Bug? 1600+ Gain% immediately after buying stock
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 7:31 am
Environment: V5.8.05. No DLC enabled. No mods. New custom game -> Difficulty 4 (to get Macro Economy enabled) -> Start. Stop the time, go to Stock Market (F4) and buy more stock in own company.
After starting a new game I went to the Stock Market and used my player money to buy shares in my own company to get more than 50 Owned%. Immediately after that I noticed that that my stock in the company has gained 1,603 percent in no time! See first screenshot.
After a while I realized that my initial 50 percent in my first company has had a cost of $0.00! See second screenshot. Like I have got these for free from someone, not using my own "saved" money at pre-game-start times. In this case I should have collected $16 millions prior to investing into an own company ($15M as start-up money in my company and keeping $1M for other investments).
Wouldn't it be better if the the shares that the player owns at game start is treated as a (personal) cost of let's say $10,00 per share? Although tthese shares are bought prior to game start. That would make the calculation of Return On Investment" in my first company a lot more accurate. Counting the stock I got for free when calculationg gain on my investment seems wrong. Better to let the initial stock have a non-zero "Avg cost".
ADD: A more realistic Gain% in this case woruld be around 6 percent. Average cost $15,000k + $998k = $15,998k. Market value immediately after purchase $16,995k. => Gain% 6.23%.
ADD: And as long as I do not buy any more shares in my own company (AvgCost remains at $0.00) the Gain% remains at Infinity. With a non-zero AvgCost for the pre-game investment the Gain% will follow actual relative market value changes since game start in a more realistic way.
After starting a new game I went to the Stock Market and used my player money to buy shares in my own company to get more than 50 Owned%. Immediately after that I noticed that that my stock in the company has gained 1,603 percent in no time! See first screenshot.
After a while I realized that my initial 50 percent in my first company has had a cost of $0.00! See second screenshot. Like I have got these for free from someone, not using my own "saved" money at pre-game-start times. In this case I should have collected $16 millions prior to investing into an own company ($15M as start-up money in my company and keeping $1M for other investments).
Wouldn't it be better if the the shares that the player owns at game start is treated as a (personal) cost of let's say $10,00 per share? Although tthese shares are bought prior to game start. That would make the calculation of Return On Investment" in my first company a lot more accurate. Counting the stock I got for free when calculationg gain on my investment seems wrong. Better to let the initial stock have a non-zero "Avg cost".
ADD: A more realistic Gain% in this case woruld be around 6 percent. Average cost $15,000k + $998k = $15,998k. Market value immediately after purchase $16,995k. => Gain% 6.23%.
ADD: And as long as I do not buy any more shares in my own company (AvgCost remains at $0.00) the Gain% remains at Infinity. With a non-zero AvgCost for the pre-game investment the Gain% will follow actual relative market value changes since game start in a more realistic way.
