Range of Services? (Not Elevator Management!)

[Zalym]

Ignore elevators for the moment, other than that they are required for long distance travel. Let's assume we have elevators that are spaced so that there are no gaps in their coverage.

Do services have a certain range within which they operate or is their effeciency based on a ratio of service to offices that causes the "too many calls" prompt to fire? Both?

Let's say:
We have X number of offices on the ground floor and a copy center within a floor of those offices - and there are no complaints about service calls. (Nothing else in the tower except the necessary utilitties and our construction drones)

Would that copy center serve those same offices, with the same effeciency, if the copy center was in the lowest floor on the left-hand side of the tower and the offices were on the highest floor on the right-hand side?

Or would the copy center employees not be able to answer all the daily calls because they have to travel across the tower for each call?

I imagine that bigger offices would require more time from each copy center worker and thereby increase the need for number/size (if they are upgradeable) of the copy centers especially if the service is not nearby - is that correct?

*** Or is this all a secret 'til the 8th? ;) ***

[Saint Landwalker]

Considering that, as far as I can tell from watching the YouTubes, it takes as long to elevator from Floor 1 to Floor 2 as it takes to elevator from Floor B10 to Floor 100, I'd imagine the only real distance factor is horizontal.

[[57th] AngryHatter]

I was under the impression that distance from relevant services affects satisfaction?

[axios2006]

Services haven't a range. However they can serve only a specific amount of customers.

Placing near offices / apartments help reduce traveling path.

But there is another way to speed up services....

Beware that some services produces noise and several tenants not like noise.

[Zalym]

Originally posted by Landwalker04:

Considering that, as far as I can tell from watching the YouTubes, it takes as long to elevator from Floor 1 to Floor 2 as it takes to elevator from Floor B10 to Floor 100, I'd imagine the only real distance factor is horizontal.

Yeah that's what I'm talking about some of those tower options offer a wide floor plan :)

Edit:

Originally posted by axios2006:

Services haven't a range. However they can serve only a specific amount of customers.

Placing near offices / apartments help reduce traveling path.

But there is another way to speed up services....

Beware that some services produces noise and several tenants not like noise.

Cool - Thanks :)

[axios2006]

Originally posted by Zalym:

Originally posted by Landwalker04:

Considering that, as far as I can tell from watching the YouTubes, it takes as long to elevator from Floor 1 to Floor 2 as it takes to elevator from Floor B10 to Floor 100, I'd imagine the only real distance factor is horizontal.

Yeah that's what I'm talking about some of those tower options offer a wide floor plan :)

Edit:

Originally posted by axios2006:

Services haven't a range. However they can serve only a specific amount of customers.

Placing near offices / apartments help reduce traveling path.

But there is another way to speed up services....

Beware that some services produces noise and several tenants not like noise.

Cool - Thanks :)

You're welcome. :)

[SomaSim]

Originally posted by Landwalker04:

Considering that, as far as I can tell from watching the YouTubes, it takes as long to elevator from Floor 1 to Floor 2 as it takes to elevator from Floor B10 to Floor 100, I'd imagine the only real distance factor is horizontal.

Actually... that is not the case. Elevators are much faster than stairs, but they're not instant teleports!

[Victoria Raverna]

Originally posted by SomaSim Games:

Originally posted by Landwalker04:

Considering that, as far as I can tell from watching the YouTubes, it takes as long to elevator from Floor 1 to Floor 2 as it takes to elevator from Floor B10 to Floor 100, I'd imagine the only real distance factor is horizontal.

Actually... that is not the case. Elevators are much faster than stairs, but they're not instant teleports!

Is this going to be the same as SimTower or Yoot Tower where bad elevator design can cause long lines of people waiting for elevetors?

[axios2006]

Originally posted by Victoria Raverna:

Originally posted by SomaSim Games:

Actually... that is not the case. Elevators are much faster than stairs, but they're not instant teleports!

Is this going to be the same as SimTower or Yoot Tower where bad elevator design can cause long lines of people waiting for elevetors?

After playing PH over 250 hrs, I can say that the only problem about elevator management is to place then wisely in order to cover all the building. Nothing else. And have maintenance workers for keep them working.