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Fail's Huge Scaling Fix

A little mod I created to deal with some of the scaling issues inherent in 2.0, such as:

- Influence - claims and expansion are 2x harder on huge maps, as influence doesn't scale the way minerals etc do.
- War exhaustion - more battles to fight, planets to take etc, the bar for war exhaustion also needs to scale more.
- Starbase hard cap - I can see why there is one, to avoid long games becoming WW1 in space, but a non-scaling limit is going to cause other problems.

To counter these issues, I've done the following small tweaks:

- Lowered influence costs for claims
- Lowered influence costs for system expansion
- Increased starbase cap

All changes have been to scale from medium galaxy (600 stars) to a large galaxy (1000 stars), therefore all reductions are divided by 1.66, and all increases multipied by the same scale.

Please note that this makes large galaxies play a little faster, at a pace closer to a medium galaxy that the game is balanced for. If you'd prefer a slower game then I suggest setting the mid/end game crisis years back by a similar amount, or even using a mod that allows for an extra crisis later...

full changes copied in below:

NEconomy = {
EXPANSION_COST_BASE = 45.0 # The influence base cost of outpost
EXPANSION_COST_DISTANCE = 45.0 # Added per hyperlane jump away

CLAIM_COST_BASE = 30.0 # The influence base cost of making claims
CLAIM_COST_STARBASE = 15.0 # Added cost for upgraded starbase
CLAIM_COST_COLONY = 15.0 # Added cost for colonized system
CLAIM_COST_DISTANCE = 15.0 # Added per hyperlane jump away
}

NGameplay = {
WAR_EXHAUSTION_SHIP_KILLED_MULT = 1.2
WAR_EXHAUSTION_ARMY_KILLED_MULT = 0.15
WAR_EXHAUSTION_PASSIVE_GAIN_YEARLY = 0.05

STARBASE_CAPACITY_MAX = 999
}

The mod is designed to be used with a huge galaxy.

Any feedback on how this makes the scaling on huge galaxies feel would be greatly appreciated!

Updated for 2.02 - starbase cap now matches 999 limit, occupation war exhaustion removed.