What is Global Environmental Degradation All About?

[bb37]

I see it on the top of my screen, I click on it, and all I get is a list of countries with two numbers on either side of their names and no clue what the numbers mean, how they are affecting the degradation, or how to stop them. Could a developer chime in on how exactly this mechanic is supposed to work and how you manage it? It's not explained well in game at all.

[77wicked]

Originally posted by bbob1937:

I see it on the top of my screen, I click on it, and all I get is a list of countries with two numbers on either side of their names and no clue what the numbers mean, how they are affecting the degradation, or how to stop them. Could a developer chime in on how exactly this mechanic is supposed to work and how you manage it? It's not explained well in game at all.

As I get it, GED numbers show how bad the situation on the planet and in certain counries. For example: If one of biggest grain exporter country lose harvest - whole world will suffer too, but less than this country. The disaster will impact world GDP growth. As time pass, the effect will become weaker before its gone. Global disasters occured localy and effects as local panlty for the source country and whole world. It could be random events or after war with massive nuclear bombardments. MOstly you can do nothing but just wait some time and effect will be less harmful.

[GittinGud]

Well, i had it yesterday that the GED get more and more increased and so i lost. It has not only a effect on your GDP, also it effects the happyness of your provinces, also unemployment and population growth

[76561199011830944]

Hello bbob1937!

Thank you for your feedback! We are aware of a small problem with the Environmental Degradation and it's growth so right now, this mechanic might not work as intended. We have already prepared a fix for it, that will be part of the next patch.

[bb37]

Originally posted by 1C_David:

Hello bbob1937!

Thank you for your feedback! We are aware of a small problem with the Environmental Degradation and it's growth so right now, this mechanic might not work as intended. We have already prepared a fix for it, that will be part of the next patch.

Thanks for the reply, I'm sure the mechanic may be a bit buggy as this is in Early Access right now.

But my question is, will the mechanic be better explained in an official capacity?
In-game the information about it doesn't make much sense and is just a bunch of numbers next to the names of countries that don't tell you anything.

It would be useful if the numbers had actual values next to them that told you how the Global Environment was actually being affected,
and/or if the pop-up box for the Global Environment panel had a little informative video button in the top right, like most of the other panels do.

[[BWCC] xrolliox]

I had this problem with two of my run throughs - all I could tell was that North Korea in the midst of a civil war was generating a LOT of Environmental Degredation and it turned out they were just nuking the rebels and that eventually led to North Korea wiping out the entire planet. :)

[DeepShade]

Originally posted by xrolliox:

I had this problem with two of my run throughs - all I could tell was that North Korea in the midst of a civil war was generating a LOT of Environmental Degredation and it turned out they were just nuking the rebels and that eventually led to North Korea wiping out the entire planet. :)

The way to go:
Kim Jong un's advisor: "My supreme leader, the people are fed up with our glorious rule."
Kim Jong un: "Nuke these traitors and don't forget the fascists abroad!"
The Game: "Nature is a fragile beauty, please take care of it!"
Mutant Kim Jong un: "Nah"