Transporting cargo from different sources

[Fuco]

Hi...

I am transporting oil from the all rigs on map to one station, and then from this station with long trains to the other site of map to factory...the problem is, that sometimes the transfer from "main" station to factory doesnt give me, but takes money ( -2 to -6M ) I am wondering how the final "value" is calculated when i have mixed cargo sources ( i am delivering oil from lets say 5 rigs in one train ( 40-70 waggons long ) and its pretty weird that it takes 6M for one delivery. This way i am loosing ~350-600M / year.

Thx for advice

[sforget]

Payment Amount is based on distancec from source station to destination station.

If the source is near the detination, but you transport to the other side of the map and back again, you are going to lose money on the venture.

IN your situation, I would recommend having 4 Train stations one on each edge of the map and load the oil from each side at the respective station then move it all to the refinery

[Fuco]

aaaaah i think i got it




and when i have cargo from say, top right rig and bottom left, it counts each separately or just take the longest/shortest as the distance and count the result.

[sforget]

Yes, Adding the Brown route for the top edge should make the profits start to come in rather nicely.

Another thing to watch is how long the cargo has been in transit. The longer cargo is in transit the less it is worth (Time-distance relationship).

May I also suggest building train stations close to the oil rigs and picking up the oil directly - thus avoiding the transfer from slow ships onto fast rails

[athanasios]

Where possible mage diagonal lines like the blue lines. You will transfer much faster and so get more money.