Morale still needs a little tweeking.

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I had a planet with a population of 10 (I just colonized it) with a morale of 59 that would not grow.
After I increased its morale to 66 it grew every turn. I think the growth calculation is not
allowing for decimal increases of population. I.E., if a population of 10 at a morale of 59 grows at
108% then 10*1.08 = 10.8. But the .8 gets lost and no growth is registered.

Also, is there a limit to how big a population can grow? I had many class 20 planets with populations
of 6000+ and morales in the 60-80 range that were not growing. Class 19 planets seemed to have a lower
ceiling, class 18 lower yet, etc.

Cheers,
Jack
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
ON THE LOWER CLASS PLANETS, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO YOU CANNOT GET THEM TO BE FINANCIALLY SELF SUSTAINING EITHER.

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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Suggestion: Don't colonize lower class planets.

Planet populations are limited by either morale or planet quality. It roughly comes out to being something like 300 X the planet quality so if you have a class 20 planet it'll top out aroun 6 billion. Soil enhancements will improve the planet quality some.

If morale drops below 40% they won't reproduce either.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Brad,

I should have mentioned that the planet I was talking about was a class 15. Once I got
the soil enhancement it grew. But if the calculation for growth throws away all but ful
unit increases growth from 10 is difficult even on a medium class planet.

Cheers,
Jack