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

Printing for tech level '344'
item value sell lbs    packing     melt  item
mnem                in rg wh ur bk deno  name
   c     1   no   1  1 10 10 10 10    4  civilians
   m     0   no   1  1  1  1  1  1   20  military
   s     5  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1   80  shells
   g    60  yes  10  1  1 10  1  1  100  guns
   p     4  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1   50  petrol
   i     2  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1  100  iron ore
   d    20  yes   5  1  1 10  1  1  100  dust (gold)
   b   280  yes  50  1  1  5  1  4  200  bars of gold
   f     0  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1    2  food
   o     8  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1   50  oil
   l     2  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1  100  light products
   h     4  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1  100  heavy products
   u     1  yes   2  1  1  2  1  1    2  uncompensated workers
   r   150  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.

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 rg

The packing bonus the item receives in regular 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