Sandbox bugs?

[carter3575]

I'm not sure if I am misunderstanding something... but the sandbox settings don't seem to work. I wanted to just relax and build a museum freely, so I chose sandbox, and made settings to just make it simple to relax and look for artifacts. I chose 0% for the salary option, and set both min and max monthly grant to $10,000. But... as I'm playing, I'm paying a ton in salary, and getting nothing at all for a monthly grant.

Did I misunderstand the settings, or is it bugged?

[iancw]

The grants in sandbox settings seem to be bugged- no matter what the sliders in setup say, the sandbox games will only pay $0 in grants. I've tried a few different settings and saves.

For free building, give yourself a huge starting cash (I think I did $2.5mil) and turn off thieves. This will give you a massive buffer to build and get things rolling before it starts becoming profitable and you won't need to worry about money.

[Justin848]

I have not played sandbox, but if grants work there like in the campaign, you only get grants if your total money isn't too high. Once you start hitting around 250k, the grant goes to zero because a "grant" is supposed to help struggling curators. Having a lot of money implies you're not struggling, hence no grant.

It's basically a handicap that turns on or off depending on your current amount of money.

[Trollzy]

In my experience grants seem like they're only there until you get established. But if you need a money boost you should get the festival sign from sponsorships, also keep refreshing the staff lists until you get good workers who also have the loyal trait, then fire your old staff.

[carter3575]

Thank you guys for your help.

After I posted, I saw something similar in the bug discussions that confirmed that grants only occur when money is low (below $150K is what it said). One person, who seemed to be a game dev, also confirmed that the salary percentage slider isn't working, but that they would fix it in a patch.