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Grifen88

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Population caps
« on: March 31, 2012, 08:39:29 am »
Just a quick question. Does the newest build of Dwarf Fortress respect this properly now? I really want to run a small fort since my laptop is somewhat dated, but having 200 dorfs is not conducive to a smooth experience. (Last version I played was 0.31.25)
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Loud Whispers

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Re: Population caps
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2012, 08:40:52 am »
The population cap is not a hard cap. It's never been broken.

A bit of trouble shooting and kestrels can be found here:
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=105970.0
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Naryar

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Re: Population caps
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2012, 09:07:20 am »
just set your popcap 20 dwarves below the number of dwarves you are aiming for. if you don't pump wealth absurdly fast it should be good.
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Re: Population caps
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2012, 10:30:05 am »
Set it low and kill whole migrant waves. This should solve your problem.
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Re: Population caps
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2012, 11:07:36 am »
set it to 10 and migrant waves should stop as soon as the first caravan leaves. It was amazing. I said 80 and got 150, I said 70 and got 120, figuring at 60 I'd get 100 or so, I set it at 60, 100 was fine. I got 63, including the children, most of whom had been born in the fort. I'm at 78 now and should start getting huge sieges soon, since my value is well above 2 M
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Re: Population caps
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2012, 11:10:13 am »
Quote from: BigD145 on March 31, 2012, 10:30:05 am
Set it low and kill whole migrant waves. This should solve your problem.

The problem with killing whole migrant waves in 0.34 are that you may induce tantrums in your fort now that most immigrant dwarves are family.
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Re: Population caps
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2012, 11:15:45 am »
"Husband, that's our Bomrek with our grandchild! They have come as we asked them to do! Wait, what is that bridge doing? No Bomrek, go the other way, It's going to crush you!"

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Jam a door with its corpse and let all the goblins in. Hey, nobody said it had to be a weapon against your enemies.
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And then everyone melted.