Fund Drive Rewards

How It Works

Fund Drive Percentage:

• Server tracks donation goal (e.g., $500/month for hosting costs)
• Calculates current donations as percentage of goal
• Example: $600 donated / $500 goal = 120%

Rewards Unlock:

• At 100% goal: Base rewards (0 bonus fights, 0% healing discount)
• Above 100%: Bonuses scale with percentage over goal
• Example: 120% = 20% over goal = bonus rewards

Automatic Distribution: Bonuses given to ALL players at newday (daily reset)

Bonus #1: Extra Forest Fights

Default Formula:

• Start at: 100% of goal (ffstartat setting)
• +1 fight per: 10% over start point (ffperpct setting)
• Max bonus: +10 fights (maxff setting)

Examples:

• 100% goal: 0 bonus fights
• 110% goal: +1 bonus fight
• 120% goal: +2 bonus fights
• 150% goal: +5 bonus fights
• 200% goal: +10 bonus fights (capped at max)
• 300% goal: +10 bonus fights (still capped)

Message at Newday:

• "As a reward for donating, all players will receive an extra forest fight every game day for each 10% over 100%, up to 10 total fights."
• "You receive X extra fights!"

Bonus #2: Reduced Healing Cost

Default Formula:

• Start at: 100% of goal (healstartat setting)
• -1% cost per: 1% over start point (healperpct setting)
• Max discount: -10% (maxheal setting)

Examples:

• 100% goal: 0% discount (normal healing cost)
• 105% goal: -5% healing cost
• 110% goal: -10% healing cost (capped at max)
• 120% goal: -10% healing cost (still capped)

How Discount Works:

• Normal healing: 40 gold per HP (example)
• With -10% discount: 36 gold per HP
• Healing 100 HP: 3600g instead of 4000g (saves 400g)

Message When Healing:

• "As a reward for donating, all players will receive a discount on healing costs of 1% for each percent donated over 100%, up to 10% total."
• "As a result, your costs are reduced by X%!"

Who Gets Rewards

ALL PLAYERS benefit from fund drive rewards, including:

• Players who donated
• Players who didn't donate
• New players who joined after fund drive started
• Everyone equally (no special donor bonuses beyond this)

Why? Rewards are designed to:

• Thank the community (not just individual donors)
• Create shared benefit (encourages more donations: "If we all donate, we all win")
• Avoid pay-to-win (non-donors still get bonuses)

Settings

Extra Forest Fights Settings:

• giveff: Enable extra fights (default 1 = yes)
• ffstartat: Start at what % of goal (default 100%)
• ffperpct: Give 1 fight per how many % over start (default 10%)
• maxff: Max fights to give (default 10)

Reduced Healing Cost Settings:

• giveheal: Enable healing discount (default 1 = yes)
• healstartat: Start at what % of goal (default 100%)
• healperpct: Reduce cost by what % per % over start (default 1%)
• maxheal: Max % to reduce healing (default 10%)

Requirements

Depends On: Fund Drive Indicator module (version 1.1+)

• Tracks donation goal and current percentage
• NOT available for public download (Eric Stevens private module)
• Only servers with Fund Drive Indicator installed can use Fund Drive Rewards

If your server doesn't have Fund Drive Indicator, this module won't work.

Player Strategy

For Non-Donators:

• Enjoy free bonuses (extra fights and healing discounts)
• Consider donating to help maintain/increase rewards
• No penalty for not donating (still get bonuses)

For Potential Donators:

• Watch fund drive percentage (if close to next reward tier, donate to push over)
• Example: At 95% goal, donate $25 to push to 100%+ and unlock rewards for everyone
• Your donation helps entire server (community benefit)

Maximizing Bonuses:

• Extra fights = more XP/gold grinding capacity
• Healing discount = cheaper recovery, save gold for equipment
• Both stack for significant daily advantage

Admin Perspective

Why Use Fund Drive Rewards?

• Incentivizes donations (players want to reach higher reward tiers)
• Creates community goal (everyone works together to fund server)
• Rewards donors indirectly (they benefit from bonuses too)
• Avoids pay-to-win accusations (everyone gets bonuses)

Setting Goals:

• Set reasonable fund drive goal (actual hosting costs + buffer)
• Adjust reward tiers to match community donation patterns
• Higher maxff/maxheal = more generous rewards = more donation motivation

Technical Details

Hooks:

• newday: Grants extra forest fights
• healmultiply: Reduces healing cost percentage

Calculation:

• Calls modulehook("funddrive_getpercent") to get current %
• Compares to start thresholds (ffstartat, healstartat)
• Calculates bonus: (percent - start) / increment, capped at max

Example Scenario

Server Fund Drive at 150%:

• Extra Fights: (150% - 100%) / 10% = 5 bonus fights per day
• Healing Discount: (150% - 100%) = 50%, capped at 10% = -10% healing cost

Player Impact:

• Normally get 10 fights/day → now get 15 fights/day (+50% grinding capacity)
• Healing normally costs 4000g for 100 HP → now costs 3600g (-10% = saves 400g)
• Massive advantage for daily progression

Community Effect:

• Everyone benefits equally
• Encourages more donations to maintain 150%+
• Creates positive feedback loop (donate → rewards → happy players → more donations)