quick Q on population growth

[Growltigga]

Vult, even better point

I would need to reduce that figure or ship in stacks of population to make any colony worth anything!

Hmmm, I was kind of going for a mini-Starfire related realism mod (eg I have reduced the production rate of shipyards) - I will have to think this through a lot better

[dumbluck]

quote:

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Originally posted by Vulture-B:

line 66 of the settings.txt says "Population Required to Operate One Facility := 50"

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This setting has never functioned. The popularly accepted theory is that it's one of those toys MM hasn't gotten around to implementing just yet.

[DirectorTsaarx]

Actually, they did use the "population to operate each facility" setting in pre-release of standard SEIV. But the original beta testers found it too annoying, so they disabled it.

Tigga - have you looked at PvK's Proportions mod? Sounds like you're trying to do something similar, but maybe less radical...

Edit: Reread your post, and you mentioned proportions specifically. Oh well, the question still stands, are you basically attempting to tone down PvK's mod for your own game?

[ 19 April 2002: Message edited by: DirectorTsaarx ]

[Growltigga]

Tigga - have you looked at PvK's Proportions mod?

DirectorTsaarx, do you know, I havn't even looked at one mod for SEIV in any incarnation. I have not even downloaded any shipsets from the excellent New Age Yards or the Kuat yards. I am not sure I know how and am dead ashamed

Sounds like you're trying to do something similar, but maybe less radical

Yes, you are right, everything I have heard/read about the Proportions mod indicates that it does what I am playing with albeit more so. I am trying to turn SEIVG into the Starfire computer game I always wanted, but also trying to 'slow' a few things down, such as population transfer to something which is more 'realistic' (if only in my own head)

I think renaming components as I have done so far is not going to get me all the way to where I want to be

[dumbluck]

quote:

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Originally posted by DirectorTsaarx:
Actually, they did use the "population to operate each facility" setting in pre-release of standard SEIV. But the original beta testers found it too annoying, so they disabled it.
[ 19 April 2002: Message edited by: DirectorTsaarx ]

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Shhhhhhh!!!! I'm trying to make them think I know what I'm talking about!!!

[Portly]

Why is it that my colony ships are sometimes automatically loaded with 4 population, and sometimes not? I haven't been able to see any pattern to it.

[Phoenix-D]

if you use the Colonize order while over a habited planet, the ship will load up as much population as it can hold before it heads out.

Phoenix-D