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Hi maestro4202, I haven't played Railroads! since back then (2009), so I am super rusty... also IIRC I personally wasn't playing with these variables, just conjecturing with the folks who were ... In case it helps, - I think that for most of the conversation, we weren't talking about removing mainte...

If I'm reading things right, I can take the ARC values from your engine stats spreadsheet and divide that by the number of maintenances per year to get the optimal fixed maintenance cost, ya? Setting fTrainMaintModifier to 0.000001 and multiplying base maintenance costs by 1000000 seems to work for...

EDIT: Heh, you are RedKinght :) Thx for all the info you've posted! :) My pleasure! If the truth be known, I can't stand playing a solo strategy game with factors I don't understand, so I test them. Thank god for wikis... I did tons of stuff from before wikis that nobody knows about, like with Civ2...

Right Covak, that sounds like a great solution... or you could do it like Jancsika says... or you can set the periodic maintenance increase to 0 (what's the variable for that?) and set the base maintenance to something near the optimized maintenance cost (adjusted for ticks like you did). Then you b...

Cool. So, do Dr Frag's comments on iTurns sound right? In case you are new to wikis, they are intended to be a repository of collective wisdom. Forums excel at individuals talking about things, and wikis excel at being a library of "the final answer", as best known. It's not hard to edit a wiki; the...

Cool. Well, it's just a thought, anyway... a way to reduce micromanagement without cheating re: maintenance costs. I never played with the timescale. If you are playng with it, you might take a look at a couple of places on the wiki: * The Interface section says how to change it... if there's anythi...

Thanks, mikeyc! That's mighty kind of you. I'm glad folks have found it helpful. I couldn't bear playing without having a handle on maintenance costs, etc. ... then I guess I got a little carried away, lol. I also found out some really important things, like, don't feed 2 resources into 1 factory......

Hi darth,

Actually I stopped updating this thread when they got the wiki up. For a "final version" of the maintenance issue, see this. There's lots of other good stuff on the wiki. Another thing I'm proud of is the work I did on Resources there. Give it a look!

Hey darthdroid! How's it going. You mean Railroad Tycoon, right? I haven't seen a new one since RRT3. Are you still playing it? I'm not sure what you mean by Robber Baron. Wow I can't believe I posted that "Railroads Analyses3.xls". Most of it was my own notes while playing around with the game. I'm...

Great stuff, Keota. Did you get my PM? ... you around for a phone call? Not sure I understand everything in your Track page - but clearly it's a lot of good stuff.

Nice Pic, Keoto. What links to it, to explain it?

Hi Keo, I'm not playing Railroads any more, so I don't gaurantee any replies. But it's great to see someone deep into it. Busy man. Response to Public Comment, as they say in the government: It's true that I attempt strict mathematical proofs - solo games with no AIs or MP. Others can build on the v...

This goal is not hard in Solo play with no AIs, once you learn the ropes. I really like that e.g. you can slightly "wing" certain cities, to make almost a straight line from DC to NYC.... have your track slightly bend to be above one city along the way, slightly below another, etc. Of course in MP o...

Hi Keoto,

Thanks for contributing! A lot of folks have helped make it a nice site. I only contribute occasionally these days... I've moved on to other games.

I see you found the right place to request deletions - only admins can delete things. Falconer or somebody will get around to it.

Enjoy! - RK

Hi folks, Due to a question by Oddible (check wiki page history), I felt compelled to fill in some of all the stuff I left unsaid, here . Is any of this General Strat page new to you old hands? I never know if the thoughts I see in a vacuum are common knowledge, or have holes I never saw. Especially...