Why is pollution purple?

[jamespetts]

All of the land underneath my industrial areas turns a peculiar purple sort of colour correlating with ground pollution. I can understand having a visual indication of ground pollution, but the purple colour looks weird and is too intense. A brown colour would have been better, I think (to resemble dead grass).

Incidentally, this is generally a good game, but I thought that I should mention the purple issue as nobody seems to have mentioned it so far.

 

[Hampi]

The strange thing is that they changed the purple ground pollution in patch 1.0.3 that was released before the game came out to a more greyish color.
But now it seems that the purple is back again. To make it even more strange I have read on different places that some still have the grey pollution, but I have purple.

Very strange indeed.

 

[MN121MN]

Somehow it looks like CO's pulling off that "black/gold or blue/white dress" for this game....

 

[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.

 

[ColinFas]

personally i don't see why it needs to be there at all.i have a pollution map to see it, discolour the organic stuff granted, but that purple shading i can live without

 

[Sn3ipen]

It might be that the pollution collors are changing based on filters and themes?

 

[JRSly]

personally i don't see why it needs to be there at all.i have a pollution map to see it, discolour the organic stuff granted, but that purple shading i can live without

Right. I imagine they chose purple because it's a very noticeable, disparate color within the rest of the game colors so it makes identifying it at a glance very easy. But that's what the overlay is for. Roads don't change color in game based on traffic, buildings don't glow orange when they are more of a fire hazard. No, only the pollution has an artificial effect like that that appears in the normal game view, so it's very odd.

 

[Travisk]

I was confused about this until I saw a mod on the subreddit that turns it grey. Makes it impossible to see without turning on the ground pollution view.

 

[Beric]

The strange thing is that they changed the purple ground pollution in patch 1.0.3 that was released before the game came out to a more greyish color.
But now it seems that the purple is back again. To make it even more strange I have read on different places that some still have the grey pollution, but I have purple.

Very strange indeed.

I'm actually wondering if pollution color is map-specific, or something. Really not sure.

 

[Noinoi]

I'm actually wondering if pollution color is map-specific, or something. Really not sure.

It seems to be map specific - on some map types, it's purple. On other map types, it's brown.

No matter what map type you're on, though, the colour in data views is always the same, brown, as it should.

I think there might be a blending error...

 

[MN121MN]

Yeah, I"m getting purple-ish grey in my map.....

 

[JimmiG]

It seems to be map specific - on some map types, it's purple. On other map types, it's brown.

No matter what map type you're on, though, the colour in data views is always the same, brown, as it should.

I think there might be a blending error...

Maybe they forgot a few maps when they changed the colors.

 

[Sparagas]

mine is purple

 

[jamespetts]

I've downloaded the mod that turns it brown. It is a great improvement.

 

[Alfa55]

The dev's said in a video that they made it purple because a test audience found that was the most clear indication that the ground is populated. Apparently other colours were to unclear.

 

[Eurofighter1200]

I would like it too not see any polluting in real life you dont see its polluted and we have the infoview for this. But what i find more strange if i pollute the ground next to the river the water get not polutted thats strange.

 

[Illanair]

Somehow it looks like CO's pulling off that "black/gold or blue/white dress" for this game....

The... what now?

The dev's said in a video that they made it purple because a test audience found that was the most clear indication that the ground is populated. Apparently other colours were to unclear.

I agree with the test audience (for once) - The grey pollution that Temperate? maps use is far too easy to miss once you zone out areas.