Concept : Item types

Basic

The different kinds of people and materials are called items, or sometimes commodities.

The show command displays the detailed characteristics of items.

[##:##] Command : show item

item power sell lbs    packing     melt  item
mnem                in no wh ur bk deno  name
  c     50   no   1  1 10 10 10 10    4  civilians
  m    100  yes   1  1  1  1  1  1   20  military
  s    125  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1   80  shells
  g    950  yes  10  1  1 10  1  1  100  guns
  p      7  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1   50  petrol
  i     10  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1  100  iron ore
  d    200  yes   5  1  1 10  1  1  100  dust (gold)
  b   2500  yes  50  1  1  5  1  4  200  bars of gold
  f      0  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1    2  food
  o     50  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1   50  oil
  l     20  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1  100  light products
  h     40  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1  100  heavy products
  u     50  yes   2  1  1  2  1  1    2  uncompensated workers
  r     50  yes   8  1  1 10  1  1 1000  radioactive materials

The meaning of the headings are:

item mnem

A one-letter mnemonic abbreviation of the item name. Commands let you use this to select the item.

power

How much 1000 units of this item contribute to power (see info power).

value

The value if the item is mortgaged.

sell

Whether you can sell the item on the market.

lbs

The weight of the item, which determines how much mobility it takes to move it.

packing in

The packing bonus the item receives in inefficient (<60%) sectors.

packing no

The packing bonus the item receives in normal sectors.

packing wh

The packing bonus the item receives in warehouse sectors.

packing ur

The packing bonus the item receives in urban sectors.

packing bk

The packing bonus the item receives in bank sectors.

item name

The full name of the item.

To find out which sectors are in what packing groups, try the "show sector s" command.

See also : Commodities , Products , show , Sector-types , Producing