Can anybody explain this:
i wa playin on a map with around 100 vehicles givin alot of profit, but suddenly, i got into a big loss for 3 years! I dunno how, but, please help me!
Because of speed bonus, vehicle will make less and less money with time, until income go down under maintenance and operation costs. Open your finance window (keyboard shortcut "f") and compare "vehicle earnings" with "maintenance" and "operation costs". The sum is called "operational profit", if it's negative then you have a problem.
-> Make your convoys run full (using minimum charge settings in each lines'schedule window)
-> Replace oldest vehicles
-> Don't make too big stations, juste what you need not to have them overloaded.
Hey Gauthier,
thanx for ur help. I works alot! U saved my precious time, as I don't play for long time.
:):):):)
One more question, what should be the max. Length of passenger & freight trains?
And, the % of passengers from one station?
Optimus Prime, I'd like to ask you three things:
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Max length ... mmmh I guess it depends on several things :
_ In early years, most steam locomotives can't pull too long trains with high speed.
_ Length of stations must match capacity needs not to lose money.
_ Maybe it's even pakset-dependant ...
Well, the easiest way is begining with short trains and making them longer when trafic's density forces you to do so.