AI - Resources running out, hopless at creating and linking

[Spac3y]

Is it just me, but when a resource runs out and I have a coo in place, Id expect them to build a new one, destroy the old one and relink the new one.

It seems quite annoying and pointless to have a coo when they dont do this, the whole point is I want to step back from the business to say, build a city and grow it without having to bother about the company so much.

Equally, no matter how hard I try to swith of R&D notifications, I still get them.

Can we get a switch of R&D button in the section for news please as I dont need to read it when I have employed a COO and expect them to have to !

[eleaza]

Is it just me, but when a resource runs out and I have a coo in place, Id expect them to build a new one, destroy the old one and relink the new one.

It seems quite annoying and pointless to have a coo when they dont do this, the whole point is I want to step back from the business to say, build a city and grow it without having to bother about the company so much.

You'll need subsidiary CEO with high back integration slide bar setting as well as the close down unprofitable firm option ticked. And they will automatically rebuild the natural resources firms with the type of resource it is currently using (I don't think your own firm COO has similar setting like Subsidiary CEO).

Equally, no matter how hard I try to swith of R&D notifications, I still get them.

Can we get a switch of R&D button in the section for news please as I dont need to read it when I have employed a COO and expect them to have to !

R&D notifications are always there, no matter what you set. And a lot of players complain about it.

For me in late game, when I have lots of R&D centers and already have technology lead, I will "synchronize" all of them with the same 5 year schedule. So instead of irregular notification from time to time, I just get a one-time massive notifications every 5 years and can ignore them all in one go.

[Spac3y]

I tend to run a product R&D cycle of 10 5 3 so have 3 lots of notifications.

Ill tweak the back end and see if that improves things.

I cant set the loss making business to - because then hed shut down all my retail stores that loose money and then my media firms will be screwed !

[eleaza]

I tend to run a product R&D cycle of 10 5 3 so have 3 lots of notifications.

Ill tweak the back end and see if that improves things.

I cant set the loss making business to - because then hed shut down all my retail stores that loose money and then my media firms will be screwed !

Don't just transfer firms that have losses to a subsidiary, you need to treat it like a "separate business entity" (as it really is). Normally I put associated product classes related to certain raw materials to the sub along with the raw material mines/logging camps/oil wells. That's the key. AI subsidiary will maintain key source material firms (and rebuild them) as long as they are vital to the manufacturing of its own products. Your corporation is simply sharing the resources (and I recommended you using a warehouse to buffer the materials from sub as well, so they will have a constant demand/supply. And you don't need to relink every firm every time they are rebuilt, just the warehouse)

And there are two options at the bottom, the close down unprofitable firm option is vital for AI sub to rebuild raw material firms, without this AI sub will keep the run out firm. Closing down the old one, trigger the building of new raw one (when it has enough cash ofc, so keep the sub constantly profitable is also very crucial, if you don't want to inject cash to it constantly). The other one sell firms when going bankrupt isn't important (and should be turned off).

[David]

Equally, no matter how hard I try to swith of R&D notifications, I still get them.

Can we get a switch of R&D button in the section for news please as I dont need to read it when I have employed a COO and expect them to have to !

I have forwarded your suggestion of adding an option to disable R&D notifications to the dev team. Hopefully they will implement it in a later version.

[Spac3y]

Thanks David