I guess a merger would be fine, if you like to do it, if not thats also perfectly fine
If do thank you so much! And yes that´s my old mail - all those good old hotmails - but these days its gmail.
And if someone can get practice out of it! Go Ahead! Thank you Hawk & Gumboots!
Yeah I saw the map about specifically making revnue through taverns, restaurants and hotels, very interesting! Sounds very fun to play. Right with you Gumboots, always fun to see the trains just doing their thing. I used to make small silly maps put a cornfield down and a long track and just enjoy the train riding the track seeing the beautiful view even if graphics were not the best. The sounds and the atmopshere is still amazing.
The pause button is so powerful though, definitely needed if one wants to really push what can be done, I´m a big fan of pause + very fast, that´s the only thing really I use unless you´re looking at stuff that can be done at normal speed and has no impact really.
Thanks for the link RulerofRails! And I´m very pleased to see so many still active, I was hoping you still were!
I did read the post as I was looking at information the other day, some very interesting stuff about attraction of passengers, hotels, how passengers generate and move - and also if the destinatiosn are unavilable and all of this - would be nice to be able to find a way to know where they want to go before you put rails, stations, and train routes down though - like pay 50k to send some people to ask them haha.
I totally get what you´re saying, the seeding has a huge impact for instance - like sometimes in drums of war there is no steel mill or the lumber, or other goods are horribly placed and you have to manipulate stuff a bit because the seeding is so bad, at other times it can be amazing like when I made 16m in 5 years with industry, there was alot of good stuff, and alot of 30% roi farms but the main industires were still too good to pass. I used to place indsutires in towns and wait a cuple years, or buy up the natural ressources that would supply my indsutry but these days I find that is just not worth it before later when you´re rolling in cash - its faster to just focus on making money and going for maximum effect. I really like you try to do things like speedruns, the most effcient and pseediest way possible, optimizing and making things more effective. No wonder you gotta make extra challenges for yourself because you´re just that damm good.
No industry, and focus on trains and steam sounds like fun conditions - perhaps also no bonds, and no issue of stock and no abuse of ai companies.
Very interesting note about hotels everywhere so they stay longer..does this count after each year aswell or will they disappear there or less of them?
I do like putting hotels, resaurants eveyrwhere to attract passengers - and what you say here really makes alot of sense, definitely will be doing this.
Ohhh, I think I´m sort of getting it, you´re talking about the whole balance of the map, the prices and demands and how much is consumed, how to balance that with a smart setup of a rail system, and especially consideirng the rivers which moves it faster and of course the industires and farms naturally affecting prices. Thats really smart, I didn´t think of that too much especially not the rivers or the typography like mountains or small hills perhaps also increasing costs, all I know is I like to not have to pay for them having to move it - and I like to not have to get my trains to move it for me as I feel the profit the trains make is probably only the same as what I have to pay for the tracks, trains, maintaince etc. So I like to do everything from the timber to furniture at the same place, and then move it. I guess you really gotta consider a smart network for long term - as there is only so much demand at one place...it´d be nice to be able to use a curser and drag a box which would calculate the exact demand of all the houses per year - so you could better plan - but having to miicro all trains there would be draining, so I agree it should be the game doing its thing, but we sure can help it on its way.
Do ports really act like ships, changing the demand near the coast lines as if there were boats? If so that´s pretty neat.
I also like how you mentioned you should cosnider which cities should supply and which to produce, although every city does need something and often cities which has alot of industires grows to 5 stars aswell. I think I only think about this if there are mountains or big lakes, or like if there are other industries.
I should perhaps create a topic in the general section as I´d love to hear more about your terms of stacking etc, - getting your own efinitions to get a better understanding. Every post I see from you I usually try and read with much care, as there is so many gold nuggets. I am aboslutely addicted to this game and I love what you do - Its what I want to do, so its so inspiring and makes me so happy you play this game to its maximum effect and all you do - its just wonderful. Makes me feel better about trying not to get addicted so I can not play it, but still learn and enjoy other people playing it. I often want to just have a fun game and enjoy it...but I just cannot because I want to do it PERFECTLY, so soon after I spend hours analyzing the map and love taking my time each year and after each possible action or new factory made, and checking stations and everything else...Its so much fun but both time consuming and can be draining when you also want to have a relaxing game, but soon you get so focused on doing it perfectly - the other day I spent like a few days getting completely into this map and really getting the hang of it and seeing how I could keep doing better and better. Very fun! Nothing like a cup of coffee or tea, and a whole night and day of railroad tycoon 3 and going for a perfect map/speed run with whatever seed you get.
Also that is so impressive what yiu´ve done..2 years. WOW I knew it could be faster, but with trains - and you seem to be profitable despite a 500k payment each year with bonds? If you are sustatinable which you seem to be that is seriously impressive.
Would it be possible for you when you play, or to do Go West, or any other map, this map or another - and show how you play it? Im very interested in Go West as you said its a short map, so if thats possible for you? Even if there is no commentary but merely you doing your thing it´d be absolutely amazing to watch the master play, and see how you do it. I feel I could learn SO incredibly much from you, you can only learn so much from texts, nothing like experience and action to really illustrate concepts. I don´t have too big hopes this would happen - but if you ever are open to recording your gameplay there is a very easy program called OBS, you can use it takes around 2-5 minutes to set it up - I tried it the other day so I could record everything I do in railroad tycoon 3, Ive started recording all I do just for my own sake, to learn and analyze and also just enjoy. On youtube there is not much of railroad tycoon 3, mostly just from people who seem to have no clue what to do. Seeing how you play would be like a look into the past of the great tycoons.
Is that ever something you´d consider doing? Perhaps if its just a small quick map like Go West? It´d be so fun to see how you do it and see your thought process, so much can be learned. And most people don´t want to take their time analyzing a map, all the indsutires, rivers, caroges, all of this - which is vital to get an optimal start. Im also very impressed with how you got it in 2 years as on hard/expert the I think 20%? less profitable trains usually puts me into industry, but I´d love to see it done in under 2 years, that is incredible.
Also very curious to see you play some of the more difficiult maps, like this one and others - see how you setup routes, work with passengers, industires and accomplish goals in the shortest time possible. So much of what you speak of could be learned I think. I honestly think its such a shame so few get to even learn from you. I know most people are not into going so in depth, but those who are - I found teaching other people who truly crave knowledge and are open to what you tell them - its such a joy to teach, but only those who truly are interested - all those half arsed they are a waste of time, but just 1 person who wants to truly learn...nothing feels better, and isn´t that how we humans got to where we were? though knowledge, and the sharing of it.
I tried using the search button but I wish there was an advanced search function so i could find more of your posts and more topics I´m interested in learning about - as usually I got to dig through many pages.
If you are willing to consider ever recording you playing, OBS I think is best, if you know about it, if not a quick search on google and you´d beable to record within 5 minutes. I am terrible at technical stuff but it was so easy with railroad tycoon 3.
I´ll definitely keep in mind to start a thread on the general section and ask specific questions - and thank you so so much, it´s incredibly kind of you to be willing to answer my questiosn and share your library of knowledge. Truly that is not a small thing to offer, Im very grateful for that.
I´m sure as I play more - if I can´t keep myself away, I´ll get so many more questions. Right now I´m just so interested in seeing you setup routes, analyzing the terrain and how you do things so i can compare how I do it and see small gold nuggets of where I do things another much more ineffective way. After that I´m sure I´d have alot more questions. Most of what I read from your posts and others I just really crave to see put in action - seeing how its done from another perspective can be so helpful. All that knowlegde!
I´m actually far more interested in learning than I am in playing the game, then perhaps putting it into action and seeing the difference and what a joy ti´d be to go trhough every scenario with all that knowledge, I´m sitting here wanting to play right now, but I´m hesitant as with all the new knowledge i can learn I´d rather wait after having seen you play and learned much more, and after having spend more time reading more informtative posts on this forum. It´d cool to see a guide from you, a collection of posts you´ve written on this forum aswell. And all these terms you made, I´m very curious about them, such terms made by a true expert really puts thing into perspective, I´ve no doubt those terms are not silly but you put alot of thought into all of this. So a new topic called the dicitonary of RulerofRails may be an excellent idea