Originally posted by /u/XansHuzzah
I’ve seen a number of posts asking about pollution in the game and quite a bit of confusion. I too was confused so I made a calculator and a write up with equations about how pollution in game works. This covers
The calculator is a google sheet where you can fill in all your options, and the PDF is writeup of the effects and the actual equations behind them, best I could understand from the source code (including a TL;DR summary at the top).
Feel free to make copies and let me know suggestions about how to improve it.
Calculator (Google Sheets): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZLoYIUA9xujY6Sj_5gUk0fdqTxnbVv9B298qnVx9kCw/edit?usp=sharing
PDF Writeup: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lVRklkhVME6nBg8_pLCsqsgXBNx6QKcj/view?usp=sharing
EDIT: Includes a Time until stage X and Equilibrium calculations
EDIT: Includes Winter Has Come
XansHuzzah
I don’t think so. The factor controlling energy consumption from that challenge is computed in This block of code in the `resources` where energy consumption is computed after everything else. Thats the only place I can see in the code from a quick glance where the challenge itself applies its effect. The pollution calculation block and all of the building variables the pollution calculation block reference don’t use that global modifier.
So in short, I dont think the Energy Challenge impacts pollution generation, just net energy +/- for the boons or banes that comes with it. If anyone has actually completed the challenge and wants to check it against my sheet, I’m more than happy to update it if theres a problem.