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Title: shipping tutorial
Post by: recycle85 on August 18, 2010, 07:06:19 am
Help please i need to know how to do shipping and boat related things? I am  more interested in say, taking oil from a platform and shipping to oil refiner
thank you
Title: Re: shipping tutorial
Post by: gauthier on August 18, 2010, 09:59:46 am
canals work the same way as road : you build canals, add canal stops on it, and create your line like a bus line.

For harbours, you need to place a dock, then ship stops in front of the dock (the tile befront the dock).
For water industries like oilrigs, a public stop is created with the industry : your ships can stop on them.
Title: Re: shipping tutorial
Post by: recycle85 on August 18, 2010, 03:45:28 pm
thank you



did not help my tanker is not picking up any oil. could someone make a video and post so i can see it.

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Title: Re: shipping tutorial
Post by: sanna on August 19, 2010, 06:15:18 am
Is your tanker trying to transport the oil to a factory that has a contract with the oil rig, and if so, is the entire transport chain in place? If you need to reload to f ex train to be able to deliver the oil, then the train needs to be in place before the oil tanker picks up any oil from the oil rig.
Title: Re: shipping tutorial
Post by: Isaac Eiland-Hall on August 19, 2010, 08:20:23 am
In addition to what sanna said: You might wish to build a canal over land to where the destination is, and build a canal stop there - just so the entire journey can be made by ship.

It might simplify your first such connection; then once you see it working, you can branch out and have multiple transportation methods :)
Title: Re: shipping tutorial
Post by: stmaker on August 20, 2010, 04:20:55 am
Ye I can make you tutorials about ship, but what kind?
Title: Re: shipping tutorial
Post by: recycle85 on August 21, 2010, 03:01:24 pm
tanker for oil to costal dock
Title: Re: shipping tutorial
Post by: stmaker on August 22, 2010, 06:55:54 am

Erm, if you want your ship to deliver oil from the oil rig to the refinery, make a canal that links to the refinery. Then, make a shipyard at one end of another canal linking to the canal.

At the shipyard (depot), get a ship that delivers oil. Then, make a schedule for the ship to travel from the oil rig to the refinery.

EDIT:
Here is an easier understanding:
(http://i34.tinypic.com/15x2zh0.png)
Larger Picture for Clearer (http://i34.tinypic.com/15x2zh0.jpg)

EDIT2:
You can make transfers:
(http://i33.tinypic.com/5uhkd0.png)
Title: Re: shipping tutorial
Post by: recycle85 on August 22, 2010, 05:31:22 pm
were do i click on the oil rig
Title: Re: shipping tutorial
Post by: stmaker on August 23, 2010, 08:58:30 am

Anywhere but only from the oil rig. The oil rig has already a stop made by the public service.
Title: Re: shipping tutorial
Post by: recycle85 on August 23, 2010, 08:43:46 pm
ajhhhhhhh
Title: Re: shipping tutorial
Post by: stmaker on August 24, 2010, 09:23:44 am

Is it hard for you? (Just a curious question)
Title: Re: shipping tutorial
Post by: recycle85 on September 01, 2010, 08:22:12 pm
no i ment ahhh such as eureka moment
Title: Re: shipping tutorial
Post by: stmaker on September 25, 2010, 11:39:36 am
=/ SOLVED. :D