Are pirates going up in shields and weapons as I go up?

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Originally posted by Gzian:
Suicide Junkie notes:

You can increase the maximum tech level that the stores sell to be a few levels higher than the currently deployed (and widely available) tech levels.

In main_stores:
Comp Max Level Ship Level Offset := 1

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I don't understand, is this what you are suggesting that I change the file to or are you saying this is the file in the game? If this is the file, what should I change it to?

IF you want to change behaviour, you change the file.

Currently, with:
Comp Max Level Ship Level Offset := 1

This means that the store will create items to sell that is +/- 1 from your current level.

Thus, if your level is 10, the store will have level 9, 10 and 11 items.

If you change it to:
Comp Max Level Ship Level Offset := 2

The store will have +/- 2 levels, thus 8,9,10,11,12. This means that with a little work, you can have level 12 items when the pirates, etc, will have level 10.

NOTE that the store only reloads:
1. When you quit and restart the game.
2. You leave the system, stay away for a while, then come back. Or some such trigger.

I've not quite figured out #2's behaviour yet, but I haven't been that concerned about it either.

NOTE that if you go to a Independant Space port (one in a system owned by nobody) you can get a wider variety of items. And can buy any type of ship. Terrans only have terran ships and terran components, etc.

Always remember, this is a COMPUTER game. It is not reality. Thus, it has some odd behaviours that never happen in the real world.