I am playing version 36.2-3 and the economy seems to be way off. I am posting positive net income, yet the cash flow keeps going south. I had three days of positive cash flow, the account was at $100k and now it is negative $145k despite making $250k during that time. Maybe I am missing something, the average 12?!
You can switch back to the default branch. You will lose the new features but the default branch is usually more stable with less severe bugs. But if you are patient, wating for Beta is indeed the best option.
Yes, the first beta version is currently getting a proper economy QA run by Fredrik and once it’s released (after Alpha 36 goes default) the numbers will make a lot more sense!
Emergency vehicles are currently missing from the expense panel but there are also other bugs affecting the total sums.
For example, income/expenses for different terminals, food/shop breakdowns, income based on the flight class (small/medium/large), income based on the airlines, income/expenses based on Jet A1/Avgas, etc.
As an accountant I would love to be able see the historical data sch as day 1 year 1 profit and loss statement or at least year 1 profit and loss statement. Also on the the current profit and loss statement showing on the following:
Daily and hourly summary - starting and ending cash balance example -
Starting cash - $100
Revenue - $200
Expenses - $ 100
Ending cash balance $200
Not really sure the important of an average 12 day, the numbers do not really add any value (when reviewing financial data it is all about comparison to point in time. So if you are looking at day 2 year 2, I would want to compare to day 1 year 1 as they are the same point in time a year later, how did I do in comparison to them).
The daily operations, there is no breakout of what is contained in that number. So if you are trying to control cost you can’t or at least understand what is part of that number.
I think hourly is better, cause it at least allows the players to quickly diagnose if there’s a certain problem in the airport. A deep dive should always be reserved through the reports themselves.
My hourly expenses are 25k atm and that is with medium airplanes only. and my daily profit is about 20/25% on the turnover, but still, my hourly income is in the red most of the time. And that is after build cost. It is a very bad indicator.
The margins should be better do to passenger volume, but I found no one really uses the baggage system. My estimate based on the current version 36.2-8 is around 5%, which given the investment you have to make use of it, is awful. I think if the baggage increased to around 35% then maybe better returns.
I build baggage in my current field and signed a few 5 star contracts now.
But it seems not to make a big difference. Maybe if large planes come in, but I am still saving money to get it in. I am considering preparing some infra now.