ECS Machinery Vector. Steel Mill

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Valid for ECS 1.1.1

General data

Drawn by Oz. Smoke by Zimmlock and George

The Steel mill is the part of the ECS Machinery Vector.

Cargoes

Accepting

The Steel mill accepts Iron Ore and Coal.

The Steel mill does not accept any cargo during first 93 days of life if built in game.

Cargo acceptance is limited by storage capacity. If the stockpile is in overflow, the industry stops accepting cargo until the stockpile is down to 75% of capacity, at which point the industry will start accepting cargo again.

Level	Ore	Ore (75%)	Coal	Coal (75%)
Very low	6030	4523	7475	5606
Low	7538	5654	9344	7008
Normal	9423	7067	11680	8760
High	11778	8834	14600	10950
Very high	14723	11042	18250	13688
Ultimate	18403	13803	22813	17109

Acceptance limit can be disabled with parameter of ECS Machinery Vector

Production

The Steel mill produces Steel.

The Steel mill does not produce any cargo during first 93 days of life if built in game.

The Steel mill uses 7 production levels, meaning number of furnaces being on (from 0 to 6).

Both cargoes are a must. On the lowest production level the missing cargo would be taken from internal resources, but only when the other cargo is transported to the industry. Steel mill production is calculated from 6 furnaces. Initial values for furnaces are shown in the table (production data is calculated for 8 cycles a month. During game play, there are 8 or 9 cycles, while the total amount of distributed cargo is adjusted with property for minimal amount of cargo distributed).

Amount of material used is calculated as coal = 1.4 * steel, iron ore = 1.2 * steel.

Every furnace can be upgraded to the best one for the current date. The smallest furnace is upgraded first.

Num\Year	1920	1950	1975	2000	2020	2040
1	5	7	8	11	14	19
2	7	9	12	15	20	26
3	10	13	17	22	28	36
4	14	18	23	30	39	51
5	19	25	32	42	55	71
6	27	35	45	59	77	100

Production of steel:

Level	Furnaces on	1920	1950	1975	2000	2020	2040
Very low	1	40	52	68	88	114	149
Low	2	96	125	162	211	274	356
Normal	3	174	227	295	383	498	648
High	4	284	369	480	624	812	1055
Very high	5	438	569	740	962	1250	1626
Ultimate	6	653	849	1103	1435	1865	2424
Limit	6*	1291	1678	2181	2836	3687	4793

• Limit means ultimate production level (6 furnaces are on) where all furnaces are upgraded.

Production change

Production change happens on the 1-st day of every month.

The Steel mill does not change production level during first 93 days of life if built in game.

On the lowest production level advanced closure mechanism is applied with the following protection conditions:

• last one on the map
• younger than 5 years for industries, built in SE (scenario editor) or during map generation, younger than 2 years for others
• transportation level > 75%

Protection can be changed with parameter of ECS Machinery Vector to the following protection conditions:

• last one on the map
• younger than 5 years for industries, built in SE (scenario editor) or during map generation, younger than 2 years for others
• transportation level > 1%
• The Steel mill is built by the player during game play

Changing production level is calculated by comparing the amount of cargo waiting and amount of material, required for production. If there is not enough cargo waiting, production changes. Industry can rise production by 1 and decrease to any value.

Increasing production on high production levels also requires at least 50% of steel being transported.

Conditions for number of furnace going up

(Current production * 6 / 5 * 8 * 3 < Amount of ore stored) and (Current production * 7 / 5 * 8 * 3 < Amount of coal stored)

Conditions for number of furnace going down

(Current production * 6 / 5 * 8 > Amount of ore stored) or (Current production * 7 / 5 * 8 > Amount of coal stored)

Where Current production specifies amount of steel produced every 256 ticks.

Attention! If the industry is inside a town zone 2, it always generates a "decrease production" event.

Construction

The Steel mill has one of 10 possible layouts. New layouts are welcome (:biggrin:)

The Steel mill has normal probability (5) to be built by map generator and very low probability (1) to be built during game play.

The Steel mill can be built by a player both in a game and in the scenario editor. Construction cost factor is 160. Construction conditions are represented in the table.

When built by the player during a game, The Steel mill will be in company colours of the builder. When generated by the game or built while in the scenario editor, The Steel mill will pick up the colour randomly.

SE	Condition
+	Build on dry land
+	Build on flat land
–	Build at least 16 tiles away from Tz0
–	Build > 16 tiles from a Coal mine
–	Build > 16 tiles from a Iron ore mine
–	Build > 16 tiles from a Factory
–	Build > 16 tiles from a Steel mill

Description of Location/Positioning Conditions

Features

The Steel mill is covered with snow when located above snow line. The Steel mill supports company colours.

The Steel mill have 3 animated construction stages