Why is ground pollution purple?

[Dizman7]

Maybe this was answered elsewhere and I missed it, but why is the ground pollution purple? Was that intentional or a bug? Or is it a graphics setting/problem? I just went to the eye doctor so I know I'm not color blind. Seems like it should be brown and darker where it is the worst. Or is it meant to look like concrete, like the industrial zones just pave over everything? As it's closer to grey than brown, but clearly still purple.

Just curious, it's kind of off putting, pulls you out of the "realism".

/endrant

Thanks!

 

[snabel]

Hum it aint purple for me, more light brown. Maybe it depends on the theme? My theme is northern.

 

[bjclang]

Why such a passive agressive post?

 

[Dizman7]

Why such a passive agressive post?

Ha ha, yeah I kinda thought afterwards it seemed kinda mean. I didn't mean for it to be, but I did want to know.

I should note I'm using the "tropical" theme and map. I'm on Sandy Beaches map.

 

[redjericho3]

Even weirder, they said they fixed this back in 1.0.3, but mine is purple on 1.0.5.

Maybe it is the environment...

 

[Hicksimus]

On one of my maps it's grey, on another it's purple. Both are northern looking maps as well!

As for why it's purple.....you don't want to know.

 

[medopu]

Ha ha, yeah I kinda thought afterwards it seemed kinda mean. I didn't mean for it to be, but I did want to know.

I should note I'm using the "tropical" theme and map. I'm on Sandy Beaches map.

My theory is, that tropical maps produce purple pollution and temperate/boreal produce gray pollution.
I played 2 games on tropical and got purple ground polution and i played 2 games on northern maps and did not get purple pollution.

your example fits my theory

 

[Philemon1976]

sorry, but I play in the northern theme, too and got purple wastelands... it looks awful. brown/grey would suit better.

 

[Jokurr]

I'm also on a northern map and have purple pollution. It looks silly.

 

[worstboy]

Will release a mod tomorrow to fix this most likely.

 

[fefenc]

I have the same issue on the northern map. Is there a fix for this issue? I don't wanna have a purple radiation pollution on my city

 

[Itphings_Monk]

My guess if it is intentional is that it is purple to show that's gross pollution but making it not blend in. If it was brown poop color it might be more natural looking but might be hard to tell the difference between it and dirt at a glance. I like it because it's like a glaring reminder that this area sucks, please fix me.

 

[s0cks]

The map I'm on is purple too and it's definitely temperate. A bit annoying. Why does industry even need to show any ground pollution? Just make it an overlay. I work near an industrial area and the bare patches of land still look pretty green and normal to me.

 

[ali.usman]

I just went to the eye doctor so I know I'm not color blind.

Sarcasm ? lol

 

[Baleur]

Will release a mod tomorrow to fix this most likely.

People keep saying they will mod it but so far i didnt see any mods doing it =/
I also hate the purple, its ridiculous to see huge swaths of purple land (unless it is lavender, but it isnt, its pollution!).
What next, make ore deposits neon green to pretend its uranium?

 

[Dizman7]

Sarcasm ? lol

Ha ha, kinda. I did literally just go to the eye doctor 2 days ago. And did pass the color blind test, among others, ha ha

 

[panionios]

Purple is the new Brown

 

[cpy]

I hate that purple crap, it just makes my city ugly, and not ugly in a good way.

 

[Icarus619]

I would like to see this fixed too, if it is a bug. It just looks horrible in my opinion..

 

[skylines303]

Looks like someone made a mod for this where the pollution is brown. Better than purple for sure. Search for "No More Purple Pollution" on Steam Workshop.