Topic: [11.12] Industry Spacing Does Not Obey "max_factory_spacing_percentage"

[Sarlock]

I ran a map as a test to see if the behavior from the 7000x2000 map repeated itself and it does: industry does not seem to obey the restriction in "max_factory_spacing_percentage" (set to 33 default) when connecting to other industries.



This results in some very long connections.  It seems random, I've had connections just a few tiles away and ones as far as this example and even farther.

This was on a 4000x500 map with 80 industries and 10 cities.

I didn't think about saving the map until after I closed the game. 

[pwhk]

Apparently, I have a super-short connection in the save I am playing that can literally have goods delivered from the factory to the shop by hauling them on hand 

[jamespetts]

The code for this appears to be unchanged from Standard (and it is not immediately apparent to me precisely how this works). Can anyone confirm whether this works in Standard?

[Sarlock]

Interesting.  I didn't realize this parameter was available in Standard as well.  I didn't see it in the simuconf for pak64 or pak128.  Will add and test later.

[jamespetts]

Any progress on testing this in Standard, anyone?

[TurfIt]

AFAICT the max_factory_spacing_xx parameters only limit how far away a new supplier will be built from a newly built consumer. If the new consumer finds an existing supplier on the map, it will link regardless of distance. There are no parameters to control min/max linking distance. IMHO there should be...

[Sarlock]

My apologies, I had tested this at the time but forgot to provide an update.

I tested this with Standard and it didn't seem to have any effect either.  I didn't even know this parameter was available in Standard, I hadn't seen it used in any of the pak config files.

If it is as TurfIt suggests, then this parameter would be of limited effect/usefulness.

[jamespetts]

In light of the above, this topic seems more appropriate in the Standard extension requests forum, to which I have now moved it.