Arqade Asked on July 25, 2021
I’ve observed some strange patterns in trade income in Slipways (looking at the info screen for a planet, observe the value indicated for ‘trade income’). While playing on Tough difficulty,
While, when playing on Challenging;
What is happening?
Trade income calculations appear to round multiple times in multiple different ways. There's also a hidden multiplier, but it acts diffrently from the game's other income multipliers. This makes the actual trade income appear to be mysteriously inconsistent. Denote the trade income of a colony as T(c).
T(c) = round((Σ(floor( b * (e(I) + e(E) + 100%)))) * (100% + M))
Where:
M = income bonuses from technology/perks
b = base income, depends on difficulty
e = export multiplier for
I = importer
E = exporter
The base income per difficulty is the following:
Forgiving 7
Reasonable 6
Challenging 5
Tough 4
The income bonuses from technology/perks are additive. So a planet with Machine interfacing +30%
and Economic Zones +60%
will have M = +90%
The export multiplier e(I) + e(E)
depends on the state of the importing and exporting colony. It's the sum of the percentages applied as a multiplier. These are the following:
struggling -25%
established 0%
successful +10%
prosperous +20%
legendary +40%
So, for example, a Successful planet sending something to a Struggling planet would have a 10 - 25 = -15%
modifier, which results in an income contribution of 5 / 5 / 4 / 3
credits on each difficulty, respectively.
Correct answer by aphid on July 25, 2021
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