Ikariam talk:Building resources formula/@comment-3089265-20120521162756/@comment-4752102-20120522020509

The hardest part is to find the skeleton of the formula, once you have it, it doesn't take long to find the coefficients.

Yes, I think the automatic reduction is what changes the values, but I haven't figured how it influences them yet, I'll keep looking !

For n0, it is just a way to put in the formula the difference between the building level and the resource level. The formula is a sequence that gives an element (the amount of resource) for every rank starting from 1. The first rank of the sequence ( 1 ) is the first level when the resource is needed. This is why I needed to put it in the formula. Marble is needed from level 6 of Trading port, so the rank of the sequence must be 1 for the level 6. With the "n-n0" thing, the problem is solved. There is no need to know the coefficients for knowing "n0". I hope I'm clear enough ! :)