Completely stopping global population growth?

[SSTLibertas]

I am currently playing beyond the original 1935 deadline of Vicky 2 (via file editing to extend it to the year 3000) but, as the game clearly isn't designed to sustain much population growth beyond that date (with finite worker space on RGOs), is there any way to edit the game in order to keep the global population as constant as possible throughout the next 1000 years? Perhaps launch an event, or write some kind of code? How would I go about to accomplish this?

 

[Flobalob]

I am currently playing beyond the original 1935 deadline of Vicky 2 (via file editing to extend it to the year 3000) but, as the game clearly isn't designed to sustain much population growth beyond that date (with finite worker space on RGOs), is there any way to edit the game in order to keep the global population as constant as possible throughout the next 1000 years? Perhaps launch an event, or write some kind of code? How would I go about to accomplish this?

Adding something to the defines like pop_growth=0 might do it (probably not, don't take my advice) but in case you don't already know, the whole game mechanic falls apart in the mid-1900s. Are you sure you want to go that far ahead? The economy will almost definitely implode.

 

[DesNibelungen]

in case you don't already know, the whole game mechanic falls apart in the mid-1900s.

How so? I rarely make it past 1920 in my games.

 

[Transanser]

the whole game mechanic falls apart in the mid-1900s. Are you sure you want to go that far ahead? The economy will almost definitely implode

Maybe it's Paradox secret WAI feature to portray economic crisises in 1920 (great depression, german hyperinflation etc.) and we don't know about it.

 

[Flobalob]

How so? I rarely make it past 1920 in my games.

The game's economy was only designed to last 100 years. I don't how exactly it happens, but if you go too far past 1936 things just.. fall apart. I think it's because the sheer number of factories in every country, with all the techs researched in every country, goods just get overproduced, demand is low, factories go bankrupt, demand gets lower, more factories go bankrupt.. So yeah, the great depression basically.

Issue for me is where it all goes.. Something tells me China has a black hole effect and the world economy is just swallowed by them and their superior production.

 

[Woifee]

But a faster growing Population should increase the demands.

Maybe fixing it that a walthier population consumes more of each and also throw away stuff. Like modern society

 

[Flobalob]

One thing that just occurred to me - if you halt population growth you'll also want to halt migration.. otherwise people will just slowly leave Europe/Asia/Africa altogether and the New World will have billions of people.