So I have been wondering if it is possible to edit some Aurora values, Ground units components to be precise.
I want to play around with asymmetric GSP costs, to give advantage to some weapons in different logistical situations. For example increase GSP cost for CAP over PW, to balance them mechanically, as for now CAP is simply better than PW of equal Tonnage.(taking into account all the upsides and downsides) And maybe edit cost values, if possible.
However I do not know if it is possible and if it is, where do one find those values? Do I need some special program to do it? Is Steve okay with this sort of "moding" of the game?
Yes, this is possible.
These values are in the game database (AuroraDB.db file in your game directory).
There are lots of free programs you can use for editing a SQLite database. Some info on that
here.
Steve is okay with db modding, but he does ask that you not report any bugs if playing with a modded database.
If you are unfamiliar with database design, you are facing a bit of a learning curve, but you can do it--it's not rocket science.
For what you want to do, you probably won't need to write any queries--you can just edit the data directly.
In that sense, this should be no harder than editing a spreadsheet.
Make sure to make a copy of your database first.
Might be worthwhile to find a YouTube tutorial about SQLite just to learn the very basics.
The hard part is going to be finding the right data to edit.
I
think the data you want to edit is in the
DIM_GroundComponentType table, but I'm not super familiar with the ground combat data structures.
Fortunately, the table column names appear to be mostly self-explanatory.
And there are more knowledgeable folks around who might chime in with more specifics.
