REIMBURSEMENT
For contributing to VillageCraft's public-access paths or railroads, the server hereby reimburses Braingkk for the materials used:
Solace Express (Solace to VCR North) = $8197.50
VillageCraft Railway North = $1,250
Subtotal = $9,447.50
CHEQUE
And for a track length of [rounded up to include help on VCR North] 2,000 metres, with a x25 bonus for ever metre:
Solace Express = 50,000 with an added earlybird bonus, labour bonus, and design bonus of x3 = $150,000
Subtotal = $150,000.00
To be delivered to Braingkk in solid gold:
Grand Total = $159,447.50
+ a set of diamond armour and tools, with any enchantments on any 1 of the items.
Thank you!
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Develop infrastructure or make a claim for your contributions to public-access VillageCraft roads or rails today!
We reimburse for all materials and will also pay for some roads/paths, and will pay for almost all rails that connect to the VCRailway network.
Brain's paycheque includes bonuses for long length, good design, and for being one of the first to do it.
ok here is my basic mathematical run of things, correct me if im wrong in any way.
the initial raised rail runs 1940 blocks.
it has 103 pillars supporting it, each said pillar has
- 6 powered rail ($600)
- 2 detector rails ($22)
- 2 redstone lamps (8 redstone ($48) 2 glowstone block ($20))
- 1 redstone torch (1 redstone ($6) 1 stick(1/8th of a log ($0.12))
so each pillar cost $696.12, multiply that by 103 pillars you get $71,700.36
now for the full length of the elevated track there is
- 2 gravel ($0.50 each or $1)
- 2 cobble ($0.20 each or $0.40)
- 2 cobble stairs ($0.60 3 cobble per 2 stairs)
- 2 cobble wall ($0.40)
so each basic block cross section cost $2.40, multiplied by 1,940 blocks (still raised section only) for $4,656
in addition on flat zones inside the tunnel, and when at ground level there was additional lighting in the form of
- 2 redstone lamps (8 redstone ($48) 2 glowstone block ($20))
- 1 redstone torch (1 redstone ($6) 1 stick(1/8th of a log ($0.12))
at a cost of $74.12 each, with 24 instances costing a total of $1,778.88
there were 3 slopes in the raised rail, with a total of
- 26 powered rail ($2,600)
- 1 detector rail ($11)
totaling at $2,611
we figure the pillars (8 rails*103 pillars) 824 rails and the powered rails from the slopes (26 powered 1 detector) 27 rails totaling 851 nonstandard rail
now as said the whole raised line was 1940 blocks, so double that for full length at 3880 rails, subtract the 851 nonstandard rail totaling 3,029 standard rail
- 3,029 rails ($3.25 each totaling $9,844.25)
so
- pillar cost $71,700.36
- basic block cost $4,656
- additional lighting cost $1,778.88
- slopes cost $2,611
- standard rail cost $9,844.25
totaling the raised rails at $90,590.49
(note this does not calculate the extra stairs and blocks used in the pillars as well as walls used on flat stretches, nor do we factor in digging costs for the tunnel extending over 150 blocks underground)
now the n/s rail made by me extended 528 blocks. due to the fact that my efforts were removed before any calculations were made, i will post based off what i know for a fact i made, and will ignore the cost incurred by powered rail for the slopes.
the pattern was
- 16 standard rail($3.25 each at $52)
- 1 detector rail ($11)
- 3 powered rail ($300)
at a cost of $363 repeating every 20 blocks of course
each block of rail had
- 3 oak planks ($0.75 or 3/4ths of a log
- 1 gravel ($0.50)
at a cost of $1.75 a block.
now for simplicities sake we will assume the n/s section was only 520 blocks so we do not stray over the base cost, as we are speculating in cost of 20's
520 blocks *2 for both directions totaling at 1,040 blocks
1,040/20=52 rail repetitions
52*$363 totaling at $18,876
now for the blocks underneath the tracks
520 block*$1.75 totaling at $910
so total tentative cost for the n/s rail totals in at $19,786
all totaling in at
- raised rail cost $90,590.49
- tentative n/s rail cost $19,786
totaling in at $110,376.49
now i am quite happy to be reimbursed for my extreme amount of time and expense in building the rails and the 'cheque' (check for those americans among us) does cover my base cost, but i think that you might want to try and calculate the cost once more, as my math does not match 100% with yours...
Edit:corrected typo
