First Construction in Realistic Mode

[SlowPsycho]

So, not played this in a little while, so wanted to come back in a slowly psychotic way and start straight off with a Realistic game.

Am I missing something though? In order to construct you need a (free) Construction office, but in order to get to that office there is always a small bit of road that needs constructing. I have tried a few obvious ways like buying a gravel truck at the border, but am I missing something?

I simply get stuck in the first minute of the game trying to build this construction office (obviously I can not buy it outright in construction mode) and I know there is going to be a simple answer.

[GoRun]

Make only dirt roads until you need 2km fast road..

[MrKrabs]

Have in mind that small bits of road and footpathes require workers rather than machinery to get the piece done.

[Sim]

Yep - start with free dirt roads. If your border customs house has multiple road connections then you can just upgrade them later to better roads. If you have just one lane/road connection then to upgrade it you will need helicopter construction office (as vehicles can't move on road that is being constructed/upgraded).

[SlowPsycho]

Thanks everyone - It turns out I was putting it to close to a gravel road, hence why it was defaulting to needing a gravel connection.

[Sky_walker]

I feel like that doesn't explain much...
OK, so I got my construction office and the first Low Quality Rural Flats right next to the customs house, but the construction gets stuck on "Groundworks" phase showing 84 Workdays, but I have zero workers and no clue how to get them in. There are multiple "Foreign workers" waiting at the border, but... how do I get them through the border and into my town?

[Gfurst]

You can do all with free buildings at the start even setup the whole of the initial construction industry without moving people in, the downside is that you're limited to foreign workers and that can be pretty slow at first. For roads up to asphalt you don't even need people as they can do everything with machinery alone.

Originally posted by Sky_walker:

how do I get them through the border and into my town?

Those at the border are foreign labour only and they don't move in, you can just set them a source of workers on the construction office. To get people to move in you need to invite them in after the building is done.

Originally posted by SlowPsycho:

Thanks everyone - It turns out I was putting it to close to a gravel road, hence why it was defaulting to needing a gravel connection.

pro tip: use CTRL for fine adjustments also makes it so it doesn't autoconnect anything when placing the building down.

also pro tip: given you both are starting, water and waste management are big hurdle to setup up, but you don't need to have everything setup from the get go, you can get water and send waste to the border as well. And something I wish I knew sooner, both water and sewer wells can be served by trucks alone, so if you have the appropriate truck in a technical office, they go empty the sewer well instead of having to go service each individual building.

[Kubog]

Originally posted by Sky_walker:

There are multiple "Foreign workers" waiting at the border, but... how do I get them through the border and into my town?

By bus? (or car)

[Sky_walker]

Originally posted by Kubog:

Originally posted by Sky_walker:

There are multiple "Foreign workers" waiting at the border, but... how do I get them through the border and into my town?

By bus? (or car)

Yep. Got it:
Had to buy Gas station (free), Distribution office (free) with an oil tank connected between customs house (load fuel) and gas station (unload 100%) and finally: in the Construction office I had to buy a bus - this unlocked the construction that was previously stuck.