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It it possible to change the difficulty options on your game by using this dialog. Some options can only be changed before the game has started. Three preset difficulty settings can be toggled by pressing the buttons at the top of the dialog.
You can set the difficulty to one of four settings, easy, medium, hard or custom.
[edit] Different Setting areas
Maximum no. competitors: This is the maximum number of AI or computer players allowed.
Competitor start time: This is how long after you have started your company the AIs will start.
No. of towns: This can be set in two places (here in difficulty settings or in the new terragenesis panel) when set to high you will have lots of towns and more passengers.
No. of industries: This is as the towns but this is for industries. This can be found on the generate map dialog too.
Maximum initial loan: This is the maximum loan you can have at the start of the game.
Initial interest rate: This is the % of the loan you will be paying each game year. This doesn't pay off the loan itself.
Vehicle running costs: This is the cost per game year that all your vehicles have to pay.
Construction speed of competitors: This is how fast the AI competitors build.
Intelligence of competitors: How inteligent the AI competitors are at building their tracks and running their company.
Vehicle Breakdowns: This is how often your vehicles breakdown.
Subsidy Multiplier: How much the income is multiplied on a subsidy service.
Cost of construction: This is how expensive it is for you to build anything.
Terrain type: How the land is formed from flat to mountainous. This can be found on the generate map dialog too.
Quantity of sea/lakes: This is how much of the map is taken up by the water. This can be found on the generate map dialog too.
Economy: How much the industries change their production levels throughout the game.
Train reversing: This specifies were the train turns around.
Disasters: This specifies if Disasters are on or off.
City council attitude towards area restructuring: This is how willing a local authority is to let you build near and in their town.
