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tl;dr: implementation of random wind, which streches the polution into the direction of the wind, randomising the biter spawns that are in the polution zone.


To be honest, I have nothing more to add than the tl;dr. What I would like to add is that wind turbines could be added as electricity source as well, depending on the wind speeds.

I added this to posting.php?mode=edit&f=80&p=133677 Events (Environmental Disasters and Weather)

Ah. Well, wind is already implemented with exactly this effect, but - and that is my issue here - it is "not right" yet.

Recommended changes:
- The wind should change not so much. Currently it changes so much, that the wind has only an effect on very small pollution for very short time. Should: The wind changes only within minutes/days and has a very visible effect then.
- Same with the wind speed: The wind speed changes so often, that the average between 0 and MAX can be taken as guaranteed input over a day. Should: It changes within days. There could be a number of days without wind. This should have a high effect on the energy production.
- Preferred wind-directions: There is some kind of "profile", that is used to calculate the amount wind from that direction. The effect is then, that we can create a map, where the wind comes most times from north-west or south-east. The effect is, that the pollution is dragged into a special direction. This can also influcene fire and other effects.

I didn’t see any mention of wind in the wiki for pollution. It’s very visible in the game tho when looking at furnaces/burners as the smoke changes flow directions.

Is wind a factor at all on pollution spread?

It's purely cosmetic. Same for the smoke getting out of the furnaces, it's just cosmetic. The real pollution is invisible.

Would be nice.
But the question is, would it be worth the performance impact?
I would say, no