mod request - conservation of metal

I have an idea for a (hopefully) very easy mod to make

CoM: Conservation of Metal

* Mexes and commanders generate no metal
* players start with a fixed (default maybe 2000?) amount of metal (and practically infinite storage)
* reclaim is 100% effective
* wrecks cannot be trampled
* Puppies' special ability generates an equal value of puppies from reclaim (i.e. it takes a puppy's cost of metal "goo"ing to spawn a new puppy)
* bombs, missiles, etc leave reclaim equal to their value on detonation
* commander upgrades have full cost dropped on commander death
* metal excess is impossible due to storage being set high
* probably there are things I'm missing that could be exploited

In effect, there is a set amount of metal at the start of the match and that metal either converts 1:1 into value of units on the field, or is reclaimed 1:1 from the field into storage. When units die or are used, their value doesn't deteriorate, but only falls to the ground as irreducible reclaim in a closed system of metal flow

Let me know your thoughts or if I missed any sort of details that could be exploited

If people could either point me to resources on how to make a mod or if they could help develop it, that would be appreciated, thanks :D

It's an interesting idea. Chasing down all the edge cases will be tough. You'll probably want to start small with a significantly cut down game then go from there. I suspect you'll end up making a different game entirely, since the way ZK is balanced will probably make fixed-metal play too passively.

For modding, I would start by playing around here to see the structure of things, then take the changes out to a mutator: https://zero-k.info/mediawiki/Zero-K:Developing#Modifying_the_game

Perhaps check this out and use it as a base: https://zero-k.info/Mods/Detail/11