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Old February 11th, 2004, 05:59 PM

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Default Turn2 domain randomization?

On turn 1, your inital scale settings appear to dictate your local dominion.

On turn2, sometimes, and *only* sometimes, the domain of your home province appears to revert toward the median.

I tend to only notice when productivity gets hit, but it happens fairly frequently.

Case in point:

turn1 Dom=t0p3h3g3l3m2
turn2 Dom=t0p0h3g0l3m2 (less resources avail)

The scales then evolve normally toward your initial scales as if a newly conquered prov.

Has anyone else seen this? Seems like a nasty bug, especially in MP, if not totally symmetric.

Are there random domain strength fluctuations? It might conceivably be that if there were, and your domain were temporarily reduced to zero in some internal calc, then the ... oh nevermind, I have no idea how it's happening, but I'd like to know if it's been observed by others...


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Old February 11th, 2004, 06:04 PM
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Default Re: Turn2 domain randomization?

I have a vague recollection of something similar. Please gather all details of the strangeness.
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Default Re: Turn2 domain randomization?

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Originally posted by rabelais:
Case in point:

turn1 Dom=t0p3h3g3l3m2
turn2 Dom=t0p0h3g0l3m2 (less resources avail)
In my experience, only the order and productivity scales get hit. Sometimes the effect Lasts a long time in the capitol. And it generally happens on turn 2, but I'm not sure it always does.
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Default Re: Turn2 domain randomization?

The growth scale can get hit too, ...

and cherry is correct that the scales return to their inital positions in the cap quite slowly.

I'll try to go determine whether everyone gets it, or just some, when it happens in MP.

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Old February 11th, 2004, 07:16 PM

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Default Re: Turn2 domain randomization?

Definitely *NOT* symmetric/global in MP.

Most of the turns being run in the test are essentially stale. Don't know if that affects anything.

Cannot confirm so far that it happens after turn 2. Anyone else have data?

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Old February 11th, 2004, 07:39 PM

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Default Re: Turn2 domain randomization?

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Definitely *NOT* symmetric/global in MP.

Most of the turns being run in the test are essentially stale. Don't know if that affects anything.

Cannot confirm so far that it happens after turn 2. Anyone else have data?
This has been reported in the bug thread, at least 17th January has an entry (and there it is said it has been noted previously).

I encountered it live in FrankE's newbie MP, dunno if others participating in it wish to tell if they had it. Reseted only my production, didn't do anything about turmoil or other scales (growth, heat zero; other positive).

(The scales have returned long ago, so don't anyone think that you'd have advantage over TC for that. )
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