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Transport
Tycoon
General Tips
Get
Rich Quick Scheme!
(using
the Compeditor as a money source!)
You could call this is a 'get rich quick scheme' Although it only really works when the competitors make money.
As soon as a competitor starts click on their Company Information and buy some shares in the company.
I brought 75% but it is up to you what you buy depending on what money you have and weather or not they or going to make a profit etc.
Each company started having a value of about $130,000 when I brought 75% of them. So with a bit of simple math I can work out my estimated cost and capital return on my investment.
For Zaragosa Transport.
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Company
Initial Value
|
$130,000 | |
|
75%
of $130,000(Initial Investment Cost)
|
$97,500 | |
|
Return
on Investment (If I sold my shares 75% of $826,932)
|
$620,199 | |
|
Less
Initial Investment Cost
|
$97,500 | |
|
Profit
made by Investment ($620,199-$97,500)
|
$522,699 PROFIT |
For Tocopilla Transport.
|
Company
Initial Value
|
$130,000 | |
|
75%
of $130,000(Initial Investment Cost)
|
$97,500 | |
|
Return
on Investment (If I sold my shares 75% of $959,138)
|
$719,354 | |
|
Less
Initial Investment Cost
|
$97,500 | |
|
Profit
made by Investment ($719,354-$97,500)
|
$621,853 PROFIT |
For Huacho Transport.
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Company
Initial Value
|
$130,000 | |
|
75%
of $130,000(Initial Investment Cost)
|
$97,500 | |
|
Return
on Investment (If I sold my shares 75% of $351,986)
|
$263,989 | |
|
Less
Initial Investment Cost
|
$97,500 | |
|
Profit
made by Investment ($263,989-$97,500)
|
$166,489 PROFIT |
As you can see by the profits that have been made it is well worth having shares in Competitors if they do well of course.
Saving Money By Building Trees! (What! How?!)
Here is a
tip for saving money that I was told my my good friend who gets paid to play
ttdx. (When at work!)
I will try to prove this theory using two Examples.
When building across farmland you can save money by building trees over the
area before laying track and / or constructing things.
As you can see in the scene below there is a place in which a farm occupies
and I want to cross place my Truck stop there.(normally i would have put it
where there was some grass!)
Example 1
Below are two ways
of placing a Truck stop.
 |
Way
1 |
Cost of Way 1 Tree = £24 |
 |
Build
Truck Stop |
+Truck
stop =£266 |
| Way
2 Build Truck Stop without a tree. |
Truck Stop = £849 |
 |
|
Total
Cost + The benifits
|
||
|
Way
1 =
|
Way
2 =
|
|
|
£300
|
Way
1 Wins Saving a big £549
|
£
849
|
So as you can see by building
a tree you can save lots of money in the long run.
Example 2
As you can see in the scene below there is a place in which a farm occupies and I want to cross it with Track.
| Way1 Build Several trees across the desired path. |
Cost
of 5 trees = £24 x 5 = £120 |
 |
|
Then
Build the track over the trees.
|
Cost of 5 Sections
of Track Total Cost of Way 1= £840 |
|
 |
Way
2 Just build the Track! |
Cost
of 5 sections of track
£ 3,640 |
|
Total
Cost + The benifits
|
||
|
Way
1 =
|
Way
2 =
|
|
|
£840
|
Way
1 Wins Saving a huge £2,800
|
£
3,640
|
So as you can see by building a few trees you can save lots of money in the long run.
When playing transport tycoon there are a few things you should remember. For a more detailed guide visit the stratergy section.
•Remember
to plant trees through farmland before building, because that will be a
lot cheaper. Whatch out though, as it may upset local authorities.
•Go to extreme lengths to ensure all railways you build are as straight
and level as possible
To increase your catchment area of a station/airport then you can build
a bus station attached onto the station, getting one square further into
the town.
•Try to transport passengers as far as possible once the money starts
coming in, link towns with distant towns rather than nearby ones.
•Centralise your efforts around one secondry industry, eg transport
iron ore from several mines to a single steel mill. Then big profits from
the steel service come.
•Help your town grow by laying out its road network. 2x2 squares are
usually the best format, because buildings only develop when there is a
road two sides of them.
•Fastest growth of a town occurs when doing short distance regular
journeys.
•Medium distance coal rail services over a fairly flat bit of landscape
are the most profitable services in temperate and arctic climate to start
off with, and in the tropical climate medium distance rail oil services
will be your best bet.
•Borrow as much as you can to begin with and only go for services which
are bound to be profitable (see above)
•Road vehicles serve little apart from very small routes with low production
rates.
•Always set your trains to full load and don't mix cargos on the train.
However do mix passengers and mail and do not set passenger/mail trains
to full load.
•As soon as you can replace all small airports with large ones, as
otherwise there is a big risk of crash.
•Always get the latest fastest vehicles, especially with trains
