fearlessiron / bettercoststrings

XCOM 2 mod that shows inventory counts and colour-codes entries in cost strings when building items, starting research, etc.

Better Cost Strings

XCOM 2 mod that shows inventory counts and highlights sparse artifacts and resources in cost strings when building items, starting research, etc.

Compatibility

This mod can be activated for existing campaigns. It overrides the class "UIUtilities_Strategy", so it is incompatible with other mods that override the same class.

Building

The mod can be built with Visual Studio Code. Be sure to add a settings.json file to the directory .vscode and add your Steam paths as follows:

{
    "xcom.highlander.sdkroot": "D:\\Steam\\SteamApps\\common",
    "xcom.highlander.gameroot": "D:\\Steam\\SteamApps\\common\\XCOM 2",
}

Caveat: xcom.highlander.sdkroot must not contain the complete path to the SDK but to the folder above. So if the SDK is in D:\Steam\SteamApps\common\XCOM 2 SDK, the value for the variable must be D:\\Steam\\SteamApps\\common.

To build both for Vanilla and War of the Chosen without changing the settings, both the Vanilla SDK and the War of the Chosen SDK need to be in the same Steam folder (D:\Steam\SteamApps\common in the example). If that's not the case, the xcom.highlander.sdkroot path has to be adapted when switching the target.

bettercoststrings's Issues

Add switch to disable non-essential log messages

Non-essential log messages like the splash message should be suppressable via a config switch to reduce log noise.

Add config option to disable highlighting of sparse resources

Allow for configuring the mod so that it does not highlight artifacts where the inventory count is only sufficient for one more item.

Replace Mod Class Override with OverrideStrategyCostString event

Currently, the mod override UIUtilities_Strategy to modify the cost strings. As this impedes compatibility, it would be preferrable to achieve the same with a screen listener the OverrideStrategyCostString event of the Community Highlander should be used.

Settings class should not function as ScreenListener to initialize MCM

Add option to also show available resources

Add an option that allows to also show the available resources (like Supplies, Elerium Crystals, Elerium Cores, etc.) in the cost strings. By default, the cost string will only show the available artifacts (like corpses).