Real-Life Economics - Revision history

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-02-29T02:40:08Z

Updating BB links

2022-12-14T18:46:46Z

Added a bit more, minor tweaks

2021-12-15T23:15:36Z

Tagged as demo-OXP

2021-11-14T09:09:28Z

‎Editor's Note: Why this OXP is so important

2021-08-26T23:23:19Z

‎The local economic balance: More detail

2021-08-26T16:33:33Z

‎Gameplay and Balance Indicator: Tweak to clarify meaning

2021-08-26T16:30:19Z

‎What to do about it: Star Clusters and the Local Economic Balance: Added note about F7 page changes

2021-08-26T16:27:05Z

‎The Lazy-Trader Shuffle: Tweak for comprehensibility

2021-08-26T16:25:07Z

‎Gameplay and Balance Indicator: Oops!

2021-08-26T16:05:56Z

‎Overview: Emphasis

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 == Links ==
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11790 BB Thread] (2012-4)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11790 BB Thread] (2012-4)
 *[[Economics]] - a comparison of Phasted's approach here with those of Cim & Stranger.
 *[[Oolite Trading]]
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 == Note ==
-*To make RLE work you might need to edit it as Phkb suggests [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=278574#p278574 here]. See [[How to tweak OXZ's]] if you need more information.
+*To make RLE work you might need to edit it as Phkb suggests [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=278574#p278574 here]. See [[How to tweak OXZ's]] if you need more information.
 *This OXP was written for the older versions of Oolite (pre v.1.82) before the [[Commodities.plist]] was replaced by the [[Trade-goods.plist]]. This should not matter.

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 == How this OXP works ==
 === Effect on Prices ===
 The lowest price you'll ever find for Computers (or any Industrial-type goods) will be in a Poor Industrial system in a heavily-Industrialized cluster.  The highest price will be in a Rich Agricultural system in a heavily-Agricultural cluster.
 By the same token, the lowest price for Agricultural goods will be found in a PoorAg system in an AG-heavy cluster.  The highest price for those goods are at RichInd worlds in IND-heavy clusters.
 === Consequences for the player ===
 '''''Real-Life Economics''''' will make it much more difficult to earn a living as a trader.  You'll no longer be able to fill your hold with cargo and unload it for a huge profit at the system "next door."  You may have to travel a long, long way to make a big score.  You'll also find that, because movements in quantity are now directly (rather than inversely) related to changes in price, when prices are lowest, quantities available for sale will be pretty low, too.
 {{OXPNote|To make Phasted's oxp work you might need to edit it - see the Note below}}
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 == Download ==
 [https://app.box.com/s/h4bu55bzxvn0pzli93g6 Get v1.11 here]

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   The markets in Oolite are based on the original 8-bit [[Classic Elite]]. Of the various attempts to modify the markets and improve on them, this one, in my opinion is the best. It scraps the 8-bit limits on market quantities (127 units of everything) as far as was possible in 2014, and replaces the simplistic static markets with more realistic dynamic markets.
-  If he was rewriting it now, I'm sure he could improve it even more. But it is still ''brilliant''! Try it and see! ''Cholmondeley 17:02, 26 August 2021 (BST)''
+  If he was rewriting it now, I'm sure he could improve it even more (this sort of oxp'ing was made simpler with Oolite v.1.82). But it is still ''brilliant''! Try it and see! ''Cholmondeley 17:02, 26 August 2021 (BST)''
 ==Why this OXP?==

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 ==== The local economic balance ====
-The EconBalance for any system is determined using a formula that takes a number of variables into account, including:
+The EconBalance for any chosen system is then determined using a formula that takes a number of variables into account, including:
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-The local economic balance will be detailed on the [[F7 page (data on "system")]] for each system.
+The local economic balance for a system will be detailed on its [[F7 page (data on "system")]] once that system has been arrived at. Again, the result ranges between industrial 4 through to agricultural 4. Just remember that industrial 4 is ''rich'', while agricultural 4 is ''poor''!
 == How this OXP works ==

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 == Gameplay and Balance Indicator ==
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-One can still make trading profits, but it is no longer as easy. Phasted's oxp does two things: it goes for the obvious model of Oolite trading and implements it properly. It also makes the terms Rich and Poor significant in terms of description of an economy.
+One can still make trading profits, but it is no longer as easy. Phasted's oxp does two things: it takes the obvious economic model behind Oolite trading and implements it properly. It also makes the terms ''Rich'' and ''Poor'' significant in terms of description of an economy.
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 As a result, traders most often head for RichInd and PoorAg worlds, robotically shuttling back and forth between them.  There's no good reason to go to a PoorInd or RichAg system.  The prices are "wrong."
-===Why it shouldn't work===
+===Why the lazy-trader shuffle shouldn't work===
 Prices aren't just random numbers arbitrarily pulled out of a hat.  Rather, they are a compromise between what Buyers are willing to pay, and what Sellers are willing to accept.

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 =Overview=
 == Editor's Note: Why this OXP is so important ==
-Phasted blanked all this back in 2014. I have chosen to restore it in 2021. Why? Because it is such an important OXP. (See discussion tab above for more)
+ Phasted blanked all this back in 2014. I have chosen to restore it in 2021. Why? Because it is such an important OXP. (See discussion tab above for more)
-−
-The markets in Oolite are based on the original 8-bit [[Classic Elite]]. Of the various attempts to modify the markets and improve on them, this one, in my opinion is the best. It scraps the 8-bit limits on market quantities (127 units of everything) as far as was possible in 2014, and replaces the simplistic static markets with more realistic dynamic markets.
+ The markets in Oolite are based on the original 8-bit [[Classic Elite]]. Of the various attempts to modify the markets and improve on them, this one, in my opinion is the best. It scraps the 8-bit limits on market quantities (127 units of everything) as far as was possible in 2014, and replaces the simplistic static markets with more realistic dynamic markets.
-−
-If he was rewriting it now, I'm sure he could improve it even more. But it is still brilliant! Try it and see! ''Cholmondeley 17:02, 26 August 2021 (BST)''
+ If he was rewriting it now, I'm sure he could improve it even more. But it is still ''brilliant''! Try it and see! ''Cholmondeley 17:02, 26 August 2021 (BST)''