Chef Archive
Thread: Factory Runs/Crates
Mondoshawan wrote:
Follow-up question(s) - is there a chart for how long certain components take?
Or if, say, I make a run of dough using certain materials, then make another dough run using other materials, will the run times be different? Or is it dependant on the factory?
Also, do factories have quality ratings when they are crafted that can speed them up/make maintenance lower?
What other bonuses apply? (ie using factories in a city with manufacturing specialty).
Thanks!
There's a "complexity" column on the food chart linked in the sticky. For food (I'm not sure if this applies to other items), factory time is equal to 8 seconds * complexity. So "Dough" with a complexity of 3 takes 24s for each item to pop out of the factory, 600s for each crate of 25. This will be the same for every run of doughregardless of resources.
When you're experimenting on final items (you can't do this with subcomponents), the complexity does go up with each experiment, but as far as I've been able to determine, that doesn't change the factory time. I think it might have an effect on experimental success, though.
Factories can't be experimented on, or if they do the experimentation doesn't have any effect on it's speed or maintenance. This is something architects have been asking for, though, so it may crop up in the future.
Player cities with manufacturing specialty only give a bonus to your success "roll" on initial assembly (research centers give bonuses when expeirimenting).