Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:23 pm
oh, and don't forget to sell enough goods to your population, even more (and safer) than exports, it's the primary source of income - and you NEED to keep your populatiion satisfied to keep her productive - have a look at price of goods, when you need too much coal (for example) for building low profit goods you could import, switch towards other activities
profitability you'll find in F10, take care that it is net profit profitability - if you have an even keel or a marginal loss to build goods you USE (not stockpile) or need and are in short supply, build them ! previous stages give you some profit
goods you import and sell to your population (not stockpile) don't deplete your capital
keep strategic materials you need, but don't overstock, when your stockpile atre too important, they just deplete
stockpiles and new facilities are an investment, when you build too much of them it depletes your capital, strike a balance, usually, capital depletes especially if you increase your stockpiles too fast (you buy or build more than you sell)
railway are crucial for your productivity, but use coal, build them in provinces where you have high concentration of goods production or vital resopurces (coal especially) - it is an investment too, but one year after, you won't regret it
when you're in short supply rebalance your production, some factories can become less or more productive than others as bonus due to population contentment vary
have always some supply (and reasonable stockpiles when you can afford) of strategic materials : COAL, goods, minerals, mechanic parts, steel, endgame electric parts (you may need some others depending of what your industry consume, iron is usually not in short supply, you may need wood, sulphur for chemicals, dye and cotton/wool for textile - you'll need an array of semi finished goods for very profitable goods
if necessary close unprofitable industries, or some building goods in excess, reopen them when you need them - use F4 - it's an information mine gold
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