RentControl

Land Value, Rent & Building Upgrade Control

• Set a global and configurable upper bound for land value. Land value of the city will stop rising when hitting this limit. This function can be turned off via a configuration entry.
• Two modifiers are added to control the rent payment mechanism:
  • Rent payment factor: controls how much% of the original rent is actually payed by residents and companies. The actually rent payed = original rent * rent payment factor. Storage companies are not affected. Disable this function by setting this factor to 1. The default configuration is 0.25.
  • Rent upgrade factor: controls how much% of the original rent is actually added to the building upgrade progress. The actually progress added= original rent * rent upgrade factor. Disable this function by setting this factor to 1. The default configuration is 1.
• Two modifiers are added to control the building upgrade mechanism:
  • Building upkeep factor: controls how much% of the original building upkeep is actually subtracted from the building upgrade progress. The actually building upkeep = original upkeep * building upkeep factor. Disable this function by setting this factor to 1. The default configuration is 1.
  • Garbage fee factor: controls how much% of the original garbage fee is actually subtracted from the building upgrade progress. The actually garbage fee = original garbage fee * garbage fee factor. Disable this function by setting this factor to 1. The default configuration is 1.

Background Information

• Tips about the game's building upgrading mechanism
  • The building upgrade progress is the building's landlord.
  • Only the rent promotes the building upgrade progress.
  • Only the building upkeep and the garbage processing fee reduce this progress.
  • When the upgrade progress > the corresponding upgrade cost, the building gets upgraded
  • When the upgrade progress < -the corresponding upgrade cost, the building gets abandoned.
• Tips about the game's rent mechanism
  • The rent value rises with the land value, but not determined by it. Many other factors affects the rent, such as the building level and city services.
  • Storage companies are not affected by the rent. Their landlords (upgrade progress) afford their profits and losses.
  • How high rent causes abandoned buildings: High rent→renters cannot affort→renters move away→landlords receive insufficient rent→landlords go backrupt→building abandoned.

Configuring the Setting

• First launch the game with this mod loaded, and close the game (to generate the configuration file).
• Open the configuration file (..\Cities Skylines II\BepInEx\config\RentControl.cfg), modify each configuration entries and save the file.
• Now launch the game again with this mod loaded and enjoy it!
• Guidelines on configurating different factors:
  • To ensure that citizens/companies can affort their rent: lower land value cap and lower the rent payment factor.
  • To speed up building upgrade/prevent building abandon: Increase the rent upgrade factor, lower the building upkeep factor and lower the garbage fee factor.

Requirements

• Game version 1.0.19f1.
• BepInEx 5

Disclaimer

• This mod is experimental. It alters core game mechanisms, affects game data and has a short-term impact on saves. It may not be compatible with other mods. Please use at your own risk.
• This mod can be quite balance-breaking if not properly configurated.

Credits

• Captain-Of-Coit: A Cities: Skylines 2 mod template.
• BepInEx: Unity / XNA game patcher and plugin framework.
• Harmony: A library for patching, replacing and decorating .NET and Mono methods during runtime.
• CSLBBS: A chinese Cities: Skylines 2 community, for extensive test and feedback efforts.