How do exports work

[Dønkel Nada]

I got rail and boat cargo connections close to industries. I got specialized industries producing surpluses out of the wazoo. And yet all the trains and boats leaving my cargo terminals leave completely empty. Only imports are getting in. Anyone know why?

[Col. O'Bok | Ry4eek]

Same s**t, I'm surplusing on goods, got something lik +60 tonns of surplus but still ships only delivering same raw resources. Also my cargo port storage is filled with manufactored goods like cars, electronics, beverages, etc... But there is no export for them. The economics mechanics is really unclear now. I'm constantly got -2/-4 k per hour on level 7 city. No extra upgrades for city services, but cost of this services is sky high.

[FAIR]

I think it's bugged. I can see ships, plains and trains bringing cargo but they don't load anything. They leave the station empty.

[󠀡󠀡]

well i won't play til it's fixed. there are also some other irritating bugs like demanding, happiness etc.

[Lucifer]

Configure a route with the route tool between your export terminal and the external connection (the little two way arrow at the edge of the map)

[Tiger]

As Lucifer said, I had same problem, stock building and nothing moving. Then I saw the routing tool on the far right and clicked the train port icon, to the outside connection and back, now my trains delivery goods. Same goes for ship, there is a cargo pathing. Haven't figured water and truck, icons are there for truck but nothing to actually set it.

[Dønkel Nada]

Originally posted by Lucifer:

Configure a route with the route tool between your export terminal and the external connection (the little two way arrow at the edge of the map)

I already had a cargo route. But for the sake of testing, I deleted the old cargo route and made a new one starting from the cargo train terminal going to one of the outside connections and back. A train emerged from the railyard, made its way to the cargo train station, picked up absolutely nothing out of the hundreds of tons of coal and ore and left empty-handed towards the outside connection. The route is there, but they're exporting nothing.

[Dønkel Nada]

Okay I just saw a train leave with a whopping 20 tons of oil, so I guess that's something

[Wickedtwix]

Same problem here. I have three train connections from two cargo statoons and one freight harbor with three outside connections. Wood, ore and oil have a surplus of up to 90t/m but nothing seems to be exportet. Ships leave empty, trains sometimes export produced goods but I sure as hell am not generating any measurable income from my special industry.

[Adam Robert]

Same issue here.

[hex]

Originally posted by Dønkel Nada:

Originally posted by Lucifer:

Configure a route with the route tool between your export terminal and the external connection (the little two way arrow at the edge of the map)

I already had a cargo route. But for the sake of testing, I deleted the old cargo route and made a new one starting from the cargo train terminal going to one of the outside connections and back. A train emerged from the railyard, made its way to the cargo train station, picked up absolutely nothing out of the hundreds of tons of coal and ore and left empty-handed towards the outside connection. The route is there, but they're exporting nothing.

Same exact behavior for me. Huge stockpiles of every resource is sitting at a cargo train yard station. I've configured a train loop on two way track from that station to the "edge of the universe" rail connection. I see the train come from the other city, stop at my cargo yard, pick up nothing, and then leave. Then it comes back and does the same thing - empty.

Meanwhile - the cargo yards continue to fill with goods. How do I generate demand in the other cities?

[JustChad]

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[aevansjr35]

I have connections but their all showing 0 usage now ug were working fine then suddenly nothing.