The Thread Where Jik Mentioned Expiration Dates Got Me Thinking About This One =]
seems a bit mad that technically i could randomly buy 1 milk and then keep it for the full 170 odd years haha
this would also encourage more healthy market due to everyone wanting to make a profit but before there product goes off, obviously this would only affect some things in the very short term but you can say that motor cars rust after 4 years in the warehouse
the tricky part it if you have say a 100 eggs that run out in 2 months but you buy 100 that run out in 3 months would it mean it will run out in 3 months (2.5 rounded up), it would be something
NO i got it the QL should just deteriorate over time ... hmm maybe not sure if QL should deteriorate or if there should be another index system for when stuff is automatically destroyed cause its no good to anyone
being awake for 29 hours really gets you thinking =]
and sorry if im flooding the suggestion box (so to speak)
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OK i think i got it, first the QL goes down to 0 after so long then once it hits 0 then there is a time scale for each to get demolished
i would really love to work on this idea actually haha but for complex math things i just make massive spreadsheet formulas and stuff that i don't think can be integrated with the game (am i right??)
anyway i think its my best idea so far =p
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This also gave me another idea that can intergrate with this which would be QL of the warehouse so the higher the QL of the warehouse the longer your goods would last in it because you would have the right equipment such as better fridges or better made barrels to keep oil in etc.....
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So i made a formula for it since i have nothing better to do at 4am (my time)
A1 = warehouse QL
A2 = product QL
Rate of QL Loss = A2-((A2*0.15)/A1)
E.g. If You Made Luxury Motor Cars (Normal Price - 218515)
then its 15% drop a month divided by the quality of the warehouse
So QL would drop as follows if the Warehouse was QL 1 and Product QL was 100
Month 1 = 100, Month 2 = 85, Month 3 = 72......... Month 34 = 0 (2.8 years game time)
If the warehouse was 50 instead
Month 1 = 100, Month 2 = 100, Month 3 = 99......... Month 1765 = 0 (147 years game time)
So if they totally researched the QL of the warehouse to level 50 then you have plenty of time before there is any real damage from a some inevitable rust etc.... it would take 37 months till the car got to 90 QL meaning you only really loose about £20,000 if you say cant get to the computer for roughly 4 days and even with a 2 week holiday you only look £88,000 a car, if shops are valued at 150 and you have maxed the price in the shops.
so if you just find out a rough % that is generous to most items so the game isn't to hard
but for this to work nothing could start out with 0 quality, it would have to start at 1 and when it got to 0 you cant sell it and it gets demolished within a time frame like 4 WU
i have though about this way to much but it has amused me so yer just several interlinked ideas =]