Population boost for RC/RR

[Ragnarök]

Greetings,

Here is a very minor change for the latest "PATCH MAY 12" of RC/RR. It improves the basic population growth based
on farming for all cities and castles. Also it enables all ports for coastal cities and makes it possible for villages to grow.

I made it because I enjoy upgrading cities and hope somebody may does as well.

[Jackie Treehorn]

This modification is very welcome to me. Have you also included the ports around lake Rhun?

[Ragnarök]

This modification is very welcome to me. Have you also included the ports around lake Rhun?

Yes, basically every city with a fishing village.

[Berserker1]

I just changed my buildings so they build in one year, at the same time now I got villages that will take forever to get anything out of them... I guess I should do this, exactly how much faster do they grow? Does that mean you have more soldiers that are recruitable?

[Ragnarök]

I just changed my buildings so they build in one year, at the same time now I got villages that will take forever to get anything out of them... I guess I should do this, exactly how much faster do they grow? Does that mean you have more soldiers that are recruitable?

You can compare the growth with the previous TATW, or slightly faster. I haven't changed anything but the population growth so the amount of soldiers is the same.
It's savegame compatible btw, you can change it back with the backup file any time.

[Berserker1]

mods/Third_Age/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 5278, column 47
Unknown unit type specified: Silvan Ranger

I got this error, is that because I do not have the minipatches for RC? I better just manually change the populations, which if you would so kindly tell me so I do not have to search all that data... I could, but I am too tired over so much physical labor at my job.

[axnsan]

Why change the edb?

It's much easier from descr_settlement_mechanics, just increase everything that says SPF except squalor, plague and tax penalty.
Or better just decrease squalor.

[Ragnarök]

Why change the edb?

It's much easier from descr_settlement_mechanics, just increase everything that says SPF except squalor, plague and tax penalty.
Or better just decrease squalor.

I didn't know that, thx I'll try it

[Berserker1]

So if I decrease squalor, the settlements with really low population would gain population much more quickly? The other settlements are fine, once they get rolling, that small percent increase makes a big difference.

[Ragnarök]

So if I decrease squalor, the settlements with really low population would gain population much more quickly? The other settlements are fine, once they get rolling, that small percent increase makes a big difference.

If you want to increase the population of villages via the descr_settlement_mechanics.xml, you have to change this:

      <factor name="SPF_FARMING_LEVEL">
         <pip_modifier value="0.5"/>
         <castle_modifier value="0.5"/>
      </factor>

since a farm is the only building you can build in a village and it has almost no squalor. I'll redo it later.

[Berserker1]

I will try it out! There is no way you could play every campaign with the slowness of the some of the game mechanics.