Traffic vs Capacity

[Rhia]

So I think I understand this but I need some clarification.

Specifically I have a law firm at 13 3rd ave with a 60 traffic score but only 10 capacity.

So if I understand this correctly no matter how good the traffic score I am only going to get 80 customers a day for an 8 hour day?

but if I have one with a 38 traffic and 50 capacity I can potentially get up to 400 per 8 hour shift?

Am I getting this right? if so I need to close everything and start over because that explains why some of my locations are ridiculously profitable and some are not.

the only thing I am not sure about is whether or not I should be looking for locations where the scores are closer together or if traffic is just the king of all things in terms of profit.

[Gottkaiser Synter.exe]

1 lawyer = 1 capacity per hour
1 capacity = one customer per hour

so a 10 capacity building CAN get 10 customers per hour. Traffic is very important especially with bigger buildings

[NittiCapone]

So I think the goal is to look for high capacity that has a high enough traffic to keep it full.
You are right for the most part but ideally you want both numbers high. With offices it might just be a bit of a hassle to fit 50 desks and computers in the allotted space. Also hiring and training up all them Lawyers.

I'm in the exact same situation right now. I have a small Law Firm that has a capacity of 10. I'm in the process of expanding into a 50 capacity building.

[Dertin]

i also got them 50 desks in my office and a 10 hour / day scedule. but instead of the calculated posible 500 people i get around 120-180 customers a day.
(max marketing, max trained lawyers, index of 40%) and by these numbers, i figured out it gives me more profit to have fewer lawyers that can handle these customers instead of overkill every day and pay them actually doing nothing...

[Gottkaiser Synter.exe]

Yeah I'm having an index of 41 and reach around 22-28 customers per hour still made me 115k income. But it's not optimized

[RoofCat]

"Traffic" is "advertising". The chances someone shows up, notices you. Traffic + Marketing.
Capacity is customer/hour. Your max productivity. Shop "size", desk spots.

Important - in small shops always place your cashier in the depth of the shop as the cue forms towards entrance. Cashier next to entrance (for security ofc) will limit your cue to just 2..3 while long line can balance out load over time. Bug or feature, no idea.
Also shorter paths will make you(r staff) service more customers. Design Fast food, etc respectively.

There is no need to start anything over. Get a huge truck and unassign, move.

[soldyne]

we need to remember that the game is still early access. I am not convinced that the traffic and marketing features are fully developed yet and are only there as a place holder until the dev gets around to polish and balance.

with that said, traffic and marketing together (i believe) result in a random amount of customers per hour which is then applied to the current capacity of the building. capacity of building is determined by how many desks you have assigned for an office or how many baskets/registers you have available for a retail store with a hard cap on the size of the location.

at this stage in development I think the best answer is "higher number better" and then tweak it from there. I wouldn't spend any amount of time trying to figure out the exact equation, because it could all change tomorrow.

[NittiCapone]

Originally posted by Gottkaiser Synter.exe:

1 lawyer = 1 capacity per hour
1 capacity = one customer per hour

so a 10 capacity building CAN get 10 customers per hour. Traffic is very important especially with bigger buildings

Is it 1 Lawyer = 1 capacity or 1 computer = 1 capacity....

While training a few lawyers I had gone and set up their work stations. I noticed that without even seating or assigning the new employees my capacity had gone up.

I have yet to do the number crunching to see if my profits have increased or if i actually need to assign them. Probably gonna try to do some testing on that now during my expansion.

Anyone know anything about this?

[Gottkaiser Synter.exe]

If you don't know: using the interior designer and clicking on your checkout counter/cash register you can assign a custom queue to stop the customers from walking out

[Gottkaiser Synter.exe]

Originally posted by NittiCapone:

Originally posted by Gottkaiser Synter.exe:

1 lawyer = 1 capacity per hour
1 capacity = one customer per hour

so a 10 capacity building CAN get 10 customers per hour. Traffic is very important especially with bigger buildings

Is it 1 Lawyer = 1 capacity or 1 computer = 1 capacity....

While training a few lawyers I had gone and set up their work stations. I noticed that without even seating or assigning the new employees my capacity had gone up.

I have yet to do the number crunching to see if my profits have increased or if i actually need to assign them. Probably gonna try to do some testing on that now during my expansion.

Anyone know anything about this?

I just went down from 50 to 16 lawyers and it capped at 16

[NittiCapone]

Ok, so you do need to assign them. Thanks!

[Rhia]

Originally posted by RoofCat:

"Traffic" is "advertising". The chances someone shows up, notices you. Traffic + Marketing.
Capacity is customer/hour. Your max productivity. Shop "size", desk spots.

Important - in small shops always place your cashier in the depth of the shop as the cue forms towards entrance. Cashier next to entrance (for security ofc) will limit your cue to just 2..3 while long line can balance out load over time. Bug or feature, no idea.
Also shorter paths will make you(r staff) service more customers. Design Fast food, etc respectively.

There is no need to start anything over. Get a huge truck and unassign, move.

just a quick note, you can modify where the queue goes by going into designer mode and right clicking on the desk so you can put the check out at the door and drag the queue away from the door.

[Dertin]

this still confuses me with the lawyer thing...

I doubleckecked my company again. Made a Screenshot https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2947364987
So i got 100% besides trafic with 50 PC, open 9 Hours a day.

So by the numbers i get every day i never reach over 40% of what i posibly should be able to. So either every number in here is Multiplied, resulting in the fix number of 40% being the highest you can get, or there is something messed up as marketing and trafic add up to these 90% on top. but that seem to not do anything.

[Gottkaiser Synter.exe]

Originally posted by Dertin:

this still confuses me with the lawyer thing...

I doubleckecked my company again. Made a Screenshot https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2947364987
So i got 100% besides trafic with 50 PC, open 9 Hours a day.

So by the numbers i get every day i never reach over 40% of what i posibly should be able to. So either every number in here is Multiplied, resulting in the fix number of 40% being the highest you can get, or there is something messed up as marketing and trafic add up to these 90% on top. but that seem to not do anything.

I reach around 155-200 customers with almost the same stats. I'm pretty sure the traffic is the most limiting factor here

[newleziel]

Originally posted by Dertin:

this still confuses me with the lawyer thing...

I doubleckecked my company again. Made a Screenshot https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2947364987
So i got 100% besides trafic with 50 PC, open 9 Hours a day.

So by the numbers i get every day i never reach over 40% of what i posibly should be able to. So either every number in here is Multiplied, resulting in the fix number of 40% being the highest you can get, or there is something messed up as marketing and trafic add up to these 90% on top. but that seem to not do anything.

How are you setups?
Storyline hard or custom game with
All the bars to the right?

[Dertin]

Originally posted by newleziel:

Originally posted by Dertin:

this still confuses me with the lawyer thing...

I doubleckecked my company again. Made a Screenshot https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2947364987
So i got 100% besides trafic with 50 PC, open 9 Hours a day.

So by the numbers i get every day i never reach over 40% of what i posibly should be able to. So either every number in here is Multiplied, resulting in the fix number of 40% being the highest you can get, or there is something messed up as marketing and trafic add up to these 90% on top. but that seem to not do anything.

How are you setups?
Storyline hard or custom game with
All the bars to the right?

i think i just started with the easy presets. first game for me and i like a casual building sim.