Calculating Caravan and Freight Delivery Payments

[samson]

Yes, of course.

What's CoC?

[samson]

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[debeest]

Cradle of Civilization.

http://coc.apolyton.net/

[SCG]

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[SlowThinker]

Map Size Factor

Originally posted by samson
The MapSizeFactor for a medium map is 1, for a small map it is 5/4, and for a large map it is 4/5.

I see no effect of a map size! I tried Normal, Small (40x50), Large (75x120) and Seeds of Greatness scenario size (86x116) maps and there is no difference:
Examples are attached: all maps are MGE, distance 10, domestic trade, undemanded commodity, same continent, Navigation/Invention/turn200 already (no x2 multiplier).
Revenues always copy the expected revenue of the normal map:
BTA=4: 1 gold
BTA=5,6,7: 2 gold
BTA=8,9: 3 gold
BTA=10,11: 4 gold
BTA=12: 5 gold
Edit: BTA (Base Trade Arrows) = Total Base Trade

Samson, do you have a savegame of your testing?

[SlowThinker]

Aargh! I didn't read the page 2 of this thread before posting my last submission...

I will try to rephrase the rule to find out if I understand well:

A game started from the main menu ("Start a New game", "Customize World", "Start on Premade World", "Begin Scenario") has always a correct MapSizeFactor. This is not true for a loaded game:
A loaded game that was originally started as "Start a New game" or "Customize World" has always a correct MapSizeFactor.
Civ2 remembers/stores the Map Size of the last "Start a New game" or "Customize World" game (of the last game start (by main menu) or also a loaded one??). A loaded game that was originally started as "Start on Premade World" or "Begin Scenario" has a MapSizeFactor that corresponds to that stored value.
Is it correct?

Still...The .zip file in my last post here contains games started as "Start on Premade World", but I can't get the MapSizeFactor to work.
10 BTA shall produce 4 gold of revenue with normal size map, and 3 gold with large size map. But the LargeMap.sav always produces 4 gold...

[Milknut]

Help! Is there any reason for no bonus!?

I am having trouble figuring out why the delivery bonus of the caravan from Genoa to Kazan seems to be lacking a road/rail bonus.

Here's the data:
Ancient Age
Research: 256
Genoa: X,Y,T = 27,59,10
Kazan: X,Y,T = 33,57,15
Commodity: Copper (in demand)

Math:
Xdist=33-27=6, Ydist=59-57=2
Distance = (6+2)/2+(6-2)/4=5
Base Pay = (5*1+10)*25/24=15
Same continent
Same civ: 15/2=7
Caravan
In demand: 7*2=14
Road: 14*1.5=21
Age: 21*2=42

Deliver Payoff: 42

However, the actual payoff comes out as 28!! The only way this could be is if the game is not giving me a transportation bonus. I want to know why it is not working. I have checked the GOTO path between both cities in each direction, and units will always follow the roaded path.

[Ben Kenobi]

My guess is that your shortest path is the long way around.