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Offline deoxymoron

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« on: April 25, 2010, 07:23:26 PM »
I often find that using the dynamic cost adjuster leads to extinction.

i figured this is because it is too slow at lowering the cost, usually after a pop explosion caused an increase in cost.

proposed changes:

have two sensivity bars. one for how fast the cost lowers & one for how fast it increases.

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« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2010, 10:03:41 PM »
Set it to max in the first place, use the upper and lower targets, and definitley use the "zero costs when population falls below" option because that can save you if something bad happens suddenly. Its not perfect, but I don't think its ever caused an extinction for me. Also, I always allow it to go negative just in case, and it often does go into the negative.

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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2010, 09:38:05 PM »
It's ok now, i figured wrongly that the settings about dynamic cost were overrided by dyn cost... so i just have the 'cut cost to zero when pop is:' on now. all good.

+ i dont like the idea of negative costs, my bots usually become slackers when thats on.