Can i determine the species that's on a colony ship in stellaris?
Update: The Clarke patch of June 1 solved the problem.
It seems that once you have built a colony ship, there seems to be no way to check which species it transports from clicking on the ship. This isn't a problem early in the game, when you have just your starting species, but later, you build lots of colony ships in lots of places, and it's be nice to click on a ship and actually see which planet type it can colonize.
My workaround right now is remember the ship's name, click any planet, click the colonize button in the planet UI, and find the ship in the resulting list.
Is there an easier way?
Best Answer
No, you can't check which ship has which species as colonists. But as you described, you can select the planet and click colonize on its interface.
Instead of remembering the ships name, just take a look at all the info there. It shows you all available colony ships, the species they carry, what the ship is currently doing and the habitability of said species on the planet. I find this much more comfortable to use and don't even worry about individual colony ships anymore.
This is especially handy when you build colony ships in sectors as those don't even appear on the ships list in the outliner.
So here is the step-by-step of how I do it:
- pause the game
- check every planet I want to colonize, hovering over the yellow or green globe will show you which species in your empire is best suited, make a note for each.
- I order the the appropriate colony ships
- Wait for colony ships to complete
- Select the colonize button in the planet interface and select an idle colony ship of the best suited species.
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How do you use colony ships in Stellaris?
Colonization Allowed species rights to be selected for Colony Ships. To colonize a planet, select the colony ship, right click on the planet you want to settle, and choose Colonize Planet.How do colonists grow Stellaris faster?
A person focusing on food for the very start of a new colony will find that their colony can grow literally twice as fast as the person that has spent their people on minerals/energy/science before growth.How do you grow colony Stellaris?
Make sure your empire allows migration in the empire tab (upper left most tab). Resettle them, make sure you allow it under policies, then click on a pop you want to move, resettle will be an option, then it brings up a screen where you can drag them to another planet.The Species Problem
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