[[:start|Torque Tycoon]]

====== Getting Started ======

Torque Tycoon turns cargo flights into progress in one persistent shared world. The easiest introduction is one short delivery selected from the Live Map.

  - 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.

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.

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.

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]].