Beginners Tutorial!

[MotherGoose]

SimCasino Beginners Tutorial

Hello there casino owners! Having a rough start?! Hopefully this tutorial will help you get started!

Main Menu

When u first enter the game, you will have the option to set a New Profile.
You can enter ur name & select the following options:

- Starting Cash Choose between $125.000 / $200.000 / $500.000 / $1.000.000
- Unlocked Cash Allows negative cash spending
- Instant Research Makes you start with all research unlocked
- Auto Delivery Don't wait for your items to be delivered!
- Instant Staff Staff will arive at once
- Prebuild Starter Map Gives you a prebuild space

For your first game I recommend playing with $200.000 & Auto Delivery / Instant Staff & The prebuild starter map!
This game will have the option to really micromanage ur casino, but for starters it's better to focus on making a profits and master the basic controls first.

Getting Started

Once ur world is loaded, you'll see you start with a small building that includes a vault (where u keep your cash) & a storage (where you keep drinks/foods etc.)
There is also a ATM machine. These are really usefull to place around since you want guests to spend as much money as possible!

On the left side there is a little menu with some quick and usefull tools. Hover over them to see each function!

Now, To get your casino started you should start adding some slot machines.
On the bottem side press the build button. Here you can select all different catagory's for now select the 2 dices.

Select ur first slot machine and place them into your building. (when you hold ur mouse button and drag the mouse left/right u can build a row)
I'd suggest to build around 15/20 slot machines. (5 in each row)

You can select your chairs & in the same menu u can even change the colors!
Once you placed the slot machines down, its time to set them up!

Setting up the basics of your slot machines

Click on a slot machine to change the settings for that machine!
U can choose the following options:

- Designer Tool Lets you change chair/color
- Reset to default Reset all changes
- Apply to all of same game Set all ur changes to all slot machines with the same game
- Apply to all in row Set all ur changes to all slot machines within the same row
- Change Game Here you can select a game i recommend setting the same game for each row

Now the most important thing! What will be the pay costs / what will they win?!

Setting up bet chance & odds

Play cost

By default it is set by $0.01 this will mean that whenever a guest start to play they will pay $0.01 for each spin.
I'd say increase this ammount for each row! (If you have 3 rows, set 1 row to $1.00 / 1 to $5.00 & 1 to $10.00)
Now we have the change the odds to make sure the house advantage is under 10% and above 0%.

Single bet push chance

Its 35% by default. This means that ur guest will have 35% chance to win back whatever the play cost is!

Double bet prize chance

Its 4% by default. This means that ur guest will have 4% chance to win double whatever the play cost is!

Jackpot / Jackpotchance

Its 0.5% for $25.00 by default. This means that ur guest will have 0.5% chance to win $25.00

Recommended settings

$0.01
- Single: 35%
- Double: 10.750%
- Jackpot: $25
- Jackpot Chance: 0.125%

$0.05
- Single: 35%
- Double: 17%
- Jackpot: $25
- Jackpot Chance: 0.250%

$0.25
- Single: 35%
- Double: 17%
- Jackpot: $125
- Jackpot Chance: 0.250%

$1.00
- Single: 35%
- Double: 17%
- Jackpot: $500
- Jackpot Chance: 0.250%

$5.00
- Single: 34.250%
- Double: 14%
- Jackpot: $2.000
- Jackpot Chance: 0.500%

$10.00
- Single: 34.250%
- Double: 14%
- Jackpot: $4.000
- Jackpot Chance: 0.500%

If you set all slot machines to the same game & select ''set all to same game'' All slot machines will have the same settings
After this you can change the games (but your settings will stay the same)

Advertising

When u click on the guest tab u will be able to advertise ur casino. For the first 2/3 days I use the locas leaflets with default settings.
Once you've got more slots or table games you can choose to buy a more expencive one.

Building your first facility's

All guest will have some needs, Since you start with a small casino i recommends building a general toilet (with 2 toilets (1for each 10 slots) & a drink bar.
You can place sofa's & chairs close to the bar so when ur bar is full they can still order a drink and have a moment to relax and sit down!

By now you should also place down a 2nd ATM (specially when u set your slot machines to $10.00 Play cost).

Now its time to place some table games!

First you'll need atleast a 3x3 space for a pit boss office (found under staff facility's).
Make sure u zone the area & enclose this space (and add a staff door).

After u build the office you can place down a cashier cage (found under gambling)
Here your guest can trade the chips they won into cash. You'll only need 1 for now.

Now select any table game you like, set the chairs and ur done!

Research

By now you'll have your casino up and running! Guest will come in & you should have some daily profits.
This will mean you can start building a small research office & start researching!

I'd recommend to start unlocking:
- Bigger Advantage (Makes you set house advantage to 20% = More Profits!!!!)
- Players Club Desk (Makes guest sign up to be a member in ur casino so guest will come back more often)
- High limit gamble zone (Set a zone with higher play cost = More Profits!!!!!)

Expanding!

Make sure you keep expanding along the way! Place more & more table games/slot machines to increase profits.
Maybe start a small hotel on the 2nd floor or make a little bingo hall!
Be sure you play around with all the options! Once you've got some experience you could start a new profile & really start building your dream casino!

Some last tips I find very usefull!

- Keep 1 slot game open to use as a ''set setting game''. This will let you set new slot machines up much faster!
- If you set ur slot machines on a low single/double winrate ur guests will get very frustrated!
- Slots Machines will make much more $ then table games.
- When u press Z on your keyboard you will toggle all zones!
- When u press V on your keyboard u can quickly copy / paste almost everything!
- Under the building menu you'll have the option ''clone area tool'' This can come in really handy in you would like to copy/paste hotel rooms or bathrooms!





I hope this tutorial was usefull for you guys! Goodluck making the big bucks!

[TeaTime]

Thanks for the advice! Slot machine maths is really useful!

Do you have a suggestion for settings on the $25 and $100 slot machines?

[Tiaratz]

Any tips on theater balconies? I can't figure it out.

[chick10000]

Originally posted by Tiaratz:

Any tips on theater balconies? I can't figure it out.

build a 2 story theatre and zone it with the theatre zone, on the back side opposite the stage build a single story across the back of the theartre and like 10 deep. above that on the 2nd floor build the same thing. now on the 2nd floor wall that faces the stage remove it and put a fence. now zone that theatre balcony. click on the zone and assign it to the regular zoned theatre, you may have to drop down a floor to assign. now place setting and you are ready to go

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2297426342

[MotherGoose]

Originally posted by TeaTime:

Thanks for the advice! Slot machine maths is really useful!

Do you have a suggestion for settings on the $25 and $100 slot machines?

Honestly it really depends on your playstyle..

You can set a high jackpot with low single/double wins
Or you can choose to set a low jackpot with a highwinrate

Just try to make sure u have a total winrate around 45% so guest won't become frustrated!

[aldldl]

I love this! great job.
One small correction that I think would be more clear for new people is
> - Instant Research Makes you start with all research unlocked
it actually does not, it allows you to unlocked it if you press and hold the RIGHT mouse button when in the research screen.

I only bring this up because you will have to still reasearch it (even though it is super quick and does not require the office and research employee if you use the right click method.

Note: Using left click (normal click) still requires the cash and office/time to complete even with instant research on.

[Varm ske (T0by)]

Why cant I play the torturial? :)

[aldldl]

Originally posted by Rip T0by:

Why cant I play the torturial? :)

There is not yet one created - its on their list but it is day three of early access :)

[aldldl]

As this is pinned for new players I figured I'd ad this here too:
New Player Question: What is the Vault, why is it different than the bank:
Answer:

Originally posted by ALo:

The vault is your daily operating fund, the amount of bills/coins you have on hand and not in a machine. You fill your ATM, your ticket exchange (is actually your atm too), your cashier cage, and any other operating cash from it.
Your security team also collects cash from your slots, your cashier, your hotel reception and any cashier stands (for food/bars) and brings the proceeds back to the vault.
Your vault in theory should never be 0 because that means something is probably missing being filled try upping your limit or hiring more security to distribute the cash (and more importantly collect more cash) quicker.
Your bank balance is your "real" total business fund for building, or buying new land, or capital projects etc. You refill (withdraw) from your bank to your vault when you are low on actual bills in your casino, and you deposit back from the vault to the bank when you have more than your goal amount when you have collected more money than you wish to keep on hand.

How the game knows what to refill/what the goal is depends on your delivery settings:
Auto Deliveries ON: Your truck should pick up the money in excess of $40K (rounded to the nearest 10K with 30K as the goal) if you have auto deliveries or add in more money needed if you have less than 20K on hand.
Auto Deliveries OFF: If you have auto deliveries off your truck comes daily and will pick up anything over the amount (rounded to the nearest 10K) you set, or bring you money from your bank account to fill it if you vault balance falls under 10K of your set goall.

[marcjoosten34]

So why can't I figure out how to hire someone? I know where the shift section thingy is, but I keep trying to hire a pit boss for table games and can't figure out how to do anything other than change the number of other types of employees I have

[chick10000]

Originally posted by marcjoosten34:

So why can't I figure out how to hire someone? I know where the shift section thingy is, but I keep trying to hire a pit boss for table games and can't figure out how to do anything other than change the number of other types of employees I have

you need to build a office with a desk then put a pit boss zone in it. the pit boss will come then. Then you setup a pit boss patrol around your table games

[Icarus]

Originally posted by Jip:

Jackpot / Jackpotchance

Its 0.5% for $25.00 by default. This means that ur guest will have 0.5% chance to win $25.00

That's what I assumed at first, too. However, I noticed that the HA was WAY off under that assumption... then noticed the tool-tip for Jackpot indicates that the chance is how often a double pay outcome pays the Jackpot, not the overall chance.

In other words, if the Double Bet chance is 5%, and the Jackpot chance is 1%, the player has a 1% of 5% chance of hitting the Jackpot -- i.e., 0.05% chance, or 1 in 2,000 odds.

That's a point of confusion (and one of several adjustments I'd recommend to the slot math modeling in the game) since the JP chance does not work the same as the other chance options in that dialog.

[Belmag]

I'm really wondering how the staff scheduling works. It's not intuitive -at all-.

[OllieInTheMiddle]

Thank you Jip, for this tutorial. It really helped a lot!

Originally posted by Belmag:

I'm really wondering how the staff scheduling works. It's not intuitive -at all-.

I´ve just written a turorial for that part of the game and added it to this board as it´s a little tricky and very confusing and it took me some time to figure out how it works. I hope this will help you.

[Shakes999]

Anyone have more info as to why the bank vault keeps bottoming out at 0? I understand the concept that it needs to have at least 30 grand in it by default but I can't find any sort of info as to WHY I can't keep it filled once I hit a certain point of casino growth. The finance screen really lacks any pertinent info as to what I need to adjust to keep it from constantly hovering around broke. I'm guessing I'm missing something from the equation because the rest of my expenses are pretty low.

I tried hiring more security guards to help pick up and disperse money faster but was just a bandaid.

[aldldl]

Originally posted by Shakes999:

Anyone have more info as to why the bank vault keeps bottoming out at 0? I understand the concept that it needs to have at least 30 grand in it by default but I can't find any sort of info as to WHY I can't keep it filled once I hit a certain point of casino growth. The finance screen really lacks any pertinent info as to what I need to adjust to keep it from constantly hovering around broke. I'm guessing I'm missing something from the equation because the rest of my expenses are pretty low.

I tried hiring more security guards to help pick up and disperse money faster but was just a bandaid.

This was fixed in a patch released last night - it will now put more in your vault if you have higher needs and a higer bank ballance. This is due to "Auto Deliveries" being turned on.