Payment Mechanisms? – Train Fever /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/feed/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:44:47 +0000 https://bbpress.org/?v=2.6.13 en-US /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7620 <![CDATA[Payment Mechanisms?]]> /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7620 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:48:20 +0000 QualityPancakes Hello Everyone!!

Can anyone explain the mechanism for calculating the payments I receive for moving people or freight?  Right now, I’ve found the most profitable runs are really only moving freight partway between the source and the destination.

I’ve only had this game for a day and it looks great.  Also I want to praise the development team for quickly releasing stability updates.

THANKS!

]]> /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7622 <![CDATA[Reply To: Payment Mechanisms?]]> /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7622 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:50:48 +0000 trainjunkie It’s basically a (linear?) function of the distance (direct fly distance not road distance) from what I gather.

]]> /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7637 <![CDATA[Reply To: Payment Mechanisms?]]> /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7637 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:34:48 +0000 trainjunkie Also forgot to mention: merchandise and passengers will be charged for each part of your network they use, if they use two different parts  (e.g. bus/train or truck/train) they will be twice charged. The longer the distance between two stops the more they pay for each part of your network they use.

This makes building branched networks more profitable than ring networks.

]]> /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7680 <![CDATA[Reply To: Payment Mechanisms?]]> /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7680 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:42:44 +0000 Mansen The further you move something, the more you’re paid – However the “dollars per mile” amount goes down the further as well.

So let’s say you get 100k for 10 miles. You wouldn’t receive 1.000K for 100 miles.

I’m not sure if Trainjunkie is right regards multiple lines is correct though – I haven’t seen anyone show any stats showing that the “DPM” is reset when you switch vehicles.

]]> /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7686 <![CDATA[Reply To: Payment Mechanisms?]]> /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7686 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:50:23 +0000 trainjunkie Well I know that this setup:

Was making me a lot more money than linking the factories directly together, plus the further away the lower station the more money was coming in

]]> /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7695 <![CDATA[Reply To: Payment Mechanisms?]]> /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7695 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:01:46 +0000 jimutt Sorry for being OT but it’s a bit funny how you can’t build “normal” paved roads rather than streets. I really admire the poor guys who have planted all the trees along those roads 😉

]]> /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7984 <![CDATA[Reply To: Payment Mechanisms?]]> /forums/topic/payment-mechanisms/#post-7984 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 19:06:55 +0000 QualityPancakes Thanks guys, I couldn’t tell if I got paid more per distance, or if just per-item. Mansen, I think that Trainjunkie is right about being charged for each leg of a journey.  I have plenty of passengers who pay for a bus to get to the train station, then pay for their train ride.

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