happiness modifiers

Skulky · #1 December 22nd, 2002, 07:55 AM

How does happiness work? I'm doing some mod work and i want to know what it has to do through culture modifiers, racial traits, and troops/facilites. What happens with lowered happiness? How much is tooooo much? What if i had like -40% happiness? How many troops would i need? I want to have a required 20 troops per planet but not too many more. Does the size of the troop affect happiness?

Skulky · #2 December 22nd, 2002, 07:57 AM

one more question, if i increase maintence does that make it easier or harder to maintain ships?

Phoenix-D · #3 December 22nd, 2002, 08:22 AM

"How does happiness work? I'm doing some mod work and i want to know what it has to do through culture modifiers, racial traits, and troops/facilites. What happens with lowered happiness? How much is tooooo much? What if i had like -40% happiness? How many troops would i need? I want to have a required 20 troops per planet but not too many more. Does the size of the troop affect happiness? "

Happyness is controled by happyness.txt. In short:
less happyness means less production. Eventually they riot and you get NO production.

Size does not affect happyness. Neither, for that matter, does what is on the troop. A heavily armed full tech Large Troop provides as much happyness as a cockpit only Small Troop.

All racial characteristics are bonuses. Up is good, down is bad.

Phoenix-D

Fyron · #4 December 22nd, 2002, 09:20 AM

Technically, unhappiness is caused by an increase in the anger level, not a decrease in the happiness level.

I have a chapter in my modding tutorial (linked in my sig) on happiness.

capnq · #5 December 22nd, 2002, 09:01 PM

Quote:

if i increase maintence does that make it easier or harder to maintain ships?

Increasing "Maintenance Reduction" makes it easier to maintain ships.

Skulky · #6 December 23rd, 2002, 04:02 AM

if i change this line

Quote:

Mood Riot Modifier := 0

can a rioting planet produce resources/ construct stuff?

Krsqk · #7 December 23rd, 2002, 06:41 AM

Yep. Bump it up to 150. Then Neutral happiness type might actually be an option.

Dralasite · #8 December 24th, 2002, 04:22 PM

Has anyone tried to take a large negative modifier for happiness and then research troops early on to offset this? Any success or failure stories?

Edit: I mean in an non happiness modded game

[ December 24, 2002, 14:23: Message edited by: Dralasite ]

Fyron · #9 January 8th, 2003, 02:22 AM

IMO, that would be a bad idea. Tiny and Small non-breathables would probably be rioting forever.

rextorres · #10 January 8th, 2003, 02:48 AM

If a bloodthirsty race declares war and then switches to a none treaty and then declares war again against the same opponent do they get -100 bonus everytime?