The Rate collumn added. what does it means?

[gGeorg]

Tooltip says : " Aproximate annual thrutput per station."
So do I get better thrutput adding a staion?
I guess it is just another misleading tooltip.

I guess the Rate column tooltip should say:
"Aproximate maximum line capacity per year"

is it right?

[SlimNasty™]

Not misleading at all, just not understood by you.

[gGeorg]

Originally posted by SlimNasty™:

Not misleading at all, just not understood by you.

Thanks for explanation.

[maculator]

Originally posted by gGeorg:

I guess it is just another misleading tooltip.
is it right?

Oh boy.... I should kick you of my friedns list for that statement!^^
It's NOT just another misleading tooltip, it's THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD!

City demands 200 Food? Throughput is 200? You're good.
Adding a station won't change it (exept going down like ~5 because of an additional stop).
It's the total number your line can haul per year.

[chrisasnyder]

The problem I have with this value, is the exact meaning. Is it in reference to what your line can support or is it showing what your line is currently doing? From observations I think it's showing what the line is currenly doing and gets recalculated every time a station exchange happens.

This implies that if you have an unbalanced line, with the industry crashing, the rate value is going bounce with the actuals being moved while the industry resets.

It's also unclear what the number means in multi-cargo lines. I have one line with 3 stops, hauling lumber (A-C), const-material (A-B) and tools (C-A). What does it mean in this case? i assume the collective line for all cargo, so what.

[Miro277]

Originally posted by chrisasnyder:

The problem I have with this value, is the exact meaning. Is it in reference to what your line can support or is it showing what your line is currently doing? From observations I think it's showing what the line is currenly doing and gets recalculated every time a station exchange happens.

This implies that if you have an unbalanced line, with the industry crashing, the rate value is going bounce with the actuals being moved while the industry resets.

It's also unclear what the number means in multi-cargo lines. I have one line with 3 stops, hauling lumber (A-C), const-material (A-B) and tools (C-A). What does it mean in this case? i assume the collective line for all cargo, so what.

I think it's just the calculation of the capacity of the line taking into consideration the vehicle capacity, their frequency and the year length.

[maculator]

Right. It doesnt count lines going A-B-A-B, it would display only 50% of the true value in this case, and also combined lines with multiple resources are not displayed correctly. It only gives you the value for a singe freight and a complete turn of the line. Stil verry handy since the rest is just basic math.

[canophone]

Originally posted by chrisasnyder:

The problem I have with this value, is the exact meaning. Is it in reference to what your line can support or is it showing what your line is currently doing? From observations I think it's showing what the line is currenly doing and gets recalculated every time a station exchange happens.

This implies that if you have an unbalanced line, with the industry crashing, the rate value is going bounce with the actuals being moved while the industry resets.

It's also unclear what the number means in multi-cargo lines. I have one line with 3 stops, hauling lumber (A-C), const-material (A-B) and tools (C-A). What does it mean in this case? i assume the collective line for all cargo, so what.

It's a calculation that includes potential, thus actual is ruled out.