                             Concept : Item types

NAME
   Item-types - Description of the different types of items

Level: Basic

The  different  kinds  of  people and materials are called items, or sometimes
commodities.

The show command displays the detailed characteristics of items.

   [##:##] Command : show item

   item power sell lbs    packing     melt  item
   mnem                in no wh ur bk deno  name
     c     50   no   1  1 10 10 10 10    4  civilians
     m    100  yes   1  1  1  1  1  1   20  military
     s    125  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1   80  shells
     g    950  yes  10  1  1 10  1  1  100  guns
     p      7  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1   50  petrol
     i     10  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1  100  iron ore
     d    200  yes   5  1  1 10  1  1  100  dust (gold)
     b   2500  yes  50  1  1  5  1  4  200  bars of gold
     f      0  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1    2  food
     o     50  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1   50  oil
     l     20  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1  100  light products
     h     40  yes   1  1  1 10  1  1  100  heavy products
     u     50  yes   2  1  1  2  1  1    2  uncompensated workers
     r     50  yes   8  1  1 10  1  1 1000  radioactive materials

The meaning of the headings are:
 item mnem  A one-letter mnemonic abbreviation of the item name.  Commands let
            you use this to select the item.
     power  How  much  1000  units of this item contribute to power (see "info
            power").
     value  The value if the item is mortgaged.
      sell  Whether you can sell the item on the market.
       lbs  The weight of the item, which  determines  how  much  mobility  it
            takes to move it.
packing in  The packing bonus the item receives in inefficient (<60%) sectors.
packing no  The packing bonus the item receives in normal sectors.
packing wh  The packing bonus the item receives in warehouse sectors.
packing ur  The packing bonus the item receives in urban sectors.
packing bk  The packing bonus the item receives in bank sectors.
 item name  The full name of the item.

To  find out which sectors are in what packing groups, try the "show sector s"
command.

SEE ALSO
   Commodities, Products, show, Sector-types, Producing

