Konny's money script

[konny]

I say this cause I don't want Konny to think we plagiarized his idea when he sees the script in 1.0.

That would be no problem either. But I was anyhow sure that internal the EB team is working on improving that part of the script, espacially since I have learned that there are altered versions of the money script around provided by team members. So, probably EB 1.0 will make my script obsolte; looking foreward to that.

[Redmeth]

That would be no problem either. But I was anyhow sure that internal the EB team is working on improving that part of the script, espacially since I have learned that there are altered versions of the money script around provided by team members. So, probably EB 1.0 will make my script obsolte; looking foreward to that.

The script was made before I joined the team and hasn't been updated due mostly to lack of time to work solely on it and make it better. I hope the one coming with EB 1.0 will be perfect but that rarely happens so good feedback will be needed from everyone kind enough to provide it.

[A Terribly Harmful Name]

I really hope no unofficial balance in the script is further needed with EB 1.0, but this needs to be further checked. Looks like we won't, though, but it was a good job, konny, back in the o.81 and 0.7x days when AS was killing everything.

[konny]

Thanks.

I haven't looked at the new script so far. But if needed (what I don't think) the above modification can be adapted for 1.0 without much work.

[konny]

Now I had come to review the new money script: it seems to add a little money to the AI factions, but that will be increased through out the game if the AI faction is comparable smaller than the human faction (if I have understood it right). That is fair.The downside is that it also affects factions that have nothing to do with the human faction, eg. makes Saba stronger because your Sweboz empire is expanding. Let's wait and see what it realy does in-game.


Before I made the alternative money script, I came across a similar idea but with trieng to prevent the above effect: Giving money to the AI (or may be even player) factions according to their historical roles. Some examples:

- Give the Ptolemaians extra money for each city AS holds in the Levante, Asia Minor or Africa as long as they are at war with them. That makes them stronger when they seem to lose the war, but gives them nothing when they make peace with their anti-faction.

- Give AS extra money for each of the lesser factions (Pontos, Armenia, Baktria and Parthia) as long as they are not at war with them. Means, as soon as AS is starting to 'eat her children', or when those decide it's time to cut the line, AS will become in trouble. In return those smaller factions will get a lot of help when at war with AS.

- Give Epeiros extra money as long as they at war with Makedonia or AS, Eygpt is at war with either Makedonia or AS, AS and Makedonia are not at war with each other and Alexandria has not been conquered by hostile forces.

- Give the Aedui and the Averni extra money for each the respective other actions holds as long as they are at war with each other. (a little nasty because it might make their war realy endless).


These are some examples. I had not worked it out for all factions. The reasons for dropping the idea was that I am not able to force the AI factions to use the money according to what I have planned them to do. So they might simply use it to go around and conquer endless Eleutheroi towns. But may be it is worth a try?

[CountArach]

That sounds like a really nice idea actually. I think the AS would really factor in the trade they were capable of.