Overview
A quick guide on navigating the Almanac and using it check on resource production, consumption and export.
Using the almanac to balance resources and production
This may vary based on the quality of the land you build a plantation on, upgrades to plantation or the factory that consumes it, manager in the plantation or factory etc. One thing that hasnt been well documented is the almanac. You can drill down into anything that is written in blue.
Got to Almanac –>Economy Tab ,then click on “resource overview”. This breaks each resource down into how much is produced, how much is consumed by your island, how much is exported, how much is imported, price per 1000 units. If you mouseover the resource there is a window at the bottom of the almanac that also shows how much is in transit, export revenue, import revenue and expected revenue. If you click on the resource it will show you what is producing them, if you click on what is producing them, it pops up the info window for that building so you can make any changes/upgrades.
Example from my current game
i am checking to see if I can add another textile mill. This uses wool and cotton to make cloth.
I produce 42k wool, consume 11.1k, export 18.3k . When I mouseover wool, the window at the bottom shows me that I have 13.2k in transit. When I click on wool I see that I have 4 factory farms of Llamas, and 1 Ranch of Llamas
I produce 10.6k cotton, I consume 10.4k, I export 1.5k. When I mouseover cotton, the window at the bottom shows me that I have nothing in transit. When I click on cotton I see that I have 2 cotton plantations.
Looking at Cloth I see that I am producing 21.3k and exporting 21.3k. When I mouseover cloth I see I have 9.4k in transit. When I click on cloth I see I have 2 textile Mills producing cloth
Using this example I have enough spare wool to have another textile factory, but cotton will be a bottleneck. I plant 1 more cotton plantations and build 1 more textile mill.
Hope this helps.
If anyone has more Almanac tips and info, please let me know and I will happily add to this guide so it is available to everyone.