Polynomial Rank Progression
Caveat: i freaking hate math with a passion
The developers had an almost arbitrary and nonsensical leveling system (number of kills needed)
This mod is for those of us who
1) play with LWPP plus a number of mods that make longer campaigns a reality
2) like to wonder what ‘rank’ their maxxed out soldier would be if they could extrapolate kills needed for levels above [8]
3) and use that to award their soldiers inclass perks, via grimy’s console mod, that they hadn’t chosen during normal level up.
LongWar Perk Pack (and original game) rank tables
Rookie/Veteran difficulty
RequiredKills[0]=0
RequiredKills[1]=1
RequiredKills[2]=6 (5 for rookie)
RequiredKills[3]=12
RequiredKills[4]=24
RequiredKills[5]=38
RequiredKills[6]=57
RequiredKills[7]=81
RequiredKills[8]=110; Commander difficulty
RequiredKills[0]=0
RequiredKills[1]=1
RequiredKills[2]=6
RequiredKills[3]=12
RequiredKills[4]=24
RequiredKills[5]=42
RequiredKills[6]=60
RequiredKills[7]=85
RequiredKills[8]=117; Legend difficulty
RequiredKills[0]=0
RequiredKills[1]=1
RequiredKills[2]=8
RequiredKills[3]=18
RequiredKills[4]=40
RequiredKills[5]=70
RequiredKills[6]=110
RequiredKills[7]=175
RequiredKills[8]=250
The way i figure, i find the best number progression formula i can find and mix and match the polynomial functions to approximate the above arbitrary sequences.
So for Rookie/Veteran difficulty i picked a Quadratic function (adding (5)+3 cumulative)
Now for the Commander difficulty i picked a Cubic function ((adding (5)+3cumulative)+1cumulative)
And finally for the Legendary difficulty i picked another Cubic function ((adding (6)+5cumulative)+3cumulative)
SteamSteamAppsworkshopcontent268500665703787ConfigXComGameData_XpData.ini
delete that entire file in the "More Scanning Sites" mod subfolder to return the xp requirements to level back to default.
C:Gamessteamappsworkshopcontent268500719109968ConfigXComGameData_XpData.ini
delete that entire file in the "Longwar Perk Pack" mod subfolder to return the xp requirements to level back to default.
