How to Band-Aid Stellaris Deep Space Citadel Construction on 4K

by Rian

Stellaris has come the long way since its 1.0 release. I, for one, only heard about the franchise after 2.0, but I can certainly attest to the fact that the game has seen major changes that would affect not only min-maxing, but general rule of the games entirely. One such occasion is actually the added megastructures. Yes, the earlier space empires did not have the luxury of Arc Furnace or Dyson Swarm. My point is, do not be alarmed by the fact the game has issues with one type of megastructures — it will be fixed, just don’t know when yet.

On current version of Stellaris, (at the time of writing, 4.2.4) there is a graphical glitch with Deep Space Citadel construction pop up. From the construction ship, a player can choose Deep Space Citadel like any other megastructures. However, the supposed pop up to choose the design of Deep Space Citadel (much like ship designs) is either misplaced to the bottom-right or simply not showing up on the screen.

Though I have not tested myself, apparently this is a problem happening only on 2x UI, likely for players who are using 4k or higher resolution. One fix, if you are inclined, is to use 1080p with 1x, as it is the default resolution and scaling.

The band-aid fix I found does not need changing resolution or scaling. The fix itself is quite simple. From the first pop up for the list of megastructures available shows up, move the window to the top-left corner, and choose Deep Space Citadel. For the reason unknown to me, the second pop up, which is to choose the design of Deep Space Citadel, would then show up either on the center of the screen or somewhere relatively manageable.

Again, I do not know why the second pop up is displayed in relative to the first one. The fix should also be obvious. A misaligned pop up would be annoying at worst, but a pop up that is simply out of the screen sounds like a no choice at all. I hope to see this issue addressed quickly, as the band-aid fix, though working, is quite hilarious as is.