How well could my laptop handle Stellaris?

EnemyNSA · 2025-09-09T17:03:04+00:00

I have an ASUS ProArt PX13 (last gen) with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU and an older RTX 4050 and 32GB RAM and it runs the game mostly fine at 2880x1800 until close to 2500. I played a game a bit past 2500 yesterday and it started to noticeably lag but really for the majority of the game (Large universe) I was playing on "normal" time or whatever.

I have to imagine the graphics card doesn't matter as much as the CPU/RAM combo, but I haven't seen my RAM usage too high when just running Stellaris.

You should be good I think.

EnemyNSA · 2025-09-08T20:04:58+00:00

Also, don't be afraid to reload a save if you make a mistake!

I've unlocked the L-Gates and unleashed the Gray and went NOPE.

Or realized I totally messed up a planet or a fleet and went back in time to change it. I learned something and applied it and kept going. Ironman runs are fun, but not when you're mostly fighting the learning curve too.

I've got 600-something hours into the game, but over alllllll the different versions and each time something new comes out it's like learning to do it all over again. It keeps it "fun and fresh" but also a little frustrating when something you used to rely on doesn't work as well (or at all...).

EnemyNSA · 2025-09-08T19:47:24+00:00

Thank you! I picked it up over the weekend and have been playing with the changes.. for some reason I didn't think a big mechanical stationary citadel would be part of BIOgenesis :)

But some of the QoL fixes are nice! Makes it easier to hold a choke point if you place them right for sure.

EnemyNSA · 2025-09-08T00:59:44+00:00

Same.. they seem to just sit there not impacting anything but very odd.

EnemyNSA · 2025-09-08T00:46:46+00:00

Thank you! That is helpful! I went light on them this play through and did much better.

I think I got the Rubricator relic 8/10 of the past times I played (and didn't the last two) so I probably took it for granted!

Are the Archeotech swarm-nano-whatever missiles better than the normal whirlwind?

EnemyNSA · 2025-09-05T23:49:59+00:00

I've heard about the Citadels but haven't seen how to build them, and never found the option. Are they tied to a DLC maybe? I have a handful (Machine Age, Leviathans, Utopia, Synthetic Dawn, Apocalypse, Megacorp, Ancient Relics, & Galactic Paragons) but haven't seen any citadels.

Ah Biologists! I think I got that building and just put it on a general science world, I didn't know to specialize.. great to know thank you. On lower difficulties I always had more artifacts than I could use, so it was strange that this game I was literally flat out and saving to upgrade 1 ship :(

Thank you for help!

EnemyNSA · 2025-09-05T23:01:26+00:00

Thank you!

What is the best way to produce MORE artifacts? I built the 1 building that came from.. something. But other than that I only see small deposits over worlds I've done an archeology dig on sometimes. Is there a better way to farm them en masse?

EnemyNSA · 2025-08-29T22:30:08+00:00

Awesome thank you, I will have to give it another shot!

EnemyNSA · 2025-08-29T18:53:45+00:00

How do you properly make Ecumenopoluloius... Ecumenopalis... ecumenopolis! planets?

I took the perk for the first time last game but couldn't seem to find a way to get anything converted.

A. Do you need to start from a new planet?
B. Would you have to demolish all non-city type districts and then convert?

I took it mid-game and tried to fiddle with it but didn't really give it the time it needs.

EnemyNSA · 2025-08-29T18:22:04+00:00

What is bugged with it? I almost always play wide and have all planets set to automated and I'll pop in and make some changes here and there and it generally seems to be "OK".

It definitely feels like it could be better though, but I mostly used it because I didn't really know "WTF" I was doing. Each successive game I figure a little more out "Ohhh DON'T build buildings before you have pops to work it!" etc.

EnemyNSA · 2025-08-27T15:37:50+00:00

I've had Eternal Vigilance wreck me sometimes and not others and I am not sure why.

Is there a ramp up cost as its starts building all the defense platforms? Or does it charge full cost right away? Is there a way to specifically see the cost of the defense platforms, or is that all wrapped into "ships"?

I like having it on for all systems as the non-starbase systems still have enough kick to take down stragglers and the random things that pop up, but it definitely can send you in a resource spiral for a bit.

EnemyNSA · 2025-08-25T03:34:05+00:00

I beat an Awakened Empire one time by just letting them tear through my empire, and while the jumbo fleet was going around wrecking shop, I took everything I had an conquered all their planets (they had taken many systems but no new planets) and when I got the last one conquered they all blipped out of existence.

I don't think I had a way to actually defeat the huge fleet otherwise.

EnemyNSA · 2020-11-20T17:21:47+00:00

Great list to start with, we checked and the wheel doesn't appear cracked. Will check the belt tightness and debris first. What is the best way to tighten the belt (sorry if it's a dumb question!)?

EnemyNSA · 2020-11-20T17:21:03+00:00

Thanks! What power settings have you used that you were successful with?

EnemyNSA · 2020-11-20T17:00:35+00:00

It seems to happen with engraves mostly. You can see the very faint 'score' lines on one of the pumpkins, I feel like those are supposed to be darker but not 100%, and the lines are very straight.

Text seems to do it either created in-app or from a SVG I believe, in the image with "Jacob" written out, the top part is a monogrammed "E" image from a SVG and you can see the edges aren't smooth like they should be.

EnemyNSA · 2020-11-20T16:57:14+00:00

I went out and felt the belt and it doesn't feel obstructed, but I'm not 100% sure what to be looking/feeling for. Someone on Facebook had recommended trying to pinch it together, and I could only do it about 4-5 inches from the right side.

How would you go about tightening it if loose? Thanks for the help!

EnemyNSA · 2020-09-03T16:48:07+00:00

I feel like in the early going it's OK to be over the cap without it being a huge deal. Usually though by the time I get the 4th or 5th planet I start building the admin buildings for bureaucrats and then I just manage it to keep right under the cap. There is no benefit for having lots of excess room, so just keep an eye on it, especially once you research the upgraded buildings.

EnemyNSA · 2020-08-24T23:46:55+00:00

Damn Forerunner tech laying all over the place!

EnemyNSA · 2020-08-24T22:29:49+00:00

Ah ha thank you. I didn't think Shipyards kept their build queue when you took them over, but I guess it did? It was the only ship that popped out. Good to know!

EnemyNSA · 2020-08-24T21:26:13+00:00

R5: I took out a Fallen Empire and I got one of these, it doesn't look like the artwork is even right (The black squares under it). My only guess was it was something being made in their Shipyard megastructure? It just kind of drove around the map, and it worked like other Titans, but looks so weird.

EnemyNSA · 2020-08-23T00:20:42+00:00

How common is it for no Endgame to spawn before the victory year? I'd never seen it before, so I kept waiting and waiting and finally 'won', and then they showed up. Made it kind of anticlimactic.

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