically a Fallen Empire before they stagnated. You get the Fallen Empire shipset, a whole slew of new weapons and ship parts, and a giant mess of buildings that are ordinarily exclusively available to Fallen Empires. It's a fantastic end-game mod that lets you fight the War in Heaven toe-to-toe with the Awakened Empires if you play your cards right! The *Unofficial Machine DLC* mod is also freaking AMAZING! Its like Forgotten Queens but for machine empires! Among the many things is adds is the ability to hack another empire's robots and *cause a synthetic uprising* !

[@pedroferreira7214]

Hey wait. Can you put a link to the steam workshop to the unofficial machine dlc mod plz? Thank you if you do that!

[@koot100]

Yeah i hadn't heard of the Machine mod until today! I'd love a mod like this for Machine races

[@RealCodreX]

There you go: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1762062219

[@jhtrq1465]

Yeah one of the greatest mods for Stellaris! and it work with the Hiveminds mod

[@koot100]

@@RealCodreX Thank you my good sir

[@josephquinnswolin3500]

I just realized Aspec is a sentient black hole.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

He THINKS he's a sentient black hole, while he's actually a tar pit. :P

[@marydragon5101]

WHAT WAS, WILL BE. WHAT WILL BE, WAS.

[@dreadpenguinlord340]

Quite a singular individual, isn't he?

[@hiltibrant1976]

@@PerfectAlibi1 Are you telling me ASpec killed Tasha Yar? This is a dramatic turn of events!

[@PerfectAlibi1]

@@hiltibrant1976 Who?!

[@tsmaathearchivist5997]

I have never heard a better excuse to use a colossus to destroy those hive worlds

[@Bill-2203]

its the only way to be sure

[@davizitopa7252]

"You effectively become the Zerg" I'm not sure I would want to see how my smile progressed from "If you've ever played starcraft" to the Zerg part, because I'm feeling this predatorial, salivating display of teeth, that some would naively call a smile, growing in my face... feels *amazing*.

[@LiamDillen]

FOR THE SWARM!!!

[@rory8182]

Hive civic: when you defeat an army/fleet, chance to assimilate them into your army, a bit like kerrigan in SC

[@naseankershaw3071]

They should totally add that in too.

[@godblessknight]

Maybe that's what the up coming reanimated armies civic in the dlc is

[@naseankershaw3071]

@@godblessknight I highly doubt that, due to fear of copyright of ideas , or Paradox not really thinking about it.

[@wilmagregg3131]

i think that part of the next species pack dlc cause it was revaled the third civic was called REANIMATED ARMIES so im assuming those they kill spawn more armies for you

[@ChillMr77]

i was planning on adding that civic with the undead species pack, but i think it might be included in vanilla :p (im complex btw)

[@scaredstar9127]

As a hive mind main i love this, thank you for showing this

[@sabotabby3372]

"The Republic is the organization by which, all opinions and all activities remaining free, the People, by the very divergence of opinions and of wills, thinks and acts as a single man." ~Pierre-Joseph Proudon, father of mutualism

[@Damnusername58]

the only problem with this mod is that it has some interesting interactions with other mods. For example, if you use both it and I believe planetary diversity (it could be svafa's species traits), synapse drones no longer produce admin cap. Editing this because I'm a stubborn asshole. After trying it out again recently this is not an issue.

[@celwenileran2135]

Plantary diversity messes up all kinds of mods tho.

[@Damnusername58]

@@celwenileran2135 true, but I routinely run around 50-60 mods and after sorting it out (admittedly, that was a task) This is the only one on the list that breaks with diversity left. Most are tech, fleet and megastructure mods though, so that might be it.

[@Damnusername58]

Huh, its probably been fixed then, its been a few months. Either that or its a mod order load issue or a different mod.

[@Michael-bn1oi]

@@Damnusername58 if it's been a few months you probably shouldn't comment on the current state of the mod lol frequent updates and all that.

[@Damnusername58]

@@Michael-bn1oi This was an issue for over a year last I checked (I could wrong on that time, I admit. I know I tried it multiple times. and each time the issue was still there.) I've been assuming it went unfixed because for an extended period of time it was a known issue and it went unfixed. Because of this, I assumed that it was a more deeply rooted issue in the code and that it wasn't going to get fixed.

[@jamesgoines4635]

I would like to see an undead hive mind with the new stuff coming out. 🧟‍♀️

[@ChillMr77]

if pdx does not add it, i will add a civic that fits the theme (which will raise undead armies from killed armies) :) im complex btw

[@duross101]

I would like to see some free dlcs instead of paradox eye gouging us all for scrap money...

[@LeroyJ12]

NECRONS! NECRONS! NECRONS! NECRONS! ! XD

[@LeroyJ12]

imagining a digsite that spawns a fallen necroid empire

[@jockstrap1326]

ASpec without this is already the Endgame Crisis. With it, he makes the Endgame sh*t it’s pants.

[@jhtrq1465]

It's not really hard, AI Crisis would have hard time to just compet with a bronze age primitive planet in the current state of the AI today. Their AI is dead for 2 years now

[@Animefan1803]

Nice one! Now do the Machine expansion of the same creator. Probably the machine mod i´m playing the most. Right after the machine shipset mod.

[@natanoj16]

What is the Machine Expansion called?

[@balintnemes6774]

@@natanoj16 Unofficial Machine & Synthetic Empire DLC

[@Animefan1803]

@@natanoj16 Unofficial Machine & Synthetic Empire DLC. It´s hella fun especially cause you get entirely new ressources and the likes. It´s really nice. I especially love the extra resource that basically designates the processing power of the machine hive.

[@ppenmudera4687]

This has to be the best Species Pack DLC ever made... And it's not even a real species pack DLC!

[@starmada105]

I’m not first I’m not last But when I see aspec vids I clic fast

[@Ian501st]

-Darth Revan, Sith lord 2020

[@SingletonD]

THE WORM CALLS TO YOU! with bad love poetry

[@KouNagai]

Thats something original, i liked

[@insanity9329]

Hey, new amoral and totally unnecessary war crimes to commit! I love Stellaris.

[@celwenileran2135]

Now question is, when will you be covering Archeology and Precursor story packs? These mods... are together packed with as much content as Ancient relics.

[@Tricosis.]

My only grip with it as far as I'm concerned is the terrible english translation. The mods sounds cool and all, but I gotta pass until they can hire a translator or something.

[@celwenileran2135]

Every mod had their issues. But they nevertheless are very well done and DLC sized!

[@SoulTransient]

Someone needs to get with them to fix the english grammar. But yeah the stories are pretty cool

[@hubertino855]

For people intrested their is another very similar mod for machine empires named "Unofficial Machine & Synthetic Empire DLC"

[@pancake5926]

I feel like the organic ships should cost food and the resources it costs to build the weapon

[@raineclipse8985]

Darkpancake 313 that’s the organic structure edict.

[@pancake5926]

@@raineclipse8985 ok

[@Birbucifer]

There's an origin for that added in this mod, Aspec talks about it

[@cmdrblade2485]

Organic ships/structures Assimilation of pops Hiveworlds from the start ..... Time for me to replay Prototype and copy it in Stellaris

[@cammyshill3099]

Paradox still needs to make something allowing organic structures-technologies, to roleplay as Tyranids and Zergs but properly, and an origin with a hive world start.

[@gamingguruoz]

i love the forgotten hivequeens mod. Well done and i do hope gets expanded upon

[@zack6192]

I wish paradox would integrate this mod into utopia dlc. Basically an expansion for Utopia.

[@thegrayowl1557]

Alright, I only need to go a third of the way into the video to know this is *exactly* what I needed. I tried to play a Zerg playthrough in base Stellaris with the regular DLCs, but that Organic Structure mod is just *PERFECT!*

[@Lunaraia]

Catalytic Processing + Organic Structures... welcome to alloy City, population... YOU

[@armchairwarrior963]

Oh I always play lipoid hive mind all the time. I love the unofficial forgotten hive queens mod!

[@superkill8]

This mod, plus the new dlc, and we are most of the way to the warhammer 40k universe in Stellaris. Just need a good orc and I think we’ve got it

[@dtaggartofRTD]

I picked up this mod a bit ago. Actually really well polished. only seen a single typo so far and no software bugs.

[@ChillMr77]

point me to that typo and ill have it fixed asap :D im glad u like the mod!

[@dtaggartofRTD]

@@ChillMr77 I'll have to hunt it down later. It's in a piece of text that shows up approximately once per game. I'll let you know if I spot it again.

[@KaptenAmurika]

Even if the mod is unbalanced and I never intend to use it myself, I like getting stuff like this because it makes the randomly generated AI empires that much more interesting.

[@WBT_1995]

The stellaris devs talked about necrophage hive minds so it has the assimilation feature of mutualistic behaviors

[@eagames456]

This mod is fun in single player, but it's massively OP in multiplayer. You can double other people's pop within 50 years, triple in 100 and lag the game to shit before the end game starts. I've had 3k pops before 2300 easily.

[@ArielBacigaluppo]

Thank you for this recommendation! Please, share more mods like this...

[@lunsen402]

there is a similar mod to this for machines though i´ve forgoten it´s name, I use this one, complex origins and that unofficial machine dlc togheter does wonders for my experiance with the game, also found them all by chance so lucky me

[@natanoj16]

I would looove the name of that one!

[@lunsen402]

@@natanoj16 found it! Unofficial Machine & Synthetic Empire DLC is the name. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1762062219&searchtext=machine+dlc (is the url) if you want to play it togheter with the Complex mods you need the compedability patch as well which you find with this URL steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1800648231&searchtext=machine+dlc

[@wilmagregg3131]

there both made by the same person is why there both great he also has a third mod he works on that i think is based on relgion and psionics

[@lunsen402]

@@wilmagregg3131 did not know that. gonna have to look out for the religion/psionics mod

[@George_K.]

And I come across this months after upload? Damn, I'm stupid - now I can't wait to try this mod and BECOME THE CRYSIS.

[@AylaTheQueenIdk]

If paradox would integrate this mod into a dlc, they should also hire the mod dev. Friggin amazing mod ngl

[@99Pierogies]

I don't get why devs don't do this more, or at least buy the mod from him, clean it up a little, and release it as dlc. He's done most of the work for them, they would just need to polish it up a bit.

[@AylaTheQueenIdk]

Cause it could be seen as using the mod for their own gain

[@philippdrescher6012]

@@AylaTheQueenIdk They could just hire him or work with him some other way though. GGG also hired the PoB creator and it was awesome, I wish more companies would do that. :)

[@ruwa8754]

0:45 I couldn't help but laugh That is so like you ASpec

[@LecherousLizard]

9:10 I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going.

[@13KX]

When I watch your livestream I was like ... this is nice ... Already playing and are only some 200 years in and NO ONE can catch me ... already bring down one FE to submission for ancient catch of tech and currently are researshing it ...

[@siper5542]

Two years later and I love this mod... I want aspect to remaster this video.

[@A_Spec]

Forgotten Hive Queens has so many good ideas. Haven't played with it for a while though.

[@siper5542]

@@A_Spec Still as good as you said, years later it's the best thing everything.

[@baronpapa87]

I will reinstall Stellaris today to try this. Thanks Aspec

[@A_Spec]

You're welcome

[@lcg3092]

16:30 I don't know why, but I have a hard time believing those guys would be allowed to go everywhere and would have a bunch of people wanting to be friends with them...

[@Glimglarph]

Keep up the good work!

[@StalkRay]

Now we just need the zerg portrait, I hope the mod eventually get updated or maybe someone can create it

[@slimeinabox]

What I would absolutely love would a grey goo civilization. With its own version of organic structures, parasitic embryos and even being capable of TerraVore. Basically a robot gestalt conscious that acts like organics or lithoids. What I’m thinking is that _all_ forms of building cost pops. BUT pops are super easy to build.

[@hono50]

Thank you for covering this mod! I love the variety this (and other mods) bring to the game, shout-out to all the modders

[@johnscott7210]

Races this made me think about Zerg Starcraft, Course you mentioned them and I was trying to figure out how best to make a Zerg horde the other day, so naturally this peaked my interest. Goa'uld Star Gate, the thing about master races being leaders and only leaders :).... Borg Star Trek, yes I've played ST New Horizons, very fun mod :) Chrysalid X-Com Xenomorph Aliens Brood Marvel I've downloaded this mod now and will play with it

[@AnArtisticToad]

Watched swarm on love, death, and robots recently and it made me want to roleplay as them in the game. I think this mod makes that possible

[@QueenAleenaFan]

I hope you do more mods. This mod might make me hivemind again

[@aniila7493]

Me, a warhammer fan: '' *chuckles* the zerg -w-... I AM THE MAW!! SUFFER ME NOW GALAXY! *tyrannid screetch* ''

[@Wilburytry]

I did quite enjoy lithoids - devouring swarm kind of play. u have 3 resource types - energy, minerals and alloys to rock'n'roll around the galaxy before endgamer even show up. Planet managment is a pain tho, but it's such a minor thing...

[@justa_person48]

I love to see things that make hiveminds better

[@harywright8129]

You say this is one of the best mods, but the mod called Ancient Cache of Technologies (ACOT) is probably the reason why I have 1,400+ hours on Stellaris. Yes, I have a problem

[@Jirass3]

ASpec should also look at the other mods from Complex his story pack: The Nyblax and the Collector is also really good

[@majdavlk649]

14:50 you can do leader only species in base game aswell, if you are xenophobe you can give other species residence only and soldiers only and keep leadership rights for your main species only, you will get leaders of this species even if you have 0 members of it left if no one else can be leader in your empire

[@JulyenThorne]

Maaaaaaaan it’s a great mod especially the Nyblax and power runes

[@wyverndestroyer3597]

Aspec, this modder has gone madder than the gigastructual engingineering modder...

[@AzureRath97]

This content with minor tweaking should be an official expansion. Hive minds really were an afterthought in Utopia.

[@laidback100]

I REALLY need to start looking at mods more.

[@rwp0079]

Nice, I was thinking about hitting up a hive mind run soon, it's been a while.

[@incomprehensiblekerfuffle]

This is wicked

[@irwinwinaris9800]

Hey Aspec, if you're covering more mods I'd highly reccommend Ethics and Civics (Alternative/Classic version), it revamps everything about those and make the game really fresh.

[@clockwork7daemon]

There is an updated version for 3.8 out on the Workshop. Enjoy!

[@bleyse1916]

The overmind is basically the combine woah

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

Whoa! Thisbsoubds actually interesting to, since i've never done hivemind before.

[@sardoniccocobird7575]

Aspec this mod is cool and I am reinstalling stellaris to try it out, but have their been any attempt at a true fleet based/nomadic empire?

[@thedead456321]

Ho yeah playing as the zergs/the tyranids/the flood(from Halo) etc. is a dream.

[@wernerfels7584]

Mutalisic remind me as we create more hives for bees . just pick one of the new queens , all other hive drones will serve them

[@Wesleyt33]

love the Zerus planet name

[@lukewilliams1131]

Love to see a new KZbinr war! Is that a possibility?

[@jhtrq1465]

At least modders give love to the poor Hiveminds crippled by Pdx since release! They are the unloved disabled childrens of this game, and this mods give them a real existence!

[@Alexander99602]

Well, stellaris is inspired after starcraft in a way Protoss - Fallen Empire, even their buildings are similar in a way, story wise, in starcraft while on the spear of adun, you hear the technology is anciet yet highly advanced, "From a time when our culture bloomed across the galaxy, kind of like the fallen empires. Zerg - Hive Minds, maybe even Preythorin Scourge, they turn worlds unihabbitable, like zerg, then they make organic everything. Terrans - Humans, basically. With mamalian buildings

[@RoboMuskVsLizardZuckerberg]

hive is still my no.1 no. 2 being MegaCorp. Fanatic Xenophile and Trifty

[@AylaTheQueenIdk]

The regen from biointegrated tech adds regen equal to 0.2% of the total amount of the ship’s hull/armor, rather than improving the regen that already exists

[@A_Spec]

Numbers are hard fam

[@AylaTheQueenIdk]

It’s good, it’s just something to note. Other than that, the video was really good and I’ve been loving this spectacular mod for a while now

[@chintoki]

15:00 The Elders from XCOM.

[@acolytes-of-cthulhu]

I will shape the many worlds in my image all hail the supreme overlord

[@LeroyJ12]

15:51 DID SOMEONE SAY TAU???!!

[@vintagedot8350]

Forgotten Queens is AMAZING but it causes issues such as preventing secondary species from spawning (syncretic species, robots, slave races) and it's unique colossus weapon won't work if you're using special planets (either modded or not)

[@cjmarion6350]

i still play hive minds they are my go to style of play

[@CognitoHazard]

Paradox should make a quality of life update using the consepts of this mod

[@sirslayerca4704]

2:42 biointegrated tech, if you know you know.

[@ConnorTrail]

Sentient black holes would be cool too.

[@eposttilthomas]

I can't survive stellaris without my 160+ mods, and this is one of them

[@magnusthered4946]

Im waiting for you

[@InsomniacTC]

The bug hive minds are cool and all but what about a nebulous hive mind. You know. Kinda like the Umbral Choir

[@ceyes00]

Black hole-chan seems to be a bit of an airhead uWu!

[@PerfectAlibi1]

kun... Not chan...

[@A_Spec]

Sama

[@barrywilkinson8470]

Aspec you've done a number of videos for beginners and for ship designs but i was hoping you could make a video on strategy and tactics that would allow your navy to thrash any enemy with a bit of explanation on if its possible for a smaller fleet to thrash a larger one ?

[@ssjwes]

wow so much content

[@kiwano1]

I exclusively play hive mind or gestalts robots because I just don't want to deal with factions and luxury goods.

[@zack6192]

Need an eye with tentacles coming off the sides for one portrait. Looks like a good mod for Stellaris. Can you play as the crisis with this.

[@Drake-ij1jx]

Hahaha ive been waiting patiently for this ive had it installed for god knows how long it never leaves my mod set, hell I have a mod set for when I play hive mind (which includes both this and giga structures cause haha the universe is doomed!)

[@dragonhearted7761]

Bruh that first one is just the dimensional horror

[@benhopton3429]

Looks like an absolute blast. My only question is- do the organic shipset/organic buildings have their own unique models?

[@A_Spec]

No, they're part of vanilla

[@millemaschere6976]

you know the unofficial Machine & Synthetic Empire DLC and the Species Diversity ModS?

[@varemenos]

Time to rollplay the Tyranids!

[@foo8786]

I wish machines had a mod like this

[@0x97B55C23D18]

There already is: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1762062219

[@Jirass3]

we also need a good alienvers style shipset

[@michaelparker6907]

I just may be able to play the Vang with this mod.

[@relix456]

Now try making a video about "Unofficial Machine & Synthetic Empire DLC" mod. I believe there's a compatibility mod with this and it too.

[@A_Spec]

I'll check it out