<title>Finances Help</title>

<h1><strong>Finances</strong></h1>

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<strong>Finances</strong> provides an overview of the financial status of the player company.
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Click money-icon at top of game-view, or press <a href="keys.txt">[f]</a>, or click on player name in <a href="players.txt">Players</a>, to open <strong>Finances</strong>.
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Values (in Hajo Credits) are listed for present and previous calendar months/years. Click tab to change the display:<br/>
<em>Years:</em> shows annual values.<br/>
<em>Months:</em> shows monthly values.<br/>
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To show a vlue in the graph at the bottom click button: The y-axis is quantity, the x-axis is time. You can have several curves at the same time. If you click on a point in the graph, a tooltip will show the number.
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In the upper right corner you can build/upgrade a company headquarter (if graphics are provided by the pak set.) The headquarter will add as a high-level attraction and is also required for some scenarios.
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Values (click on name-button to view details on graph), include:
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<em>Vehicle Earning</em> - total income from the transport of passengers, goods, and mail.
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<em>Operation Costs</em> - total cost incurred by all <a href="convoiinfo.txt">convoys</a> when in transit.<br>
{Tips: The operation cost per kilometer for vehicles can be seen in a <a href="depot.txt">depot</a> and from Convoy Information.}
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<em>Maintenance</em> - total cost incurred maintaining the transportation network.<br>
{Tips: The cost per month for maintaining the network (<em>Maintenance (monthly)</em> shown on the right of <strong>Finances</strong>) is deducted at the end of the game calendar month.}
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<em>Road toll</em> - when running convoys over foreign way, a cost may occur. If you are using other players ways, you have to pay. But if you provide are very good road connection, you may also earn from others.
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<em>Powerlines</em> - income generated from the selling of electricity from <a href="special.txt">high power transmission</a>.
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<em>Operational Profit</em> - profit from transportation, road toll, high power transmission less the maintenance and operational costs (sum of everything above).
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<em>New Vehicles</em> - expenditure on and income received from the purchase and sale of vehicles.
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<em>Construction site</em> - total cost incurred by construction of transport networks, landscaping, high power transmission lines, and using <a href="removal_tool.txt">Destroy/Remove</a> and other removal tools for ways (tracks, road, canals and airstrips).
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<em>Cash Flow</em> - total income (sum of everything above this).
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<em>Trips</em> - number of everything moved (counting passengers, mail, and goods). Transfers are counted once per leg.
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In the second row four additional values are seen. Those are accumulated values:
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<em>Account Balance</em> - the current cash available for construction or purchasing vehicles (also shown in the centre of bottom-bar under game-view.
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<em>Assets</em> - the value of all company vehicles at the end of the last calendar month.<br>
{Tips: each month the value of operational vehicles depreciate slightly, current selling value for vehicles can be seen in <a href="convoidetail.txt">Convoy Details</a> or when vehicle is in a depot.}
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<em>Margin</em> - is the ratio of Operational Profit to Proceeds.
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<em>Net Wealth</em> - Account Balance plus Assets. This is the company value. If the net wealth becomes negative, your company is bankrupt and you loose the game.
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{Tips: Some costs, starting balance and finances in game can be changed in simuconf.tab}
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<h1><strong>Scenario information</strong></h1>
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If you play a scenario, then the scenario goal and the percentage of the progress is displayed.
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