Contracting help

[Eric.B]

So started a new game. and wanted to try and focus on contracting and selling parts to other car manufacturers

the first problem i got is cargo space needed for the pickup trucks the army wants. its way to high

Actually the contracts are spot on, in your game they want 70cu ft, in real life a moving van is 76cu ft.

Problem is the car designer needs a boost.

second problem is with 2 ship engines i was building for france and usa. i made 2 engines acording to the specs needed, and both of the designs were not good enough for some reason, i could not submit them. i made a third super engine for the states to test and that one passed, maybe i am stupid and missed something, i dunno.

All of your engines except for "Record" do not have enough horsepower. Your two 9L engines have 180hp the contract requires a minimum of 285hp.

anyway and easy fix ( i think ) is the ability to cancel a design after starting it,
you can submit a design before its done, so if i could make something, check if it will pass, if not scrap it and try again with no costs, you cant do this already right??

You can view the contract requirements when designing components. It's in the contract button at the very top of RnD. Check to make sure you meet all the request before hitting build.

Cancelling designs is coming in 1.18. However for this situation, you just need to be more aware of what they want.

Contracting does seem to be over difficult at moment.
i find easier to wait till at least 1950 until even bothering to be honest.
most engines and vehicles until then dont seem to conform to contract requirements.
even if you manage to get one to the specifications they still tell you none of your vehicles /ENGINES
are right.

Are you talking about 1.16.4? Because engines contracts in 1.16.4 are specific for application and year. I don't see how 40hp 400lbs biplane engines in 1914 are "difficult" to make...

And if you're getting "None", then obviously you're missing something. Double check your stuff in RnD, you can open both the view panel and the contract request panels at the same time.