Center Station Simulator

Center Station Simulator

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Simple Game Guide/Tipps [English]
By berni1212
Welcome!
Simple Guide made from berni1212 with Informations from Game + Discord.
Some guide parts have been taken from the Discord and got translated from me.
its Recomend to check Keybinds when First Playing the game!
   
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Keybinds
Standard Keybinds!
- FORWARD = Z key
- BACKWARD = S key
- LEFT = Q key
- RIGHT = D key
- TO TAKE INTO A STORAGE = Right Click key
- RUN = LEFT SHIFT key
- CROUCH = LEFT CTRL key
- DROP INTO STORAGE / PICK UP AN OBJECT FROM THE GROUND = E key
- DROP = G key
- BROOM = AMPERSAND key = 1
- BUCKET = é key = 2
- PICKAXE = QUOTE key = 3
- WEAPON OF DESTRUCTION = APOSTROPHE key = 4
-TELEPORT = LEFT PARANTHESES key = 5
- ELECTRIC LAMP = F key
- ESC = ESCAPE key
- JUMP = SPACE BAR button

Recomended Keybinds [QWERTZ Layout!]
- FORWARD = W
- BACKWARD = S
- LEFT = A
- RIGHT = D
- TO TAKE INTO A STORAGE = Right Click [Mouse]
- RUN = LEFT SHIFT key
- CROUCH = LEFT CTRL key
- DROP INTO STORAGE / PICK UP AN OBJECT FROM THE GROUND = E key
- DROP = Q key
- BROOM = 1
- BUCKET =2
- PICKAXE = 3
- WEAPON OF DESTRUCTION = 4
-TELEPORT = 5
- ELECTRIC LAMP = F key
- ESC = ESCAPE key
- JUMP = SPACE BAR button
Tips
- Be curious, objects are hidden, machines are present to make farming easier! Do not hesitate to open the interfaces.
- You can change your keys in settings
- If you unlock certain Upgrades/Research you can Craft them in your Workbench [ Auto Cleaner , Auto Cashdesk ,]
- You can use the Elevator to Transport Crates up the Stairs ( Just keep moving them once bevor activation of the Elevator due them get frozen if not moved )
- Opening the Settings Button Auto Quits the game and puts you in the Main Menu ( All People Dissapear and redrive too the Shop]
- Keep enought Space for the Tube Furnace as its Huge!
- If you Start a Craft and add items too it if you break the table/cancel the recipe you will lose the Items inside! [Workbench]
- If you bugged out and can't move ESC ->/!\ DEBUG /!\ -> This will Teleport you back too the Parkinglot
- Sometimes Trees and Bambus can drop a Extra Seedling
- You Can Teleport Certain items too you (Spheres/Crates/)
Comfort
- 1: You can take several seeds of the same category in your hand
- 2: Key 5 allows you to teleport your spheres (single chest) even if they have crossed a wall.
- 3: You can harvest your fruits and vegetables with a crate in your hand!
- 4: Use the wheel to turn your constructions right or left
- 5: The weapon of destruction (key 4) allows you to put your constructions in kit form without losing anything.
/!\ empty your storages carefully or risk losing resources such as ingots, seeds, etc. [WARNING YOU LOSE EVERY ITEM INSIDE IF YOU DESTROY THEM!]
- 6: You can place a sphere on your electrical foundry! Each time you restart, you have to remove it and put it back down.
QOL - Quality of Life
  1. Remember to turn all the pages of your construction book. Manufacturing spheres (single chest is available inside)
  2. To enlarge your basement, take your bucket of cement, use the E key on a wall 6 times on the same wall/facade of the wall (not all walls are destructible)
  3. To build a solar panel, don't forget the electrical cable as presented at the beginning of the tutorial
  4. Composter: Place 10 small crates of fruits and vegetables + 1 bucket of wood chips. Wait! (Unlimited storage inside)
How to open/close the Store?
on the Entrance too you shop is a Small Sign with a Red or Green text.

If you go too the sign and Press "E" you can open/close your store.

Store closed!



Store open!

How to Upgrade your Basement
This part of the guide is to show you how to expand your Basement.

We need following Materials:

6 x Cement Buckets - 1 = 1 Sand , 1 Water , 1 Cement bag

+ The Wall we want to Expand
Lets Start.

How to Make Cement


First we need the Cement Mixer
We add the Following Ressources: 1 x Water , 1x Sand , 1 Cement bag = Order doesn't matter!

We start with 1x Water.


Then we add 1x Sand.
Now we have Water + Sand in the Cement Mixer.


Now we add the last ingredient 1x Cement bag.


After this We Start the Cement Mixer with pressing "E" on the Start Button (Black Panel)
If you started it then it shoud look like this:


After the Cement Mixer did its work we Recive 2 Buckets of Cement.


How to Upgrade your Basement.

First we search for a wall we want to upgrade.
1x upgrade = 6 buckets of cement



Now we Press "E" with the Bucket on the wall we Want to Upgrade

After we did this now we have some yellow and black barriers marking the start of upgrading the Wall.

Now we Repeat this 6x.

Warning! Each wall has its own seperated Upgrade side.

A - This Site we started to Upgrade 1/6 Buckets.
B - This site has no upgrade 0/6 Buckets.

If we now use the Bucket on wall B we would lose it and the Progress on this Wall is 1/6 and not 2/6 Buckets!
Electricity production
- Solar panel: 20 powers
- Small engine: 25 horsepower - 5 Fuel usage
- Medium engine: 35 horsepower - 5 Fuel usage
- Powerful engine: 50 horsepower - 5 Fuel usage
Sphere Storage
You can't move multiple items in Center Station Simulator.
You need to use a "Sphere"
Sphere Tier 1


Sphere Tier 1
Storage Capacity: 20 Items of one type
Sphere Tier 2



Sphere Tier 2
Storage Capacity: 100 Items of one type
Sphere Tier 3



Sphere Tier 3
Storage Capacity: Unlimited Items of one type

Recipe



Tier 1 - 1x Electronic Card | 4x Silver ingot | 1x Cobalt Ingot

Tier 2 - 1x Advanced Electronic Card | 5x Cobalt Ingot

Tier 3 - 1x Elite Electronic Card | 5x Cobalt Ingots
Prices + Upgrades
Price of sales of items already incorporated in the game:

  • Bottles of water and sparkling water = €1 each
  • Fruits and vegetables = €3 each
  • Bag of charcoal = €10 per unit
  • Bag of cement = €15 per unit
  • Bucket of wood chips = €8 each
  • Wooden board = €5 per unit
  • Flour bag = 8€ each
  • Tin can = €6 per unit


Upgrades:

Parking Space:


  • level 1 - 3 buckets of asphalt
  • level 2 - 1x ticket booth (Research)
  • level 3 - 10x wooden planks

Parking Space upgrades:


  • level 1 - space for 1 car
  • level 2 - 1€ per car
  • level 3 - 2€ per car
Advanced Crafting - Where to finde?
Crafting Mashines
  • Workbench - Used for All common crafting
  • Tubular Furnace - Used for asphalt and cement
  • Milling Machine - Used for crafting - piston | small iron gear | large iron gear
  • Canned Manufacturer - used for Making Tin can - 1 Tin ingot = 1 package cans
  • Canned Filler - Used to fill Empty cans with Fruits or Vegtables




Milling Machine


Machine
Used for Crafting follwing items:
  • Piston (Iron , Silver , Aluminum)
  • Small gear (Iron , Silver , Aluminum)
  • Large gear (Iron , Silver , Aluminum)
Milling Machine Interface


Interface
  • Iron - Piston , Small gear , Large gear
  • Copper - Empty
  • Silver - Piston , Small gear , Large gear
  • Gold - Empty
  • Aluminum - Piston , Small gear , Large gear
  • Cobalt - Empty

Canned Manufacturer


Machine
Used to process tin ingots -> tin cans.
Canned Manufacturer Interface


Just place the Ingots on the left pallet.
Output will be the right pallet.
FAQ
How to get Customers?
Follow the Questline until you can make Asphalt (Rotary Furnace)
then run too the Parking lot and Place the Asphalt Bukets there to expand it and get your First Customers

How to move Multiple Items?
You can't with you bare hand you need a "Sphere" (Single slot Chest)

Trouble Shooting
Here we talk about Certain bugs and Issues that can happen and possible ways how fix them.

Customer Stuck by the Cash Registers

Simple Fix just goes to the Main Menu and go back.
All your Customs have been despawned and now will re-drive to your Supermarket.


Black screen when Starting game.

When you try to start the game, you only have a Black screen?
Please check Following things.
  • Are all Graphic Drivers up to date?
  • Did you Verify the Game Files?
  • Tried restarting Steam?
  • Tried to Restart your Pc?
  • Launching the game as Admin
You did all from the List above, but it still doesn't work?
1 More way to fix it. Go to the Game Dictionary.
[DISK]:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Center Station Simulator\CenterStationV1\Content\Movies
And delete the 2 Movie Files.

If all above did not work, Please ask for Help on the Official Discord.



More will be added if noticed!
Spreadsheet
Spreadsheet with Following Informations (WIP)
Item Database - List of Every Item ( Category , Price , Stackcount , and more)
Building Stats - List of Every Building ( Consumption , Stackable , Sellable , Fuel Type and more)
Calculator - For Ressources / Power / Water / Oil / Usage/ (NOT STARTET)

Link: Spreadsheet[docs.google.com]

Want to help me?

Message me on Discord: berni1212 (Please STATE why you message me)
Disclaimer
I will add more things as i Discover them or someone helps me to add them here :)

Everything in this guide can change @any time due EA game

My Native Language is German
English is self teached so if you finde mistakes i am sorry. :)

11 Comments
Shavor515 16 Feb @ 11:00am 
Any hints for the digicode?
berni1212  [author] 6 Jul, 2024 @ 10:13pm 
@trainman102 You can Close/Open your store by the entrance of it (Left side of the Building)

There is a small sign on the outside where you can Press "E" on it to open or close your Store :)
trainman102 6 Jul, 2024 @ 2:41pm 
Last time I played was a few updates ago. How do I open the store now?
berni1212  [author] 6 May, 2024 @ 1:24pm 
Hello Sure :) would be awsome just hit me up on discord
Shelby_81 6 May, 2024 @ 4:48am 
Hello, just wondering if you need a contributor to the master spreadsheet. I work with many spreadsheets each day as part of my day job and would like to offer my assistance.
berni1212  [author] 25 Apr, 2024 @ 8:28pm 
You need to make the Milling Mashine and then Put the Iron in there with this you can make the Pistons :)
Aurora_Moon 25 Apr, 2024 @ 4:35pm 
I built the small generator but I can't find where the gears or the pistons are to complete it. Where do you make them?
berni1212  [author] 23 Apr, 2024 @ 6:52pm 
Hey You unlock the Generator on the PC in your Office :)
Killerisk 23 Apr, 2024 @ 6:10pm 
when do you unlock the generator? i built the parts for the small one (assuimg its small since i built small engine for it).
berni1212  [author] 21 Apr, 2024 @ 3:30pm 
Follow the Quest line until you get Asphalt + Place the Parking area and you start to get Customers