What it does:
For all commodities except Gold, Platinum, Gem stones, Alien Items and restricted goods (slaves, narcotics, firearms):
- Quantities are fully random.
- Quantities are capped to 30TC (instead of 127 by default)
- Average prices are increased by 1 Cr
To make trading less predictable (buy computers here, go over there and sell them then buy furs...) and therefore more interesting. This OXZ is really for people who like trading, as you'll spend time comparing prices and checking quantities in order to optimise your profits in each system.
Lowering the quantity cap is necessary to make the full randomization effective while not using a fully scripted solution (if you look into the OXZ, you'll see a single configuration file), for the simple reason that the average quantity will be around half the cap; with the default cap it gives about 64TC, which produces too rarely situations where you can't sell or can't buy enough.
The 1Cr increase is there to compensate a bit for the extra travelling. But you have to be aware that your Credits/Minute rate will drop a bit, as you'll sometimes/often have to dock to multiple stations in order to sell/buy all your cargo capacity allows, or even in some cases leave the system with unsold items.
It is recommended to have OXPs that add stations to system, otherwise this OXP is probably just a PITA:
- Your Ads Here for the Constore. Note that this one has its own market definitions, which my OXZ doesn't touch.
- Additional planets with extra stations for additional planets. The extra stations inherit the 30TC/good caps, but it computes its quantities based on the main station quantities. Often, quantities go 3 figures for some unclear reason. If you have a large cargo bay (100+ TC), it might be the chance to fill your belly in one go.
- RSS stations occasionally help.
- Wildships, which often adds multiple Kyota stations.
Also "Market inquirer MFD" is probably a must have with this. You might want "Market observer" too.
The full randomization is probably very harsh for a fresh Jameson, as you may not even be able to sell your first cargo. I'd suggest to get "Starting Choices OXZ" and go for the easier starting scenario.
Spara's "market cooldown" OXZ is ironically not recommended with mine. "Ironically" because I started this OXP by hacking it. By the way, he is the author of many of the OXZ I've mentioned.
I've tested this mostly while flying a Cobra I, which has a relatively small cargo bay (10TC). I'm interested to hear how well it works with medium cargo bay ships (20-40TC) and if it's still viable with larger bays (100+ TC).
