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Weighted Paths

A simple mod that calculates the value of every path through the map and displays which nodes are the most valuable based on a set of factors configurable by the player. It works great for quickly identifying the best path options through an act.

To use the mod, simply open your map, and configure the value of each type of node. The mod will search all possible paths from your current position and display a value next to each node indicating the maximum value of all paths that go through that node.

This does not tell you where to go, but it shows you the value of the map nodes based on what you find valuable. You can choose to take a safer, lower value, path than the highest value path if you're not strong enough to take the more valuable path.

The value of each node is exactly what you set it to with the exception of shops. For shop value, the game calculates how much gold it will expect you to have by the time you hit the store and will change with any shop or gold related relics you have. You specify the value of having 100g to spend at a shop, and it weighs the value of shops accordingly.

Relics it automatically accounts for: Golden Idol, Maw Bank, Membership Card, The Courier, Ssserpent Head, and Ectoplasm.

The mod also displays your max expected gold for future shops in the act. This does not factor in possible gold from ? nodes, but does factor in the gold relics as well as the gold you can reasonably expect to have from fights.

Some examples of weight tuning:

If you, for some reason, have Coffee Dripper and Fusion Hammer, you will likely want to lower the weight of rest sites. On the other hand, if you have low health and really need a campfire, you will want to alter the weight of rest sites.

If you're playing with cards like Genetic Algorithm, Feed, Lesson Learned, or Ritual Dagger, you may choose to increase the weight of monster fights.

If you have Ssserpent Head, any ? nodes before a store in a path will automatically show as higher value, but you may want to increase the value of ? nodes regardless if you don't need to hit a store in the current act.

Tweaking the values is easy and intuitive.

There includes an option to only show paths that intersect the emerald key by act 3.

Source: https://github.com/Jazzer360/sts-weighted-paths