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[Kiberkiller]

Is there a way to limit your population to 20 or less dwarfs?
I don't like macro managing fortresses so 20 dwarfs is perfect for me but [POPULATION_CAP:20] doesn't really seem to work, or does it? I might be doing something wrong.

[Blargityblarg]

The init immigration cap is a bit of a bugger, yeah.

Try setting it to significantly less than 20, because it limits the immigrants on a seasonal, not per-dwarf basis, so if you have nineteen dwarves, you can get another immigration with twenty-odd in it. Try setting your limit to eight or so.

Also remember that childbirth doesn't care about the immigration pop cap. There's another option in the init that controls childbirth, but I'm not familiar with it, so you'll have to wait for someone else to explain.

[darkflagrance]

You might as well set it to seven; I've locked a fort at 8 civilians despite using a smelter reaction to produce 10,000 piles of clear glass blocks at the beginning of the game. Rather than mod, limit production in the first year so that the game affirms that you've reached your pop cap. No more migrants will be sent.