How does the AI work ?[SOLVED]

[Tax evasion]

Hey,

I'm building myself a park (obviously), so I made an alley with shops (food, drinks, etc.).
Problem is, the first shop two shops are overcrowded, and the rest (I have 3 of each), are empty.
Is the AI that lazy, or am I missing something ? I tried putting different shop types, but seems to half-work.

[Wylie28]

Certain types of people are more attracted to certain kinds of food.

[Tax evasion]

But on my first attempt, I had thref chief beef aligned, but they all went to the closest.

[unca.alby]

There are many factors that influence what people will visit.

Here are some as I think of them:

1. decorations. The people in this game love decorations. They'll visit a place next to a tree over a place out in the open. Make sure your shops and rides are decorated out to the ying-yang.

2. closeness. Obviously, people don't want to walk further than they have to. They might even wait a little longer in line rather than walk a few more meters. Your shops should be close to popular rides.

3. kind of food. Well, there's just no accounting for taste.

4. on the way to somewhere else. People might pass by a shop on the way to a Great Ride, because, well heck, they're just not hungry yet. But by the time they get to the Great Ride, now they're hungry.

Originally posted by Ravelord Nito:

But on my first attempt, I had three chief beef aligned, but they all went to the closest.

By "aligned", you mean next to each other? That's probably not going to work. I expect that the people only see the first one, then head for it. The ability to "think" out the fact that there are 3 identical shops may not have been programmed in to the game.

Which is a shame really. I am forever getting notifications that the shops are too busy. It would be nice to double-up the shops to handle the extra customers. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to keep raising the prices until things balance out.

[TheQuixote]

I try to have groups of rides that exit to an area and put a food and a two drinks there. Routes between ride clusters can sometimes support a profitable drink stand if there is a lot of traffic.

Sounds like your situation is you have a food court with only one entry point, so only the first shops are getting visitors. If your food court get's traffic from multiple directions you might be able to set up duplicate shops that catch the customers from the different directions.

[unca.alby]

Looking at your original post again, I get the feeling you're trying to create a "Food Court" of sorts, like they do in shopping malls. That might work, but if you'll notice in real life food courts, it's always a lot of different shops. They never, ever, duplicate a store at the same location.

You might have pretzels in the Second Floor Food Court, then the same brand pretzels at the opposite end on the First Floor outside the Movie Theater, but never side-by-side.

This may just be an instance where you take some pointers from the Real World!

[Tax evasion]

Originally posted by unca.alby:

Looking at your original post again, I get the feeling you're trying to create a "Food Court" of sorts, like they do in shopping malls. That might work, but if you'll notice in real life food courts, it's always a lot of different shops. They never, ever, duplicate a store at the same location.

The problem is, I'm playing in challenge mode so I have kinda limited space, so I thought it might be a good idea to start with. I'll definitely spread out my shops more, thanks !

By "aligned", you mean next to each other? That's probably not going to work. I expect that the people only see the first one, then head for it.

Makes sense, even though I didn't suspect people to be that blind.

Originally posted by TheQuixote:

If your food court get's traffic from multiple directions you might be able to set up duplicate shops that catch the customers from the different directions.

I shall think about that, thank you.

Thank you for both answers. I replaced the duplicates by other kind of shops, and it resolved somewhat the problem. I now just need to disperse the shops a bit to easen up the workers.

[Monkeysam]

make the busy shops sell producs slightly more expensively.. some people will pay that extra for the convieniance.. others will pass by and go to the less busy shops