Information - [RBP Help Contents]
The Information pull-down menu tells about the map and railroads both before starting a game, and while one is in progress. This portion of RBP contains some of the oldest segments of programming. Some of the statistics are based on "Rail Baron Aide", a Macintosh program created primarily by Paul Van Bloem during the 1980s.
CITY AND PROPERTY INFO
Choose this to open a window listing all cities and railroads on the map. There, click on any city or railroad name to obtain more information. The Summary button produces a handy chart of map information (maximize the window to see more of the chart).
The city access percentages reflect the chance (out of 100) that the city will result as the "next destination" city during game play. It automatically adjusts for region probabilities.
The Summary chart lists assorted characteristics for each railroad. PRICE is the purchase price. #CITY is the number of destination cities served. SERV% is the total access percentage of the cities served. MONOP% is the total monopoly percentage of the cities served. RRCON is the number of other railroads with which this one connects. INCOME is RBP's estimate of the amount of rail use fees that the owner of this RR will collect per opponent during the course of a typical game.
TRAVEL
This feature finds a route between any two cities you select. By default, it looks for the shortest possible route, but you can tell it to find a route of a particular length.
EVALUATE EMPIRE
Use this to learn which combinations of railroads make the best network. Highlight the railroads to evaluate, and RBP will tell you how many cities they serve, and how many they monopolize.
MAP NOTES
Displays additional information about the current map (if available).