Cost of Living is a mod that adds simple taxes to home ownership and outpost registration.
Outpost registration is now subject to a one-time fee if the location is on a settled planet or in a settled system.
The registration fee varies depending on which faction controls the system, and how desirable the planet is.
If you refuse to pay the registration fee, you may incur penalties if you proceed to set up the outpost.
Home ownership is now taxable, with taxes due every 14 days.
They will simply accumulate each time you have insufficient credits.
No vanilla records are touched and all operations are performed via script.
If a house key is not present in your inventory, the system will assume you do not own the home.
Therefore, mods that allow removal of keys may have mixed results.
Mod-added homes are currently not supported in the taxation system.
Until a way to dynamically add keywords to keys is added this will probably not change.
There are no requirements except for Starfield updated to at least 1.14.70.
DLC is not required.
Simply install with your mod manager and wait for the mod to initialize.
If you already own a home, expect to pay taxes in 14 days.
The mod can be toggled on and off entirely in the Gameplay Options menu.
Mid-game uninstallation is not recommended.
Papyrus Details for Mod Authors
The system watches for three vanilla events in total.
Taxes are checked for OnLocationChange. The taxman is ever-present!
Outpost registration logic is triggered OnOutpostPlaced.
In some scenarios, the mod will watch for OnWorkshopObjectRemoved.
Mods that significantly alter execution of any of these events could theoretically impair functionality.
Changelog:
Version 1.0.1
—System
removed ‘baseline’ periodic costs
taxation now biweekly
Fixed timer not resetting after taxation
Version 1.0
—System
Complete refactor
—Notifications
One-time tutorials added
Most message pop-ups converted to Note items in inventory
—Outposts
Planet and System costs completely reworked
Handling completely reworked
Skill checks added on top of membership checks
—Taxation
Extensible handler added for external mod compatibility
Costs completely reworked
Version 0.76
Alternate workaround added for playerref property registration bug
Chance to evade detection based on skills when placing an outpost beacon
Version 0.75
Script registration fixed
Version 0.7
—System
Mod works with states to improve handling
Disabling mod now clears all taxes properly and interrupts outpost registration
Re-enabling mod resets taxation interval
Taxation no longer triggers early in rare cases
—Registration Fees
More factors considered
Factional allegiance checks added
Skill checks added
Costs increased significantly
House Varuun space fully implemented
Planet logic decoupled from System logic
Bounty penalty is now 2x registration fee
Credits:
rbt
Download mod
| File | File size |
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Cost Of Living-1-0-1
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20 KB |
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Cost Of Living-1-0
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28 KB |
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Cost Of Living-0-5
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10 KB |
