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Changes for page Custom Game Starts

Last modified by Daniel Turner on 2023/09/21 14:42
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2 2  Updated for version 4.10
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14 14  
15 15  Budgeted Custom Game Starts require the player to load an existing **unmodified** save before becoming functional, this requirement is based on the need for the budget limits to be calculated on game progress. Budget areas include:
16 16  
17 -* Budget
20 +* Financial Budget
18 18  * Knowledge
19 -* Reputation
20 20  * Personnel
23 +* Reputation
21 21  * Research and Plot outcomes
22 22  
23 23  How the budgets are calculated and how to optimise them is outlined [[below>>url:https://www.egosoft.com:8444/confluence/display/X4WIKI/Custom+Game+Starts#CustomGameStarts-CustomStartMetrics||shape="rect"]]
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27 27  Creative Custom Gamestarts do not require the player to load an existing save and players can experiment from the outset. Creative custom game starts permit the creation of a game start in the exact same way as a budgeted one but without any of the budgetary restrictions (although the player still has a 10,000,000Cr limit). The player also has full control over which plots and research items are completed even if they have not been completed in an un-modified game. Additionally, the player can adjust their faction relations with otherwise locked factions like the [[doc:Xenon]], [[Kha'ak>>doc:Kha'ak]] and [[doc:Scale Plate Pact]] (although this can often have unintended and undesirable consequences). Finally, players can choose whether or not they want highways enabled or disabled and can enable and disable local and ring highways separately.
28 28  
29 29  = Custom Start Metrics =
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31 -TODO: There is some better name than the above for this section, but I'm too tired to figure it out.
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38 +== Monetary Budget Factors ==
32 32  
33 -== Money ==
34 -
35 35  |=(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
36 36  (((
37 37  Variable
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287 287  )))
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288 288  
289 -== Knowledge ==
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296 +== Monetary Costs ==
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298 +Increasing the financial budget would intuitively increase the player's starting balance, however, it becomes quickly apparent that that is not the case. This is evidenced by the restriction of the player's starting balance to 10 000 000Cr which leaves a massive 123 890 000Cr left over when the maximum budget has been reached. Instead the overwhelming majority of the monetary budget is consumed by inventory items (limited to a select range that excludes paintmods, and technology modification components), ships and starting stations. Prices of stations and ships are taken to be that of the average cost and the player cannot select the Syn or the Asgard for their starting ship or other property. Finally, having any pre-built stations will require funds for the blueprint cost on top of the cost of the station's built components.
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304 +== Knowledge Budget Factors ==
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291 291  |=(((
292 292  Variable
293 293  )))|=(((
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452 452  )))
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454 -== Personnel ==
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471 +== Knowledge Costs ==
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473 +The Knowledge component of the Budget determines whether or not a faction or a sector is initially known to a player and in the case of sectors if all stations are known and if the sector has full satellite coverage. Knowledge of a faction is a fixed value of 2000 points per faction but the cost of knowing a sector is variable with more remote sectors having a greater cost (this is important as players can only start in known sectors).
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479 +== Personnel Budget Factors ==
480 +
456 456  |=(((
457 457  Variable
458 458  )))|=(((
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655 655  (((
656 656  
657 657  )))
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658 658  
659 -== Reputation ==
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686 +== Personnel Costs ==
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692 +== Reputation Budget Factors ==
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661 661  |=(((
662 662  Variable
663 663  )))|=(((
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890 -
891 891  **TODO:**
892 892  
893 893  * Change: In Money //Has S and M storage modules// →  //Has S or M storage modules//?
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900 900  Test by starting the game and screenshotting the budget screen. Then load a saved game and compare the values.
901 901  )))
902 902  )))
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937 +== Reputation Costs ==
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