Space Yard / Repair Bay questions

[Krsqk]

From settings.txt v1.67:

Retrofit Cost Percent For Comps := 120
Retrofit Cost Percent For Comp Removal := 30
Retrofit Max Percent Difference in Cost := 50

[Wardad]

Thanks, I bet everthing is in the settings.txt file.

[Krsqk]

Yep. Everything, that is, except important dates like your anniversary or your mother's birthday.

[capnq]

Everything, that is, except important dates like your anniversary or your mother's birthday

And you can mod those in, too.

[Skulky]

Not to get on topic or something horiible like that but as a practical consideration retrofitting for faster construction really isn't feasible in PBW where it takes effectively 2 submitted turns for a retrofit IIRC.

[Suicide Junkie]

Retrofits can be done once per turn in a simultaneous game (such as PBW)

Since the cost can be 50% more, you will save some time as soon as the cost of the vehicle exceeds 3 times your spaceyard rate.

Of course, that is just for one ship.
If you want to build a fleet, you are in a better position.
Say you have a retroseries with the first ship buildable in 1 turn, and 5 retrofits later you get the design you want.
One factory can build the design you want in 8 turns. (5 retrofits = 7.6 times the value of the original ship)
Or, one factory can build 8 retroseries hulls in 8 turns, and have three of the vehicles fully built by that time. From then on, your factory produces one finished ship per turn instead of one every 8 turns.
You will be spending a lot more resources to do the retrofitting, but the speed gain is immense.

[capnq]

Also note that in simultaneous, you can only retrofit one ship for each spaceyard in the sector. (As opposed to turn-based, where one shipyard can retrofit as many ships as you have the resources for.)