Design Document

The Design Document describes all of the details about Transport Empire and is to be used a basis when the game is created. It is currently in an incomplete state and needs to be updated using discussions that have been held by the Transport Empire team. If you wish to help create this document, feel free to read up on the relevant material and update it accordingly, but please remember to write up the decisions that the team has made as a group, rather than your personal opinions.

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Design Document Contents

1. Project Overview

	1.1 What is TE
	1.2 Physics
	1.3 Configuration
	1.4 Folder Structure
	1.5 Scale
	1.6 Sets

2. Map

	2.1 Size
	2.2 Height
	2.3 Water
	2.4 Rivers
	2.5 Terrain types

3.	/deleted/
	
4. General Transporting

	4.1 Cargo Types
	4.2 Type Definition
	4.3 Cargo Definition
	4.4 Loading Rules
	4.5 Cargo Class - Raw materials
	4.6 Cargo Class - Semi finished products
	4.7 Cargo Class - Goods
	4.8 Cargo Class - Manifest
	4.9 Cargo Class - Express
	4.10 Warehouses
	4.11 Route Planning

5. Game World

	5.1 Industries - basics
	5.2 Industries - production chains
	5.3 Industries - distribution centres
	5.4 Industries – setting, removal, production level changes
	5.5 Industries - Definitions
	5.6 Seaports
	5.7 Cities – General
	5.8 Cities – Local Authorities
	5.9 Cities - Business district
	5.10 Cities - Residential district
	5.11 Cities - Industrial district
	5.12 Returnee
	5.13 Buildings - Definition

6. Railroad Vehicles

	6.1 Track – Definition
	6.2 Track – Directions and Building
	6.3 Track - Grades
	6.4 Track - Switches
	6.5 Track - Curves
	6.6 Track - Signals
	6.7 deleted
	6.8 Stations - General
	6.9 Stations - Platforms
	6.10 Stations – Workshops
	6.11 Stations – Movement
	6.12 Rolling Stock – Definitions
	6.13 Rolling Stock - Building
	
7. Road Vehicles

	7.1 Roads – Definition
	7.2 Roads – Directions and Building
	7.3 Roads – Grades
	7.4 Roads – Intersections
	7.5 Roads – Curves
	7.6 Roads – Freeways
	7.7 Roads – State and Private Roads
	7.8 Stations - Loading bays
	7.9 Stations - Workshops
	7.9 Vehicles – Definitions
	7.10 Vehicles – Building
	7.11 Vehicles – Special Consists

8. Aircraft

	8.1 Airports
		8.1.1 Runways
		8.1.2 Taxiways
		8.1.3 Hangars
		8.1.4 Heliports
		8.1.5 Terminals
	8.2 Aircraft

9. Marinal Transport

	9.1 Infrastructure
		9.1.1 Wharves
		9.1.2 Docks
		9.1.3 Channels
		9.1.4 Traffic organisation
	9.2 Tugs
	9.3 Barges
	9.4 Ships

10. Engineering

	10.1 Bridges
	10.2 Tunnels
	10.3 Elevations

11. Vehicles misc.

	11.1 Reliability
	11.2 Life-span
	11.3 Wrecks

12. World Misc.

	12.1 Stock Market
	12.2 Bonds
	12.3 Loan
	12.4 Cargo Distribution
	12.5 Fares
	12.6 Ratings – station
	12.7 Ratings – industry
	12.8 Ratings – city
	12.9 Scenarios – plot side of the game, goals
	12.10 High Scores
	12.11 Game Setting
	12.12 Weather & Disasters
	12.13 Pollution
	12.14 Tourist attractions
	12.15 Difficulty settings