There are four kinds of infrastructure at a port:
See port infrastructure for more information.
Each can have a value between zero and 10.0.
There are default values for these, based on the type of port:
| Type of port | Industry level | Docks level | Airfields level | Defence level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Port | 7 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Advanced Port | 3 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| All other ports | 0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
You can change any of these values for the currently selected port.
Just select the value you want from the appropriate drop-down:
The industrialization index is a measure of the level of industrialisation that is able to sevice the port. The industry uses domestic materials, as well as raw materials (available locally or convoyed in), to create RPs that are then stored at the port. 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 domestic and raw materials.
The formula works like this - every month a port produces 10 * its DMI plus ten times its RMI in RPs. In addition, raw materials convoyed in are converted to RPs at the rate of 5 RPs for every 10000 tonnes of cargo times the average RMI value of the cargo times the port's industry factor.
The industry levels at your ports, together with the raw materials and domestic materials indices (see setting the raw materials index and setting the domestic materials index for more information), 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.
Changing the industry levels can have a big affect on the value of a country's economy, and hence on the starting odds also.
As industry values are changed you should notice the odds change also (unless the change is small).
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 new aircraft and troop unit production as well as most ship constrcution is likely to take place. Surplus RPs can be convoyed in to home port but this takes time and involves risk of course.
Click here to return to the help page detailing what other port parameters you can change.