Car Quality

[esliegt]

Hello
I would like to have an automatic quality control system. Adjustable, too. From good to excellent.
If a car comes off the production line that is worth less than the set value, it is automatically sent to the workshop.
That would be great.
Best regards.

[gav_328t]

+1 on this discussion, i'd like to offer a slight change though. A repair station. Put it on the end of your production line, after the quality station and have any cars below a set value auto repaired before even leaving the factory. it removes the need for another (expensive) building giving more space for factories, and any cars that are above set value will just pass straight through.

[Doc Savage]

I would not use that... You have no idea how that could tie up the line.

All I need is a threshold to set so any car lower goes to rehab and then a tick box that says "automatically allow car to sell" after it's done.

Cheers..!

[Subudai]

Originally posted by gav_328t:

+1 on this discussion, i'd like to offer a slight change though. A repair station. Put it on the end of your production line, after the quality station and have any cars below a set value auto repaired before even leaving the factory. it removes the need for another (expensive) building giving more space for factories, and any cars that are above set value will just pass straight through.

I am more inclined to agree with Doc Savage here.
The quality station should acknowledge your preferred quality setting. If it is below that, create a work order to "repair" it.

Originally posted by Doc Savage:

I would not use that... You have no idea how that could tie up the line.

All I need is a threshold to set so any car lower goes to rehab and then a tick box that says "automatically allow car to sell" after it's done.

Cheers..!

[GGamingLLama]

+1 on the discussion, I had the same thought.

Regarding programming, it might not even require some Quality Control supervisor, even though it would be more realistic.

Since the test station can already determine the condition of the car, all it would require a red and green light. If we click on the station and set the value of the cars which go directly to sales (i.e. "very good" or "excellent"), a green light would indicate that the requirement is met and a transporter drives the car to the sales parking. A red light, however, would mean that this car needs to be taken to the repair shop.

I admit that I have no knowledge whatsoever of programming, but methinks this seems like a simple thing to do...?

[GGamingLLama]

Originally posted by GGamingLLama:

Regarding programming, it might not even require some Quality Control supervisor, even though it would be more realistic.

LOL

I just had a funny idea. This QC supervisor could wear a shirt with vertical black and white stripes, just like an umpire, and if a car meets the quality requirements, he makes this "SAFE!" move with his arms, and if it doesn't, he yells "OUT!" :D

[qchn]

+1 ... at the moment I stopped clicking on every car and dont care about quality anymore.

[Subudai]

Originally posted by qchn:

+1 ... at the moment I stopped clicking on every car and dont care about quality anymore.

Same here. I don't see the reason to micromanage the quality stuff until it has a more significant impact on the game and it has been overhauled.

[rkelly17]

Originally posted by qchn:

+1 ... at the moment I stopped clicking on every car and dont care about quality anymore.

Yup. Not worth the effort at the moment. Now, if the quality gate could be made automatic, that would be different--as long as it improved sales. I'm also finding the robots to be more of a hindrance than help because of the small storage that can only hold one of crucial parts.

[Emburijay]

I have trained my mechanics to level 15 and sometimes I still get cars with the worst quality.
At a certain point it becomes quite annoying to send each car to the workshop manually. I have 4 lines with 20 work stations each. 3 stations are used by mechanics, the others by robots. I have the strong feeling that the quality is simply generated randomly, regardless of whether I work with well-trained mechanics or with robots. Around 70% of the cars I use robots on the lines are of medium or better quality. But sometimes 10 cars in a row just come out with bad quality.
The biggest problem I have, however, is with deliveries. It often happens that stations further away are not supplied for ages and as a result no cars are produced on that line for several months. But that is not relevant in this discussion

[SkittleKicks Plays]

Originally posted by ZombieHunter:

Originally posted by SkittleKicks Plays:

I'd rather it be a choice of manual or automatic QC. Also training makes a big difference in the quality of your cars. Having the scanner set as the last stop on before leaving the assembly plant also makes a big difference.

It doesn't do anything. You can remove it.

The scanner does tell you what the quality of the car is. If the scanner isn't used then it's set as unknown and having a 50/50 chance it will ever sell. If you get a poor or decent scan you can send the car to the repair shop where it turns a poor car into an excellent one. Now i grant you I have run into to the issue where the car is sold before it goes to repair. If it was sold as poor you take a hit. That's a thing that needs to change with the game mechanic. It should instantly be pulled from sales until it is fixed. Even preventing the sale as is doesn't always work quick enough.

Yes you have to babysit your lines currently, but QC should be optional because too much hand holding in games makes them unplayable. I'd rather have this game be a challenge.

[leathrnek1]

Yes

[Rekkit]

parking lot is your friend, can auto send to the work shop

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2398818613839847197/6671A90FF40E8884FD1513E6F47B2CA73520BDAA/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

[Doc Savage]

That is no guarantee that the drivers will pimp das auto to it's proper specifications for quality.

Many times the car is sold and off the lot before the driver even knows they were supposed to go get it.

I'm to the point I'm going to scale back 6 lines into 4 and make fewer models but more cars. I'm also going to scale back to 4 sales people as well.

I figure that will give the parking lot a little time to weed out the bad ones and get them fixed so I don't have to baby sit.

I'm in the era of VW's, war wagons and little french things that aren't pretty or cute or ooh la la in any way so I may as well pick a few nice ones and specialize.

Thanks for that screen shot though..! I looked at that dunno how many times and it never registered....

Cheers..!

[Rekkit]

really need the option on the quality station as it rolls out to be honest

[Fox]

Originally posted by Rekkit:

parking lot is your friend, can auto send to the work shop

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2398818613839847197/6671A90FF40E8884FD1513E6F47B2CA73520BDAA/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

Ah great thanks for the parking lot tip, this is what i was looking for :)