Wind elevation bonus and surrounding penalty. And wind forecast
For a more realistic windmill. It should have bonus from elevation. Maybe the game should calculate wind for each elevation differently. Higher elevation should have more consistent wind. And ground floor can be no wind at all
Also if there are too many things in the same elevation as the windmill it should decrease efficiency. Maybe checking 9x9 block in the same elevation around the sail to count number of block to decrease effeciency
Also wind speed each day should be available in forcast
Comments: 13
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17 Sep
pmduda Admin"win tester and windmill" (suggested by dylan on 2021-09-16), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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17 Sep
pmduda Admin"Insights in the Windmill." (suggested by DeBeeR on 2021-09-16), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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17 Sep
Gin FuyouOh, I really like forecast idea, we already discussed before weather prediction building (maybe using research points to operate) it would play along nicely!
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17 Sep
Paul MergedI put windmills on the peak near the starting area, and they were no more powerful than the sea level windmills.
I would love it if the windmills gave more output the higher they are - after all we need to make expensive items to transfer power between levels, so let's make this effort worthwhile! -
17 Sep
pmduda Admin"Windmils shoud scale their output with altitute, as well as with wind." (suggested by Paul on 2021-09-17), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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20 Sep
Thaina YuAdditionally I want to propose change to wind physics. Wind should be consistent on daily basis. If there is no wind on that day, then let it be no wind for the whole day. Or maybe has 3 shifts, morning noon and night, that wind would be constant value and direction for the duration
With this logic we could calculate wind beforehand everyday (and show them in forcast) -
20 Sep
pmduda Admin"Set the variable power of the windmill depending on the height above ground level" (suggested by Robert from Poland on 2021-09-20), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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22 Sep
Tom MergedWind speeds increase with height so installing windmills at higher points on the map should make them more reliable. I don't know if the wind is actually directional in the game but if so, maybe have an in game indicator of which direction the wind tends to go and avoid building behind walls or in valleys.
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23 Sep
Gin Fuyou Admin"Have build height and location affect the efficiency of Windmills" (suggested by Tom on 2021-09-22), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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23 Sep
RyanI like this one too, sort of like Cities Skylines when placing down a wind turbine. There are spots where you can get max output, places with limited or places with none at all. This also would make it worth it to build windmills higher up, then using the connectors to reach down to your settlement.
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30 Sep
TetIt would also be nice to see a lower power generation limit be set on the windmills. So instead of 0hp - 120/300hp make it like 50hp - 180/300hp It is disheartening too see something that you start out with and that costs 50 resources outperform something that costs 1400 science, more than double its resource (taking into account production and labor), and is supposed to be an "endgame" item.
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07 Oct
Dan KSince this is a valley-focused game, mountain/valley winds should be implemented. I built my first settlement to take advantage of the nice canyon on Plains(?) and it didn't work, at all. At this link, you'll find a lovely diagram and animation about this written by experts. https://satelliteliaisonblog.com/2017/10/13/wildfire-smoke-tracing-up-valleydown-valley-winds/
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20 Oct
JamieA wind forecast would be so helpful