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PowerSurplus

Parsed power margin that the engine never uses.

This setting has no runtime effect

The engine accepts and loads it, but no gameplay code uses the stored value.

Specification
Applies to
global rules
File
rules.ini
Section
[AI]
Value
integer
When omitted
50
Used by the game
No — loaded but not used

A computer house plans power with no spare margin, whatever this setting holds. When it is not following a map plan, it adds a power plant as soon as a planned structure’s drain would exceed its power output.

See also — ai-base-building