Efficiency Charts

A neat feature in CA:DE is the ability to visualize the recent and all-time efficiency percentage of economy units and production/research buildings, where efficiency means the time spent working vs the time being idle.

Pro users can bring up the efficiency chart, click on an economy unit or a building, and then click its efficiency stat near the entity's HP.

The selection panel will now display two pie charts: one for last-minute efficiency, and another one for all-time efficiency.

• A last-minute chart: This gives an overview of the recent efficiency rate of the selection, and is especially helpful for assessing the impact of real-time events. For example, a villager may be efficient overall, but may not be able to work briefly during a raid
• An all-time chart: This gives an overview of the total efficiency rate of the selection, and is mostly useful for assessing a player’s overall efficiency (their ability to keep things working at all times), as well as the value of a building

Hint: Choose many units or buildings to assess the overall efficiency rate of a group!

The pie chart provides a handy legend section that breaks down the selection's activities during each chart's respective time durations.

Striped slices indicate some sort of non-productive activity, such as time spent walking by villagers, or idle for economy units and buildings.

Larger striped slices in the all-time chart of units or buildings meant to be constantly working indicate a macro issue, which a player could use to diagnose why their economy is not growing as quickly as it could.

Last-minute charts are much more likely to fluctuate from moment to moment, but they are useful for diagnosing specific issues more precisely once a broader pattern is identified by the all-time chart. An example of this could be villagers starting to bump too much on a woodline or taking too long to walk back to deposit resources.