Layouts

[Scifiwriterguy]

Weren't there more premade layouts for factories than what we have here? I seem to remember there being dozens in the CD version of the game I played ages ago.

[MagicMarker]

I own, but would have a hard time finding, the CD version, and have played it for years. Then I bought a copy from GoG, and I didn't see much difference. I don't remember there being a lot more pre-made layouts. What I *did* notice, is that quite a few of the pre-made layouts are poorly made.
Most of the time, I prefer just making my own plans anyway, but of course I acknowledge that |everyone is allowed their own opinion on that topic.

[Beltneck]

Originally posted by MagicMarker:

I own, but would have a hard time finding, the CD version, and have played it for years. Then I bought a copy from GoG, and I didn't see much difference. I don't remember there being a lot more pre-made layouts. What I *did* notice, is that quite a few of the pre-made layouts are poorly made.
Most of the time, I prefer just making my own plans anyway, but of course I acknowledge that |everyone is allowed their own opinion on that topic.

Yeah, I didn't particularly like any of the presets. These are what I normally use, with some tweeking if anything isn't at 90%+ utilization:

Retail
S-P-S
S-A-S
S-P-S
Most products can have 1 purchasing department service 3 sales departments. 3 sales departments on the largest retail outlet can supply 1 million people. I don't usually sell more than 2 products per store.

Factory (3 input)
S-P-S
M-P-M
S-P-S
Most manufacturing can supply 2 sales departments.

Factory (Import Warehouse)
P-I-S
P-I-S
P-I-S
Just a small factory used to secure 3 good imports, and make them available across the whole world. Good to trap competitors into buying from you too, then cut them off one day to really hurt their entire business model.

Agri Farm
I-G-I
I-S-I
I-G-I
Lots of inventory for the off season. Might go with 7 growing, 2 sales, and have a warehouse factory handle inventory. Depends how much I need in a year.

Livestock Farm
S-M-S
M-L-S
S-M-S
Don't need to worry about inventory here, since its always producing.

S-sales
P-purchasing
A-advertising
M-manufacturing/processing
I-Inventory
G-growing
L-livestock