| Non-ACCBBS vs ACCBBS |
Sun, 08 June 2003 12:21  |
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 Star Daze |
 | Senior Chief Petty Officer |
Messages: 86
Registered: November 2002
Location: Seattle, WA or thereabout... | |
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When testbedding some race variations I ran across something I didn't expect when selecting ACCBBS.
The Help file states:
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When selecting ACCBBS:
- Players start out with a population 4 times larger than normal
- All planets have 20% more minerals
- Planets with poor mineral densities are improved by a few percentage points
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The unusual part was I had a different starting population for my different race variations, not 4X Non-ACCBBS.
After some testing, I arrived at the following conclusions.
Non-ACCBBS:
- 1 HW; 25,000 pop
- 2 HW; 20,000 pop on primary HW, secondary HW is half of primary amount
ACCBBS:
- 1 HW; 25,000 + (5,000 * Growth Rate), i.e. if Growth Rate is 19% then 25,000 + (5,000 * 19) = 120,000 pop
- 2 HW; 20,000 + (4,000 * Growth Rate) on primary HW, secondary HW is half of primary amount
Note: 30% for LSP is subtracted from the final amount
I couldn't verify the 20% more minerals or the better mineral densities since there seems to be quite a bit of randomness and the amount of surface minerals doesn't always follow the mineral concentrations.
Therefore, starting population in ACCBBS games is affected by your Growth Rate, it's not just 4X the Non-ACCBBS amount.
-Star Daze
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