Single player factory/supply chain questions

[Wujek Tom]

1. Do the factories reset the goods after each exit? As in, if I deliver logs/containers/cargo to a factory, and then restart the game, will it be there or will it be gone?
2. Do I really have to do everything myself? No other NPC than hired NPCs will deliver anything?
3. How am I supposed to know which places my truck driver can deliver to? If I choose a pumpkin farm to grab cargo from and then 3 different supermarkets, will the driver go to the one that pays the most, or always sell at first and then go with nothing to the following 2?

[NiceGuy]

1. Everything will be as it was when you excited the game beside maybe choice of available deliveries which you have not activated yet.
2. Yes, there are no magic deliveries it's all done by you and your NPC. But supermarkets do consume delivered goods over time. All other factories will stop producing when their storage is full, if you do not collect the produced items.
3. They deliver goods in the order of stops. They do not consider best price.
It's best to do the planned delivery first on your own to see which routes do exist.

[Praxis-W]

For number three, I don't let them choose. My farm routes stop at every supermarket, returning to the farm after each market delivery. Goes something like this:
Farm > Market 1 > Farm > Market 2 > Farm.... etc.
It's not fast, or wildly profitable, but does a good job at keeping town bonuses up.

[Wujek Tom]

Aren't town bonuses only giving you bigger payout? Why not choose better paying option straight away rather than raise the town bonus?

[Praxis-W]

Raising the town bonus makes the "better" payouts more lucrative in the long run.
Besides, I'm not choosing between a bad option, and a good one. They are both good because they both help build the town.

[Wujek Tom]

Alright... So the bonuses stay permamently?

[malorob]

I think the way they went about it is all wrong.

It should of been
when you first start on the island nothing is Running and it is your job to get all jobs up and running to its best.

as you get the island operating it attacks more people and more companies so the island starts like city skylines and things grown and you get more chains going.

but to start from a empty island to a populated island mybe just too much but it would be good to see.

as the island gets more populated so does the price of things. but also we would have a higher demand and supply.

[pthurst]

Originally posted by malorob:

I think the way they went about it is all wrong.

It should of been
when you first start on the island nothing is Running and it is your job to get all jobs up and running to its best.

as you get the island operating it attacks more people and more companies so the island starts like city skylines and things grown and you get more chains going.

but to start from a empty island to a populated island mybe just too much but it would be good to see.

as the island gets more populated so does the price of things. but also we would have a higher demand and supply.

I agree… wouldn’t it of been cool if the buildings even needed to be built so that you could choose which towns to develop and which industries to concentrate on before moving to others…

Maybe this could be implemented for the southern island?

[Wujek Tom]

Originally posted by malorob:

I think the way they went about it is all wrong.

It should of been
when you first start on the island nothing is Running and it is your job to get all jobs up and running to its best.

as you get the island operating it attacks more people and more companies so the island starts like city skylines and things grown and you get more chains going.

but to start from a empty island to a populated island mybe just too much but it would be good to see.

as the island gets more populated so does the price of things. but also we would have a higher demand and supply.

Very cool, nothing to do with my questions though, please stick to the topic.