Suggestion: price plus (last months) freight

[Eric.B]

It would be very useful if you could set up an automatic pricing strategy which would be a certain "base" price, plus shipping charges.

However, it is complicated to calculate shipping because different factories produce different amounts and it isn't always clear which factory will end up supplying which branch.

And this is exactly why there can't be an automated pricing system, as sales have to be calculated in order to distribute shipping, but pricing has to be known before calculating sales.

Factor in other things, such as the break even price of a vehicle depending on the amount you produce, and you'll have a system that will either 1) never be profitable or 2) Spikes into the 6 figures every once in a while thus causing you to sell no vehicles.

As such, no automatic pricing systems are going to be implemented in the game. The suggested price is as close as you'll get. It's also the same price AI uses.


If you want to be picky about your shipping costs, utilize the shipping distance system. You can lock shipping from specific districts for example. You then just create a custom district of the factories you want to get cars from, then assign a lock on your vehicles to that district. Thus the branch will only get cars from that district, and shipping costs will remain the same (not including fluctuation in fuel costs.)


That being said, you should probably be pricing your vehicles a little more or building more locally if shipping costs are getting to you. The auto industry didn't really get mass globalization until the late 70s. At which point in game, shipping costs barely factor into your sales price.