Capitalism 2 and Capitalism Lab Forum

Hello everyone, it would be great if we could see the Production Capacity within the game.

We need to revive this survey. By the way, I have two surveys that I think you will like:
1- Purchase Report, 2- Adding Ratio Analysis to the game.
I would be very happy if you could support them.

*Suggestion - Would you like a purchase report?
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**Suggestion - Should financial ratios integrated into Cap Lab?
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Although I don't have the vision to say how best to implement this idea, i think it would be very helpful. , I am happy to see it has received 4 or 5 positive votes in less than 4 days. Just 3 more positive votes to go.

imo the 30 should be positives minus negatives. but regardless

would be interesting to see how this works, currently the factory production is linked to how much the item costs, not how many resources it uses.

aka if i have 2 products one at 999 and one at 9999, even with the same inputs, the factory will produce and store more of the item at 999 than the one at 9999 - which prevents a "luxury brand" style product in the game

based on this not sure how this idea will work.

cantdownloadit wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 1:56 pm
based on this not sure how this idea will work.

I share your point of view.

In order to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a suggestion. The suggestion must contain sufficient concrete details allowing for such a evaluation. Currently the condition is not met for this suggestion, as it lacks details on how it would work.

I like the idea, and I did capture lots of data of the game by doing experiments. I have also did research on the data file of the game provided in the MOD guide. Based on the data and all the experiment I have done, I can find the formula of the calculation, without hacking the game.

So I know what is the formula and I made spread sheet to help me plan my manufactoring and supply chain.

But what I believe is this is part of fun of the game and also part of the real business. You need to run something, collect the data your self and based on data to make your further decision. Even if someone want to build some tool, it should from community rather than built inside the game.

Coming back to the game, I am pleased to find that as of Version 11, you can now see the ACTUAL NUMBERS for Firm's Functional Units!

Capacity Utilization Details: You can now view details on how the capacity utilization for a functional unit is calculated by hovering your mouse over the capacity utilization icon. This will display the quantity processed monthly and the monthly processing capacity.

It will tell you how much Milk a Livestock Processing Unit will produce from your cattle.
It will tell you how many units of Icecream are produced by each Manufacturing Unit.
It will tell you the capacity of Sales Units in your grocery stores.

It won't tell you how many Berries your Crop Units will grow, but the total Harvest is easy to see (after the fact), and you can divide that by 12 to get Monthly Production.
It won't tell you how much Milk your Icecream Factory consumes, but you can check the Manufacturer's Guide to see that 2 quarts of Milk are consumed to make 8 units of Icecream, and then do the math from there.

So overall, the challenge-level here has been reduced from "Create massive spreadsheet" to "Use a calculator".