Starvation formula??? or bug?

[PvK]

Illwinter? Care to enlighten us with information about how many men are supposed to starve when a certain number of supplies are lacking?

PvK

[Kristoffer O]

I have a strange kind of Deja-vu feeling. I remember answering this question some days ago, but I can't find it. Perhaps I only intended to answer or got interrupted.

If you starve when supplies is less than supply usage then something is wrong (display bug or supply bug).

Starving numbers is random, but dependent on needed supplies vs total supplies.

Terrain survival: 50% chance of not affected by starvation (IIRC).

[PhilD]

Originally posted by Kristoffer O:
I have a strange kind of Deja-vu feeling. I remember answering this question some days ago, but I can't find it. Perhaps I only intended to answer or got interrupted.

If you starve when supplies is less than supply usage then something is wrong (display bug or supply bug).

Starving numbers is random, but dependent on needed supplies vs total supplies.

Terrain survival: 50% chance of not affected by starvation (IIRC).

I've definitely seen cases where there was no starvation message even though the used supplies were higher than the available supplies; and I strongly believe I've seen the reverse, that is, starvation message even though the used supplies were (slightly) lower than available.

For some time, I thought this was a side effect of the turn sequence, but starvation is pretty late in the turn sequence; what could possibly affect this?

[PvK]

Thanks KO!

PhilD, one case I have seen is when you hire mercenaries - they don't eat supplies on the turn they teleport to their hire location, but it does of course show their supply use for the province for the next turn.

Any changing scales/seasons or events (population change) that effect supplies might similarly effect who starved Last turn compared to the current supply display.

PvK