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====== Factory Game Mechanics ======


The Game Mechanics section of the manual details the internal formula used in the game's calculations.  This section of the manual uses pseudo-code and may not be 100% the same as the code in the game. 

The Game Mechanics part of the manual is mainly designed to be a reference for the frequently asked question, "Why do I get this rating when I do X, Y, Z?!" Usually, this answer involves many different variables, which this section of the manual demonstrates. 

**The game mechanics section of the manual shows [[https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/seeing+how+the+sausage+gets+made|how the sausage gets made]]. So you really may want to avoid this portion of the manual if you enjoy the game.** 




===== Variables =====

This is a table of variables and their descriptions used in the formulas.

^ Variable ^ Description ^  ^ Variable ^ Description ^
| **Factory_Map_Adjustment** | This is the factory adjustment value found in the map's MapFileForGame.xml file | | **Lobbying_Maximum** | The maximum amount of money you can spend on lobbying. |
| **Manufacturing_Skills** | Parent company's Manufacturing skills divided by 100 | | **Equipment_Wear** | For new factories, this value is set to 1. |
| **City_Resources** | Resource Rating for the selected city | | **Max_City_Resources** | Highest resource rating for all cities in the game. |
| **City_Infrastructure** | Infrastructure Rating for the selected city | | **City_Manufacturing** | Manufacturing Rating for the selected city |
| **Difficulty** | Difficulty level the player selected at the start of the game | | **Lobbying_Funds** | Player's current spending effect on lobbying. (Spending effect slowly trails monthly lobbying spending amount until it catches up to the spending amount.) |
| **Car_Manufacturing_Requirements** | Selected Vehicle's Manufacturing Requirements Rating | | **Car_Chassis_Outsourced** | True if the select car uses an outsourced chassis. |
| **Car_Engine_Outsourced** | True if the select car uses an outsourced engine. | | **Car_Gearbox_Outsourced** | True if the select car uses an outsourced gearbox. |
| **Factory_Tooling_Year** | The last year that the factory was retooled, recondition, built, or redesigned | | **Factory_Built_Year** | The year that the factory was built or redesigned. |
| **Lines_Used** | The number of factory lines being used. | | **Current_Production_Lines** | The number of factory lines being used. |
| **Upgrade_Amount** | Values are 0 for "Minor", 1 for "Medium", and 2 for "Max." | | **Upgrade_Attempt** | The number of times you have upgraded this factory since you built or redesigned it. |
| **Employee_Difficulty** | Value is based on the player's difficulty level.  Easy: 30, Normal: 20, Hard/Nightmare: 10 | | **Wear** | Factory wear value between 0 and 1. |
| **year** | Current game year | | **** | |
| **ex_1d002p_year99** | 1.002%%^%%(year-1899) | | **ex_1d005p_year99** | 1.005%%^%%(year-1899) |
| **ex_1d012p_year99** | 1.012%%^%%(year-1899) | | **ex_1d015p_year99** | 1.015%%^%%(year-1899) |
| **ex_1d01p_year99** | 1.01%%^%%(year-1899) | | **ex_1d018p_year99** | 1.018%%^%%(year-1899) |
| **ex_1d03p_year99** | 1.03%%^%%(year-1899) | | **ex_1d04p_year99** | 1.04%%^%%(year-1899) |





==== Sliders ====

^ Variable ^ Description ^  ^ Variable ^ Description ^
| **Slider_Production_Capacity** | This is the production line slider. | | **Slider_Factory_Tech** | This is the factory tech slider. |
| **Slider_Factory_ProductionSpeed** | The production quality or quantity slider when assigning production lines. | | **** |  |



===== Factory Ratings =====


==== Production Technologies ====

<code cpp>

Production_Tech = (((Slider_Factory_Tech*1900+City_Infrastructure*5+(City_Manufacturing *
		(City_Resources/Max_City_Resources)))/2500*Equipment_Wear)) * 100
	

if(Production_Tech > 100)
	Production_Tech = 100

</code>


==== Factory Overall Rating ====

<code cpp>
Factory_Overall =  1 + ((Slider_Production_Capacity * 200 + (Production_Tech*3))/ 5.0)
</code>



==== Maximum Build ====

<code cpp>
Maximum_Build = ((3*Factory_Map_Adjustment + 
    ((17*(Slider_Production_Capacity*100))/100.0)) * (ex_1d015p_year99) +
    ((3*ex_1d005p_year99)*Manufacturing_Skills))

Maximum_Build = Maximum_Build * Factory_Map_Adjustment

Maximum_Build = 1 + Maximum_Build * Slider_Production_Capacity
</code>



==== Build Turns ====


<code cpp>
MaxLine_Percent = ((3*Factory_Map_Adjustment + 17) * (ex_1d015p_year99) +
   ((3 * ex_1d005p_year99) * Manufacturing_Skills))
   
MaxLine_Percent = MaxLine_Percent * Factory_Map_Adjustment

MaxLine_Percent = Maximum_Build / MaxLine_Percent


Build_Turns = 5^(1+Slider_Factory_Tech/1.3) * 
    ((Factory_Overall/100)*(50/City_Infrastructure)+City_Resources) +
    (12*ex_1d01p_year99*MaxLine_Percent)
	
</code>



==== Construction Costs ====


<code cpp>
if(2021 > year)
{
  Construction_Costs = ((175000 * ex_1d04p_year99) + (40000 * ex_1d03p_year99) + 
      (50000 * 0.985^Maximum_Build) + ((1000 * ex_1d018p_year99) *
      (60/(City_Infrastructure+1.0))^((year-1899)/24.0))) +
      ((City_PerCapita / (City_Infrastructure/30)) * 
      City_Resources*(City_PerCapita/10)) * (Maximum_Build * 1.25)
		
}
else
{
			
  Construction_Costs = ((175000 * ex_1d04p_year99) + ((40000) * ex_1d03p_year99) + 
      (50000 * (0.985^Maximum_Build))+ ((1000 * ex_1d018p_year99) *
      (60/(City_Infrastructure+1.0))^(121/24.0))) +
      ((City_PerCapita / (City_Infrastructure/30)) * 
      City_Resources*(City_PerCapita/10)) * (Maximum_Build * 1.25)			
}

Construction_Costs = Construction_Costs + (Construction_Costs * 0.5 * Slider_Factory_Tech)

if(Difficulty = 0)
  Construction_Costs = (Construction_Costs / 1.35) + 1
else if(Difficulty = 2)
  Construction_Costs = (Construction_Costs * 1.1) + 1


</code>



==== Lobbying Savings ====


<code cpp>
		
Lobbying_Savings = (Construction_Costs * (0.1 * (Lobbying_Funds/Lobbying_Maximum)))
		
Construction_Costs = Construction_Costs - Lobbying_Savings
</code>




==== Monthly Full Production Costs ====

<code cpp>
    Full_Monthly_Costs = Construction_Costs * 0.01 * ex_1d002p_year99 * (Slider_Factory_Tech + 1)^1.01

    if(Difficulty = 0)	
	Full_Monthly_Costs = (Full_Monthly_Costs / 1.25) + 1	
    else if(Difficulty = 2)	
	Full_Monthly_Costs = (Full_Monthly_Costs * 1.1) + 1


    Full_Monthly_Costs = Full_Monthly_Costs + (Full_Monthly_Costs*0.18);
</code>




===== Factory Upgrade =====

==== Production Lines ====

<code cpp>
Production_Lines = Current_Production_Lines + (1*Factory_Map_Adjustment + 
  (0.05*(year-1899)+1*Factory_Map_Adjustment)*Upgrade_Amount)
</code>

==== Upgrade Costs ====

<code cpp>
NewLines = Production_Lines - Current_Production_Lines

Upgrade_Cost = (((175000 * ex_1d04p_year99) + (40000 * ex_1d03p_year99) + 
   (40000 * 0.985^ Production_Lines)+ ((1000 * ex_1d018p_year99) *
   (60/(City_Infrastructure+1.0))^((year-1899)/24.0)) +
   ((City_PerCapita / (City_Infrastructure/30.0)) * 
   City_Resources*(City_PerCapita/10))) * (NewLines*1.25))*((Upgrade_Attempt+1)^1.5)
   
Upgrade_Cost = Upgrade_Cost + (Upgrade_Cost * 0.5 * Slider_Factory_Tech)


if(Difficulty = 0)
    Upgrade_Cost = (Upgrade_Cost / 1.35) + 1
else if(Difficulty = 2)
    Upgrade_Cost = (Upgrade_Cost * 1.25) + 1

   
</code>


===== Factory Recondition =====

==== Costs ====

<code cpp>
Recondition_Costs = Wear * (5000 *1.05^(year - (Factory_Built_Year-1))) + (15000*ex_1d012p_year99)
</code>



===== Production =====


==== Maximum Production Amount ====

<code cpp>
Manufacturing_Difference = Production_Tech /  Car_Manufacturing_Requirements

if(Manufacturing_Difference<0.33)
  Manufacturing_Difference = 0.33
else if(Manufacturing_Difference>1.67)
  Manufacturing_Difference = 1.67


if(Factory_Tooling_Year > 1949)
    Tooling_Year_Change = 5
else
    Tooling_Year_Change = -0.0016*(((Factory_Tooling_Year-1899)-50)*
        ((Factory_Tooling_Year-1899)-50)) + 5




if(Car_Chassis_Outsourced)
{
    Outsource_Output_Boost += 0.1;
    Outsource_Employee_Reduction -= -0.1;
}

if(Car_Engine_Outsourced)
{
    Outsource_Output_Boost += 0.1;
    Outsource_Employee_Reduction -= -0.1;
}

if(Car_Gearbox_Outsourced)
{
    Outsource_Output_Boost += 0.1;
    Outsource_Employee_Reduction -= -0.1;
}

if(year < 2021)
{
    Production_Amount = ((1+ ((25 * (Manufacturing_Difference) * 
      Outsource_Output_Boost * Tooling_Year_Change * 1.01^(Factory_Tooling_Year-1899)) +
      ((( (Production_Tech^2)/(2026 - Factory_Tooling_Year))) ) +
      ((Factory_Tooling_Year-1899)*2)) * Slider_Factory_ProductionSpeed)*Lines_Used)
}
else
{
    Production_Amount = ((1+ ((25 * (Manufacturing_Difference) *
      Outsource_Output_Boost * Tooling_Year_Change * (1.01^121)) + 
      ((Production_Tech^2)/6) + ((121)*2)) * Slider_Factory_ProductionSpeed)*Lines_Used)
}

        
</code>


==== Component Production ====


<code cpp>
 Production_Amount = (((10 * Production_Tech) * 2) - (10  * Equipment_Wear) +
			(10 *  (Factory_Tooling_Year - 1899)) ) *
			((Production_Tech)/(Manufacturing_Requirement+1))

if(Production_Amount < 0)
    Production_Amount = 0

Production_Amount = Production_Amount + 50
</code>


==== Employee ====

<code cpp>
if(year < 2021)
    Employees = (Production_Amount/Employee_Difficulty * (15*((Factory_Tooling_Year-1898.5)^-0.8))) +
      ((Slider_Factory_ProductionSpeed+0.1)*Lines_Used) * (20.0 + (1.339 * (2021-Factory_Tooling_Year)) - 
      (.014 * ((2021-Factory_Tooling_Year)*(2021-Factory_Tooling_Year))) +
      (.0000787 * ((2021-Factory_Tooling_Year)*(2021-Factory_Tooling_Year)*(2021-Factory_Tooling_Year))))
else
    Employees = (Production_Amount/Employee_Difficulty * (15*((121.5),-0.8))) +
      ((Slider_Factory_ProductionSpeed+0.1)*Lines_Used) * (20.0 + (1.339  *(1)) -
      (.014 * ((1)*(1))) + (.0000787 * ((1)*(1)*(1))))

Employees = Employees * Outsource_Employee_Reduction

if(Employees <1)
    Employees = 0
</code>