Cities automatcally choosing their industries

[str1ve]

Is there a way to either turn off or stall a city from creating a new industry if the player hasn't selected it yet? In most of the scenarios I've been playing I have a plan for which city I want producing which goods, and then as I'm saving up to purchase the industry of my choice the game will plop something random and literally screw up my entire plan/game. If there is no way to delay or turn this off, is there any way to change the industry after it's been created?

[Buck Fell]

The only way I know is to prevent it from growing till you're ready. There's a relatively small window between when it hits 40K or 60K and when it fills the next industry slot. So avoid satisfying city demand till you're in a position to fill that slot.

[akuarmoton]

Only way to change industry is to buy one, then destroy it and build the one you want. This can be costly though as destroying an industry costs 200k+

[Dray Prescot]

I think that there is a small time lag that you can take advantage of, before local investors build a new industry. Basicly you need to have cash ready to buy/build the new industry in that city soon after it grows. But demand in that City and its connected neighbors may affect how fast they make that decision to build the new industry.

And if you try to buy that newly constructed industry that messes up your plans, you can/will trigger an auction for it that can drive it's price up even more.

So if you are not ready (have enough cash) to build that industry, change what your trains are delivering there so that it stops growing until you do have the cash you need. This is one of the advantages of not maxing out on your loans/bonds, so you can borrow money when you really need it.

Added: However, in some cases where the new Industry does not get the raw materials it needs quickly, I have been able to buy a Weaving (Cloth) Factory that would have cost me $500K for about $297K a little while afterwards. Although that does not solve the problem if you wanted to build a Lumber Mill there and the Cloth in a different city. The best idea is stop growing the city but cutting deliveries to it, until you have enough money to build what you really want there (and have the demand available for the goods it produces as well, so it is possible to build that type of Industry).

[Didz]

Originally posted by Dray Prescot:

I think that there is a small time lag that you can take advantage of, before local investors build a new industry. Basicly you need to have cash ready to buy/build the new industry in that city soon after it grows.

That's certainly my experience. I usually snap up any new industrial lot asap. In fact, its the main reason I will resort to taking out another bond if I'm short of cash at the time.

[aKamikazePug]

I found that in the 4th chapter having to build weapons you have to buy that industry straight away in order to have enough time to produce them by the first task.

[Didz]

Originally posted by Kamikaze:

I found that in the 4th chapter having to build weapons you have to buy that industry straight away in order to have enough time to produce them by the first task.

Yes! For obvious reasons you need to start the manufacture of weapons as soon as possible. So organising that industry and arranging the delivery of its raw materials is a high priority right from the start.

[Reignking]

It's really annoying, especially when a city opens an industry it can never supply. When would this ever happen in the real world?

[Didz]

Originally posted by thomasewatson:

It's really annoying, especially when a city opens an industry it can never supply. When would this ever happen in the real world?

I can't say I've noticed that happen. In fact, often the AI opens the same industry I was planning to buy anyway, its just that I'm not getting the profits from it.