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Originally posted by cthulhu
How do I get them? Which factory to build?
The "machine parts" factory. Methinks that only UK has 'em at the start of GC. Research something to be able to build them. Or just buy them.
Machine parts factory.
It is activated by Precision Works invention which will happen after you have researched the tech Interchangeable Parts.
It is activated by Precision Works invention which will happen after you have researched the tech Interchangeable Parts.
Aha! Thank you guys. But the british bastards refuse to supply the rest of us... Oh well they'll pay in the end *back to my game as Prussia*
refuse to supply the rest of us... Oh well they'll pay in the end *back to my game as Prussia*
Seems most countries start the GC with negative manpower. Can't really say I understand the whole manpower mechanism yet but that seems strange to me.
How come? The POP files are generally much older than the "Every division reduces the manpower cap" rule. It's not worth the bother to change the files since both player and the AI should know how to convert more soldier POPs.
Before the new manpower cap rule was made it was possible to maintain, say, a standing army of 1.000.000 men even though there were only 100.000 soldiers in the country.
Re: Re: Machine Tools?
I would think the US should have some as well since we among the forefront in using interchangable parts.
I would think the US should have some as well since we among the forefront in using interchangable parts.
Re: Re: Re: Machine Tools?
The US does start the 1836 scenario with a small stockpile of machine parts, but cannot build the machine parts factory. This was done to simulate the significant lead the British had in industrialization in the early 19th century. Also, the US economy was not particularly advanced in the 1830s (serious industrial expansion did not occur until after the Civil War).
The US does start the 1836 scenario with a small stockpile of machine parts, but cannot build the machine parts factory. This was done to simulate the significant lead the British had in industrialization in the early 19th century. Also, the US economy was not particularly advanced in the 1830s (serious industrial expansion did not occur until after the Civil War).
Are machine parts only used to build factories or are they used for other things too????
Factories for most of the game. In the very late game, they are a required for automobile/aeroplane production.
Originally posted by Peter Ebbesen
Factories for most of the game. In the very late game, they are a required for automobile/aeroplane production.
ahem...aeroplane production? That settles that question.
God, I hate not having this game already. Damn you, Danes! Damn you!
People get turned on by the weirdest things. For some it's a hot girl and for others it's the ability to build aeroplanes in a computer game about the victorian era
So if a vicious UK decides to hoard the machine parts, and noone notices and spends their part on some other factories, they could have a monopoly for quite some time, and slow down industrialization for everyone else with this ?
But...
Where does the British get their machine tools in the first place?
Since you need machine tools to make machine tools there seem to be no way for them ever coming in existance in first place.
Well, if they have a factory in the beginning, and some techs give you free machine parts (enough for a factory probably), then no problem...
I think what he is asking is this: If you need machine tools to make machine tools, then how did Britain get that factory in the first place? Kind of like, "If you need dogs to make more dogs, then... where did the dogs to make the dogs come from?"