France scenario

[tonytoy]

Has anyone gotten past the 800 loads of steel to Paris requirement? if so how? just looking for tips. have tried making steel every ware and cant manufacture the loads let alone move them.

[Maxim]

If you build the early part of the game, but faster than the final goal requires, then the amount of money coming in the last part of the game is overkill for getting anything done that you need done.

The game relies heavily on escalating the difficulty as the game clock rolls into the future.

Other than that.. I have wrote some seriously long posts about money and tactics if you search.

[tonytoy]

I have tons of funds. just can't make the steel fast enough to stock up or disbursal for the goal.

[chaney]

Where is the bottleneck? Raw materials? Production rate? Freight capacity? Any of those can be upgraded by buying the producing industry and spending $$$ (usually not a good payoff unless you need the upgrade for a task) or adding trains/Platforms.

[Maxim]

There is a reason the conductor always carries a watch..
Time is crucial, once lost, you never get it back.
Bottlenecks are the enemy of time.

Some common bottlenecks include:
1. signals too far from each other - less trains in consistent motion..

2. trains not fast enough - you need maximum speed bonuses from all train staff and all technologies.

3. poor track layout - not giving maximum room for late game congestion..

4. wrong farms being directed too far from where the goods are needed - rebuild and redirect as you move factories around.

5. passengers & goods & hotel / tourist sites, museums, & high passenger ratings per train, all help grow a city - focusing too much on goods only, or passengers only, will put a time dent in your watch when you try to play catch-up in your recipe for growth later on..

6. didnt use the coal and iron soon enough (a warehouse can be the receiving end for a city that doesnt even require coal/iron early in the game).

7. didnt know the end scenario goals soon enough - play the scenario again now that you know the final design you need.

[start214]

Originally posted by tonytoy:

Has anyone gotten past the 800 loads of steel to Paris requirement? if so how? just looking for tips. have tried making steel every ware and cant manufacture the loads let alone move them.

800 loads of steel to Paris, was a tough task, I remember.

i managed it, by starting a steel industry early in the game
as soon as possible, in Bourges,
and then storing the steel in a, connected with the city, big warehouse
This last warehouse had a direct line with the warehouse in Paris
(i had to watch out, that the steel was not returning back to Bourges :) )

I started also a steel industry in Paris.

[tonytoy]

thanks for all the hints. i had a warehouse and making steel in bourges. bourges didn't grow enough to upgrade the plant. i'll try making steel in a closer city or Paris.

[start214]

i had also a steel industry in Orleans; yes we needed a lot of steel for the building of the Eiffel Tower :)

[Maxim]

Originally posted by tonytoy:

thanks for all the hints. i had a warehouse and making steel in bourges. bourges didn't grow enough to upgrade the plant. i'll try making steel in a closer city or Paris.

Hint #5 above, helping you grow a city.. bourges only grows if you make it grow.. the matter of how close its distance is, matters only if you cant find what it needs close to make it grow and then transfer something to somewhere else close..

At the beginning of every scenario, learn whether or not the lowest level food, such as corn or wheat depending on the scenario.. is close to the end-game final city as well as the starting city, and spend the money to make them both receive that food from the start..

Take out a loan, do some micromanagement to add or remove water towers and maintenance sheds, use the refunds to move things around. etc. etc..

The point is, dont wait for the end of the game, to grow the end of the game key cities.

[tonytoy]

ah, i kept getting cough with to little time. great hints.

[pmcmull]

Just completed the France DLC yesterday. And got President. I got thru the first phases in good shape. You have to grow the cities to meet the goals. The challenges start when Paris opens up. Wood and lumber were easy enough with several wood resources available. The 800 steel, big challenge. I had only just built the steel mill in Bourges a year or so before. But so few of the iron and coal mines. One coal mine and first one and then a second iron mine hooked up. The steel mill has to be upgraded to maximum which requires growing Bourges too. I think one iron mine had to max upgraded too which took some of the money. But I had plenty of money. After watching that go for awhile, it was going to take a long time. I found one more iron mine, down in the South and I had to buy the territory to get it. Plus a coal mine I wasn't using back in the Northwest. Built a second steel mill in Poitiers. Then upgraded the steel as I also grew the city to git it to 4th level at least. Wasted a little time with getting clothing and luxury clothing going, but didn't really need it. Kept adding a train or 2 to deliver the steel . And success!
So city growth is important. Most of the cities connected to goals have to be grown to 60K if not 90 or 100K. Which may not be easy. Keep feeding them with grain and wine and sometimes olives.

[Mudfog]

Well done and thanks for the tips.

[Maxim]

@pmcmull

you are starting to think like a true railroad magnate, an influential pioneer and a tycoon all riding the same old classic steamer.

[tonytoy]

thanks for the great tips again. i will work on my growing the cities.

[pmcmull]

Originally posted by Maxim:

@pmcmull

you are starting to think like a true railroad magnate, an influential pioneer and a tycoon all riding the same old classic steamer.

Thank you. Hours of effort at the game pay off eventually.

[Mudfog]

18 months on and I have just completed this one. One thing I found useful for the long distance the Iron Ore needs to travel to a Steel Mill. I use manual loading and then stopped at stations along the way to get the regular train maintenance done.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3262221437