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Script I use to make very challenging game while taking advantage of every compelling feature of Capitalism Lab

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Title=Not That Competitive Script
Description=Set conditions for the most challenging game play leveraging all advanced game features

[ENVIRONMENT]

Number of Cities=15
Your Start-up Capital=Very Low
Random Events=Never
Game Starting Year=1900
Retail Store Type=Many
Technology Disruption=Yes
Stock Market=Yes
Alternative Stock Sim=Yes
Boom-Bust Cycle Volatility=Moderate
Macro Economy Realism=High
Inflation=Inverse
Inflation Strength=Normal
Number of AI Persons=149
Subsidiaries=0
Private Company=Yes

[COMPETITORS]
Number of Competitors=63
Competitor Start-up Capital=Very High
AI Expansion Aggressiveness=Moderate
AI Pricing Aggressiveness=Moderate
AI Expertise Level=Moderate
AI Tech Head Start=None
Show Competitor Trade Secrets=No
AI Friendly Merger=Yes
Competence of Local Competitors=Moderate
AI Private Companies Percent=30

[PRODUCTS]
Consumer Goods Seaports=4
Industrial Goods Seaports=4
Constant Import Supply=No
Import Quality=Moderate
Randomly Disable Product Classes=0
Product Customization=On
Product Customization Range=High

[SPECIAL RULES]
Constant Game Speed=1
Auto Save Interval Days=25
Multiple Auto Saves Interval Years=10
Fewer Natural Resources=Yes
Anti-Exploitation Game Rules=On


[CES DLC]
City Initial Cash Level=Low
Random Global Competitiveness Ratings=Yes
Global Competitiveness Rating Increases=1
Donations to Rival Political Parties=60

[Digital Age DLC]
E-Commerce=Yes
Max E-Commerce Share=Moderate
AI Acquires Private Companies=Occasionally
AI Tech Companies Go IPO=Yes
Max AI Software and Internet Companies=Moderate
Talent System=Full
Disruption to Traditional Media=Moderate

[Banking and Finance DLC]
Aggressiveness of AI banks and insurance companies=Moderate
Number of AI Companies Focused on Banking=Moderate
Number of AI Companies Focused on Insurance=Moderate
Tendency of AI to Set Up Banks=Moderate
Tendency of AI to Set Up Insurance Companies=Moderate
Feature Bank=Yes
Realistic Loan Demand=Yes
Base Loan Interest Rate=Moderate
Initial Net Interest Spread=3.5
Maximum Loans-to-Assets Ratio=100
Maximum Loans-to-Assets Ratio=100
Corporate Deposit Cap=100
Required Bank Capital Ratio=15
Economy Impact on Loan Defaults=High
Feature Bond=Yes
Percentage of Player Capital Funded by Bond=20
Bond Credit Standard=Normal
Bond Issue Limit=40
Feature Insurance=Yes
Insurance Claims=Moderate
Feature Global Stock=Yes
Global Stock Performance=Moderate
Venture Capitalists=15
VC Capital=30
VC Diversification=25
Realistic Money Supply=Yes
Warehouse Floors=Multiple
Acquire Companies Facing Bankruptcy=Yes

[Experimental DLC]
Built-in Advertising Unit=Yes
Service Firms=Yes
Farm Extension=Yes
Size of New City=Adjustable
Import Company=Yes
Import Quality=Moderate
Import Product Variety=10
Import Variety Increase=Yes
Import Semi Products Only=No
Constant Supply=No
Disable Knowledge Points for Import Company=Yes
Export Company=Yes
Export Deal Duration=5
Disable Knowledge Points for Export Company=Yes

Service Industry DLC Edition

[HEADER]

Title=Not That Competitive Script
Description=Set conditions for the most challenging game play leveraging all advanced game features

[ENVIRONMENT]

Number of Cities=15
Your Start-up Capital=Very Low
Random Events=Never
Game Starting Year=1900
Retail Store Type=Many
Technology Disruption=Yes
Stock Market=Yes
Alternative Stock Sim=Yes
Boom-Bust Cycle Volatility=Moderate
Macro Economy Realism=High
Inflation=Inverse
Inflation Strength=Normal
Number of AI Persons=149
Subsidiaries=0
Private Company=Yes

[COMPETITORS]
Number of Competitors=63
Competitor Start-up Capital=Very High
AI Expansion Aggressiveness=Moderate
AI Pricing Aggressiveness=Moderate
AI Expertise Level=Moderate
AI Tech Head Start=None
Show Competitor Trade Secrets=No
AI Friendly Merger=Yes
Competence of Local Competitors=Moderate
AI Private Companies Percent=30

[PRODUCTS]
Consumer Goods Seaports=4
Industrial Goods Seaports=4
Constant Import Supply=No
Import Quality=Moderate
Randomly Disable Product Classes=0
Product Customization=On
Product Customization Range=High

[SPECIAL RULES]
Constant Game Speed=1
Auto Save Interval Days=25
Multiple Auto Saves Interval Years=10
Fewer Natural Resources=Yes
Anti-Exploitation Game Rules=On


[CES DLC]
City Initial Cash Level=Low
Random Global Competitiveness Ratings=Yes
Global Competitiveness Rating Increases=1
Donations to Rival Political Parties=60

[Digital Age DLC]
E-Commerce=Yes
Max E-Commerce Share=Moderate
AI Acquires Private Companies=Occasionally
AI Tech Companies Go IPO=Yes
Max AI Software and Internet Companies=Moderate
Talent System=Full
Disruption to Traditional Media=Moderate

[Banking and Finance DLC]
Aggressiveness of AI banks and insurance companies=Moderate
Number of AI Companies Focused on Banking=Moderate
Number of AI Companies Focused on Insurance=Moderate
Tendency of AI to Set Up Banks=Moderate
Tendency of AI to Set Up Insurance Companies=Moderate
Feature Bank=Yes
Realistic Loan Demand=Yes
Base Loan Interest Rate=Moderate
Initial Net Interest Spread=3.5
Maximum Loans-to-Assets Ratio=100
Maximum Loans-to-Assets Ratio=100
Corporate Deposit Cap=100
Required Bank Capital Ratio=15
Economy Impact on Loan Defaults=High
Feature Bond=Yes
Percentage of Player Capital Funded by Bond=20
Bond Credit Standard=Normal
Bond Issue Limit=40
Feature Insurance=Yes
Insurance Claims=Moderate
Feature Global Stock=Yes
Global Stock Performance=Moderate
Venture Capitalists=15
VC Capital=30
VC Diversification=25
Realistic Money Supply=Yes
Warehouse Floors=Multiple
Acquire Companies Facing Bankruptcy=Yes

[Experimental DLC]
Built-in Advertising Unit=Yes
Service Firms=Yes
Farm Extension=Yes
Size of New City=Adjustable
Import Company=Yes
Import Quality=Moderate
Import Product Variety=10
Import Variety Increase=Yes
Import Semi Products Only=No
Constant Supply=No
Disable Knowledge Points for Import Company=Yes
Export Company=Yes
Export Deal Duration=5
Disable Knowledge Points for Export Company=Yes

[SERVICE INDUSTRY DLC]
Service Firms=Yes
Apartment and Commercial Buildings Have Retail Space=Yes
New Apartment and Commercial Buildings=Yes
General Store=Yes
Shopping Mall=Yes
Rent-free for Own Stores=No
Tendency of AI to Build Malls=Moderate
Import Company=Yes
Import Quality=Moderate
Import Product Variety=20
Import Variety Increase=Yes
Import Semi Products Only=No
Constant Supply=No
Disable Knowledge Points for Import Company=Yes
Export Company=Yes
Export Deal Duration=5
Disable Knowledge Points for Export Company=Yes
Logistics Company=Yes
Tendency of AI to Set Up Logistics Companies=Yes

It is an interesting script, but I think this could be more challenging if the following lines are changed:
Change it to (with a few comments on why): Also these lines need to be removed from [Experimental DLC] as they are redundant.

Service Firms=Yes
Import Company=Yes
Import Quality=Moderate
Import Product Variety=10
Import Variety Increase=Yes
Import Semi Products Only=No
Constant Supply=No
Disable Knowledge Points for Import Company=Yes
Export Company=Yes
Export Deal Duration=5
Disable Knowledge Points for Export Company=Yes

Interesting changes.

I like the bank risks to add some instability I didn't want make the AI too aggressive because they already have quite a few natural advantages but glad to see the majority of the script you like.

The bank early on at the start of a bank I think the settings setup a ton of risk but the AI tends to wind up with massive wealth and I suspect would be able to back stop from reserves any mistakes and stabilize the bank. Be a good way to have them burn through some excess cash.

The sea ports is for the human player who only has 5 million to start up so that they can earn money. In my previous version the AI doesn't keep up with supply and tend to increase wholesale prices to where the retailer can't make money.....but would definitely make it more challenging.

CallMeIcely wrote: ↑Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:48 am Interesting changes.

I like the bank risks to add some instability I didn't want make the AI too aggressive because they already have quite a few natural advantages but glad to see the majority of the script you like.

The bank early on at the start of a bank I think the settings setup a ton of risk but the AI tends to wind up with massive wealth and I suspect would be able to back stop from reserves any mistakes and stabilize the bank. Be a good way to have them burn through some excess cash.

The sea ports is for the human player who only has 5 million to start up so that they can earn money. In my previous version the AI doesn't keep up with supply and tend to increase wholesale prices to where the retailer can't make money.....but would definitely make it more challenging.

since the AI Bank management behavior has been massively improved few month ago, it is not a problem to use
Aggressiveness of AI banks and insurance companies=Moderate
Maximum Loans-to-Assets Ratio=100
Corporate Deposit Cap=100
if the player starts with no more then $25m then thats a good head start for AIs and the banks stock gonna be out of reach for the player, by the time he got the money to buy stocks. if you start with a lot more cash on the other hand, you just need 10-15 % early share purchase of the banks and you ll own them in a few years. once they buy back their stocks. starting with $1m-$5m like i used to, would give even more head but i dont do that anymore as the first 2 years gonna be too boring.

the AI handles the 600m investments of other corporations very well, those banks are near to undestructable, at least i havnt found a way to break them yet. in my games theres around 30% of combined game assets as cash deposit in AI banks with above settings. the AI banks are great at enable/turn off deposits into their banks to be able to handle the cash.

moderate aggressiveness, because we dont want lunatics handle a bank and break it with too risky loan management, i found moderate quite great to make the AI Bank use brain

from my own experience this enables plenty corporations to be profitable on their particular business strategy.
i.e. stock companies dont bother with cash deposit, they push all into stocks
retailers/ tech focus tend to bang all into cash deposit unless bonds offer a better return
even diversified companies tend to drop a few hundred million into cash deposits unless they need money for expansion

limiting those cash deposits would make plenty companies to just sit on their money like in old times, making their stock value decay and you could just buy them up for 30-40% of their assets

v1.3

Requirements:

-All DLCs

Change Log

-Removed Experimental settings
-Added multiple floors for retail stores.

[HEADER]

Title=Not That Competitive Script
Description=Set conditions for the most challenging game play leveraging all advanced game features

[ENVIRONMENT]

Number of Cities=15
Your Start-up Capital=Very Low
Random Events=Never
Game Starting Year=1900
Retail Store Type=Many
Technology Disruption=Yes
Stock Market=Yes
Alternative Stock Sim=Yes
Boom-Bust Cycle Volatility=Moderate
Macro Economy Realism=High
Inflation=Inverse
Inflation Strength=Normal
Number of AI Persons=149
Subsidiaries=0
Private Company=Yes
Retail Store Floors=Multiple

[COMPETITORS]
Number of Competitors=63
Competitor Start-up Capital=Very High
AI Expansion Aggressiveness=Moderate
AI Pricing Aggressiveness=Moderate
AI Expertise Level=Moderate
AI Tech Head Start=None
Show Competitor Trade Secrets=No
AI Friendly Merger=Yes
Competence of Local Competitors=Moderate
AI Private Companies Percent=30

[PRODUCTS]
Consumer Goods Seaports=4
Industrial Goods Seaports=4
Constant Import Supply=No
Import Quality=Moderate
Randomly Disable Product Classes=0
Product Customization=On
Product Customization Range=High

[SPECIAL RULES]
Constant Game Speed=1
Auto Save Interval Days=25
Multiple Auto Saves Interval Years=10
Fewer Natural Resources=Yes
Anti-Exploitation Game Rules=On


[CES DLC]
City Initial Cash Level=Low
Random Global Competitiveness Ratings=Yes
Global Competitiveness Rating Increases=1
Donations to Rival Political Parties=60

[Digital Age DLC]
E-Commerce=Yes
Max E-Commerce Share=Moderate
AI Acquires Private Companies=Occasionally
AI Tech Companies Go IPO=Yes
Max AI Software and Internet Companies=Moderate
Talent System=Full
Disruption to Traditional Media=Moderate

[Banking and Finance DLC]
Aggressiveness of AI banks and insurance companies=Moderate
Number of AI Companies Focused on Banking=Moderate
Number of AI Companies Focused on Insurance=Moderate
Tendency of AI to Set Up Banks=Moderate
Tendency of AI to Set Up Insurance Companies=Moderate
Feature Bank=Yes
Realistic Loan Demand=Yes
Base Loan Interest Rate=Moderate
Initial Net Interest Spread=3.5
Maximum Loans-to-Assets Ratio=100
Maximum Loans-to-Assets Ratio=100
Corporate Deposit Cap=100
Required Bank Capital Ratio=15
Economy Impact on Loan Defaults=High
Feature Bond=Yes
Percentage of Player Capital Funded by Bond=20
Bond Credit Standard=Normal
Bond Issue Limit=40
Feature Insurance=Yes
Insurance Claims=Moderate
Feature Global Stock=Yes
Global Stock Performance=Moderate
Venture Capitalists=15
VC Capital=30
VC Diversification=25
Realistic Money Supply=Yes
Warehouse Floors=Multiple
Acquire Companies Facing Bankruptcy=Yes

[SERVICE INDUSTRY DLC]
Service Firms=Yes
Apartment and Commercial Buildings Have Retail Space=Yes
New Apartment and Commercial Buildings=Yes
General Store=Yes
Shopping Mall=Yes
Rent-free for Own Stores=No
Tendency of AI to Build Malls=Moderate
Import Company=Yes
Import Quality=Moderate
Import Product Variety=20
Import Variety Increase=Yes
Import Semi Products Only=No
Constant Supply=No
Disable Knowledge Points for Import Company=Yes
Export Company=Yes
Export Deal Duration=5
Disable Knowledge Points for Export Company=Yes
Logistics Company=Yes
Tendency of AI to Set Up Logistics Companies=Yes