Variables

• You can check, set, add, subtract, divide or multiply variables against values, other variables on the same scope, or the same variable on other scopes
• You can export various galaxy generation settings as variables
• You can refer to variables in localisations, but if the variables value is 0, it will show as blank because the variable is cleared
• Variables can be used as a parameter in a handful of places, such as the count in a while effect

• You can also check, set, add, subtract, divide or multiply variables against different variables on other scopes
• There are new effects to modulo (% operator), round up, round down and round to the closest full number
• A new trigger check_variable_arithmetic checks the value of a variable if youd perform some arithmetic to it in a certain way, e.g. multiply it by another value or variable (add, subtract, multiply, divide and modulo all work)
• New effects to export various game values to variables have been added. These are: export_modifier_to_variable (check_modifier_value trigger also exists now), export_resource_stockpile_to_variable, export_resource_income_to_variable
• add_modifier, add_resource, resource_stockpile_compare now have mult parameters where a variable is accepted. So you can scale resource costs and bonuses in effects by a variable now.
• Variables are no longer cleared when they are 0, but instead when you use the clear_variable effect, so they can be reliably used in localisations.
• Certain usages of variables now have error logging, in case you try and use one that hasnt been set.

• Effects should allow you to use a variable, and should grab the number from that variable
• Triggers should also let you use a variable, and should check themselves against the value of that variable
• Triggers should by default also let you check them against another scope for which that trigger would work. So num_pops > from should check if the current object has more pops than from does
• It should be possible to export the current value of a trigger to a variable via an effect, i.e. export_trigger_value_to_variable = { trigger = num_pops variable = my_var } => sets the my_var variable to the number of pops the current scope has.

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More nice things

• In most places where you could previously use logical operators such as >, >=, =<, <, you can now use != for is not equal too.
• Message types now have their own folder, so mods can add to them without overwriting the file (great for intermod compatibility, and also for modders being able to add QoL without overwriting each other)
• Messages spawned by the create_message effect now support using loc commands such as [This.GetName] (where This is the specified target of the message).
• Also, since we had to fix a large number of cases where there were references to the Galactic Community rather than the Galactic Imperium, [ ] locs now work in quite a variety of extra places.
• The effects add_victory_score = and win = yes now exist. Im sure no one will misuse them.
• Added new event types: leader_event, system_event, starbase_event, first_contact_event, and espionage_operation_event. Though mean time to happen does not work for any of them at the moment - fixing that wasnt a priority, as it is generally better to avoid mean time to happen anyway.
• Hardcoded juggernaut behaviour is now tied to a ship size being a starbase that is mobile, rather than the juggernaut key. I.e. mod-made juggernauts are now possible without crippling bugs
• Its now possible to hide a static modifier from the list of country modifiers
• You can check the distance of objects within the same solar system now by adding same_system = yes to the distance trigger
• Theres quite a lot of new on_actions, and you can make your own ones with fire_on_action effect
• And a lot more.