How to make a profit in my city?

[b1tesha]

Why do I have negative income throughout the game? How to make a profit? Maybe this part of game is broken?

[Red Six]

make sure youre people are happy with basic ammenities then crank up the residential tax to max,

[b1tesha]

Originally posted by Captain Wolf:

Originally posted by poida84:

Build specialised industries farming,mining, logging, create cargo station near local industries connect line from cargo station to outside and back. you will start to make profits from exports even if in negative.

If this were CS1, I would agree. TMK no cargo goes out. Not trains--not ships. It's a known bug. Let me know if your cargo actually goes out or it sits at the cargo station.

oh yeap, it`s a HUGE problem that ruins the entire economy for my city :(

[Captain Wolf]

Originally posted by btsh:

Originally posted by Captain Wolf:

If this were CS1, I would agree. TMK no cargo goes out. Not trains--not ships. It's a known bug. Let me know if your cargo actually goes out or it sits at the cargo station.

oh yeap, it`s a HUGE problem that ruins the entire economy for my city :(

Yeah, I wouldn't worry about economy if we can't export anything.

[Brother Rogue]

Sandbox game with a meta....

..... k

[b1tesha]

Originally posted by HitPlay:

Originally posted by Avalon Scorpion:

its the building u place in a small town and upgrades on building that cost allot. if u still have a city with goverment subsidies and build a solar power plant you are doing somting rong and dont look at what a building cost u a mounth to oparate.

Oh but I did, I literally didn't place a fire station until there was a fire lmao

The game gives you a government subsidy to make learning the game stupidly hard because it just masks the issues, how can you "learn" whats good when the game gives you money for doing badly, tell me how that makes any sense at all 😂

I know the costs, I know the upkeeps, I am building only what is required by the city as the city needs it yet I am still negative?

Maybe if the tutorial wasn't just connecting power and water lines and placing building grids people wouldnt be having the exact same issues with understanding the logic of the game

I agree with you, tutorial is very stupid

[b1tesha]

Originally posted by Red Six:

make sure youre people are happy with basic ammenities then crank up the residential tax to max,

I have the maximum of their happinnes

[[LV] Kaspiic]

Small parking lot + max parking fee= 1.5k profit - if parking lot full :)

[b1tesha]

Originally posted by LV Kaspiic:

Small parking lot + max parking fee= 1.5k profit - if parking lot full :)

Yeap, i have already done it, i had 200k profit from roads, but it doesn't work for long.

[poida84]

Originally posted by Captain Wolf:

Originally posted by poida84:

Build specialised industries farming,mining, logging, create cargo station near local industries connect line from cargo station to outside and back. you will start to make profits from exports even if in negative.

If this were CS1, I would agree. TMK no cargo goes out. Not trains--not ships. It's a known bug. Let me know if your cargo actually goes out or it sits at the cargo station.

Edit: This game seems very unbalanced right now. I wouldn't fret too much about min / max stuff.

yes my cargo goes out had to setup the route manually to go out not automatic like in cs1.

[b1tesha]

Originally posted by poida84:

Originally posted by Captain Wolf:

If this were CS1, I would agree. TMK no cargo goes out. Not trains--not ships. It's a known bug. Let me know if your cargo actually goes out or it sits at the cargo station.

Edit: This game seems very unbalanced right now. I wouldn't fret too much about min / max stuff.

yes my cargo goes out had to setup the route manually to go out not automatic like in cs1.

Your cargo trains and ships really export your stuff?

[ShadowRFox]

So playing around early game, I found the best way to make money is to not build any services. City service buildings (Police stations, Electricity, Hospitals, Schools, etc) are all very expensive in terms of upkeep. This will often cost you losing money. Its actually cheaper to just import those services in from outside your city. I usually go without these until absolutely necessary or until I hit so many milestones, that I have enough money to take the negative hit to my income.

What I can't seem to get is how to get back into the positive after you build these services for your city. It doesn't seem like they export enough to make up for the lost of upkeeping them.

[robert29201]

During development there was a cheat with wind turbines. The guy built 16 of them, unlocked a couple of progressions, sold the excess power and was making bank. I’ve tried it without success. Anyone else? Or did they fix it?

[Brixen]

Dont know where the Problem is... look at the "production tab" and u will See whats being imported...try to build farms, wood, stone and lifestock industry so u can sell it instead of buying it. Works fine for me. At around 9k Pop i break even an Start earning money. While expanding the City and its services i went back into the Red negative Balance but with some farms, an airport and other stuff i Start making money again "soon°TM" ...

Its a bit more challenging than it was in CS1 ... but some things seems to need a rebalance , thats true. Overall it works for me.

What i was noticing as well was that my money actually was raising even if i were in the negative ... odd or do i missunderstand something ??

Im looking forward to the first Patch 😉

[Advanced Nap Techs]

How did I get my city out of the red? Three words: Parking Fee Empire.

[b1tesha]

Originally posted by Advanced Nap Techs:

How did I get my city out of the red? Three words: Parking Fee Empire.