Intelligent Cargo Consolidation

DESCRIPTION

A trade AI overhaul for X4: Foundations applying better and customizable options for traders assigned to stations, allowing them to consolidate small loads into multi-stops journeys for better efficiency.

I've mainly designed this mod to be used in coordination with my other mod HDSM :

HDSM (Nexus)

HDSM (Steam)

But, don't worry, I've made it so that both mod are independant from one another so you are not required to install them both, tho I'd recommend it for the best experience.

Huge shoutout to VasiliyTemniy who created the "Station Trader Multiorder", who inspired me to create my own, link to his work if you prefer using his iteration on consolidated cargos :

Station Trader Multiorder

Obviously, no code has been plagiarized from him, this is an all original, 100% gluten free, personnal way of implementing consolidated cargos into X4.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Unzip the file intelligent_cargo_consolidation into your X4 extensions folder located by default at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\X4 Foundations\extensions

MAIN FEATURES

Overrides the vanilla order.trade.routine.xml associated with an original circuit engine thats adds transaction past the first one (which is handled by vanilla circuit) according to settings configurated in the options and buy/sell orders of the station the ship is assigned to, works best with HDSM to reduce transactions research times.

--- Max stop per run ---

Pretty self-explanatory name, dictates how many stop a trader can take before returning loading to the assigned station to begin a new cycle

--- Target cargo fill % (configurable, see below and image) ---

How much % of the ship's cargo must be filled for stopping to research other transactions for each cycle, regardless of hull type (S, M, L, XL, see below for finer tuning of hull types)

--- S, M, L, XL Minimum stop load % ---

How much % of the ship's cargo must be filled for taking the transaction and thus, include it in the cycle. /!\ IMPORTANT : IF YOU ARE USING HDSM, THESE VALUES OVERWRITE MIN CARGO FILL % SET IN HDSM (I've kept both options so both mods could be used indepedently)

--- Other configuration options ---

-Enable ICC = master switch to enable/disable the mod

-Apply to your ships = Apply the above configurated values to your own ships (no need to thank me for clarifying, mainly there for testing reason with AI ships behaviour)

-Apply to AI/NPC ships = not really recommended, same as HDSM, as NPCs station are meh, if they don't produce enought to m