What is the money bag icon in Tropico 3?

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What does the black money bag icon that rotates over buildings in Tropico 3 mean?

Asked by C. Ross

Answer

"It means that teamsters haven't been moving goods into/out of the building. For basic industry, this means that output goods aren't being removed, for second tier industry it can mean the same or that it isn't having input goods moved to it. Generally the cause of this is because you don't have enough teamsters, they aren't spending enough time on the job as opposed to fulfilling their needs, or that they can't reach the building efficiently."

Credit to - http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/46864?page=3 User Tannhauser

Answered by Adam Caverhill

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Tropico 3 on Steam - need a activation code?

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I just bought and downloaded Tropico 3 on Steam. It's now asking me for an activation code. Is this a bug? If not where can I find my code?

Asked by C. Ross

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Yes, you need a CD Key to validate the game. You can find the CD Key on the right menu in the Steam Details view of the game.

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Why are some happiness motives starred?

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When watching at people happiness motives I can see that some of them are starred. At first I thought they just had an higher weight when calculating the overall happiness but it seems it's not the case: sometimes even motives with weight 5 are starred.

So what is the meaning of the "star"? Does it mean a more important motive somehow? But more important how?

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The starred motives indicate, as you've said, what that particular person cares about more heavily than other motives.

Starred motives directly influence a person's satisfaction/happiness with you and your island, and will determine whether they leave (assuming you allow them to), or turn Rebel. This is not to say that if you satisfy all of their starred needs but completely ignore every other one that they will be happy.

This information can be particularly useful when you start to see peaceful protests or when faction leaders are unhappy.

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