Settings in the DAT files of industries

Specifying the factory itself

Parameters	Meaning	Value	Format
obj	object type	factory	exactly this text
name	object name	brewery	plain text
copyright	name of the creator		plain text
Location	Where to build the factory	Land	Land/City/Water
DistributionWeight	The probability of selection as a supplier for end consumers / Frequency	1	number
Productivity	minimum output	320	number
Range	production fluctuation	300	number
pax_level	passenger level	35	number
BackImage	Required factory graphic, see BackImage	png_file	filename
FrontImage	Optional front graphic, see BackImage	png_file	filename
Smoke	industrial emission	Diesel	Name of Smoke object
SmokeTile	Tile, the starting point for the emissions coordinates marked	0,0	coordinates
SmokeOffset	emissions position	24,-24	coordinates
SmokeSpeed	emissions speed	16	number
InputGood[0]	type of incoming goods	Oel(Oil)	plain text
InputCapacity[0]	how much of this incoming goods can the factory store	1260	number
InputSupplier[0]	supplier number	2	number
InputFactor[0]	Input factor in %	300	number
OutputGood[0]	type of output commodity	Chemicals	plain text
OutputCapacity[0]	how much of this output commodity can the factory store	150	number
OutputFactor[0]	Output factor in%	60	number
MapColor	Factory symbol color	28	Number from factory color palette
climates	Climate zones
intro_month	Month of Introduction	2	Month as number
intro_year	Year of Introduction	1955	Year as number
retire_month	Month of Retirement	8	Month as number
retire_year	Year of Retirement	1982	Year as number

Specifying fields for the factory

Parameters	Meaning	Value	Format
max_fields	maximal number of field tiles	10	number
min_fields	minimal number of field tiles	36	number
probability_to_spawn	Probability that a new field will be created when the factory is producing	10	number (100 represents a probability of 1%, 10000=100%)
fields[i]	Name of field no i (the first field is i=0!)	kornfeld_1	must match existing field name
production_per_field[i]	Production rate of a single square of field type i	5	number
storage_capacity[i]	Storage capacity of fields, will be distributed among all incoming and outgoing goods of the factory	100	number
spawn_weight[i]	sets the likelihood that this type of field will be used	25	number
has_snow[i]	does this field have snow graphics	1	0 or 1
	from Ver. 112.0
start_fields	Number of some fields by create industry	8	number

Parameters for permanent production increase (in version > 110.0.1)

Parameters for production increase due to passenger, mail, and electricity supply (in version > 110.0.1)

Specifying a field object

Parameters	Meaning	Value	Format
obj	object type	field	exactly this text
name	object name	grain field_1	plain text
copyright	name of the creator		plain text
Image[0]	Graphics for winter without snow	Picture information
Image[1]	Graphics for spring	Picture information
Image[2]	Graphics for summer	Picture information
Image[3]	Graphis for autumn	Picture information
Image[4]	Graphics for winter with snow	Picture information

Graphics parameter

Detailed Explanations

The Parameter name

The Parameter Location

• Land - built in countryside. Note, Location=Land with climates=water will force an industry on the shore.
• City - built within city limits
• Water - built on an open surface of water

• river - one tile of factory adjacent to river tile ( ignored if there are no rivers on the map )
• shore - one tile of factory on a sloped shore tile
• forest - more than X trees on the tiles covered by the factory, X=area of factory ( ignored if there are no forests on the map )

The Parameter DistributionWeight

The Parameter Range

• minimal production rate = value "Productivity"
• maximal production rate = value "Productivity" + value "Range"

Parameters specifying the factory emissions

• Smoke - determines the kind of emission
  • The names of Smoke specified in the smoke.*.pak files can be used as values
• SmokeTile - specifies which tile's front corner is the starting point for the emission
• SmokeOffset - specifies the actual point of emission as offset from the starting point
  • the first value gives the x-Position
  • the second value gives the y-Position, this value is lowered by 100
• SmokeSpeed - specifies the emission speed

Parameters specifying goods used as raw material for the factory

• InputGood[x] - gives the name, which must match an existing type of goods
• InputCapacity[x] - how much of the goods that can be stored at the industry
• InputSupplier[x] - specifies the number of suppliers
  • Value = 0 - each industry, which delivers the desired goods is selected as a supplier
  • Value > 0 - this number of suppliers will be built. If there already exists suitable suppliers, only the surplus number is built
• InputFactor[x] - sets the relationship (percentage) between raw materials consumed (input) and commodities produced (output)
  • Value = 200: two tons of raw materials are needed to produce one ton of commodity
  • Value = 50: half a ton of raw materials are needed to produce one ton of commodity

Parameters specifying the output commodities produced by the factory

• OutputGood[x] - gives the name, which must match an existing type of goods
• OutputCapacity[x] - how much of the goods that can be stored at the industry
• OutputFactor[x] - sets the relationship (percentage) between raw materials consumed (input) and commodities produced (output)
  • Value = 200: one ton of raw materials are needed to produce two tons of commodity
  • Value = 50: one ton of raw materials are needed to produce half a ton of commodity

The Parameter MapColor

Color table

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(note: The RGB values for these colors are computed from values in the special_pal array in simgraph16.cc in the source)

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The Parameter has_snow

Building a factory on the shore

climates=water
Location=Land