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[dennislp3]

I have set my pop cap low on purpose because with all the bugs I dont want a huge fort...yet I still get migrants...how do you stop them? they always exceed my population cap. I get migration groups AFTER the population cap is already exceeded...any way to stop this?

[tompliss]

as in previous versions, it seems to be useless at low population (but as for me, it worked near 30 dwarves)...
Also, migration waves arrive at your fortress some time after leaving their home, and the popcap must be applied before they leave their home (same for the sieges) ...

[Deon]

Which home? AFAIK they are generated on the fly, with no mystical "home".

[Slackratchet]

From my understanding population cap is meaningless until after the first Caravan.

[dennislp3]

Yeah I did world gen with the low pop cap and everything so I don't think its the theory of them coming from home before it is set.

As for the first caravan that doesn't seem right either...because I got my second wave of immigrants (the group that came despite the cap already being one over max) AFTER I got a caravan there...granted I did not have a trade depot at the time.

I just don't want to have to deal with the military on any major scale right now...I am still trying to figure the other features out and all and I dont want to deal with that horrifically bug ridden situation at this moment...granted I could turn sieges off....but if I do that can I turn them on again later? (I assume so)

[Zaranthan]

I just don't want to have to deal with the military on any major scale right now...I am still trying to figure the other features out and all and I dont want to deal with that horrifically bug ridden situation at this moment...granted I could turn sieges off....but if I do that can I turn them on again later? (I assume so)

You certainly can.

[Stargrasper]

I just don't want to have to deal with the military on any major scale right now...I am still trying to figure the other features out and all and I dont want to deal with that horrifically bug ridden situation at this moment...granted I could turn sieges off....but if I do that can I turn them on again later? (I assume so)

Do keep in mind that while goblins will leave you alone, gorillas and giant cave spiders won't.  There's a lot of animals both above and below ground that will happily massacre a fortress without a means to defend itself.

And yes, I don't recall there being any part of the init file that cared about save files in any way.  I believe anything can be changed at any time.  You'll just have to re-start DF for them to take effect.

[dennislp3]

I just don't want to have to deal with the military on any major scale right now...I am still trying to figure the other features out and all and I dont want to deal with that horrifically bug ridden situation at this moment...granted I could turn sieges off....but if I do that can I turn them on again later? (I assume so)

Do keep in mind that while goblins will leave you alone, gorillas and giant cave spiders won't.  There's a lot of animals both above and below ground that will happily massacre a fortress without a means to defend itself.

And yes, I don't recall there being any part of the init file that cared about save files in any way.  I believe anything can be changed at any time.  You'll just have to re-start DF for them to take effect.

I am aware of the brutal animals that abound lol...luckily I haven't run into to many nasty things in that respect...I just cant wait for the military and health system to be a tad more refined