No, the distance dependency does not depend on the town size, but it's a nice idea. I've added it to some of my lists.cmoiromain wrote:About the distance factor: does it vary according to the size of the town? IMO, a bigger town should attract passengers from further away than a small town (that means more passengers at an equal distance), and should be able to produce slightly more passengers in destination of small, far away villages.
I also wonder how the route is chosen... Travellers going from A to B would rather choose:
the fastest route ?
the cheapest route?
the one with the less transfers?
the one with the less stations to visit (transfer or not)?
the first one that is available?
a mix of all those factors (except first available) with a formula linking them together?
or do they choose randomly?
I would be very interested to know exactly how this works, because at the moment I think my TGV lines (much faster) are not used enough, whereas my metro lines (slower, more stops, but maybe a few less changes depending on the destination) too used.
edit: I precise that I am only mentionning passengers at the moment, I have not yet tested other cargoes.
Cargo takes the "cheapest" route, whereas a route cost is the sum of individual legs (a leg is the trip from one scheduled station to another scheduled station, regardless of whether the cargo remains on board or not). The cost of each leg is equal to the Manhattan Distance times a vehicle factor (currently 1 for aircraft, 2 for trains, 3 for road vehicles and 4 for ships) plus an additional 25 "stopover penalty". The cheapest route is taken. Always.
Later this week the vehicle factors and stopover penalties will be customizable.
Celestar