[Starsector Mods][0.9.1a] SkilledUp 1.1 – Sane character progression after level 50!

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Hello everyone

First of all a little disclaimer:
I’ve been using this little tweak to the xp requirement formula for some time now and thought I’d put in the bit of extra effort to make a mod out of it and share it with all you lovely internet people! Considering it is my first (and probably last, but who knows?) mod for Starsector I might have overlooked something silly. If you are interested, please try it out and let me know your thoughts!

What does it do?

• It changes the max player level to 103, which is the level needed to cap all skills.
• It gradually decreases the amount of experience required after level 35 for each level up.

You could change the maximum player level in the Starsector settings file and call it day. However, the amount of xp required per level gets ridiculous around the 55-60 mark! Sad!

It’ll still take a tremendous amount of time to max out, but nowhere near the several lifetimes that it would when simply changing the settings file.

This can be added to a game in progress, even for maxed out characters. For characters level 36 and beyond, you’ll have to gain xp once to trigger the game to give you the levels you deserve.

Removing it from a game with a character level 51 and beyond will cause you to gain no more xp, but keep the levels and skills. I haven’t invested a lot of time in testing that scenario, but it is logical considering the game treats xp, levels and skills merely as loosely coupled concepts.

In short – my advice is to use ‘Save as copy’ after enabling this mod on an existing save!

Below is a visual comparison of how the vanilla (red) xp requirements looks vs. those with the mod enabled (blue). As you can see, the difference in requirement for level 36 is negligible, while for level 103 the difference is ~ 90%:

Ill download it and see how it goes, keep up the good work!

Hey, just installed this and it works great. I like it! Thanks for making it.

Glad to hear!

Huh, this sounds great!

Ill download it and see how it goes, keep up the good work!

Cheers. Curious to hear how it works for you!

The player is already OP as hell… this sounds unnecessary

  lol yeah isn’t it great?

The player is already OP as hell… this sounds unnecessary

I’m curious, why did you feel the need to point this out? Does the existence of this mod somehow negatively affect your own enjoyment of Starsector?

I regret nothing.

My character is level 92 without this mod.

I regret nothing.

Eight levels more and you could build your own nexus!

lol yeah isn’t it great?

Thanks for the mod, starting as industrious scavenger still leads to need for more command points in later battles, which, in turn, requires personal deployment, which, in it’s turn, requires some combat capabilities

Thanks buddy! I was hoping for a mod like this as soon as I started .9a

Anytime!

Thanks for the mod, starting as industrious scavenger still leads to need for more command points in later battles, which, in turn, requires personal deployment, which, in it’s turn, requires some combat capabilities

You’re welcome! Exactly why I made this

My character is level 92 without this mod.

I regret nothing.

  that’s very impressive!

This mod will give me cause to play to 103 normally so can’t wait to add this to my manadatory mods for all playthroughs!!

Fantastic work!