I may have just noticed what is probably the same thing again, but is less clear as there are a lot of competitors.
Again showing my terrible luck, i keep running into this bug while trying to test sales :S That's the nature of an Open Beta i suppose.
The game is running under the exact same controlled conditions as the first post detailed.
I don't see any clear explanation for the sales drop. I sell an average 800-900 units for half a year, then suddenly only sell an average 150-200 units, without any increase in AI sales and no change in my behavior.
Here is a summary of what happened, ill post exact sales figures and AI competitor activity below it.
Logfile and saves after each month are attached.
August
I sold a record 1503 sedans, but my average sales across the year were probably only 900.
The same number of AI were selling much the same vehicles they had been for 6 months.
(Ai sales total was 78 this month)
No AI was selling sedans.
September <---
I experienced a large drop in sales, only selling 201 Sedans. Even from my average sales of around 900, this is a drop of 60% or more.
The only change in AI activity was a number of new branchs on the competitor screen, though they had not sold vehicles yet. (i assume they had just designed these vehicles and had yet to produce them)
(AI sales total was 87 this month)
No AI was selling Sedans
October
My sales dropped slightly again to 134 sedans.
One of the AI companies who had been selling a compact model at the same price for 3 months saw their sales increase to 250 instead of their average 20-30
The AI who opened branches in the previous turn started selling their vehicles, only around 50-60 of them.
(AI sales total was 325 this month)
One AI was selling a sedan model, but sold no units.
For a Sedan at 600(my test price)
Ive only posted competitor activity for the months around the big drop in sales(July - November)
A final piece of information.
In both of the cases i reported, i have saves from the month before the sales drop happened.
So ive loaded these saves several times (3 times each) and passed a turn.
In every case, there was no sales drop of the magnitude i originally reported.
Most of the sales fit around 800-1200 mark, which i the sales numbers shows is about average.
Unfortunately that means that i have no idea how to replicate it at the moment.
Again showing my terrible luck, i keep running into this bug while trying to test sales :S That's the nature of an Open Beta i suppose.
The game is running under the exact same controlled conditions as the first post detailed.
I don't see any clear explanation for the sales drop. I sell an average 800-900 units for half a year, then suddenly only sell an average 150-200 units, without any increase in AI sales and no change in my behavior.
Here is a summary of what happened, ill post exact sales figures and AI competitor activity below it.
Logfile and saves after each month are attached.
August
I sold a record 1503 sedans, but my average sales across the year were probably only 900.
The same number of AI were selling much the same vehicles they had been for 6 months.
(Ai sales total was 78 this month)
No AI was selling sedans.
September <---
I experienced a large drop in sales, only selling 201 Sedans. Even from my average sales of around 900, this is a drop of 60% or more.
The only change in AI activity was a number of new branchs on the competitor screen, though they had not sold vehicles yet. (i assume they had just designed these vehicles and had yet to produce them)
(AI sales total was 87 this month)
No AI was selling Sedans
October
My sales dropped slightly again to 134 sedans.
One of the AI companies who had been selling a compact model at the same price for 3 months saw their sales increase to 250 instead of their average 20-30
The AI who opened branches in the previous turn started selling their vehicles, only around 50-60 of them.
(AI sales total was 325 this month)
One AI was selling a sedan model, but sold no units.
For a Sedan at 600(my test price)
Code:
February - 838
799
1222
871
960
July - 1257
August - 1503
September - 201 (0ver 60% drop from average sales)
October - 134
November - 260Ive only posted competitor activity for the months around the big drop in sales(July - November)
Code:
[u]July[/u]
"AD cars"
$5783 - 1 unit - Roadster
$2911 - 0 units - Roadster
"Allnights and Potatoes"
$2257 - 24 units - Phaeton
$903 - 13 units - Compact
"Bellesez" (first month theyve been selling)
$348 - 21 units - Compact
[u]August[/u]
"AD cars"
$5783 - 2 unit - Roadster
$2911 - 0 units - Roadster
"Allnights and Potatoes"
$2257 - 40 units - Phaeton
$903 - 15 units - Compact
"Bellesez"
$348 - 23 units - Compact
[u][b]September[/b][/u]
"AD cars"
$5783 - 2 unit - Roadster
$2911 - 0 units - Roadster
"Ablion"
$1294 - 0 unit - Phaeton
$1364 - 0 units - Touring
"Allnights and Potatoes"
$2257 - 47 units - Phaeton
$903 - 21 units - Compact
"Argola"
$1026 - 0 units - Compact
$766 - 0 units - Compact
"Bellesez"
$348 - 19 units - Compact
"Binz and Sea"
$387 - 0 units - Sedan
[u]October[/u]
"AD cars"
No sales
"Ablion"
$1294 - 2 unit - Phaeton
$1364 - 20 units - Touring
"Allnights and Potatoes"
$2257 - 15 units - Phaeton
$903 - 16 units - Compact
"Argola"
$1026 - 0 units - Compact
$766 - 23 units - Compact
"Bellesez"
$348 - 249 units - Compact # Biggest seller
"Binz and Sea"
$387 - 0 units - Sedan
[u]November[/u]
"AD cars"
No sales
"Ablion"
$1294 - 1 unit - Phaeton
$1364 - 13 units - Touring
"Allnights and Potatoes"
$2257 - 7 units - Phaeton
$903 - 11 units - Compact
"Argola"
$1026 - 0 units - Compact
$766 - 16 units - Compact
"Bellesez"
$348 - 144 units - Compact # Biggest seller
"Binz and Sea"
$387 - 0 units - SedanA final piece of information.
In both of the cases i reported, i have saves from the month before the sales drop happened.
So ive loaded these saves several times (3 times each) and passed a turn.
In every case, there was no sales drop of the magnitude i originally reported.
Most of the sales fit around 800-1200 mark, which i the sales numbers shows is about average.
Unfortunately that means that i have no idea how to replicate it at the moment.