How to add influence cost to stations?

[Gamesguy]

I'm trying to add an influence cost to building military stations, but any attempt at doing so has either crashed the game or rendered that station unbuildable.

Things I've tried:

1. Inserting

cost = {
minerals = 500
influence = 500
}

into the station code in the ship_sizes. Station disappears from build/design list.

2. Defining the above as a variable and doing the same. Same

3. Using influence_cost = 500 instead, this does nothing.

4. Inserting either of the above into a required station module(same result as above).

Obviously stations can have an influence cost, as evidenced by the frontier outpost, but I can't find where the game defines the influence cost for the frontier outpost anywhere. Anybody have ideas?

 

[InfinityArts]

Outpost influence cost is defined in 00_defines.lua, line 863:

OUTPOST_STATION_INFLUENCE_COST = 200, -- Influence cost to build outpost

 

[Gamesguy]

Outpost influence cost is defined in 00_defines.lua, line 863:

I found that, but it only applies to outpost stations. Adding MILITARY_STATION_INFLUENCE_COST does nothing.

 

[InfinityArts]

Variables in defines are hard-coded into the game, I don't believe you can add any new variables.

 

[nicodede62]

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