Some of you may have seen me contributing game analysis to the Strategy forum and the wiki. I would like to do more research, especially on train speeds vs. delivery bonus, and how industries work (how many goods needed to grow, etc.).
It would help to have a custom map plus some questions answered. This seems like the best place. If no one minds, please take a shot at anything you can.
1) It would make things a lot easier for me if I had a mod which:
- a) Has all trains, or at least a wider selection than any one SMR scenario. (Train Table mode with all trains doesn't work for me because TT mode does not have economics.) I'd especially want "interesting" trains like the Croc, GP-S and TGV.
b) All trains available already
c) Has a ton of money, so I can build at will
d) Is a pretty big and easy map, like the near-flat Hill Valley Rush. If somebody just wants to make a version of it, that's fine.
e) Has the Sheep Farm, and any other particularly unusual industries. (That's the only one the stands out to me.)
f) Otherwise, a mix of big and small towns, and various industries.
g) Will last a very long time, if possible (1000 years?)
- a) Are there "debug" type options that will show me more info? Especially interested in seeing the current timescale Tick as well as any current train Distance/Speed (for average speed), current Record, etc. info in the main display, and/or additional information on how many goods an industry has received, made or had picked up. Any info that gives more of a handle on trains and economy!
b) In the XML, I believe industries have an input and ouput tag. Is there any easy way to see how this data looks in general? (Across various scenarios... does a given industry always use the same I/O numbers, in "standard" play?) Are there any other "functional" industry numbers in the XML?
c) What does the Speed0 Trains XML tag mean? How about Power; how does that relate to engine function? Do fSpeedStartWait and fSpeedCrossFade relate to (sound) effects, or engine function?
d) Is there a Console / Cheat / Tilde mode that might let me get more info, or change more settings? If so, if there documentation somewhere?
Ok, that's enough damage for a start, smile. If anybody can help on any of these, that's great!
RK