Utilities & BillingCopy Anchor Link

Every property runs on a recurring billing cycle that charges rent, maintenance, tax, electricity, water, and optional services, and decays the property's condition when bills go unpaid. Residents manage it all from the Utilities panel.

All tunables live in shared/economy.lua.

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The billing cycleCopy Anchor Link

• The billing loop sweeps every Config.BillingCheckInterval (60 s) and charges what's due each Config.BillingCycleSeconds (1 week).
• What's billed: rent (tenants), maintenance + tax (owners), electricity, water, and any subscribed services.

Managing utilities in-worldCopy Anchor Link

• Radial → Property → Utilities, or the tablet property page.
• Toggle services, see the current balance, and settle what's owed.

ElectricityCopy Anchor Link

• BaseFee (15) + RatePerActiveLight (5) per active light per cycle.
• Security devices draw power too: DeviceDraw, camera 8, motion 4, alarm 6 per tier. Set to 0 to disable.
• With BlackoutNoLights = true, an interior with 0 active lights (or a cut breaker) goes dark using BlackoutTimecycle.

WaterCopy Anchor Link

• Config.Water: flat BaseFee (10) per cycle.

ServicesCopy Anchor Link

Optional recurring subscriptions shown in the Utilities panel:

Edit the list in Config.Services.

Property conditionCopy Anchor Link

• Condition decays ConditionDecayPerCycle (2%) when bills are paid, or ConditionDecayUnpaid (8%) when they aren't.
• Below ConditionRentCap (40%), the property's rent ceiling is halved, a run-down property can't charge full rent.
• Repair costs RepairCostPerPct (150) per 1% restored.

Missed payments → eviction & repossessionCopy Anchor Link

• Tenants who miss rent for EvictionAfter (3) cycles are auto-evicted (stashes sealed to impound, see Renting & Leases).
• Owners who miss maintenance for RepossessAfter (3) cycles have the property repossessed.

TaxCopy Anchor Link

• Block mode: per-block tax rate by tier, applied on assessed value each cycle, plus Config.PlatformTaxRate (5%) on rent.
• Classic mode: flat Config.Classic.TaxRate (2%) on rent income.
• Tebex homes: pay no tax, and keep the full rent when rented out (Config.Tebex.ExemptPlatformTax). Their maintenance can also be reduced or waived per product. See Tebex Integration.

Where the money goesCopy Anchor Link

• Block mode: company treasury / ledger; state cut per PlatformTaxRate.
• Classic mode: the realtor job's society account and Job Hub ledger.
• Every personal charge is also written to your My Transactions ledger.