How can I deliver a good to several cities?
How can I deliver a good to several cities?
After solving some technical/software problems with the game, I really enjoy playing the game.
But there is one thing I don`t under stand.
How can I deliver a good to several cities?
Example:
At station A, I connect four waggons of oil to a train. Two waggons should be unloaded at station B and two waggons should be unloaded at station C. But I only get paid at station B. The train arrives station C with empty waggons.
I have no idea how to solve this problem. I tried different route planing, but didn`t found out, how I get money at both stations.
But there is one thing I don`t under stand.
How can I deliver a good to several cities?
Example:
At station A, I connect four waggons of oil to a train. Two waggons should be unloaded at station B and two waggons should be unloaded at station C. But I only get paid at station B. The train arrives station C with empty waggons.
I have no idea how to solve this problem. I tried different route planing, but didn`t found out, how I get money at both stations.
- Slappy Da Clown
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If a train goes from A to B, it delivers all aboard. If it then goes from B to C with the same cars they will be empty as you have delivered all the goods at stop B. Unless stop B happens to have the same resources as stop A. To get goods to both stops you would need to go back to the resource & reload. A to B B to A then A to C
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Slappy Da Clown
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Slappy Da Clown
Re: delivery
Or have two trains...one from A to B to A and another from A to C to A.Slappy Da Clown wrote:To get goods to both stops you would need to go back to the resource & reload. A to B B to A then A to C
But you're better off just sending the goods to the one city. I think RedKnight did some testing, and cities (and industries) grew when a certain number of carriages had been delivered to the city (or processed at the industry). Therefore, it's better to concentrate on delivering to one city at a time.
- vancouverexpress
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- darthdroid
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As someone said, you CAN do this, but A/ you don't want to and B/ it requires 2 trains. It is not logical, you go with the highest producer. So if you want to take coal to the steel mill and the power plant, I would say....why? even if you own the power plant and not the steel mill, the steel mill will ultimately make a lot more cash, so reroute to steel city or keep it there, depending on the case.
However, if a city demands coal for power and you build a steel mill there, I do believe the coal does feed BOTH of them. I doubt that helps but thought I'd mention it.
Lastly to a more recent post: You don't want to change cars. You would prefer to add a train to ship the new good if one train cannot handle it on the same route. But all this car moving wastes time and thus $. You are always better to add more trains with simple functions and zero waiting. This again may not be realistic, but it's how to do it to win.
However, if a city demands coal for power and you build a steel mill there, I do believe the coal does feed BOTH of them. I doubt that helps but thought I'd mention it.
Lastly to a more recent post: You don't want to change cars. You would prefer to add a train to ship the new good if one train cannot handle it on the same route. But all this car moving wastes time and thus $. You are always better to add more trains with simple functions and zero waiting. This again may not be realistic, but it's how to do it to win.
-Bob the Lunatic