My food advisor randomly tells me my catnip supply is too low.
Food advisor: 'Your catnip supply is too low!'
At first I thought it was telling me that my production wasn't enough to feed my cats for the winter, but I see it appearing and disappearing on its own sometimes without me doing anything. Also I don't think it's strictly winter related, since it will sometimes appear after I purchase something but go away a short time later before winter starts, with no interference from me.
What exactly triggers this warning, and what is it supposed to mean?
For example:
I currently have 3720 catnip, 8 cats, and am gaining 3.10/sec. Despite running a surplus, my advisor is warning me my catnip supply is low.
Base 7.25
Season 0%
Demand -6.63
If I add one farmer, I jump to gaining 14.4/sec, and my food advisor goes away.
Base 7.25
Season 0%
Job Output +1.26
Demand -6.63
(I know these numbers don't add up, I'm sure there's modifiers affecting this somewhere)
It also went away on its own once I reached around 4800 catnip (this was summer day 89)
Best Answer
It's an estimate based off a "normal" winter (-75% catnip production). The script calculates the current catnip production and tells you if you will last winter with it. I say "estimate" because the math assumes winter just started.
The game operates in ticks. There are 10 ticks in one day, so it woild be 10 * catnipPerTick per one day, 0-100 days per winter.
For reference, here is the related source code: