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+[[:start|Torque Tycoon]]
 ====== Getting Started ======
-===== Quick flow =====
+Torque Tycoon turns cargo flights into progress in one persistent shared world. The easiest introduction is one short delivery selected from the Live Map.
-  - Join the **Torque Tycoon** DCS server.
-  - Open the [[https://map.torquetycoon.net|live map]].
-  - Pick a useful task from **Attention**.
-  - Choose an aircraft that can carry the cargo.
-  - Spawn and load the crate at the pickup site.
-  - Navigate to a destination that accepts the cargo.
-  - Unload in the delivery zone and check the map for the result.
-===== Join and prepare =====
-(Optional) Before your first flight, join the [[https://discord.gg/aMQhKUahhs|Torque Tycoon Discord]] and link your DCS player with DCSBot if you want stats and support to match your in-game name. See [[server-and-discord#link_through_discord_and_dcsbot|Server & Discord]] for the exact ''/linkme'' steps.
-Search for **Torque Tycoon** in the DCS multiplayer server browser, or connect directly to ''dcs.torquetycoon.net'' on port ''10308''.
-Open [[https://map.torquetycoon.net|map.torquetycoon.net]] in a browser or OpenKneeboard. It shows active sites, their stock, current shortages, and recommended tasks.
-Not every site is visible or active yet. Most of the map starts hidden and gets found over time — see [[exploration|Exploration]] once you're past your first few flights.
-===== Before takeoff =====
-Choose an aircraft that can carry cargo. Capacity depends on the aircraft, available cargo slots, and crate weight.
-For your first run, pick a short route and avoid heavy cargo until you know your aircraft's limits. Detailed cargo weights and aircraft capacity are listed in [[logistics#cargo_weight_and_aircraft_capacity|Logistics]].
-===== Your first delivery =====
-  - Open **Attention** on the map and choose a recommendation with a clear cargo and destination.
-  - Click the destination and check which goods it accepts under **Cargo**.
-  - Find a matching source or factory. Hovering over a site displays its known routes.
-  - Fly to the pickup site.
-  - Open ''F10 > Other > Tycoon > My Location''.
-  - Select **Show stock here** to check available cargo.
-  - Use **Spawn cargo** to place the required crate, then load it through your aircraft's cargo menu ''F10 > Other > Cargo''.
-  - Open ''Tycoon > Navigation''. **Cargo Sites** now lists destinations that accept your loaded cargo.
-  - Select a destination and choose **Deploy smoke**. You receive a bearing, distance, and smoke marker near the site.
-  - Land in the delivery zone and unload through the CTLD menu.
-A valid delivery is detected automatically. Check the map afterward to see the destination's stock or supply improve.
+  - Find **Torque Tycoon** in the DCS multiplayer browser, or connect to ''dcs.torquetycoon.net'' on port ''10308''.
+  - Open the [[https://map.torquetycoon.net|Live Map]] and pick a short task from **Sorties**.
+  - Select an aircraft that can carry the recommended cargo.
+  - Follow [[guides:first-flight|Complete Your First Flight]] from pickup through delivery.
+  - Check the changed world state and choose the next task.
-> **Tip:** For your first flight, choose a short Source-to-Factory or Factory-to-City route.
+Log out on the ground, close to a Settlement, airfield or heliport: logging out in the air costs the full fuel load and a recovery fee, see [[components:aircraft-losses|Aircraft Losses]]. For the first 4 flight hours a [[components:aircraft-losses#grace_period|grace period]] waives the costs of losing an aircraft or logging out in the air.
-If you want to understand why one delivery matters more than another, read [[progression|Progression]] after your first flight.
+On arrival a welcome message points to the radio menu, the F10 map, the Live Map and this wiki; a few seconds later a second message gives the time to the next [[components:restarts|restart]]. While you fly, short "Did you know?" tips appear now and then; a pilot without a linked Discord account is reminded of the link every hour and a half or so, and everyone sees a request for a donation about once a session.
-===== If you cannot find a destination =====
+Account linking through [[components:dcsbot|DCSBot]] is optional for flying; it is needed to spend [[components:credits|credits]]. The server runs on donations through [[https://buymeacoffee.com/torquetycoon|Buy me a coffee]]. Before a longer route, check [[components:restarts|Restarts]] and [[components:weather|Weather]]. When you want to understand a term, open [[components|Game Components]]; when you want to complete an objective, open [[guides|Guides]].
-  * Select ''Navigation > Refresh nearest sites'' to rebuild the list.
-  * **Cargo Sites** only shows sites that accept cargo currently loaded aboard your aircraft.
-  * Use **Nearby Sites** to search separately for ''SRC'', ''FACT'', ''HUB'', and ''CITY'' sites.