Power & Drains :: Realistic 1908 Start : Workers & Resources Soviet Republic: #01 

Ty for the information. Just been checking them out, they look interesting.

the early loyalty is a good mod use it also on early playthrough

@@stefberg-kk1jl Looks good, will do a test to get a feel for how it works

Think the top speed to steam wagons is 22 kph which is well within the range of mud roads, although think there some evidence that heavy rain slows down vehicles (need to check). Prefer to have key roads as gravel as some early trucks can exceed the 40 kph. Not sure if pedestrians have a walking speed as they have a maximum walking distance, e.g. around 440m. Walking on mud road reduces the distance by 50%, while asphalt paths it is 95%. This makes a big difference when planning the first town as getting key services makes a big difference, it is even more crucial for early starts as horse drawn buses are not much use.

@@StephenSilverbeard as far as i understand the civilian walking distance is dictated by time it takes (so better paths allow them to go farther in the same time)

The assumption is correct. The max walking distance is around 420m, To achieve this need to workers walking on either asphalt or lit asphalt paths. Gravel footpaths allow worker to walk 87% of the distance and mud 50%. The walking speeds on roads is lower, hence it paus to build a network of paths that give workers to key service buildings, even this requires paths to run parallel to roads.