Negative Population

[cankles]

I need some help getting the population of large cities to decrease until they get reach around 16,000 and then balance out. I have already tried to do this but I can't get it right. I know I need to change the settlement_mechanics file, but I don't know which lines I will need to change. And note that I only want the population to go backward once it has become a huge city. So all help is appreciated.

[Lonck]

change spf_squalor. Though maybe scripting may give more percise outcome.

[cankles]

I don't want to add squalor to the settlement, just a strait up negative bonus, like once it is a huge city, the huge walls give -5 population bonus and whatever else it does, thats all.

[Lonck]

I added this to the wooden_pallisade population_growth_bonus bonus -1000 but the game doesn't read it. I also tried this population_growth_bonus -1000 but the game crashes.

[cankles]

I tried the same thing with the huge stone wall and it didn't read it either, but it didn't crash. I checked grneyeddvls Docudoms and that is the right line. So what is going on?

[cankles]

Anyone?

[Gigantus]

The number should be

bonus -1 for -5%

. It shows in the building tree, not sure if it has any actual effect.

[cankles]

I've tried that to. It doesn't even show up in the game.

[Gigantus]

I will keep checking. Maybe the game doesn't recognize negative values for bonuses.

[cankles]

No, I think you are right because it showed up in the game on yours. In game, It is not even in the list like it was in your picture. So I think I am doing something wrong, I just don't no what.

[GrnEyedDvl]

Putting a -1000 will definitely not work. I havent gotten any of the bonuses except MovementPoints to work with more than a +/- 100. Some of them are locked at 20, some at 60.

[cankles]

I know that now. I am saying it didn't work with -1.

[Gigantus]

I have tried the pop growth bonus with several variations:
minus at the end of the figure (ignored, treated as positive)
minus at the front of the figure (displayed in building tree but no effect)
Guess it is hard coded to only accept positive figures.
100 will give you 50% bonus and a growth rate somewhere ridiculous.

[cankles]

All right. Thanks for the help. I'll just have to keep testing.