Newbie question--please answer

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Originally posted by Pax:

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Originally posted by bostonrpgmania:
I didnt have to worry about population when I colonized planet which is in the same screen as my home planet. Population seems automatically to grow. However the two colonis where i have zero population is a warp point away
Is this the reason?

If you use the "colonise pl;anet" button, the colonsier will load population from where it currently is, before moving.

However, if you first "Move" the ship to a new system, and then use the "Colonise" button, it won't load any population unless it is orbiting a world that HAS population on it.

So, let me guess -- you built the colony ships, and the one you used in your starting system, you just hit the "Colonise" button, right?

Then, the other two you moved to the next star system FIRST, and then used the "Colonise" button, right?

From now on, try to use the "Colonise" button only for yoru Colony ships ... if you must do your actual explorign with colony ships, load them with population first.

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Minor addition: If you manually load population onto a colonizer to less than full capacity, and then give the colonize order, it won't load any more population. This is useful in not draining a planet of population.