New Map: Great Lakes

[DarthVeda]

This is my first released RRT3 map, but I've been working on it intermittently since about January.  I did a lot of research for city placement, industry, maps, etc.  Aside from the lakes, the map is entirely hand drawn, elevation and all.  It's fairly large at 896 x 640, so don't say I didn't warn you.  I hope you enjoy it.

Much thanks goes to www.allrefer.com that was a REAL help in researching the cities.  Also to "Bryan" at http://www.strategygames.net/games/RailroadTycoon2/RT2Maps.html whose RRT2 map I really enjoyed and enspired me to do this map.

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Description:

You have been given the opportunity of a lifetime: develop the industrially and agriculturally rich Great Lakes region.  Your task is to build a great railroad.

Singleplayer Objective:

BRONZE - Connect Chicago to Philadelphia within 25 years.

SILVER - Same as Bronze, except you must also have a book value exceeding $75,000,000

GOLD - Same as both of the above, except you must also have a personal net worth over $35,000,000 AND you have to do it all within 15 years.

Multiplayer Objective:

Have the highest company book value at the end of 50 years.

Timeframe Available:

1840 to 2000[attachment archived by Gobalopper]

[belbincolne]

Thanks DV - nice map although, as you said, fairly easy - finished it 5 years early on Normal and then nearly as quickly on Expert.

[DarthVeda]

Wow! Howd you manage that!  ???

[belbincolne]

I just accepted the full $2m x 2 cash offered and bought shares in any successful railroads and (later) in bad ones - only snag was someone owned all shares in a bankrupt company worth $1 per share and he wouldn't go bust or let me take him over at double its negligible worth so I had to build a separate line to his towns and ruin him still more and then he caved in - on Normal I won before I had to repay the $4m x 2 (ie $8m) so I was well rich!  On Expert it would have been the same but for the aforementioned AI but I was doing so well I made the $8m back in about a year.  Oil wells and a refinery around Oil City were the big earner if I remember correctly.

[DarthVeda]

What year did you start in?

[belbincolne]

Whatever year it came up with - I didn't alter it.

[DarthVeda]

You started with $4 million?  How?  The most you should start with is $1.1 Million + and a possibly 600k more from loans and stocks

[belbincolne]

No - I started with the $1.1m but after a couple or so years was offered $2m for company and $2m for myself repayable as $8m in 10 years which I grabbed.

[DarthVeda]

by offered you mean in loans, correct?

[JayEff]

I got Bronze on Expert the first go. I made the connection and had about $65-70M CBV and $35M PNW, so silver victory was barely out of reach.

[belbincolne]

DV - yes as loans but nothing repayable for 10 years when all taken off me with 100% interest (ie 10% p a).

JE - on Normal I Finished in 54 with PNW $49m CBV $33m - opposite way round! Must have been swindling my Company (yes I'm an Enron director) - didn't keep a record of what I had left on Expert. Presumably you also got this $4m offer - did you take it?

[DarthVeda]

Somehow I don't think we're talking about the same scenario.

[belbincolne]

Yes - sorry - it's me I'm stupid.  I download so many maps that I can never remember from where. I should have realised from objectives in your 1st post that it was a different one  :( :( :( Anyway I've downloaded yours now (40 mins :'() so will report progress (probably in the wrong place!) but may take some time as I'm off on holiday.

[belbincolne]

Well I've managed to give this two gos. Started on Expert and got nowhere - after 25 years only had CBV 0f $40m ans PNW of $16m - not helped by a recession for the last 3 years.

I then decided not to be so big-headed and went to Normal and reached all the targets after 21 years - how the heck you can get PNW of $35m in 15 years beats me - after 15 years I had $27m but CBV of only $34m (I got my PNW by taking over the only competitor for an outrageous price which reduced the CBV). In both cases I started at the date given - 1870 - maybe a later start would make it a little easier although I've just read your Gathering post and see you've done it from 1870.

Incidentally the map is so huge that for the last 3 years it was taking forever to buy/alter anything - but my computer is pretty full.

[DarthVeda]

Starting in 1900 I achieved CBV $75m and PNW $70m in about 11 years and 8 or so months.

[DarthVeda]

The key is starting in Chicago, though I have a new version of the map coming along and I boosted the Philly region pretty significantly.

[belbincolne]

Hi DV - long time since this forum was active. Can I suggest you also posto onto

http://hawkdawg.com/

which seems to be the only active RT3 site now

[Gwizz]

We still get a lot of drop bys who don't post.

I guess I need to post more often.

[Ray of Sunshine]

Darth Veda,

Seeing that there are so many viewers of this scenario with remarks, I must be missing the location for the download of your scenario.  Although I may have it from another site.  However, I was raised in the Upper Midwest around Lake Superior, and i enjoy playing scenarios in that area. Any direction would be appreciated.

Ray of Sunshine ;)

[Gwizz]

http://theterminal.dune2k.com/?p=rrt3-files-maps&maps=22

The map is in the RT3 map folder