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Zander J

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stopping immigration
« on: January 19, 2009, 08:53:44 pm »
is there a way to stop immigration without setting the population cap? i thought it would be cool if the only new dwarves were children, so the fortress could be the product of generations. i suppose i could let all the immigrants die, but is there a better way?
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Re: stopping immigration
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2009, 08:59:38 pm »
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Re: stopping immigration
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2009, 09:05:05 pm »
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The way I think of immigrants, it would seem like turning off invaders would stop them cold.
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Re: stopping immigration
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2009, 09:46:25 pm »
If you set your population cap to six, with seven starting dwarves, you'll get one or two immigrants a year, maybe. Once a pair of dwarves marries and starts popping out babies, immigration will stop completely. The population cap has no effect on dwarven reproduction.
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Re: stopping immigration
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2009, 09:46:42 pm »
Quote from: Peewee on January 19, 2009, 09:05:05 pm
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The way I think of immigrants, it would seem like turning off invaders would stop them cold.

lol, sorry, doesn't work.

To the OP: Babies are still born, IIRC, even if you are over the pop cap. So turning the pop-cap down low, and then raising the baby cap from 8 to something higher (30? 50?) should give you the result you are looking for.

I keep reading that the min pop cap you can get is 10, so until you end up with enough births, you will get a few immigrants. Your mileage may vary.
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