Auto Component Upgrade

REQUIRES Cyber Engine Tweaks

----- Version 3 - Alternative Upgrade Costs -----

Whilst playing a Crafting focused character I realised that you actually get a steady reduction in crafting costs as your Crafting Level goes up which isn't explained anywhere so I did some digging and found that the game gives just over 0. 5% cost reduction per crafting level above level 1 (and ignores the level 3, 4 and 11 perks which supposedly give 5% cost reduction at each of those crafting levels).

Of course, 0. 5% won't make much of a difference to something that costs 10 to craft in the first place so I decided to change the code so it rolls a % chance for each component used to do the upgrade.

This means that if you are converting 10 Common to 1 Uncommon component, it will roll for each of the 10 components used and when it makes the roll it doesn't use the component.

So, for example, at Level 11 Crafting there is a 5. 3% chance per component that it won't be used, so you might see something like:

AutoComponentUpgrade: 8x Common > 1x Uncommon

(where the 5. 3% chance was successfully rolled twice during the upgrade).

It's seamless and the net result is that as you level Crafting the upgrading will steadily get a little cheaper, which feels more satisfying as you level up.

Using this method, the Cost Optimization perk, simply adds another 15% or 30% to that free chance, and Ex Nihilo adds 20%.

At level 20 with both Cost Optimization and Ex Nihilo, upgrading components will end up using 60% less components, on average, which is substantial. It will never be completely free (well, unless you get incredibly lucky), but the net result over time will be the same as with the Vanilla system.

Note, in order to counterbalance how powerful this can be I have also added a very small chance that you fumble and lose a component in the process, the chance is set at 0. 25% but very occasionally you will see something like 11x Common > 1 Uncommon. Lovely RNG!

The original system (for those that prefer it) can be toggled back on in the init.lua by changing the following line to false:

useAltCost = true

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ORIGINAL MOD DETAILS BELOW

Usage

Will automatically upgrade Crafting, Upgrade, and Quickhack components to next tier, at a ratio of 10x -> 1x (same as the Vanilla skill, Tune Up).

The mod will keep the following amount of components before upgrading.

Crafting    Upgrade   Quickhack

Common     400      -       -

Uncommon   350      -      350

Rare       300     350     300

Epic       250     250