Create Campaign - Set the export industrialization index

Every port has an export industrialization index value of between zero and 10.

The index is a measure of the level of industrialisation that is able to sevice the port. Export industry uses export materials available locally OR convoyed in.

A higher industry value means not only more but more complex industry. The higher the level, the more the value that can be extracted from a given amount of export raw materials.

Note that the level of a port's export industry has nothing to do with it's domestic industry level. Both may be high, both low, or one high and the other low. These values are set to create starting economic conditions for each side that determine not only how wealthy a country is but also how relatively dependant it may be on the import of materials - ie trade by sea. For example, in the 'Atlantic1' scenario, the Germans have deliberately been given high levels of domestic materials and industry - to simulate that their wealth was generated very largely without reliance on the import of materials by sea. Conversely, Britain was given industry and materials indices at its ports that greatly necessitate sea trade to maintain a robust economy.

The export industry levels at your ports, together with the accompanying export materials indices, are used by the computer when it calculates the total value of your economy. The value of every possible convoy route between your ports is calculated, and a weighting is also applied based on how short the route is: shorter routes are worth more because more goods can be carried in a given amount of time. The value of a route is directly and inversely proportional to its length.

Changing the industry levels can have a big affect on the value of a country's economy, and hence on the starting odds also.

Your export industry factories at each port produce RPs in two ways:

• Every turn, any export materials locally available at the port get converted to RPs. The formula is:
  number of RPs = 10 * the port's export materials index * the port's current export industry index.
  This formula assumes that the strategic turn is the standard 30 days (one month). The RPs produced are directly increased or reduced by increases or reductions in the length of the strategic turn.
• Every time a convoy unloads tons of export raw materials at the port, the factories go to work. The formula here is:
  number of RPs = tons of export materials unloaded * the average export materials index value(1) * a standard conversion factor of .0005.
  (1) The average index value is calculated by recording the value and tonnage of the materials loaded at each port that the convoy loaded at before ariving at the port for unloading. For example if the convoy loaded 10000 tons of value '2' cargo, and then another 10000 tons of value '6' at a different port, the average value is '4'.
  To give an example: 20000 tons of export material at an average value of '4' and a port export industry index of 5 equates to 200 RPs produced.

As industry values are changed you should notice the odds change also (unless the change is small).

To change the industry level for the currently selected port, just select a new value in the combo box.

Note that although you can improve industry levels at selected ports during a game, this gets increasingly expensive as industry levels increase. It is relatively easy to establish small scale industry, but to create a fully sophisticated industrial base is very expensive (and time consuming) indeed. Giving a country an advantage with its industry at the start of the war represents a significant advantage (all else being equal).

Note also that it is most productive for industry levels to be highest at your home port, because this is where aircraft and troop unit production take place and most or all of your ship production also. Surplus RPs can be convoyed in to home port but this takes time and involves risk of course.

Other Port Parameters

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