Cargo Dependencies

[Zutty]

Hi all,

I'm been busy for a while but I'm back in business now. PathZilla v6 is underway once more.

I have implemented industry support, but I would like to be able to handle ALL cargos not just raw ones.

Is there a way to find which input cargos are needed for an industry to generate a particular output cargo? i.e. when I provide steel to a factory, goods are produced. I dont need to also provide grain and livestock.

I know its pretty trivial with the default industries, but newindustries seems to be more complex. Unless I'm mistaken, in PBI a steel mill requires iron ore AND coal to produce steel.

Or am I just being stupid?

Thanks

[frosch]

Sorry, but the only thing you can do is to deliver the cargo, and observe what comes out the other end.
E.g. the produced cargo can also depend on the amount / ratio the output is transported. PBI's refinery can produce either fuel oil or plastics or both, depending whether one or both are transported.

[Zutty]

Oh OK. Thanks for the reply.

I only just played with ECS vectors for the first time and it scared the pants off me. I had originally planned to model cargo vectors by tracing cargo/industry dependencies, but everything is so highly interconnected that it might be too complex.

I think I'll keep it simple for the time being and stick to primary industries.