Always Going Bankrupt

[OzoneGames]

I am always going bankrupt on the 2nd beginner level ( ) No matter what i do i always end up with a bankrupt game, can anyone give me some basic tips?

P.S: Ive tried transporting coal, oil etc. and im making less money than monthly costs still.

Thanks for any help!

[Villem]

Make tram lines, and a few mail services between cities. That should keep you above your expenses. Since Sandbox Settler is a randomly generated scenario we can't give exact hints on what to do..

[OzoneGames]

Where abouts do you have the cargo hold things in a city for the mail?

[Villem]

Where ever they accept mail ofcourse..

[OzoneGames]

Sorry to be totall dim, but how do i check what a city accepts?

(Only started 5 hours ago so dont think too badly of me! lol)

[Villem]

When your about to place a station you see what the station accepts, and what the buildings in its radius produce..

[OzoneGames]

Got it and started the scenario again.

Got 2 of the biggest towns - virtually next to each other - linking through a bus servide, ive also got 2 mail truck taking mail to and from each town ive also got a bus system runing within 1 town and a tram system running in the other town. still dont seem to be making any money

[Villem]

You shure you have stations that the trams and busses can actually load at?

Take a screenshot with Ctrl + S and attach it here.

[OzoneGames]

yup

[OzoneGames]

OK got it sorted. set up a train between a coal and steel mill with 4 carts. am actually making money and that little train got me 75% game complete

[Karl Townsend]

the only time i went bankurpt
and im not lying
is when i did it on purpose cause i wanted to see what it was like

[NYCTBA]

this is easy...make a rail service between two cities or towns(maybe) and but bus services in both cities. depending on the time period, it will expand greatly

[chevyrider]

Two stations at one town does explodes the city.
That's why a tram route does wonders if you want that.

[Severous]

Hi

The first scenario I ever made was designed to be quick and easy forcing you to use a form of transport we never usually use.

It turned out to be more about learning how to manage bankruptcy than it did about using that aircraft.

http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=15312
You may well go bankrupt in this scenario.

[TheGrew]

I have been bankrupt a few times mainly because I over expand.

[Breeze646]

I have been bankrupt a few times mainly because I over expand.

Same. I usually build a mainline in all of my games for the trains, sometimes I built it too early and in the wrong place.

[gtxm78]

Sorry about the bump, I'm new here.

This morning I finished Sandbox Settler. Took almost 36 years in-game to do it.

[Badger]

And so you should apologise - your post has nothing to do with the topic that was being discussed well over 2 years ago! I suggest reading the forum rules and the extra guidelines from the Locomotion section's moderator, Andel.

[gaarmstrong318]

i've only ever once gone belly up, thats when i was starting and i couldn't tell what went where, my tactic is to have a huge coal or oil route, several stations at the end and then build a even bigger passenger network then sit back and periodically replace all engines after 5-10 years, i managed to get 1 trillion in one game in 50 years doing it like that, i also have other industries going but still have the huge passenger network.