How to get the french to build railroads?

[hjarg]

That's the question. Why in hell can't the capitalists get off their fat asses and build some proper railroads?

 

[unmerged(31169)]

I am at the moment playing France and yes they are a bit slow
however they must have the money to do it so you have to lower their
taxes to almost nothing and your tariffs to reasonable levels, then you can check if their personal money increases then you just have to wait.
One more thing I am pretty certain that you must have a lassiez faire
party in power, they do not do anything if you have statecapitalism in power. You must also promote some clerks to capitalists though it is
expensive, the more you have the better.

 

[Beamed]

You need capitalists. There's a bug with France's starting capitalists, if I recall, but I've not had coffee yet, so am not responsible for any explosions which result.

 

[kossmikman]

Look inside VickyWiki. This and this might help you.

 

[EUnderhill]

OHGamer's hotfix does a lot to get France up to speed - install it if you have not yet done so (see his sig). You dont need any more capitalists until later. I will suggest not buying tropical wood, so as to prevent Luxury Furniture from being made and thus your capitalists from buying it, except if needed for clerk promotion, for a few years.

 

[hjarg]

Thanks for the tips Kinda managed to get the French moving

 

[EUnderhill]

I've played out the first few years for France several times and the two most important things seem to be how soon Pit Coal fires and whether the capitalists start by building a factory first. Bad luck on either can be a significant setback no matter what the player does.