Collection of mods that work well with the Basic Crafting Economy.


A) Basic Crafting Economy
(Gameplay overhaul with crafting, medical & food system, new tools, resources & more)

B) BCE Guns
(Weapon overhaul & 90+ new weapons)

C) BCE Guns Crafting
(Crafting of weapons)

D) BCE Outposts & Mines
(Additional outposts & mines)

E) BCE Enemies
(Advanced & increased enemies)

F) BCE Armors
(Armor overhaul & 160+ new armors balanced with BCE Guns)

G) BCE Loot
(Loot crate and quest rewards economy for BCE Guns, BCE Armors & Basic Crafting Economy)

H) BCE Markets
(Overhaul of Fleatown, Cacao & Porchers Camp markets and vendors. And 5 additional dealers of items and weapons to be found on the map. Makes a total of 8)

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1. BCE Quests - Illuminati
Side quest that is recommended to use: One new gun, new shipments and several tasks to complete to get the rewards.

2. Merc Value Rebalance
If you activate this mod, you have a better variety of economically reasonable choices in hiring mercs. Overall, mercs become more expensive. Please compensate with a tad more mine income, or you will not be able to afford mercs on level 10 anymore. It can be adjusted in mod options of Custom Difficulty Settings mod, please see below.

3. C-UAE Cross-Mod Universal Armament Expansion
Exclusion tables are implemented with BCE mods. Will provide BCE loot to enemies and their loot drops. Please make reasonable choices in the mod options. I suggest to put loot progression to -1 and enable weapon and armor exchanges.

Mod options suggestions:
+ Replace Weapons: On
+ Add Weapon Components: On
+ Replace Armor: On
+ Affect Militia: Off
+ Extra Grenade Chance: 10
+ Armament Progression Speed Factor: -1

4. Merc Mods
Please add or remove as many mercs as you like.

5. Custom Difficulty Settings
Custom Difficuly Settings mod options suggestions:

(A)
+ If you use BCE Enemies // TAIP AI OR Merc Value Rebalance OR GC-Militia
-> Sector Daily Income Bonus: -30%
-> Depleted Mine Income Percentage: 20%
-> Start Money Bonus: 10

+ If you use 2 of the 3 mods
-> Sector Daily Income Bonus: -10%
-> Depleted Mine Income Percentage: 20%
-> Start Money Bonus: 25

+ If you use BCE Enemies // TAIP AND Merc Value Rebalance AND GC-Militia
-> Sector Daily Income Bonus: -0%
-> Depleted Mine Income Percentage: 30%
-> Start Money Bonus: 60

(B)
Enemy Free Move Bonus: 30

(C)
Enemy Unit Bonus Level: 0 or 1 or 2

Use Enemy Bonus Level setting to counter balance your planned use of BCE Enemies // TAIP and the loot progression (Armament Progression Speed Factor in C-UAE mod).
+ If you don't use BCE Enemies // TAIP, put Enemy Bonus Level to 2 or maybe even 3
-> If you plan to use Enemy Bonus Level higher than 2 (3+),
then put loot progression from -1 to -2 (C-UAE)
+ If you use BCE Enemies // TAIP probably Enemy Bonus Level of 1 is most adequate
+ If you plan to use Tactical AI with all extras enabled (Hard Boiled, DOA, etc.)
probably Enemy Bonus Level of 0 or -1 is adequate
-> If you plan to use Enemy Bonus Level lower than 1 (0 or -1),
then put loot progression from -1 to 0 (C-UAE)

Recommended:
For BCE Enemies // TAIP
+ Enemy Unit Bonus Level: 2 // 1
+ Armament Progression Speed Factor: -1 // -1

6. GC-Militia
Mod options suggestions:
+ Militia Inventory item Slots: Related to Strength
+ Daily Upkeep Elite: 80
+ Choose Militia Equipment: None // Vanilla
+ Shop: Current Tier: 1
+ Shop: Multiplies the Default Stock Values: 1
+ Experimental: Militia Fights on its Own: On
+ No Loyalty Loss in Tows with not enough Militia: On
+ Shop: Ship to all Towns: On

7. Auto Renew Contracts
Mod options suggestions:
+ Auto-Rehire for _ Days: 14
+ Auto-Accept Haggling Attempts: On
+ Disallow Account Overdraft: Off
+ Active Budget Warnings: On

8. Audaki's Training Overhaul
Mod options suggestions:
+ Sector Training Stat Cap: 90
+ Trainboost Gainspeed: 60% or 75% (mod should offer more detailed steps in this zone: 60%, 68%, 75%. If that was the case, I would suggest 68%)

9. Pierre Pronto & Bast Merc
Hire Pierre at fortress (Earnie Island) and Bastien at the refugee camp.

10. Intercept
Headhunter mod that should be compatible with the BCE collection.

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Mod option suggestions try to give you a general idea how to set up for a good run. Please make your changes into the desired direction of travel.

Suggested Game Rules
Forgiving Mode: No
Active Pause: Yes
Lethal Weapons: No (for GC-Militia)
-> All other Yes/No

Suggested Advanced Rules
Body Count: Yes
Hard Lessons: Yes
Heavy Wounds: Yes/No
AIM Always On: Yes
-> all other No

Try to get 4-5 mercs at start for smooth play.

Feedback and suggestions welcome.
Have fun & good luck!

https://discord.gg/PQ8Puahsnx
(share feedback, report bug, help development, find coop players)

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Revised Tacitcal Gear II
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3178380968
Use this instead of Inventory Size Rebalance 1.5 if you want weight management, new inventory slots, holsters, vests and what not.
BCE Series offers basic compatibility: All BCE Items can go to the new slots offered and have weight attached to them.

Tactical AI Project (TAIP)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3042581131
Use this instead of BCE Enemies or in experimential cases together with BCE Enemies. When you use both mods together, all mod options of TAIP should be put off.

Mod options suggestions:
+ Global Stealth Detection Level: 60%
+ Global Explosion Resistance Level: 60%
+ Global Projectile Velocity: 150%
+ Hard Boiled: Off
+ Dead On Arrival: Off
+ Bullet in the Head: Off
+ The Grand Chien Nightmare: Off
+ Escape From the Grand Chien: Off

Enemy Armors
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3229507332
If you don't use BCE Enemies, you can use Enemy Armors to have high compatibility with Tactical AI.

Rato's Explosive Overhaul
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3253652174
Must be used together with Tactical AI Project in any way. Can work together with BCE Enemies but should not be required.

GC & BCE adopted Expansion of tactical maps light
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3258648210
The light version should be compatible with BCE series. Loot and difficulty progression will get disturbed. Not suggested for first BCE runs.

Diceman
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3095871589
Can serve as an alternative or addition to BCE Enemies // TAIP to spice things up. Shakes up balance a lot. Spawns loads of additional enemies in random events. Not suggested for first BCE runs.

Zota6's Weapon Soundpack
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3119118977
Refreshing exchange of good quality sounds. Unfortunately few guns will have missing sounds when using this.

Nocturnal Beauty
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3274783005
Use this instead of Darker Nights when you are only out for beautification instead of technical changes of nights.