Glossary

Eras

Each era has slighly differnt setting and each one lasts for 20 years. Here are the available eras:

1830	1830 to 1849
1850	1850 to 1869
1850War	1850 to 1869 (special setting for civil war)
1870	1870 to 1889
1890	1890 to 1909
1910	1910 to 1929

About Tiled to Tome

Here are some general parameters and their meanings:

In case of a city:	Internal name of the city (make sure, this is the same in your .tmx file). Keep an eye on the format, as everything has to be in small case letters and with underline (“_”) instead of spaces. For example, the city “Las Vegas” should have the ID “las_vegas*”.
In case of a rural business:	Internal name of the production (make sure, this is the same in your .tmx file). As an example for your first grain production, it would be “grain1*”.

DisplayName

In case of a city:	The city's actual name (currently, this might not work correctly and thus, it is recommended to check manually that the DisplayName has its correct value in Tome). The text of this is allowed to include capital letters and spaces. For example, the city “Las Vegas” should have the DisplayName “Las Vegas”.
In case of a rural business:	The production’s actual name (currently, this might not work correctly and thus, it is recommended to check manually that the DisplayName has its correct value in Tome). The text is basically the same as the ID, but you should start with a capital letter. For example, your first grain production would be named “Grain1”.

NameId

In case of a city:

This line is referencing the pre-defined string ID to give the city a name from our localisation database (but must be empty if you are using a custom input). In case you want to use an existing sting from our database you can simply add the city’s name in capital letters to this sting: “ID_CITY_”. So, for example, the NameID of the city “Dodge City” (as it is already existing in-game) would be “ID_CITY_DODGE_CITY”. Keep in mind that you have to ignore any special characters and that you have to use an underline (“_”) instead of a space (e.g. “St. Louis” becomes “ST_LOUIS”). If you want to use a custom string, you might have a closer look at How to edit an existing city?.

In case of a rural business:

This line is referencing the pre-defined string ID to give the production a name from our localisation database (name for the production’s type). The string always starts with “ID_NAME_LAND_” and ends with a consecutive numbering (lowest value is 00; max value is 69; if exceeded start with 00 again).

TownFounded

The city's founding year (should not have an impact in-game).

TownActive

State of the city (true or false). If a town is passive, its number of inhabitants will not change until it will be activated by either the storyline or by erecting a station in that city. As soon as the city is connected and becomes active it will gain a bonus of 10% on its fulfilment of demand until they reach 20,000 inhabitants.

TownFactory0 / TownFactory1 / TownFactory2

1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd pre-defined production.

TownPopulation

The city's population

ProductionSiteFactory:
The production’s site is defined by a string consisting of two parts: the type of production and “Factory” added to the end. For example, all your grain productions would have the string: “GrainFactory” (note the capital letters at the beginning of the words). Here is a list of all options for rural businesses and their in-game text:

GrainFactory	Farm *
CattleFactory	Ranching *
CornFactory	Farm *
WoodFactory	Clearing *
WoolFactory	Farm *
SugarFactory	Farm *
MilkFactory	Ranching *
VegetablesFactory	Farm *
FruitsFactory	Farm *
CoalFactory	Mine *
IronFactory	Mine *
SaltFactory	Pothole *
ClayFactory	Pothole *
ConcreteFactory	Pothole *
OilFactory	Drilling *

*) All in-game text will be translated to any of the supported languages automatically

The SiteStatus will define the state of the rural business which can be adjusted with the following parameters:

Active (default)	a regular production
Inactive	appears like a regular production, but does not produce anything; must have a connection to a city; becomes active once the connected city (required!) grows to >20,000 inhabitants
Passive	(not working) unlocked by storyline
Unused	production will appear at all

ProductionSiteTypeNameId

Pretty much like NameId, but needs a type as well. The string always starts with “ID_NAME_TYP”, followed by in indicator for the type (A, B, C, D, E, or F) and an index number at the end.

With this knowledge you can assign a string by using one of the following stings (String ID; type; in-game text):

ID_NAME_TYPA_00	Farm	Farm *
ID_NAME_TYPA_01	Farm	Manor *
ID_NAME_TYPA_02	Farm	Estate *
ID_NAME_TYPA_03	Farm	Preserve *
ID_NAME_TYPB_00	Ranching	Breeding *
ID_NAME_TYPB_01	Ranching	Fattening *
ID_NAME_TYPB_02	Ranching	Ranch *
ID_NAME_TYPB_03	Ranching	Cattle *
ID_NAME_TYPC_00	Clearing	Logging *
ID_NAME_TYPC_01	Clearing	Forest aisles *
ID_NAME_TYPC_02	Clearing	Clearing *
ID_NAME_TYPC_03	Clearing	Chopping *
ID_NAME_TYPD_00	Mine	Quarry *
ID_NAME_TYPD_01	Mine	Colliery *
ID_NAME_TYPD_02	Mine	Pit *
ID_NAME_TYPD_03	Mine	Mine *
ID_NAME_TYPE_00	Pothole	Well *
ID_NAME_TYPE_01	Pothole	Hollow *
ID_NAME_TYPE_02	Pothole	Trough *
ID_NAME_TYPE_03	Pothole	Ditch *
ID_NAME_TYPF_00	Drilling	Drill hole *
ID_NAME_TYPF_01	Drilling	Countryside *
ID_NAME_TYPF_02	Drilling	Field *
ID_NAME_TYPF_03	Drilling	Area *

*) All in-game text will be translated to any of the supported languages automatically

About commodities

The pre-defined productions of a city should be self explaining by their names. Here is a list:

MeatFactory (produces Leather as well)

BeerFactory

ClothFactory

ClothingFactory

LumberFactory

AlcoholFactory

CheeseFactory

PaperFactory

ToolsFactory

PotteryFactory

FurnitureFactory

ChemicalsFactory

SteelFactory

CansFactory

PetroleumFactory

CandyFactory

NewspapersFactory

CandiesFactory

GasolineFactory

AutomobilesFactory

However, there is no need to define all three of those factories and it would even work with no factories defined at all.

Certain groups of commodities are important for balancing. Here is is list showing the dependencies:

Group 0	Grain, Cattle, Corn, Wood, Meat and Beer
Group 1	Wool, Sugar, Milk, Vegetables and Fruits
Group 2	Coal, Iron, Salt, Clay, Concrete and Oil