[MOD] Faction War/Economy Enhancer v5.63

[Misunderstood Wookie]

Here's a B6 friendly version. Only lightly tested, so please report any issues. I'll probably do overnights this weekend to evaluate long term balance, since I don't expect further major changes from Egosoft.

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Legend, go grab a beer and take the week off mate

[DeadAirRT]

Here's a B6 friendly version. Only lightly tested, so please report any issues. I'll probably do overnights this weekend to evaluate long term balance, since I don't expect further major changes from Egosoft.

Download Link

The best in the business, did neutral sector expansion stay or get cut?

[Mysterial]

It should do what Egosoft set it to. I don't exactly have a problem with them being slightly *more* aggressive than I was.

[Ragemaster9999]

My version says 4.48 when I downloaded the beta 6 zip and installed it. I think steam workshop maybe overwriting it possibly? Mod is shown in red and in order to enable it i have to enable workshop downloads which it immediately downloads something.

I am seeing xenon not doing much in my game. They seem to be very passive.

[Misunderstood Wookie]

My version says 4.48 when I downloaded the beta 6 zip and installed it. I think the steam workshop maybe overwriting it possibly? Mod is shown in red and in order to enable it i have to enable workshop downloads which it immediately downloads something.

I am seeing xenon not doing much in my game. They seem to be very passive.

I have noticed that when you install a mod which has the workshop ID in the content.xml steam will sub the mod on launch if exists in the workshop database on steam.
I had this same problem and first figured this out using this very mod, If you believe they were overwritten delete them from extension folder then before starting the game go into Steam Workshop for X4 and un-sub from all the mods related to faction fixes, then open your extension folder in X4 Foundations and copy a fresh set of faction fixes from the beta 6 download you got from here. Once you have done this go into each of the faction fixes mod folders and open 'content.xml' with any text editor I suggest Notepad++ or VSCode or ATOM, Sublime Text, e.t.c (probably best not to use notepad it might save funny)

Once you have the content.xml open scroll along to the right and where it says "sync=true" change that to false if it is not already set like that, then start X4 Foundations.

[Newinger]

A question regarding two items from the change log in the first post:

Xenon I will not be deployed to Hatikvah's Choice I during early game since it tends to annihilate everything
Xenon will use slightly less force for their initial attacks

What does "early game" mean? I use the beta version of this mod, in X4 B6 HF1.

After about one day, a Xenon I with I think 2 or 3 escorts was slowly taking over Hatikvah's Choice I.

As I was way too weak at this time (due to my deliberately slow play style), I think the sector was saved only due to additional faction forces I added with the Foundation of Conquest & War 4.0 mod (I configured FOCW 4.0 in a way that only the factions get support, but NOT the Xenon).

I can imagine that either my understanding of "during early game" differs ("early" means for me ... well, 2 to 3 weeks in-game time, but this may really just be me) or that I have some mod incompatiblities in my mod list? Besides some visual stuff and some new ships, I use:

- beta of Faction War / Economy Enhancer
- beta of VRO
- FOCW (added when I noticed the sectors getting attacked early by overwhelming Xenon forces).

[Mysterial]

I generally consider "early game" to end at ~20 ingame hours. The invasion strength is also partially relative to defence strength, so if you apply a mod that adds more defenders it might use stronger attacks earlier in the game.

[Newinger]

I generally consider "early game" to end at ~20 ingame hours. The invasion strength is also partially relative to defence strength, so if you apply a mod that adds more defenders it might use stronger attacks earlier in the game.

Oh.

So I might even make the issues worse when adding more fleets to Argon, Teladi, etc...

*Sigh* Guess I'll have to live with the fact that the universe is at war and I can't just relax for hours in my Argon Elite sightseeing and leave my fleet unattended...

[s1asher]

Should we wait for B7 update?

[Ragemaster9999]

I have the latest mod patch (for beta 6) and I notice there aren't any orbital reinforcement ships. Argon prime is totally screwed in my game and im trying to save argon from complete xenon destruction. I am not sure what is going on! Also is 4.48 the latest version of the mod? thats the one i installed from the dropbox linked a page back.

[Mysterial]

I have the latest mod patch (for beta 6) and I notice there aren't any orbital reinforcement ships. Argon prime is totally screwed in my game and im trying to save argon from complete xenon destruction. I am not sure what is going on! Also is 4.48 the latest version of the mod? thats the one i installed from the dropbox linked a page back.

4.48 is the latest version. The planetary ships are just freighters for supply, they don't get "free" combat ships directly no matter how bad the state is. If Argon Prime is blown up enough to have lost the shipyard/wharf, then they won't get anything. That really shouldn't be able to happen at all until very late game, although I have noticed that the Argon tend to have the hardest time with the latest 3.0 combat balance. I will do another pass of scaling soon, but since most beta testers are reporting the same experience for the Argon in vanilla 3.0 beta, I might need to wait to see what Egosoft does about it.

[Ragemaster9999]

I have the latest mod patch (for beta 6) and I notice there aren't any orbital reinforcement ships. Argon prime is totally screwed in my game and im trying to save argon from complete xenon destruction. I am not sure what is going on! Also is 4.48 the latest version of the mod? thats the one i installed from the dropbox linked a page back.

4.48 is the latest version. The planetary ships are just freighters for supply, they don't get "free" combat ships directly no matter how bad the state is. If Argon Prime is blown up enough to have lost the shipyard/wharf, then they won't get anything. That really shouldn't be able to happen at all until very late game, although I have noticed that the Argon tend to have the hardest time with the latest 3.0 combat balance. I will do another pass of scaling soon, but since most beta testers are reporting the same experience for the Argon in vanilla 3.0 beta, I might need to wait to see what Egosoft does about it.

They have their shipyard and wharf still though the wharf is at half hull after barely repulsing an I. I just wasnt sure if I had the right version because I have never actually seen a ship labelled planatary support dock at any of their shipyard or wharf. Wharf went hours ingame missing advanced components and likewise there was a shortage of drone components on the shipyard.

[Mysterial]

In the next version I'm going to have nav beacons laid out along their route to help with identification (and interception when the player is the enemy) so maybe that will make it more visible. If you don't see any changes in a few more game hours, post up the save somewhere and I will investigate when I get time.

[Motionblurr]

Does this work with B8?

[greymouser69]

I have tracked down freeze/lock ups to this mod in the just released B10 just FYI.

[DeadAirRT]

I have tracked down freeze/lock ups to this mod in the just released B10 just FYI.

I am running his beta version with no crashes.

[greymouser69]

I have tracked down freeze/lock ups to this mod in the just released B10 just FYI.

I am running his beta version with no crashes.

Ok the problem may have been that I was most likely running an older version, I'm giving the one from this thread a shot.

[greymouser69]

I am running his beta version with no crashes.

Ok the problem may have been that I was most likely running an older version, I'm giving the one from this thread a shot.

So it turns out that the war module for this mod was causing the lockups, I disabled that and it has been running smooth since.

[Mysterial]

RC to ship simultaneous with 3.0:

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Notable changes:

• Planetary supply trains (catchup logic) add temporary nav beacons along flight path to nearest shipyard
• M class ships in low attention have a higher chance to hit surface elements against their primary target (3.0 vanilla overnerfed in this specific case)
• Station traders never consider supply wares or habitation wares as critical (i.e. don't ignore primary resources because they are empty)
• Station traders will temporarily give up on critical/shortage wares if there are no viable offers
• Shipyard/wharf rebuilding will give up and pick a different site if an enemy completely owns the sector and no friendly ships can get in
• Explore order has a chance to use long range scanner to find stations at extended range (based on crew skill, also the tier of long range scanner installed matters)

[Buzz2005]

by supply wares you mean like wares for drones?