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May I suggest starting the game by taking over the southern railroad company, the Southern Transport. Immediately set up 2 trains at each oil station to deliver oil to Kitts Point. In a few months set 3-4 trains to run from Kitts Point to Uppville hauling only plastic to the tool & die shops at Uppville. Again, in a few months add 3-4 trains to haul only goods from Uppville to Port Norso. This way of starting will bring in a steady flow of money.Ray of Sunshine wrote:As for a "delay" of playing the Isle of Norso, I was trying each of the 3 options, to see if I would be "managing some system" for me to make some satisfactory progress to become a "sole survivor".
As Shamough pointed out, the first dollar amount (ex: $66 for Northern) is the cost per share, the cost to buy a 'piece' of ownership into the company. This dollar amount is determined in a large part by investors, by the perception of investors on the health and wealth of the company. This amount generally goes up when the company is doing well, is expanding. This amount goes down when the company is struggling to make profits.Ray of Sunshine wrote:Questions on Shares, of which it has been explained previous, but need enlightening.
When I went to check and see which shares I should buy, I find the confustion.
One the screen for the Buy-Sell-Hide the prices are shown as:
Northern - $66 However the Per Share Data is shown as: $89
Southern - $77 - $106
M&M - $66 - $84
R&C - $90 - $35
At the start of the game, both companies start about equal in the stock market. Both have a share price of $66 and a book value per share value of $93-$96. As the game clock runs, the two companies begin to drift apart depending on how resources were seeded on the map and how the AI decides to run the train schedules. Most of the time, Northern Express will become a stronger company than Southern Transport, but not always - it greatly depends on how farms, industry and such are seeded on the map.SO, why the difference between the Northern and Southern, considering that you state that they are basically on equal par?
This is the reason that I did not have a ending date for this game. The player has all the time in the world to slowly buy into the larger companies and eventually take control of them. This may take 30 years, 40 years to accomplish. I suggest taking over the smaller railroads first; they are quicker to take control of. With the windfall from them, then begin to invest into the larger companies a bit at a time. Yes, their stocks will split several times, but patience is the key - keep investing slowly over time.I do know that there is a difference in the "buying and selling", but this seems "some what" high, considering that a player has to be a "sole survivor", and having to buy the optional competitive railroad, when that competitor will be "spliting" very soon.
May I suggest that you do not let any other trains haul away the ‘required product’. Do this by setting a custom consist of zero cars on trains leaving that station. For example, at Kitts Point where the plastic factories are, trains servicing Kitts Point can arrive from a nearby town with an auto consist but must leave with NO cargo. Only your special trains hauling plastic to Uppville can leave with the plastic. (Often, instead of a zero consist, I set up a generic consist of 1 car mail, passenger, corn, clothing etc.. but no 'required product'. This way trains don't leave the town empty handed.)I also have the problem with a "required product" being shipped to a different city, of which that city doesn't require it. At the same time, a "required manufactured product" is setting at a depot, rather than being "loaded" on a "waiting engine", to a destination has a large unfilled "required product"?
From OilCan's post just prior to your last post (the long one he wrote).Ray of Sunshine wrote: I don't see any time limit.
OilCan wrote: This is the reason that I did not have a ending date for this game. The player has all the time in the world to slowly buy into the larger companies and eventually take control of them. This may take 30 years, 40 years to accomplish. I suggest taking over the smaller railroads first; they are quicker to take control of. With the windfall from them, then begin to invest into the larger companies a bit at a time. Yes, their stocks will split several times, but patience is the key - keep investing slowly over time.
I am very glad to hear that.Ray of Sunshine wrote:But at least we know now that "whatever" has been corrected.
I'll download your version and take a look at it. I've been away from RT3 for a few weeks.Shamough wrote:OilCan,I've updated a vergin IoN "V2" and am testing it now. So far it look good re the mods I made.
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