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I have a very serious problem with my game.

I turned on robo-worker for the game, hired many people, and then all of the sudden, everyone just goes to the breakroom after I have 11-12 machines, and they never return again. I tried to replace the staff, but the new staff is also sitting in the breakroom, doing nothing. The game just stops, nothing gets sold, no one gets paid. Why is this happening?

[The Fifth Horseman]

This bug has been reported before. No idea why it occurs.

[xx409xx]

A few questions... :blink:

1) When playing without Auto-paper work on, I always get memos from the white collar workers saying they are understaffed, but im only running two or three machines. Does this happen normally? Should I just ignore them? Surely one accountant, purchasing agent, marketeer, and salesperson can handle two machines? If not, how can some people be running the 12-13 machines they claim? As a corollary, could someone share what they find to be an effective white collar start-up team? Is the clerk that important? his description says that he handles all the miscellaneous paperwork...could this be the missing link?

2) whats the deal with the storage bins and conveyors? at first i went crazy and hooked every input and output i could with belts and bins, yet it seemed that some of the machines with only safety zones were more efficient. any opinions?

3) With the storage area...do you think its worth it to designate thier use; as finished goods vs. raw material? as soon as i found out you could change thier use i thought it would be more efficient to keep all my finished goods near the bay doors.

4) No one ever seems to use the forklifts i bought them... I've heard of the >83% thing, and it just strikes me as counter-intuitive. The hand carts they'll use, but the only lifts i see in motion are the ones that deliver matierals... and i dont think im playing at too fast a speed to see the animation.

5) what is the ideal number of jobs to give to machine operators? i think its 4 as long as they are in the same machine, but lately ive been beginning to wonder if a designated person in the operator position is a good idea, more operational time no?

[xx409xx]

btw, the people when they "disappear", they are stuck in the restroom/breakroom/conference room. It happens when you have too many employees. Fire as many as it takes to get them from becoming stuck. This bug really sucks, because it puts a real limit on how many machines and workers you can have.

if there's a next version, id like to see this removed, and the ability to own more than one company.

I am at a loss of how to get a starting profit on this game! First off, I am unable to run the tutorial. It uses Windows Help file, but that is non existent on Windows Vista, so that's out of the question (unless someone can paste a copy of it?). I have tried the suggestions on this forum (without exploiting bugs, or clicking autoworkers or the such) and have followed walkthroughs to get a realistic type game going, but am still unable to get a successful start on a business. The problem is that I'm not getting enough efficiency on the machines. I start with the best favorable market in the city, I pick plastic case, because it is also the cheapest in raw materials, It should be a good start, I hire two purchasing agents, one salesperson, an accountant, a machine mechanic and 4 machine operators and still the machine's efficiency doesn't go higher than an average efficiency of about 56 percent. Please, can anyone offer an explanation for why the machine is not efficient enough, is it just the machine employees that affect that, or could it be someone else?

Thank you for the guidance.

[Icewolf]

Look into the machine-menu. Sometimes the operators don't have trouble loading the machine but unloading the parts afterwards. You could put a conveyor belt and a storage cube behind it.

[MattV]

Originally Posted by Starbug

Hey kids! I hate to admit it, but I wrote most of FE. I'm happy to see that there are still people who enjoy it. Like many games, we didn't have the budget to completely fix, balance or polish it, but it still has some charm. I'm hoping that in the next year I'll have a chance to make a modern version of it using a 3D engine. In the mean time, just find an exploit and have fun!

I don't suppose there is a manual to download? That would be a big help!

[Icewolf]

Originally Posted by MattV

I don't suppose there is a manual to download? That would be a big help!

There IS a manual AND even a tutorial included which ARE a big help!! :nuts:

[MattV]

Originally Posted by Icewolf

There IS a manual AND even a tutorial included which ARE a big help!! :nuts:

If there was a manual included in the download, then I wouldn't have asked about one, would I?

[Icewolf]

Originally Posted by MattV

If there was a manual included in the download, then I wouldn't have asked about one, would I?

There IS the help menu right?