

In the 1880s artisans using handlooms are apparently more efficient than factories with mechanized looms! This wasn't true even in 1836, so basically, this game is turning the industrial revolution on its head.įor me this is a real game-breaker, even more so than the ridiculous 0% administrative efficiency I've been complaining about in my Austria thread. So where does the lumber my furniture factories use come from? The answer must be artisans, who are more productive than sawmills. Steel is doing badly (despite being in a province with coal and iron) so do military factories generally. Some do well for some time before closing down, eg. Relatively few kinds of factories do well, namely glass liquor, furniture, clothes, steamers and luxury furniture and clothing. Fabric does badly, even in provinces with wool. It's not just lumber, many factories do badly. Building them in a province with wood doesn't help either.

Not in my current game as Austria (1880s, 50% literacy, reasonable tech) nor in my last game as Prussia. I just cannot get lumber to make a profit.
