Too much of a bad thing?

[stormbringer3]

I like to play Remarkable and Other Factions. When I start one of these, most times the negative impediments surrounding them are overwhelming. Sometimes I have to restart 10+ times until I can get impediments that will give my Faction a reasonable starting chance. Is there any chance that a future patch can lessen them a little at startup? I'm not looking to do away with them completely. I've been playing this game for years and it's one of my all time favorites.
Thanks.

[Pocus]

Your best bet would be to tweak by yourself the script that add impediments... It's in Events.bsf, function Events_TriggerAtStart(scenarioID)

I would suggest for a quick fix changing the 20 to a 5 here

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				// 'Civilized' WF (Latin, Hispanic, German, Greek)
				if ( (ownerID == $ID_FAC_INL|| ownerID == $ID_FAC_INH) ||(ownerID == $ID_FAC_ING || ownerID == $ID_FAC_INK) )
				{
					chance = 5 + DivideAndRound(chance * 125, 100);
				}
				else
				{
					chance = 20 + DivideAndRound(chance * 150, 100);					
				}

[stormbringer3]

Thank you for the prompt reply. Unfortunately, I do not have any idea on how to do what you recommended. My computer literacy is quite low.

[eddieballgame]

stormbringer3, to do as suggested, go to your games main directory.
Open the 'data' folder & then the 'scripts' folder.
There you will find a file named 'Ethnic.bsf'.
Using 'notepad++' (highly recommended) or notepad, open that file making sure to CLICK OFF the checkmark where it says "Always use this app to open"

Do a 'Search' & 'Find' for the word Civilized & that will take you to the part of that file (happens to be near the top) where you can edit what was suggested.

My file looks like this & not sure if this is the only place that will resolve your issue.

// 'Civilized' WF (Hellenic, Italiotes, Indians, Semitic)
if ( (ownerID == $ID_FAC_NEH || ownerID == $ID_FAC_NEI) ||(ownerID == $ID_FAC_NEN || ownerID == $ID_FAC_NES) )
{
chance = 5 + DivideAndRound(chance * 125, 100);
}
else
{
chance = 20 + DivideAndRound(chance * 150, 100);
}

Always work with a backed up file for safety.

[Pocus]

Don't be frightened by the cabalistic writing ... We are talking about editing text files!