[1.1.0b+] Service Cost Modifier / Milestone Unlocker

[1.1.0b+] Service Cost Modifier / Milestone Unlocker

Compatible and tested with version 1.1.0b. May or may not work with older/future versions. Source should be included.

IMPORTANT: At the beginning of the config file you should see “<ModifyServices>” – this MUST be set to “true” (no quotes) in order for the mod to work. If this is false the mod will simply sit there and do nothing.

This mod creates a config file that contains many different values to change the cost of every major service in the game. (There are also various ‘sub’ services – if people want them I guess I’ll add them…)

The config can be found at: [C:Users<YOUR USERNAME>]AppDataLocalColossal OrderCities_SkylinesAddonsModsConfigServiceCostModifierServiceCostModifier.Config.xml
^ The part in brackets may not be uniform across all windows installations, but should be accurate for mostly everyone on windows. Obviously, replace <YOUR USERNAME> with the name of the user you use to log in to windows.

The config on Macs (according to a comment by tom.s0905) can be found at: /Users/<USERNAME>/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/workshop/content/255710/469966673/Source
(Note that I cannot explicitly state if this is true, but another user has found it to be there)

I’m not familiar with the file-systems of Linux nor Mac, but if you can find the location & comment I’ll happily include it here. (Mac added via tom.s0905)

I’m also not entirely familiar with what each of the values do, but all needed values are there such as Roads, Garbage, Police, Fire, and Healthcare (just to name a few). Most notably there is a value named “None” which I haven’t looked into, but it’s there if you want to change it!

You can make the values bigger or smaller. I’m not sure about what the game will cap/crash at, but I haven’t added any form of cap – you can even make them negative and get paid! [Tested, this works!] – The values put into the config are used as MULTIPLIERS, so if you want 1/4 it would be 0.25. NOTE: THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CORRECTION IF YOU PUT IN A VALUE THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE OR MESS UP YOUR CONFIG, A FRESH ONE WILL INSTEAD BE GENERATED

It even affects the values of items when moused over! (The “$ / week / cell” on mostly everything) NOTE: THIS VALUE MAY DISPLAY IMPROPERLY IF YOU EDIT THE CONFIG AND THEN PROCEED TO LOAD A WORLD. SHOULD THIS VALUE BE INCORRECT PLEASE RELAUNCH YOUR GAME COMPLETELY BEFORE REPORTING A BUG

At the bottom of the config you should see “<UnlockMilestones>” and, just like with the services, this MUST be set to “true” to enable this portion of the mod. On the next line you should see “<MilestonePopulationAtOrBelow>” – if you want all Milestones from the beginning simply set it to 999999 (NO COMMA) – anything at or above 90000 should work fine though. 54999 would not unlock the 55,000 Milestone, but 55000 would. Use this for any Milestone you please.

Current Features:
– Freely change each service cost independently
– Get paid for providing these wonderful services to your citizens if you like (negative value)
– Want something hardcore? Make the values skyrocket to 10 times normal! Impossible? Make them 100 times higher!
– Want something easycore? Make the values drop to 0 or 0.5 times normal, or just about anything really!
– A way to unlock Milestones based on population

Coming Updates:
– Dynamic config checking (makes it so the config will update as needed with future versions w/o wiping all your settings)
– Error checking just about everywhere
– Cleaning up the source (and posting it on GitHub… one day)

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