Waterway construction

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When you want to transport large amounts of cargo or when industries are located in the middle of the sea (Oil Rigs for example) you may need to use water transport, even if it is quite slow.

Contents 1 Constructing Docks 2 What do all those buttons do? 3 Building Docks 4 Building Ships

[edit] Constructing Docks

You can start constructing by pressing the docks build button on the menu bar. Once clicked the Docks Construction toolbar pops up.

[edit] What do all those buttons do?

The buttons are self-explanatory. From left to right:

• Build dock button
• Build depot button
• Place buoy button
• Clear land button
• Lower land button
• Raise land button
• Buy land button
• Build canal button
• Build locks button

[edit] Building Docks

You can only build a dock at a slope that is connected to a water tile. This can be both at sea level, or as a part of a canal.

[edit] Building Ships

To build a ship, place a ship depot and then click it. You will be presented with the depot window. Select "Build new vehicles". A new window should pop up with a list of different ships to purchase. Select one you think will be necessary, and then press "Buy Vehicle" at the bottom of this window. The ship will then appear in one of the slots in the depot window and a window will pop up. Give it orders or refit it as necessary, and then click on the red "Stopped" text to start it!