Gremnon wrote:I'm not sure about bouchacha, but I'd like to know if the extra two are ever required - and at what point. It'd be useful for planning ahead better so I'm not delivering cargoes I don't actually need to, instead of sending them where I could make better use of them.
That's exactly what I want to know!
I found out that Tim's patch pack has a feature where you can set the population parameters at world generation so I ran some tests!
The requirements change depending on the climate and whether FIRS is installed.
Temperate:
No matter what the population is (tested up to 500k), cities require only mail, passengers, and goods/gasoline depending on whether FIRS is installed. Once FIRS is installed, the stockpiles show up no matter what, even though they seem to have no purpose.
Sub-Artic:
Towns require mail, passengers, and food, and then at 20k population they also require goods/gasoline depending on whether FIRS is installed. The stockpiles seem to be left over or a result of coding necessity.
I'm not sure if Tim's pack changes anything fundamental about these results but there you have it. I must say that it would've been very interesting if the towns started requiring all 5 cargos! Oh well.