Let players take items apart without creating a free-material machine

Craft a dagger, take it apart, get the materials back, repeat. If the numbers are a little off the player gets richer with each loop, and rounding is the usual culprit. This entry shows the rule and a check you can run over every recipe.

Why this works

Any cycle that returns even a little more than it took will be found and used. Always rounding in the game's favour, and checking every recipe for a gain, makes sure that making something and taking it apart can only cost.

When not to use it

Do not tax every breakdown when repair and reuse are the heart of the game, as in a scavenging world where nothing is wasted. Let recycling return nearly everything, but cap how often a part can be reused.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 4 common mistakes and the fix
• 30 lines of example code with 3 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

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Use the Spielerando entry "Let players take items apart without creating a free-material machine" (read_entry salvage-without-a-profit-loop) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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