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16 -Custom Game Starts were introduced in the 4.10 update and allow for greater flexibility in getting into X4. Custom game starts can be broken down into two types: **Budgeted** and **Creative** Custom gamestarts with the former allowing players to create a start with a few restrictions and will not incur a **modified** tag. The latter is, as its name implies, far more creative and unrestricted but will incur a **modified **tag (preventing online functionality). If players are running mods they will not be able to access the budgeted custom game start and will instead have to play through one of the [[starting scenarios>>doc:Starting Scenarios]] or the creative custom start.
16 +Custom Game Starts were introduced in the 4.10 update and allow for greater flexibility in getting into X4. Custom game starts can be broken down into two types: **Budgeted** and **Creative** Custom gamestarts with the former allowing players to create a start with a few restrictions and will not incur a **modified** tag. The latter is, as its name implies, far more creative and unrestricted but will incur a **modified **tag (preventing online functionality). If players are running mods they will not be able to access the budgeted custom game start and will instead have to play through one of the [[starting scenarios>>doc:X4WIKI.X4 Wiki Home.Objects in the Game Universe.Game Starts.Starting Scenarios.WebHome]] or the creative custom start.
17 17  
18 18  == Budgeted Custom Game Starts ==
19 19  
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48 48  ----
49 49  
50 -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]], [[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.
50 +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:xwikicommunity:X4 Foundations Wiki.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Xenon.WebHome]], [[doc:xwikicommunity:X4 Foundations Wiki.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Kha'ak.WebHome]] and [[doc:xwikicommunity:X4 Foundations Wiki.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Scale Plate Pact.WebHome]] (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.
51 51  
52 52  = Custom Start Metrics =
53 53  
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358 358  |(((
359 359  known_lockbox_normal
360 360  )))|(((
361 -Opened a normal [[lockbox>>doc:Lockboxes and Data Vaults]] (1 lock)
361 +Opened a normal [[lockbox>>doc:xwikicommunity:X4 Foundations Wiki.Guides and Tutorials.Tips and Tricks (Spoiler).Lockboxes and Data Vaults.WebHome]] (1 lock)
362 362  )))|(% style="text-align: right;" %)(% style="text-align: right;" %)
363 363  (((
364 364  100
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402 402  known_khaak_hive
403 403  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
404 404  (((
405 -Target a [[doc:Kha'ak]] Hive
405 +Target a [[doc:xwikicommunity:X4 Foundations Wiki.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Kha'ak.WebHome]] Hive
406 406  )))|(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)
407 407  (((
408 408  3,000
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424 424  200
425 425  )))|(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)
426 426  (((
427 -(% class="qv3Wpe" %)39,000
427 +(% class="qv3Wpe" %)26,000
428 428  )))|(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)
429 429  (((
430 -195
431 -
432 -(As of CoH and SV v4.10)
430 +130
433 433  )))
434 434  |(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
435 435  (((
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436 436  known_sector_xenon
437 437  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
438 438  (((
439 -Enter a [[doc:Xenon]] sector
437 +Enter a [[doc:xwikicommunity:X4 Foundations Wiki.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Xenon.WebHome]] sector
440 440  )))|(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)
441 441  (((
442 442  2,000
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484 484  Sum
485 485  )))|(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)
486 486  (((
487 -124,000
485 +111,000
488 488  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
489 489  (((
490 490  \\
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563 563  (((
564 564  30
565 565  )))
566 -|(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)
564 +|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
567 567  (((
568 -people_pilot_4star*
569 -)))|(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)
566 +people_pilot_4star
567 +)))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
570 570  (((
571 571  Promoted a 4 star pilot to 5 stars with a seminar
572 -)))|(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" style="text-align: right;" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" style="text-align: right;" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)
570 +)))|(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)
573 573  (((
574 574  5,000
575 -)))|(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" style="text-align: right;" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" style="text-align: right;" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)
573 +)))|(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)
576 576  (((
577 577  100,000
578 -)))|(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" style="text-align: right;" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" style="text-align: right;" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" colspan="1" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)
576 +)))|(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)
579 579  (((
580 580  20
581 581  )))
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607 607  (((
608 608  30
609 609  )))
610 -|(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)
611 -(((
612 -people_manager_4star*
613 -)))|(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)
614 -(((
608 +|(((
609 +people_manager_4star
610 +)))|(((
615 615  Promoted a 4 star manager to 5 stars with a seminar
616 -)))|(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" style="text-align: right;" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" style="text-align: right;" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)
612 +)))|(% style="text-align: right;" %)(% style="text-align: right;" %)
617 617  (((
618 618  5,000
619 -)))|(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" style="text-align: right;" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" style="text-align: right;" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)
615 +)))|(% style="text-align: right;" %)(% style="text-align: right;" %)
620 620  (((
621 621  100,000
622 -)))|(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" style="text-align: right;" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)(% class="highlight-#fff0b3" style="text-align: right;" title="Background colour : Light yellow 100%" data-highlight-colour="#fff0b3" %)
618 +)))|(% style="text-align: right;" %)(% style="text-align: right;" %)
623 623  (((
624 624  20
625 625  )))
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702 702  Sum
703 703  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
704 704  (((
705 -441,000
701 +641,000
706 706  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
707 707  (((
708 708  \\
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713 713  == Personnel Costs ==
714 714  
715 715  The personnel budget affects the quality of the crew on ships and managers on stations. If a crew level is not set in the custom game start editor a random level crew will be generated. Crew cost factors in both the quantity of crew and the quality, quantity is considered linearly but the cost of quality crew grows exponentially. The cost of crew is roughly equal to ((star level)/3)^3.5 for levels over 1/3, this means a five star crew member will cost 13,070 points.
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717 -\\
718 -
719 -*4 star pilot and manager seminar values are not implemented so the max is actually 441,00 as opposed to 641,000
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805 805  relation_pirateguild
806 806  )))|(% colspan="1" %)(% colspan="1" %)
807 807  (((
808 -Joined a pirate guild (currently only offered by the [[doc:Scale Plate Pact]])
800 +Joined a pirate guild (currently only offered by the [[doc:xwikicommunity:X4 Foundations Wiki.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Scale Plate Pact.WebHome]])
809 809  )))|(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)(% style="text-align: right;" colspan="1" %)
810 810  (((
811 811  30
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955 955  {{layout-cell}}
956 956  == Relations Costs ==
957 957  
958 -Relations points exclusively affect relations with factions and can only be used to manipulate how the player interacts with the amicable [[factions>>doc:Factions]]. The default relations in the editor is identical to the 'Young gun' starting scenario with most factions preset and a value of 0 with the exception of the [[doc:Free Families]], [[doc:Fallen Families]], [[doc:Terran Protectorate]], [[doc:Yaki]] and [[doc:Zyarth Patriarchy]] which are set at -5, -5, -15, -25 and -15 respectively.
950 +Relations points exclusively affect relations with factions and can only be used to manipulate how the player interacts with the amicable [[factions>>doc:xwikicommunity:X4 Foundations Wiki.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.WebHome]]. The default relations in the editor is identical to the 'Young gun' starting scenario with most factions preset and a value of 0 with the exception of the [[doc:xwikicommunity:X4 Foundations Wiki.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Free Families.WebHome]], [[doc:xwikicommunity:X4 Foundations Wiki.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Fallen Families.WebHome]], [[doc:xwikicommunity:X4 Foundations Wiki.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Terran Protectorate.WebHome]], [[doc:xwikicommunity:X4 Foundations Wiki.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Yaki.WebHome]] and [[doc:X4WIKI.X4 Wiki Home.Objects in the Game Universe.Factions.Zyarth Patriarchy.WebHome]] which are set at -5, -5, -15, -25 and -15 respectively.
959 959  
960 960  Changing relations comes at a cost of 1 point per reputation level between 1 and 10 (raising negative reputation levels up to 0 currently incurs no cost). Between 11 and 20 inclusive raising reputation by 1 level costs 10 points. Between 21 and 26 inclusive costs 100 points per level, the jump between 26 and 27 costs 300 points and for every level over 27 it costs 200 points. The total cost of maximising a factions reputation is hence 1,610 points and is impossible to do.
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1 +You can have more than 10,000,000 in the creative custom start, you just have to click on the number and type in a value.  Doing this and holding down the "9" key will max the cash at 1,000,000,000,000.  The light blue bar signifying how full it is will only be ~~3/4 of the way, but it can't be dragged any further for more than 1 trillion credits.  This is as of ToA 5.0 on April 20th, 2022.
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