Configuring patches/Economy

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Contents 1 Configure Patches Window: Economy Section 1.1 Inflation 1.2 Manual primary industry construction method 1.3 Allow multiple similar industries per town 1.4 Industries of the same type can be built close to each other 1.5 Allow bribing of the local authority 1.6 Allow buying exclusive transport rights 1.7 Allow sending money to other companies 1.8 Coloured news appears in <year> 1.9 End game in <year> 1.10 Enable smooth economy (more, smaller changes) 1.11 Allow buying shares from other companies 1.12 Select town road layout 1.13 Remove absurd road-elements during the road construction 1.14 Town growth speed 1.15 Proportion of towns that will become cities 1.16 Initial city size multiplier

[edit] Configure Patches Window: Economy Section

The Economy section allows you to set various options related to the

[edit] Inflation

(inflation = [true|false]) Whether inflation is on or off, if it is on the prices of things will increase as you progress.

[edit] Manual primary industry construction method

(raw_industry_construction = <num_val>) Allows you to construct industries that produce raw materials as well as industries that use them. None: cannot fund new primary industries. As other industries: can fund new primary industries. Prospecting: can fund new primary industries for same prices as secondary industries.

[edit] Allow multiple similar industries per town

(multiple_industry_per_town = [true|false]) A town can have more than one item of a type of industry.

[edit] Industries of the same type can be built close to each other

(same_industry_close = [true|false]) Industries of the same type can be built close to each other with this patch on, it could cause problems though as you may end up with ten industries of one type in one small area of your map.

[edit] Allow bribing of the local authority

(bribe = [true|false]) Allows you to bribe the local authority so that they increase your rating, if you are caught though you will be fined and won’t be able to bribe them for a while.

[edit] Allow buying exclusive transport rights

(exclusive_rights = [true|false]) Allows you to disable the purchase of exclusive transport rights in towns. Useful in multiplayer games.

[edit] Allow sending money to other companies

(give_money = [true|false]) Allows you to donate money to other companies.

[edit] Coloured news appears in <year>

(colored_news_year = <num_val>) The year in which coloured newspapers appear in.

[edit] End game in <year>

(ending_year = <num_val>) The ending date for randomly generated games. Note: Not operational yet.

[edit] Enable smooth economy (more, smaller changes)

(smooth_economy = [true|false]) Changes in production will happen more frequently and by smaller percentages.

[edit] Allow buying shares from other companies

(allow_shares = [true|false]) Allows you to enable or disable the ability to buy shares from competitors. You also have to wait for the company to get old enough before buying 25% or a full take over. This age is about 7 years old.

[edit] Select town road layout

Select how towns should build their roads. You can choose between the default algorithm, an improved algorithm, a 2x2 grid, a 3x3 grid or random. The random setting picks one of the four option randomly for each town.

[edit] Remove absurd road-elements during the road construction

(mod_road_rebuild = [true|false]) Enable if towns should remove useless pieces of road to clean up dead ends.

[edit] Town growth speed

(town_growth_rate = <num_val>) Select how fast towns should grow. You can also completely disable town growth.

[edit] Proportion of towns that will become cities

(larger_towns = <num_val>) Set how many towns will become cities. Cities are larger towns which are allowed to grow faster (see also next patch option).

[edit] Initial city size multiplier

(initial_city_size = <num_val>) Set how fast cities should grow.