VF’s Sandbox Decisions

While you’re here feel free to check out my Brazilian National Focus mod, which around since 2016. A lot of sweat went into it in order to get it good for the community, so I appreciate the attention and the opportunity given to me to make this game a bit better to play everyday.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=840427222

Welp, thanks for hearing. Have a great one,

VF

_________________________________

The Man the Guns update

It’s done, and everything is working as far as I tested. I’ll add a boost "fuel production" button soon.
_________________________________

So, I decided to play as Bhutan with the "research all" command to have a bit of fun. Eventually I got mad I had to annex the entirety of India before I wanted just to supply my army. There are no commands, nor other Cheat Mods, for adding Off-map factories nor new state slots, so I came up with this little mod in order to aid the community in such predicament.

This add-on gives the player three new decision categories: The Variables, the Bonuses and the Modifiers

The Bonuses are fixed, instant blessings that add static goods to one’s tag. Off-map factories and dockyards, Stability, resources, manpower, pp, that kind of stuff.

The Modifiers are continuous, long-lasting bonuses that resemble the way ideas work. +100% Construction Speed, -75% Training Time, +3 Daily Political Power, that kind of stuff.

The Variables are the big hit though. You can pick both the amount of most blessings you recieve per click from the Bonuses category (such as +10 or +100 Military Factories per click) and the time during which the continuous bonuses in the Modifiers category will last (from one month to one decade).

Personally I prefer the architecture I went with right here because not only is this mod is light, intuitive and ultra-compatible with everything, but because as a sandbox mod you’ll get exactly the only bonuses you want. Want less training time but no changes in divison org? It has got you covered. Also, from what I know, no other sandbox/cheat mods can give instant bonuses, like PP, War Support and especially off-map factories. The third greatest advantage is that, because the continuous bonuses aren’t given through ideas, they waver away, so you don’t have to stick with them forever and you can use these bonuses just as a temporary "umph" to your nation.

I could design most continuous effects to give insane bonuses, like 100% manpower or +20000% Construction Speed, but I believe adding values that will force the game to work with mind boggling numbers is not healthy for the game’s engine (risking an memory breakdown at anytime) but also turns a fun-improved gameplay into something that just doesn’t make sense and eventually collapses the players sense of localisation, creating a heavy experience. Thus, I’ll stick to the mild but not extreme values of +5% Manpower and +100% Building Speed, for example.

The AI isn’t hardlocked from using them, but never will because they’re programmed never to be in the priorities list. I’ve done this so players can console tag-switch to AI countries and give them bonuses, switch back and still the AI won’t add anymore herself.

Any bugs or suggestions feel free to just comment them

Works with any total overhaul mods

Aight, that’s pretty much it. Have fun folks,

VF