6.6.1 Buying Goods
If you want to buy goods in a trade city fill in the centre's registration number as 'source' in the loading command (i.e. you are taking goods from the city). The 'destination' item must of course be on the same position as the trade city. If you have a depot on the same position you can transfer any goods you are buying directly into that.
The money needed to buy one 'unit' of goods is calculated as follows:
1600 x GF x Rate
SQRT(QtyC + 10)
GF:Goods factor (see 6.6.3 below., p55)
Rate:Current rate of the city, taken from the trade city table
QtyC:Quantity of the goods to be bought currently available in the city
SQRT:Square root
Example:29 / 50 / 104 / 1001
Ship 1001 has just bought 50 units of gold from trade city 104 (London).
Notes:
When buying goods from a trade city, the money must be present in the 'destination' item, whether that item is a ship, baggage train, barracks or warehouse.
If not enough money is available to make the purchase then only as much as the buying (destination) item can afford to pay for will be purchased.
An item can only purchase as much of the required goods- as the trade city has available.
When buying goods from a trade city, the money must be present in the 'destination' item, whether that item is a ship, baggage train, barracks or warehouse.
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